Watching your videos (listening, actually) while doing my night skincare routine. It felt like I’m video calling a friend who loves to read books. None of my friends read books, sadly, and i have no one to talk to about books. Your channel is a comforting presence in my life :) I’m glad i discovered u
@fiddleleaffiction
10 ай бұрын
I love this because I’m doing my morning skincare routine while watching this video and it’s so comforting ☺️
@kathleena4038
10 ай бұрын
❤️skincare and book videos….how perfect
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
🥺🥺no this is why i started a youtube channel, for good book chats and fun ppl like you. Im glad you're here chatting w me
@laram5909
10 ай бұрын
i'm watching/listening to this video while crocheting and its such a chill vibe.
@saireadsbooks
8 ай бұрын
@@fiddleleaffiction @bellestrawberries umm... not a skincare-bookworm bestie meet-cute in the comment section?! pls tell me the two of you are bffs now???
@gaptoothed6878
10 ай бұрын
i’m always staring at the books in the background . . . i need a room tour 👏🏼
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
ill THINK about it.
@Pluralofvinylisvinyls
9 ай бұрын
I can see them fine. They’re all John Grisham and a couple Animorphs
@anita8277
10 ай бұрын
I don’t know if this sounds dumb but I love watching/ listening to your videos in the morning while getting ready. I love how you rant and realistically explain your opinions! Especially cause your videos are so calm and sort of peaceful wich is perfect in the morning :) and your videos are the perfect length too!!! I love your humor and you inspire me so much. I love your channel
@deardiaryakatheinternet
10 ай бұрын
literally me rn
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
aww shut up!! it warms my rinky dinky heart to hear this
@exlibrisdeclan
10 ай бұрын
a midsummer night’s dream is a great way to get (back) into shakespeare because the story is fun and whimsical and the writing is somewhat easier to read/understand than his other plays
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
you might be on to something. i should try a comedy, i feel like he could make me giggle
@bad-girlbex3791
10 ай бұрын
This was a really refreshing Booktube video to stumble upon this evening. Actually that's a lie, because this is actually the second video of yours that I've watched tonight (the other being your perfectly idiosyncratic 'Books For Lonely Fall' which I loved for simply having done something heart felt and original, rather than the same trite list that so many creators churn out at this time of year.) There was no airs of pretence, no grand overarching objective (your "controlled chaos" vibe just made you even more endearing). You weren't going along with what's currently cool, not were you trying to claim to only be a serious reader of intellectually impressive tomes. No, you were just yourself. In both videos. Your passion for the authors, books, and lines you quoted was genuine. Which sounds like a no-brainer, right. I mean isn't that the whole point in having a Booktube channel? Do that you can share how you feel and what you truly think about books? Well yes, it definitely started out that way, but over the past few years there has been an increase in people making content to generate profit. They work the algorithm and put more effort into networking their way into cliques, to boost the popularity and ultimately their income. Discourse around books has suffered as a result, so I'm always on the lookout for a new channel to follow. You don't come across as someone who prioritises avarice and who will use artifice to get there. You seen real. Your tastes are eclectic, you don't seen like the type to criticise any of legislature's "sacred cows". Your current reading list is exactly the right amount of schizophrenic, and the way you vacillate wildly between genres, is adorably haphazard and I'm totally here for it. (I did nearly leap out of my chair when you referred to the 90s as "historic" but then I had a word with myself, remembered that I'm now 43, so 1993 was 30 years ago, and that's just something I need to accept, lol. So yeah, I'm old enough to be your mom, but I still really dig your whole vibe, as well as your frank, honest opinions on books. Subbed!
@bad-girlbex3791
10 ай бұрын
Also, I get you in the Didion thing. I started off with 'Slouching To Bethlehem" which is the main essay in a collection of them, published under that same name. Yes she is writing in the 60s but the stark parallels between the poverty crime, squalor and children being trafficked back then...And the absolute state of California today, are uncanny. History might not repeat, but it sure did echo. It's a good starting place to lean about Didion and her brilliant eye for what she should write about. It's a slim volume of essays, but if you want to sample some of it, you can find the titular essay online (legimately..It's free online to read) She is very much of the 60s,but with STB it's like having a the guide show you how bad things were. You'll learn a few useful things about drug deals, murder trials where the death penalty was sought for a female murderer, and a bit about how she wrote. If you like biographies I read the latest one in her, earlier this year. I absolutely loved it and felt like the biographer really nailed Didions style. I really want to re-read it again this upcoming new year. Adieu x
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
I LOVE YOUR COMMENTS. i am happy to hear you enjoy the vids!! "exactly the right amount of schizophrenic" is my goal for this channel. I think you might be brilliant for recommending a didion biography. (im not not a fan of biographies!) Im sure it would make her work more enjoyable. thank you for taking the time to leave such a sexy comment
@MarkE-mp9li
10 ай бұрын
I don't really read books, but I enjoy watching your videos. Love the calm and cozy atmosphere of your videos
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
aw thank you!! 🥺
@OnefortheBooks
10 ай бұрын
Booktube has definitely changed how I read too! I might do a video on that sometime in the future. Your natural reading style of just starting a lot of books would stress me out. But I do love how that gives you a taste of a lot of different things and keeps the pressure off DNFing.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
hahah it does stress me out sometimes. do a video!!
