the shards is absolutely in my top 3 of the year as well! and i'm surprised at how divisive the guest was, i also really enjoyed it....serendipitously stumbled upon Cline's family's vineyard for a wine tasting there (had no idea it was connected to Emma until i saw their gift shop stocked with her books haha) shortly after I finished that book so i also have a weirdly special connection to it
@FramedFlower
8 ай бұрын
My favourite book of the year was Tom Lake, but I'm also reading The Bee Sting right now and am loving it.
@TheBarandtheBookcase
8 ай бұрын
I’m reading The Bee Sting right now too! Halfway through, it’s SO GOOD! Also enjoyed Tom Lake ☺️
@rafd3593
8 ай бұрын
The books I enjoyed reading this year were In Memorian by Alice Winn, The Bee Sting by Paul Murray and Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
@jenniferlovesbooks
8 ай бұрын
I read The Shards after hearing you talk about it and I loved it! It's my biggest surprise of the year because I wasn't sure it would be for me but it actually has so many elements that I really love, in many ways it's like someone wrote my ideal book
@audreyapproved
8 ай бұрын
Just off the book blurb, Birnam Wood is not something I'd normally pick up, but I loved how you talked about it! Added to TBR!
@emilyem3
8 ай бұрын
Among my fave 2023 releases are Death Valley by Melissa Broder, Family Meal by Bryan Washington, Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter, and I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai! (You could say my reading is Reading the Room influenced lol!)
@TheBarandtheBookcase
8 ай бұрын
LOVE THIS!!!
@whatpageareyouon
8 ай бұрын
had a feeling Shards would make number 1 lol. So glad you made it the book club pick or else I wouldn't have read it. While I didn't love it as much as you, it did make me think a lot and it was one of my fav reading experiences of the year. Happy reading in 2024 Jaylen!
@casskrug
8 ай бұрын
this video made my day!! so glad you recommended couplets earlier this year as it also made my favorites list. i neeeeeed to get to the shards next year after hearing you rave about it 🤩 can’t wait for the other wrap up videos!!
@rosalynstewart2397
8 ай бұрын
I want to read all of these now! Especially The Guest and Biography of X. My favourite books this year were The Glutton by AK Blakemore, North Woods by Daniel Mason and The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff. And I read then one after the other, it was the highlight of my reading life, haha!
@TheBarandtheBookcase
8 ай бұрын
I saw The Glutton at the library over the weekend and almost picked it up, looks like I need to go back!
@DaveNYC
8 ай бұрын
Great list! I read several books this year on your recommendation, and I believe The Shards was one of them. A-MAZING! not just my favorite book this year, but it rocketed up the list of my favorite books of all time. I then recommend it to three other people and they all loved it as well. Meanwhile, I haven’t seen it on a single year-end list from any major publication 🧐 My other top reads were In Memoriam by Alice Winn, Family Meal and The Bee Sting. I also really surprised myself by finally reading One Hundred Years of Solitude and loved it.
@TKTalksBooks
8 ай бұрын
Truly an amazing video! Thank you! Happy New Year! 🎆
@TheBarandtheBookcase
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!! Happy New Year!
@turntablesrockmyworld9315
8 ай бұрын
I will have to revisit a couple; I flipped through a couple at the bookstore and the writing didn't look stellar but perhaps I need a deeper look.
@pbeck610
8 ай бұрын
I loved The Shards! Well worth the read.
@nehahirve793
4 ай бұрын
You should read / review Our Share of Night!
@suschords
7 ай бұрын
Love the content! Can you please tell me where you get your tshirts??
@user-gq3mt8ln6c
8 ай бұрын
CAN YOU PLEASE read The Laughter by Sonora Jha and have her on for an interview 😭😭 Just finished it 20 minutes ago and came straight here to see if you had had her on already. One of my top five for 2023!
@RovingReader
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for making this!
@TheBarandtheBookcase
8 ай бұрын
Ah thank you so much for watching!
@nathansnook
8 ай бұрын
OOOOH how did i knowww BEE book was gonna make it to #1!!! can't wait for the Luca adaptation! will be reading it to kick off 2024. and OOP new releases that are ending up in your top 10 for the year? will this list be alphabetized??? 🤪🤪🤪 i think our lists might be crossing over again this year!
@shaecorte
8 ай бұрын
i read the shards last month and loved it!! my favorites from the year are the rabbit hutch, the goldfinch, and sorrow and bliss! i picked a lot of my books this year from your previous podcasts and had such a fun time reading the book then listening to the episode afterwards! 🤍
@Ruby-jm4no
8 ай бұрын
I want to ask because you love The Shards…have you seen Saltburn?
@TheBarandtheBookcase
8 ай бұрын
I haven't yet but I plan to over the holidays!!! I have a feeling I'm going to love it
@scottboyd3838
8 ай бұрын
In Ascention and Chain-Gang Allstars are my top
@7GeorgeB1
8 ай бұрын
Have you done something different with your eyebrows
@TheBarandtheBookcase
8 ай бұрын
no!!! I think the only thing that has changed is I’ve let my hair grow out a bit :)
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