#weekofreading Week of Reading- Jan 5, 2025 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, and what I am currently progressing through. I am including links to Blackwells, and Bookshop.org should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. I will get a small commission for the sale. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists Books I have finished: - 84, Charing Cross Road- Helene Hanff - The Long Winded-Lady- Maeve Brennan - Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk- Kathleen Rooney - The Safekeep- Yael van der Wouden - The Position of Spoons- Deborah Levy - The List of Suspicious Things- Jennie Godfrey - Gilgi, One of Us- Irmgard Keun, translated Geoff Wilkes Currently Reading: - Table for Two- Amor Towles - Kairos- Jenny Erpenbeck, translated Michael Hofmann - Goodnight Tokyo- Atsuhiro Yoshida, translated Haydn Trowell Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#AuthorSpotlightSeries In this video, I talk about the upcoming Author Spotlight Series books chosen for 2025. I am including links to Blackwells, and Bookshop.org should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. I will get a small commission for the sale. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists These are the authors we will be reading together and discussing on Voxer. I will announce each author sign-up before we begin, posting it both here and on Bookstagram. There will be a sign up form as it's too difficult to orient across multiple platforms when setting a new group up, and this let's me capture all needed information to facilitate the set up. As this will be a flexible schedule, I will reserve the right to add or change any of the books/authors as we move through the year (which is also a benefit of organizing each author group individually!). Irmgard Keun (this group is now closed as it is in progress, as I mentioned) Gilgi, One of Us The Artificial Silk Girl After Midnight Child of All Nations Tove Jansonn The Summer Book The True Deceiver Fair Play A Winter Book Eileen Chang Love in a Fallen City Half a Lifelong Romance Little Reunions - possible additional read: Lust, Caution Rebecca West The Return of the Soldier The Fountain Overflows This Reel Night Cousin Rosamund Molly Keane Good Behaviour The Rising Tide Devoted Ladies Violette LeDuc Thérèse and Isabelle The Lady and the Little Fox Fur Asphyxia Dorothy Whipple High Wages Greenbanks The Priory (This is en route, so I forgot to mention it!) Someone at A Distance Annie Ernaux A Man's Place A Woman's Story (I forgot to show this book) Shame I Remain in Darkness Happening The Years Olivia Manning The Doves of Venus School For Love The Rainforest Other people mentioned Mel formerly at Mel's Bookland Adventure Britta @brittabohlerthesecondshelf Juan formerly at Bookish Islander Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#weekofreading Week of Reading- Dec 8, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently and what I am reading now. I am including links to Blackwells, and Bookshop.org should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. I will get a small commission for the sale. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/lists/catch-release-book-lists Books I have finished: - The Magic Mountain- Thomas Mann - also mentioned The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk, translated Antonia Lloyd-Jones - Piglett- Lottie Hazell Currently Reading: - The Long Winded-Lady- Maeve Brannan - Orlando King- Isabel Colegate - 1984- George Orwell - Julia - Sandra Newman - also mentioned James- Percival Everett/ Huckleberry Fin- Mark Twain - Intermezzo- Sally Rooney Other people mentioned Sian- @pastorytime2683 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy and on Twitter. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | Dec 1, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am progressing through, and what I may read next. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books I have finished: - The Rainbow- Yasunari Kawabata, translated Hadyn Trowell - A Perfect Day to be Alone- Nanae Aoyama, translated Jesse Kirkwood - Tokyo Express- Seichō Mstsumoto, translated Jesse Kirkwood - Paint It Black- Janet Fitch - also mentioned White Oleander - The Revolution of Marina M and Chimes at a Lost Cathedral - Transit- Outlines #2- Rachel Cusk - Scaffolding- Lauren Elkin Currently Reading: - Orlando King- Isabel Colegate - Table for Two- Amor Towles - also mentioned Gentleman in Moscow Possible Reads: - Intermezzo- Sally Rooney Other Channels mentioned: Kazen @AlwaysDoing Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#WIT #WITPOP Women in Translation Month pile of possibilities 2024 In this video, I share a pile of possible books I would like to read for this Women in Translation Month. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books mentioned: - The Time of Cherries- Monserrat Roig, translated Julia Sanches - The End of Days- Jenny Erpenbeck, translated Susan Bernofsky - The Paris Trilogy- Colombe Schneck, translated Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer - Her Side of the Story- Alba de Cespedes, translated Jill Foulston - They Say Sarah- Pauline Delabroy-Allard. translated Adriana Hunter - Forgotten on Sunday- Valerie Perrin, translated Hildegard Serle - She Came to Stay- Simone de Beauvoir, translated Yvonne Moyse and Roger Senhouse Other Channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#recentreads #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | July 28, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am currently progressing through and may read next. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books I have finished: - More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop- Satoshi Yagisawa, translated Eric Ozawa - Inspector Imanishi Investigates- Seichō Matsumoto, translated Beth Cary - The House Keepers - Alex Hay - The Glass Maker- Tracy Chevalier Currently Reading: - A Time in Rome- Elizabeth Bowen - Mrs. S- K Patrick - Long-Winded Lady- Maeve Brennan - The Trouble with Mrs. Montgomery Hurst- Katie Lumsden - also mentioned The Secrets of Hartwood Hall Channels mentioned: Katie @katiejlumsden Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | July 7, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am currently progressing through and may read next. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books I have finished: - A Manual For Cleaning Women- Lucia Berlin - Loved and Missed- Susie Boyt - Mayflies- Andrew O'Hagan - Midnight Blue- Simone Van Der Vlugt, translated Jenny Watson Currently Reading: - Nana - Èmile Zola, translated Helen Constantine - More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop- Satoshi Yagisawa, translated Eric Ozawa - Selected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen- intro by Tessa Hadley - Long-Winded Lady- Maeve Brennan Other Channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#midyearbookfreakouttag Tag Originated by IsThatChami: video no longer on YouTube The prompts 1. Best book you have read so far this year 2. Best sequel you've read so far this year 3. New release you haven't read yet from this year, but you want to 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2022. 5. Biggest disappointment this year. 6. Biggest surprise this year. 7. Favourite new author. 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry this year. 11. Book that made you happy this year. 12. Most beautiful book you've bought or received so far this year. 13. What do you need to read by the end of the year? The Books mentioned: James- Percival Everett Long Island (Eillish Lacey #2- Colm Tóibín) The Details- Ia Genberg, translated Kira Josefson Crooked Plow- Itamar Vieira Junior, translated Johnny Lorenz Kairos- Jenny Erpenbeck, translated Michael Hofmann Soldier Sailor- Claire Killroy Her Side of the Story- Alba de Céspedes, translated Jo Foulston Table For Two- Amor Towles Undiscovered- Gabriela Wiener, translated Julia Sanches You Dreamed of Empires- Álvaro Enrigue, translated Natasha Wimmer Assommoir- Émile Zola. (Gervaise), translated Brian Nelson Natalia Ginzberg's works Heartstoppers Vol 5- Alice Oseman The Secrets of Hartwood Hall- Kaite Lumsden Channels mentioned: Leo @Leoslittlebooklife Katie @katiejlumsden Eric @EricKarlAnderson Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebooks Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram

#weekofreading #authorspotlightseries Week of Reading | April 28, 2024 In this video, I share what I finished reading recently, what I am currently progressing through and may read next. I am including links to Blackwells should you want to purchase any of the books listed below. Blackwells: https://tinyurl.com/yc3bjt35 Books I have finished: - You Dreamed of Empires- Álvaro Enrigue, translated Natasha Wimmer, narrated Gabriel Porras - also mentioned Sudden Death - Sociopath- Patric Gagne - Dominoes- Phoebe McIntosh - Undiscovered- Gabriela Weiner, translated Julia Sanches Currently Reading: - A Love Story - Émile Zola, translated Helen Constantine - Family Lexicon- Natalia Ginzburg - Happiness, As Such- Natalia Ginzburg - The Hotel- Elizabeth Bowen - A Manual For Cleaning Women- Lucia Berlin - The Wren, The Wren- Anne Enright Want to Read Soon- The Long-Winded Lady- Maeve Brennan The Last Summer in the City- Gianfranco Galligariche, translated Howard Curtis Other videos you may be interested in: Best of 2023- Literary Fiction(ish): https://youtu.be/4zJQV0Z156M?si=gjstZr_qJjvTQrsx Best of 2023- Backlist Fiction: https://youtu.be/H61IlgQ2bFI?si=F3wrrQg2NtDNBtlV Learning How to Read Poetry : https://youtube.com/shorts/8OO-aqEk_30?si=FwD8hc7mo-XPKovV Then and Now | 84 Charing Cross Road: https://youtu.be/fknvhqwehh0?si=NlkRQmkzkLT4jSgu 2023 Year of Reading in Review: https://youtu.be/BCAjXY0yNG8?si=byLJROvVQq642nFC 10ish Books I Am Thankful For: https://youtu.be/olv00lYlPRk?si=pja8boeqNlCl1THx Why and How to Read Anita Brookner: https://youtu.be/Bssi8RbbZxI?si=xmT2I3BmN2mrL3Wv Why and How to Read the 7 Volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time: https://youtu.be/kZGlX8b_9Z0?si=icac4OyBWKPCggB2 Thanks to all who have subscribed to my channel! I appreciate the support. You can find me: I'm @hardcoverhearts on Litsy. I'm @hardcoverheartsblog on Instagram