@ooo_111_ooo
10 ай бұрын
Rebecca is one of my favourite books ever, so glad you were able to find an edition you liked to read it :) My copy is my grandmother’s and it’s one of my prized possessions (the paper reeks)… I agree tension is a good word over exciting haha! Love the videos keep it up :)
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
mmmm i bet the paper smells good. i want an old ass copy of rebecca 😭
@kristanicole8123
10 ай бұрын
ok I LOVE didion (even though I don't get all the references) and for her basically you have to read her in summer (preferably outside, tanning or lounging by the pool). I've read White Album but Slouching Towards Bethlehem is by far the better essay collection. I read it in order but here's the 3 essays I have dog-eared: Slouching Towards Bethlehem, On Self Respect, and Goodbye to All That. On Morality and Marrying Absurd all also gems--she really shines on her personal essays. As for White Album, I only have In The Islands dog-eared, but the later essays are a little less history-focused. didion NEVER MISSES but I agree, sometimes it's hard to understand all that she's covering
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
ugh i shouldnt have started with the white album. ill pick up slouching. ive read on self respect online and i love it! i forgot to say in the vid. didion in the summer sounds hot i cant lie
@taekooksdaisies1345
10 ай бұрын
I love hearing you talk. ❤
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
thank you🥺🫣
@Maybekivy
10 ай бұрын
*dam bro posts every time I have exams * all jokes , your videos make the studying less painful so thank you
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
lolll i hope exams go well... 👀
@dianaisme
10 ай бұрын
I stopped the movie, I was watching to come watch you!
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
shut the hell up no you did not 🫣🫶
@dianaisme
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p I so did!! 🫶
@ninakoscinska7578
10 ай бұрын
I love your videos, thank you for validating my starting/ stopping of books
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
im glad you enjoy them 🫣🫶 im here to encourage everyone to stop reading ;)
@vivkonsh
10 ай бұрын
i love love looove daphne du maurier, literally one of my favorite authors. personally i recommend the house on the strand, its one of my beloved novels
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
eek! i will add it to my list 🫡
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
just looked it up and it looks so fun
@vivkonsh
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p i hope u’ll like it!! i plan on rereading it this december :)
@miru6005
10 ай бұрын
happy one year bestie 🥳🫂🍾
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
thank you, sexy 😁
@lynnofseptember
10 ай бұрын
love the way you talk about books! i also have a kindle and i also refuse to buy ebooks, i only use it because of libby, and i usually go on a binge of sending the books over all at once and i find it less annoying that way hehe
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
thank you! yea i got the kindle with the intention of just libbying everything. I need to do your binge send method
@tannerv259
10 ай бұрын
Your hair looks really good like this 🙃
@davidl8298
10 ай бұрын
His hair always looks great doesn't it?
@tannerv259
10 ай бұрын
@@davidl8298 nah this is 100% his look connie baby
@davidl8298
10 ай бұрын
@@tannerv259 yes I think you maybe right! Best wishes David from the UK
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAHAHA THANKS FANS
@mmoitie
10 ай бұрын
I'm so glad you included I Capture the Castle! I read it for the first time this summer and had never heard of it before, but I loved every second, the characters are so charming and really stuck with me.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i looooved I capture the castle 😭 the characters are really great
@thelefthandedreader6632
10 ай бұрын
It’s a good weekend, csop video! AYN RAND - I just talked about my journey w/Ayn in the University tag video. I discovered her, her fiction & Objectivism when i was in my 20s. It was mind-blowing to me. Cool to think of how you read as a cycle of books. It really works for me. So smart! It feeds the mood reader always to have one on the go. TEA: yes. I just saw that green peppermint tea at TJs today, almost bought it. But I don’t know if it was decaf. I’m an Earl Gray fan myself. Twinings. I HAVE to get to Rebecca. I read it SO long ago… Didion: and oh yes…The Year of Magical Thinking. One of my fave AUDIO books ever.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
im a rand fan till i die! 🫣 earl gray (with milk and sugar of course) was my first true love. you must try the TJ tea. Rebecca is best enjoyed with a cup of tea ;)
@thelefthandedreader6632
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p , I DO need to re-read Rebecca since I don't recall it at all. And, now, with a required cup of tea this time of yr, for sure. I'm putting Rebecca on my white board for '24. 🤩
@boilingmilk9591
10 ай бұрын
very excited for the 15k subscriber special where you have a book burning bonfire! 😁🔥
@clairebrown4028
8 ай бұрын
I've been binge-watching your videos this week. Very fun. While watching your videos, I've felt less alone in my reading habits. This one especially confirmed for me that I'm not an idiot for not finishing the books I start. I finish some of them. But definitely not most, because I start so many at once. I love having a bunch of different kinds of books started so I can pick up whichever one fits my mood at that moment. Anyways, your channel is fantastic and you're hilarious and so refreshing to watch.
