So glad you read Tides and found it so powerful AND coincidentally I’m watching this in Lyon while on my way back to London. Also I agree how excellent Olga is - I loved The Employees and still need to read My Work. While I’ve been in France I’ve been reading Tell Me Everything aloud to my husband and it’s been great fun using different voices to dramatise the many different characters conversations. I agree Strout’s writing gives such a warm feeling.
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
Tides was so so powerful. Omg no way, you being in Lyon! You reading Tell Me Everything to your husband might me the most incredible thing I have ever heard. I would love to be a fly on the wall!!!!!!!
@sim444n
Ай бұрын
i love your new haircut!! suits you so well
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
thank you so much!
@sarahg9280
Ай бұрын
Loving the new tattoos, Ben!! You look STUNNING XX
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!! xxx
@z111.01
Ай бұрын
Clarice Lispector mentioned? I'm here for it.
@casskrug
Ай бұрын
okay the hair? stunning!! tides is such a good one, super underrated. the maylis de kerangal and the mark doty sound really interesting thank you for putting them on my radar!!
@jameskatie
Ай бұрын
ohh i really need to get to my work by olga ravn!! especially after how much we enjoyed the employees. i also loved tides! i think the book i'm most excited to get to-at the moment-is private rites by julia armfield x
@kiranreader
Ай бұрын
ahh!! i can't wait for the if only vlog!!
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
it’s coming along slowly but surely!!!!!!
@gabooshi
Ай бұрын
“what is funny?!” 😭
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
haha right????
@germainelo3369
Ай бұрын
Hello, first time viewer here. I enjoy this more stream of conscious delivery of content. I think you might enjoy ‘Diary of a void’ by Emi Yagi. It is in a diary entry format. I enjoy the candid and witty writing style from the author. I enjoy literature celebrating slice of life/ domestic life. I recently finished ‘Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine’, A book about friendship, self-searching and grief.
@Bonitolibro
Ай бұрын
All these sound amazing! excited to add My Work and Wound to my immediate TBR/soon-to-be-shopping-cart :D
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
both so good! I hope you enjoy them!
@bad-girlbex3791
Ай бұрын
I bought 'Tides' recently, but then soon forgot all about if after hauling about 30 books since the last few days in May. I immediately forgot all about most of them, the minute they got filed away in bookshelves, or squirreled away into their respective Kindle categories''. Out of sight truly is out of mind, when we're talking about books; but I'm glad to hear you talk about it here today, thus giving my memory a much needed jolt. 👍
@kailienatsu
Ай бұрын
ok first) looking absolutely radiant here im actually in awe. second) way back when i actually picked up a used copy of still life w oysters and lemon (which is actually signed lol). its been sitting on my shelves and you just motivated me to read it asap so tysm for inspiring me to shop my tbr
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
oh my you are so kind! Thank you so much. And that is so lovely, a signed copy of oysters and lemon! definitely get to it! I remember it being really beautiful and just had me underlining like a madperson.
@kirsten0929
Ай бұрын
I'm so enjoying your new-to-me channel but my TBR is suffering! I just added Eastbound it sounds great, and I read and loved de Kerangal's The Heart. You may enjoy it too, as I think I remember your saying in a previous video that you like stories that take place in a single day, which The Heart does.
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
hehe oops! I love finding my online friends here who just keep my never ending TBR constantly growing. I need to get to Kerangal's The Heart! Thank you for sharing that :)
@ChemicalPenguinn
Ай бұрын
Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone was brilliant!
@seesararead
Ай бұрын
Love Vigdis Hjorth! That new one sounds great!
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
me too! I find the way she writes so intriguing.
@zhengstahh
Ай бұрын
I read olga because you recommended her!!! was blown away immediate faves
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
oh I am so happy to hear this!!!!!
@burnerphone-c4z
Ай бұрын
Love that Olga Ravn is getting recognition on youtube. My work is probably her best book since her debut poetry collection. Hopefully that gets translated to english soon!
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
Oh I am burning with hope that we are graced with her poetry collection in English soon!!!!!
@thelefthandedreader6632
Ай бұрын
This was really fun to watch. It’s cool to be reminded of My Work. It brought me back to my reading experience of it when it was Winter. Nice. It was so difficult in parts, unrelenting but tender. Yaaay! Vigdis Hjorth. Im a big big fan and may not bet able to wait any longer to start it! My book I’ve been waiting to start and finally have…that’s a real banger….Giovannis Room. I’m speechless. Fingers crossed on your knee situation. Hopefully nothing serious serious.
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
I am so happy you enjoyed it!! Definitely My Work is unrelenting but tender, a perfect way to describe it. Yay Hjorth fans! Have you read Will & Testament? I am ashamed to say I have never read Giovanni's Room. Thank you for the wishes toward the knee, I seem to be almost back to full recovery. Hugs!!!!
@janethansen9612
Ай бұрын
I really need to read Olga Ravn. You read a really interesting range of books.
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
thank you! and yes I would highly recommend her
@ameliareads589
Ай бұрын
I would recommend Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu. It is a queer, really powerful collection of stories.
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
I have never heard of Pasaribu! Thank you so much!
@robertorantucci
Ай бұрын
I think you would love Greek Lessons by Han Kang!
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
i love Han Kang! i’ve got that one on my kindle and haven’t gotten to it yet. thank you!
@zhengstahh
Ай бұрын
also please read lanny by max porter! curious on your thoughts
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
I will try!! I've seen that one around so much. I haven't read any Max Porter.
@Manfred-nj8vz
Ай бұрын
Have you ever heard about the novel "What Lot's Wife Saw" by Ioanna Bourazopoulou? I believe that it would be something for you to read and maybe review.
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
Never heard of it, thanks for putting it on my radar!
@Manfred-nj8vz
Ай бұрын
@@benjaminjournal Thanks for the reply! It's a pleasure! I'm currently reading her marvelous trilogy "The Dragon of Prespa", an ambitious literary project that she completed between 2014 and 2023; three extremely powerful novels according to readers and critics as well. However, the only work of hers that's been translated into English is "What Lot's Wife Saw", which still is one of her most read and critically acclaimed novels in Greece and abroad. Therefore I thought that it might be something for you to check out.
@IAmWillJR
Ай бұрын
👍
@grreeeeee
Ай бұрын
maybe it’s glossier
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
actually (strangely because I love them) no Glossier on this face today!
@grreeeeee
Ай бұрын
@@benjaminjournal your lips look like cake or leo 😍
@benjaminjournal
Ай бұрын
@@grreeeeee i loooove Leo. this is actually a makeup forever pencil
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