@cs0p
5 ай бұрын
awww im dam late responding to this but im grateful you enjoyed the vids. never feel like an idiot for not finishing books!
@olivia.s4668
Ай бұрын
another great video king , also favourite type of tea is breakfast tea because i’m british and boring
@cs0p
Ай бұрын
listen i love a black tea
@grff_
10 ай бұрын
I used to only focus on one book until i picked up Priory and realized I can't always focus on a 800 page fantasy book🫠 I'm currently reading a collection of easays/introductions/speeches etc which is longer than i thought and i rarely read nonfiction, so I've reread a trilogy and finished a contemporary in the middle of it. Now I'm still reading it but have a classic on audiobook lol
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
lol priory. you now understand the assignment...
@roserising
10 ай бұрын
I’m so grateful for booktubers & booktube b/c I’ve gotten exposure to things I’ve never would’ve learned about. Also I have anxiety and for some reason, listening to people talk about books calms me down lol!!! I love your channel & appreciate your insights/ witty humor. 🙏🏼👏🏻
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
aww shut up!! Im grateful for the booktube community too
@milleraynsmoak
10 ай бұрын
I love all these new videos charlie bby
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
thank you milly baby
@duketanabe4004
10 ай бұрын
Shakespeare makes for some of the most immersive reading ever for me, as it forces me to stay engaged in the story to understand what is happening, and for some reason, it has never felt like a chore of any kind! Ayn Randy’s books are incredibly well written at times, where the mystery and suspense of the story keeps adding layers to itself. Parts of it are gripping, other parts are a little slow, but it’s a great read over all
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i need to get into shakey!! agreed on the rand front, she writes an engaging story
@dianaisme
10 ай бұрын
My favorite Superstar 🤩
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
my favorite superfan ;)
@dianaisme
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p That's me 😎
@DimitrisLian
10 ай бұрын
I never pay money to download books (or movies) either, I always find them for free somewhere and consider it very OK. You've got some balls to admit to liking Ayn Rand on KZitem. I like her as well! Forster is sooo difficult, especially to a non-native English speaker! I struggled with his fantastic early "Maurice".
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
paying for digital content just isnt in our blood. I can see forster being difficult for non native english speakers. It's a slog for me too sometimes
@the_eerie_faerie_tales
10 ай бұрын
I just got Out delivered and will be reading it next month! 😄
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
!!!! i cant wait to hear what you think👀
@MelaVictoriaMakeup
10 ай бұрын
i read the same way as you, it’s more chill that way. my fav tea is chamomile and lavender. great vid 📚
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
thank you ;) ive been eyeing a lavender tea at my local grocery store...
@JosephQuinton
9 ай бұрын
My favorite teas are Twinnings English Breakfast Tea, Twinnings English Afternoon Tea, Twinnings Irish Breakfast Tea, Twinings Pure Oolong Tea, Twinings Darjeeling Tea, Twinnings Earl Grey Tea, and Harney and Sons Paris Blend!
@cs0p
9 ай бұрын
mmm twinnings for the win. i need to try it so i can say we are twinning haha
@BaileyJean1001
10 ай бұрын
I'm adding "mental mastication" to my vocal asap. I love your honesty here! As a fellow mood reader booktuber, I've had to really be ok with not reaching as many subscribers/watchers bc it doesn't fit the algorithm.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
the algorithm sucks...im only happy when i like the content i put out, not how it performs
@the_eerie_faerie_tales
10 ай бұрын
"Mental Mastication" 👍
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
🦷🦷
@kiranreader
10 ай бұрын
yes bb u r a SUPERSTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
and you are my favorite booktuber 😘
@annie-mz9956
10 ай бұрын
I’m so glad there is someone else out there who questions Didion
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
there. is. 😘
@dylanb5654
10 ай бұрын
I just binged all your videos today both harder and faster than Neely O'Hara binging a bottle of pills. *taps vein* more videos pls
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAHAH NOT NEELY
@natalieelizabeth9052
9 ай бұрын
I just got back into reading this year & am a bit burnt out by the one at a time book-reading method. Definitely want to try this method in the new year!
@cs0p
9 ай бұрын
you need to try this method. it saves me from so much reading burnout
@aluenortiz3982
10 ай бұрын
I loved both Memoirs about the deaths in Didion's life. SO GOOD.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
im very excited to give them a shot 👀
@JC_lowkey
10 ай бұрын
I enjoy reading more when I give in to the whole “cycle” thing you’re talking about. I’m glad I’m not alone.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
its the definitive best method ;)
@JC_lowkey
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Agreed. We gotta remember to have fun with it. 💙
@nathansnook
10 ай бұрын
The Year of Magical focuses on the death of her husband, John Dunne Blue Nights focuses on the death of her daughter, Quintana both are fantastic entry points into her writing outside of all the history! i always recommend Magical Thinking when one experiences a great loss. i think because it's her prose, clear cut, that brings everything into focus when everything feels so vague. i hope you get a chance to get to either one of them
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
I will give magical a shot. I believe in didion and your love of her always makes me give her another shot. The self respect essay really is great
@maybeinanotherlife888
10 ай бұрын
I’m obsessed with your channel already. Immediate follow. Feels like I know you already. 😂
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
thank you, sexy ;)
@Alyssa-nb7lo
10 ай бұрын
I love tea too 🥰 There's a tea company from my area called Market Spice, but you can also buy their teas online. I'd recommend their cinnamon-orange black tea. Even my mom who normally hates tea loves it! For a non-caffeinated tea I'd recommend rooibos. I'd also recommend Hitchcock's Rebecca. He did have to change the ending because of the Hays (morality) Code in Hollywood at the time. But it's one of my favorites of his movies, and it is close to the book besides the ending.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
mmmm i love a citrusy tea. ok ok ill give hitchcock R a chance
@lolapinky123
10 ай бұрын
I just saw I capture the castle in a used book store - a first edition - and it looks just like the one you have!! So I feel like it’s likely you have a first edition 🤔🫣
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
youre lying....this bithc is old as shit you might be right low key. I still want to throw the dust jacket away tho 😭
@kathleena4038
10 ай бұрын
I feel like you might be living in a garett in a Dickens novel ….worried about your cold bedroom….maybe I should send you those gloves with the fingers missing😂
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAAHA I NEED SOME OF THOSE
@mattthepageturner9128
10 ай бұрын
IT’S GONNA BE A FIRE SATURDAY WHEN MR SOP POSTS!!!!!
@mattthepageturner9128
10 ай бұрын
ayn rand
@mattthepageturner9128
10 ай бұрын
also check out grotesque and real world by kirino
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i just bought grotesque and Im itching to read it.... 🫡🫣🫶
@dianaisme
10 ай бұрын
I love tea! There's this danish brand called Chaplon Tea, that makes the best Earl Grey tea! That's my favorite
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
mmmmm i just bought a box of decaf earl gray hahah. I will check out chaplon tea 🫡
@dianaisme
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p I hope you enjoy your tea! 😊
@iestynovich
10 ай бұрын
Totally enchanting. Maybe watch a production of Hamlet, don't read it? The one from the Almeida with the Fleabag priest (I NEVER remember his name...) is terrific. Harold Bloom on Hamlet is fascinating.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i think youre right. I need to check out a production and then circle back to read it
@iarpita
10 ай бұрын
Do you have a book club? I'd love to join if you do lol
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i dont..maybe i should make one...
@bookofdust
10 ай бұрын
Actually, I just saw it on TJ’s shelves on Sunday, hoping they bring back the Madagascaran Vanilla seasonal tea with the cute lemur on the box, that I miss. I usually would buy 6-8 boxes to have it throughout the year. StoryGraph has changed how I read, part good, part not so. I’m going to tweak it for 2024 to make it less stressful how I’ve come to do it. It had especially discouraged me from doing supper mammoth books I hoping to correct.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
KZitem has also discouraged from reading mammoth books! Im trying to get better about it. I need to look into the lemur tea...
@Wout.vlmnck
10 ай бұрын
I've watched this video a couple of times. I love listening to you talking about books. I like how you dig into them... something I miss from certain "bigger" BookTubers, who just recount what's written on the back of the book... Have you read short stories by Dorothy Parker? I really recommend The Collected Dorothy Parker. I think you'll just LOVE her sarcasm and wit.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i told myself i wasnt going to buy books for the next few months BUT im trusting you with my life and ive just ordered this on amazon. I have to believe my superfans ;)
@Wout.vlmnck
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Let me know what your thoughts on it are once you've finished it. She's almost as witty as you. If I remember correctly, 'The Collected Dorothy Parker ' also includes poetry. This is one of her poems: Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns aren’t lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
sooo so good even though i love the smell of gasoline 🫣@@Wout.vlmnck
@Wout.vlmnck
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Wow, you really ARE the man of my dreams.
@Wout.vlmnck
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Also thanks for trusting me on this and ordering the book. That's really sweet. 💜
@musingsunfiltered
10 ай бұрын
to answer ur tea question, my favorite teas are peppermint, orange, and ginger! chamomile for sleeping :) tea is one of my favorite beverages, i try to drink it daily. not a huge coffee person tho!
@musingsunfiltered
10 ай бұрын
also yay for reading cycles! i love to savor books and am a slow reader because of that so i often like to start a bunch as well and mood read :) it's nice to take a while to truly enjoy and savor art
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
savoring is another big reason i do the cycle method!! i forgot to mention it, but sometimes i pick up a book i really love and i really want to savor it so i read other books in between. i need to kick coffee and just do tea 🫣
@thereviewer5562
10 ай бұрын
funny since i have read atlas shrugged and am in middle of fountainhead.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i loooove the fountainhead. I hope you enjoy it...
@Ash_Lo
10 ай бұрын
Trader Joe's Winter Wake Up tea is my favorite. It's more of a spicy cinnamon tea and my go to for cold weather.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
shut up...TJs didnt sell it one year and i bought 12 boxes of it on amazon. This was my favorite tea ever and still is when i dont mind the caffeine. it tastes great cold too mmmm
@MirandaKHayes
10 ай бұрын
You LIKED Where Angels Fear to Tread??? I guess I just didn’t get it. It seemed to drag on and I didn’t care about the characters. I didn’t understand what the point was. I just finished Norwegian Wood myself and um, ok. It was my first Murakami and it was interesting. It’s apparently his only non-magical realism novel and I’m not in a MR mood so I guess I won’t be revisiting him for a while. I’m interested in 1Q84 since it’s so long hut I have fall and winter books I want to get through before the seasons pass. Good to see you again, take care!
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i loved angels!! The character dialogue was what really hit for me. I get how it can drag on tho, forster isnt the most fun to digest. lol on murakami, i havent tried him yet but am also intrigued 1q84..take care as well, sexy fan
@anurlailika
10 ай бұрын
We have very similar taste in books ugh i want to be friends with u 😩
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
baby lets be friends
@dianaisme
10 ай бұрын
I paused my video and went to read a free sample of I Capture The Castle.... New book added to my tbr 😅
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i just finished capture the castle and it was so good 😭
@dianaisme
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Yay! I'm having that experience with a book myself atm, it's just so good! I need to get to Capture The Castle !
@nathanlevin
10 ай бұрын
while i found this video to be enjoyable - to be quite frank i think that i, myself, would find your reading routine torturous. i think this is because my reading routine is very different. typically what i’ll is buy/receive anywhere from 6-10 books, read one at a time, until i’ve finished through all of them, and repeat. obviously this does have its limitations, such as when i spent a year and a half reading a 600 page novel because i have a completionist mindset, but otherwise, i find that it works exceptionally well. also my reading speed is often 30pph, and a general reading goal of atleast 100ppd. also, i’m curious - if you were to select a list of your top six/seven favorite contemporary authors/novelists, who would you select and why? mine would be (and note that i mean this list unironically, earnestly, and fervently, and also in no particular order) donna tartt, stephenie meyer, jeffrey eugenides, elena ferrante, kazuo ishiguro, gillian flynn, & joan didion.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
lol i understand. it can a bit torturous sometimes. mine would probably line up with the authors of my fav books ever. tartt is def #1. your list is so awesome
@mariaberrios9209
10 ай бұрын
22:02 I do the same thing but I make it at least to get to a hundred pages, it makes me get in to a book so much smoother!
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
100 pages is generous of you...i respect the hustle. but i agree getting a chunk out of the way in one sitting makes the book smoother and more enjoyable
@mariaberrios9209
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p oh definitely! Truly best read a chunk of the book right away, makes it easier to decide to continue or not
@lightscamerasashley.
10 ай бұрын
bring back the sassy eye roll plz 💞
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAHAH i understand the mission.
@nicholasjohnson5944
10 ай бұрын
This is a most delightful video- thank you for sharing your reading list with everyone!!! A Passage to India is a magnificent novel- I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I wish for you the same!!! Also, The Other by Thomas Tryon is a favorite horror novel of mine- I loved it!?!?! It has a twist within that I did not see coming, and I had to re-read it just to make sure I read it right- a little incentive for you, just in case!?! 😀 Also, if you enjoy The Other ( or even if not!), I HIGHLY recommend his book Harvest Home, which I love even more- a folk horror novel that stayed with me longer than I expected, which is the best kind!!!!! 😀 Please keep the fantabulous content flowing, and as always, until next time, wonderful Mr. Charles!!!!! 🎉 😀 ❤ P.S. Have a blessed, beautiful, scrumptious Happy Thanksgiving week!?!?! 😊🥳
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
nicholas! you have encouraged me to keep going with The Other and India. I have a gorgeous copy of Harvest Home! it might make an appearance in a video if I get my act together. I hope you had a nice thanksgiving! See you soon...
@Dianathefairy590
10 ай бұрын
I hate to be this person but 🤓☝Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English. Old English is not readable if you don't study/learn it. Beowulf is written in OE, for example.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
lol thank you 🤭
@lindylouwho550
10 ай бұрын
Greetings from Scotland 🏴 (which is part of Great Britain/United Kingdom 😉). I'm glad you enjoyed Rebecca - I have 10 different editions! The first line of I Capture the Castle is one of my favourite....and that edition ❤ Have you read Stoner or Butcher's Crossing by John Williams? Both masterpieces IMO. Favourite tea = Yorkshire Gold 💚
@kathleena4038
10 ай бұрын
I’ve had Stoner in my kindle FOREVER; should I move that to next up?
@lindylouwho550
10 ай бұрын
@@kathleena4038 Immediately 😃.... the quiet, gentle prose is beautiful. I do hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAHA hi scotland ;) 10 different editions!! I can't blame you. I bet they're gorgeous. When i was younger i had multiple copies of the exact same book from thrift stores. Also I've already amassed 3 editions of I capture the castle 🫣 I loved stoner! I need to pick up butchers crossing. Ive never tried yorkshire gold but it has been added to my TTBR (tea tbr ha ha)
@lindylouwho550
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p TTBR - Brilliant 😄
@kathleena4038
10 ай бұрын
Skip The Other and read Harvest Home (also by Tryon).
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i have a super hot copy of harvest home...
@miquesbookvlogs372
10 ай бұрын
Anyone who says Ayn Rand's writing sucks just hates her beliefs (which is valid) but her writing is objectively *fantastic* and Atlas Shrugged was such a fun read tbh (even tho I don't share her beliefs)
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
AGREED...most of the critiques of rand Ive heard are moot because they dismiss her entirely. her stories and writing are great. i swear if the fountainhead and atlas shrugged were republished with new titles and under a pseudonym, everyone would be like "omg!! great characters, great storytelling!"
@miquesbookvlogs372
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p I've got a first edition hardcover of AS. I treasure it 😌
@jakecavendish3470
10 ай бұрын
I think it's about time I dipped into "the World of Book(s)." Which book would you recommend to a beginner bearing in mind I may only ever read one?
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
hahah you seem like a silly guy. "lets pretend this never happened" is a funny, short memoir that made me laugh a bunch. It's made up of short sections so it's really easy to pick up and read just a bit whenever you feel like it. tell me if you give it a shot!
@jakecavendish3470
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Thank you, I'll give it a go, although the title is giving me PTSD flashbacks to my last job interview
@ninalab88
10 ай бұрын
Lord of the rings is awesome in audiobook, especially Andy Serkis narration. Highly recommend it, is better to hear de the music than to read it.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
oooo i love a good audiobook. i used to listen to harry potter and read along
@ninalab88
9 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Say no more, start with The Hobbit (all by Andy Serkis) and enjoy the journey.
@claudiacoy3294
10 ай бұрын
You're a superstar???
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
uh yea?
@thisisveryannoying
10 ай бұрын
I am still to hear from someone that they did not like Rebecca. For me it was just OK-ish. I am sad to be alone :)
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
im sure youre not alone! i certainly wouldnt recommend rebecca to everyone. also it got a wee bit melodramatic for me at some points esp the later part
@Meizi
10 ай бұрын
So with Shakespeare it’s best to start with Romeo and Juliet- basic, predictable, but a great introduction to his display of character in a humorous way. Focus on Mercutio, Tybalt, and Benvolio and you won’t be annoyed by the stupidity of the romantic plot. It’s easier to understand and get past the Shakespearean lingo. If you’re looking to read one of his history plays, I recommend King Henry IV Part 1. The father-son, coming of age storyline is fantastic. The King, on a Netflix, is a perfect movie version of the story (but not in play form). As tragedies goes, Macbeth is more alluring than Hamlet cos of the magic. I’ve never much liked Hamlet, but I suppose that’s personal preference. Midsummer nights dream is funny!!! Once you get past the confusing elements. Never read Troilus and Cressida. It will make you mad- lacks all virtue and has no conclusion.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
eek thank you! i might try macbeth or a history
@mitalishinde6890
10 ай бұрын
Absolutely agree with making writing overly complicated for no reason other than just make it appeal to academics is just big no.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
its so gd aggravating
@CosmicHobo2
10 ай бұрын
Would highly recommend Muriel Spark, really short and punchy.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
mmm ok added to the hit list
@CosmicHobo2
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p Hope she doesn't end up on the shit list... Can recommend specific books if you want
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAHA give me a good rec!!@@CosmicHobo2
@CosmicHobo2
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. The Driver's Seat and The Takeover as less obvious choices
@benyamins9854
10 ай бұрын
Tea: Milk oolong tea, lychee black tea, moroccan mint tea are good staples
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
mmmm lychee black sounds good. Moroccan mint is a classic
@mitalishinde6890
10 ай бұрын
Have you read " Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer " very interesting and enjoyable book if you want different gener read.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i havent! but a book about moss sounds up my alley... added to tbr...
@58christiansful
10 ай бұрын
This is one of your more engaging presentations. Don’t waste time on Tolkien. Get du Maurier’s Don’t Look Now - one of the scariest short stories ever - remember reading it when I was in the army and it spooked me out. Also Not After Midnight - another short story by du Maurier - very strange and disturbing.
@fiddleleaffiction
10 ай бұрын
I’m so intrigued about your comment to not waste time on Tolkien 👀
@58christiansful
10 ай бұрын
@@fiddleleaffiction It is not worth the intellectual effort. It is a nerdish choice and you are not a nerd. It is tedious.
@fiddleleaffiction
10 ай бұрын
@@58christiansful very interesting take! I haven’t completed LOTR yet but I have read The Hobbit multiple times and some of Tolkien’s translation of Beowulf and I like him.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
lol Ive seen dont look now at the bookstore. ill have to pick it up
@Luchino
10 ай бұрын
Are you still a student? If you have a job, is it anything vaguely professorial?
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
do you think i should be a professor....
@Luchino
10 ай бұрын
Absolutely! Love your commentaries! Ayn Rand though…..UHG! Glorifies selfishness.
@lucashawks2160
10 ай бұрын
A Passage to India is incredible. Give it time. I wasn't as fond of A Room with a View.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
ok ok i believe you ill keep going. i havent tried a room yet
@SyMpHOny893
10 ай бұрын
I didnt like play it as it lays. maybe I didnt understand it but 🤷♀️
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
baby. dont let booktube brainwash you. didion is not for everyone. youre sane. youre sexy. youre SyMpHOny.
@peterg1646
3 ай бұрын
cool
@Reading_Tamishly
10 ай бұрын
I love normal abnormal sounding readers 😂
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
lol im glad 😘
@58christiansful
10 ай бұрын
Here’s a free geography lesson for you: Britain and Great Britain are the same, synonymous. England is part of Great Britain.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
now all i need to learn is the eight continents
@Carrer-r8x
10 ай бұрын
Jesus died so that you could go to Heaven. He loves you . He would really like a relationship with you and for you to stop sinning. I recommend that you read the Bible♥️✝️
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
babe i just sinned on your face
@whoreforjaneausten
10 ай бұрын
That's exactly how I read. My adhd would never let me read one book at a time unless I hyperfixate, then I don't eat and sleep for two days reading the book 🤷🏻♀️ I'm also just as addicted to caffeine, headaches and all, I drink coffee because it calms me down and helps me focus, so I don't really want to quit, but the thing about coffee is the amount you drink stops being enough and you start needing more and more and more, so to deal with that I do some sort of detox or whatever you call it in English like once every half a year or so. I don't drink coffee for a week or a bit more, the headaches stop by day 3-4, by the end of the week you feel perfect, you just have to get through that (pick time for it wisely because you will not be able to do anything productive in those days). It's very much possible and you almost got there when you gave up I think
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
i need to adopt your detox method. Im a slave to caffeine. reading only one book at a time is difficult for me too
@GengningZhan
10 ай бұрын
please really hope u winter book recommendation making my lonely Christmas less lonely❤
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
its in the works i promise...😏
@deepolo
10 ай бұрын
You've slowly become my favorite youtuber ever since discovering your channel. I come for the books and stay for the sass
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
im building an empire...
@kathleena4038
10 ай бұрын
Omg, this is exactly my reading process! I thought for sure no one else read in my crazy fashion…although, I do feel I actually get more reading done, because I don’t feel locked in. And if there is a book that I do want to finish and it’s dragging…I will assign myself like 10 pages a day and eventually get through it. I distinctly remember reading House of Mirth this way….omg, that bitch was relegated to 5 pages a day….but I got through it!
@phyycxis1159
10 ай бұрын
i started to do this too!
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
ohhhh no not house of mirth 😩 congrats on pushing through tho 🫡
@kathleena4038
10 ай бұрын
My new fav is Claire Keegan….she writes short stories and novellas, which are typically not my thing….BUT she is crazy good…I just fly through her books, collections!
@-rianna
10 ай бұрын
Claire keegan is my favourite too! Although her stories are short, they always leave such a big impact on me. Especially small things like these, that book lives in my head rent free
@kathleena4038
10 ай бұрын
@@-rianna that is a beautiful story!!!💚
@NikoN-xw6xy
10 ай бұрын
I learned abit about the Irish because of her, which is something because I’m American Irish and I didn’t know what troubles they faced over there. Her stories left a good impact on me.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
eek! she sounds good. ive added small things like these to my list
@0001-e8x
10 ай бұрын
King uploaded
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
fans: assembled.
@fl4897
10 ай бұрын
Stopped what I was doing to watch this video!!
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
good. 😤🫣🫶
@ChorltonOutlaw
10 ай бұрын
Can you give us an eye roll count in the bottom corner of the video so I know how many we get to by the end please?
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAHAH
@MrNiceguyjin
10 ай бұрын
You called B&N? I would rather drive the 20min there and leave disappointed than actually call anyone. 😂
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAHAH understandable
@CitizenKane359
10 ай бұрын
Hey, Charles. I just discovered your channel and love it. Your manic laughter is wonderfully surreal, but in a great way (!). As is your excellent insight into books. But, okay, my favorite tea is lapsang souchong. (I like Twining's, but I'm sure there's better.) The first time someone brewed a cup for me I asked, "What's burning?" It has a very smoky taste, is very strong, and is very delicious, at least to me.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
thank you! hahah i will check out lapsan souchong, ive never tried a smoky tea my interest is piqued
@fiddleleaffiction
10 ай бұрын
We love a nuanced take on Ayn Rand 🙌 atlas shrugged is on my shelf, staring at me every day. Also I totally have a similar reading method and the problem is that it gives me anxiety to let books go on for so long and I think for me it really slows my pace. I’m going to test out reading one book at a time, we’ll see how that goes 😅 p.s. love your reading taste!!
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
give atlas shrugged a shot! hahah.. i get how it makes you feel. once i get to an obscene number of books i start getting anxious too
@Courtney6
10 ай бұрын
The new Rebecca movie adaptation with Lily James was really good. It’s on Netflix. The kindle is actually quite a useful thing. I got a 2nd gen like 10-11 years ago and it’s still going strong. It’s the best way to read at night. Also, I use to always read it in public when I didn’t want people asking me what I was reading. I feel like having a book with the cover flashing in the wind is an invite for extroverts to ask you about it. The kindle staves them off. Lol
@bestvibepeeps
10 ай бұрын
I love this degree of your introvertedness 🤗
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
HAHAH no I GET YOU ppl interrogating me is like 80% of why i dont read in public. I need to try it on the kindle. i will check out the netflix rebecca
@katieh1752
10 ай бұрын
"I recently learned the difference between Britain, England, and Great Britain. That's a lie I didn't." 😂
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
my American chauvinism is showing
@bestvibepeeps
10 ай бұрын
OMG, isn't he precious!!!!
@katpizo
10 ай бұрын
my new fav. i’m reading secret history because of you LOL
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
!!! i hope you enjoy
@nathansnook
10 ай бұрын
Charles boppin around in the 60s with homegirl Joan was not a fantasy i ever had but now i do
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
lol i wish id been around in the 60s 😪
@hueningkaj
9 ай бұрын
As for Shakespeare, I recommend reading Richard III! I was never a Shakespeare girl in high school but I've found a new appreciation for his work now that I'm doing my undergrad in English lit. His work is fun because no two people have the same exact interpretations. If you wish to develop a deeper understanding (at least for Richard III) I would watch Al Pacino's, Looking for Richard :3
@cs0p
9 ай бұрын
oo ooo oo i feel like a history might be just what i need. i think someone else said lovers of game of thrones (me haha) should try richard. i added looking for richard to my lettrboxed...
@ashlynrenee4603
10 ай бұрын
“Listen I don’t want to be reading ugly ass books” 😂💀
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
pretty. books. only.
@bestvibepeeps
10 ай бұрын
OMG, this is so classic Charles.....stuff that makes Charles, Charles..... He only wants Hot and Sexy books 🤪 lol
@fawnwolf
10 ай бұрын
Your facial expressions get me every time
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
im thinking about doing a video where I just make faces to express my feelings about books
@fawnwolf
10 ай бұрын
@@cs0p thatd be everything omg pls do
@bibliosophie
10 ай бұрын
yr [old] method of reading is basically exactly mine. I love the flexibility it affords me, and how it de-dramatizes putting a book down. you explain it perfectly (I may in fact quote you if I ever make the "how I read" video I've been thinking about for a while): I don't have to make a firm dnf choice as soon as my interest wanes in a book. I can set it aside, and if it becomes a de facto dnf by virtue of the fact that I never want to go back to it, I can officially call it.
@cs0p
10 ай бұрын
no it really is the best method. I forgot how great the flexibility is. I would love a bibliosophie how i read vid...
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