Reading Wrap Up March 2024

Thanks for chatting about books with me! How were your reads in March? Did any of these books catch your eye? What are you planning to read in April???

Books Featured in this Video:

Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amelie Wen Zhao
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
How Do You Live? By Genzaburo Yoshino
The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa
Kindling by Traci Chee
The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbrana

[omgitsyelhsa]

I think for your shelf adventure for long form content, you could do a complete shelf stat wrap up. Like “shelf one had 27 books. 10 books I’ve read, 17 I hadn’t. Of the 10 I had read before this, I kept 8 (then show your 8) and got rid of these two (and you can name them or put the cover on the screen)” and then you don’t have to hang onto them for months on end

[demaramorrow]

I love watching you deshelve and explain why you are keeping or unhauling each book. The Gram won't let me comment on your deshelving reels but it is very cathartic and makes me want to do the same.

[AnnInWonderland.]

Caitlin Doughty's books are great, they're very educational and the cheeky style makes the information in them much easier to handle. Caitlin also has a channel here on youtube, Ask a Mortician, and the videos have that style too. I highly recommend it. But yes, it can be a lot so take care of yourselves and stay safe ♥

[ewillis]

I love your in-depth explanations of why you like or didn't like the books!

[alyssataylor]

Could you take photos of the books you let go & add in a photo into the video?
Have never read or seen any Pride & Prejudice anything but I'd love to read Most Ardently.

[chertea]

Hey I know this is late but if you wanted to do a long form video of this (which would be awesome), you could always films bits as you go so once you’ve finished a book on the shelf the video is dedicated to you could film your review and say if you where keeping it or unpausing it and then just compile these videos and maybe do like a little before and after of the shelf at the end and just talk about how many you kept and how many you unhauled. (Sorry and know that’s long and a bit confusing if you see this I hope it helps and if you want me to explain more I will). <3

[EmyN]

It’s so satisfying unhauling videos, you can show just the cover of the books you unhaul!

[lucasandvanessabremerman]

I always love watching these videos!!! 1:16 that seems like a great comforting chaos to watch long form ❤ An Idea could be talking a picture of each book and get rid of them or write it down in like a book journal or something

Just an idea!

[susan]

So enjoyed this wrap-up! Been a fan of Caitlin Doughty for some time now and was happy to see a book of hers I haven’t read. Definitely picking up How Do You Live and Song of Silver. So love your reviews!

[izzy-hnns]

Hey Ezeekat, love all your reads. I have a similar reading to you and I’m always so glad to watch these sorts of videos because of all the book recommendations as well as watching your love of books and reading. Thank you for spotlighting books that would have never shown up on my radar before watching your videos, you have helped me become more adventurous and get out of my comfort zone when it comes to reading.

[TeaLoverlne]

Love the explanations on the books and your opinions. Especially good to hear how you can like a writer and their style necessarily liking every book they write. And that it is ok to unhaul a book you like - being realistic about whether or not you would reread and choosing to share it with others rather than holding on to it forever.

[Thebeetlejuicelover]

I love the idea of reading through your shelves. Maybe do clips as you finish the book (like your TT's) and combine them for a video? This is my shelf before, clips, then after? That might be a lot of work though. I haven't read any of these yet but I did add a few to my TBR. From last months wrap up though, I read the first 3 books of the Wayward Children series. (2 last month, 1 this month) The third was my favorite so far so if you do continue the series, please try and stick around until then before you decide if you want to continue or not. Glad you were able to find your balance though and get a lot of reading in. :)

[athenacomeau]

I look forward to your reading wrap-ups every month! Each time I end up adding books to my TBR. This time I added: How Do You Live, Most Ardently, and Lore of the Wilds. 😊

[Jane.]

Just found your channel and I love the way you describe books! I have How Do You Live on my shelf after seeing The Boy and The Heron. I am even more excited to read it after hearing you discuss it. Also, the thought of just starting in one corner and reading through all my shelves is such a crazy idea-very overwhelming! But a great challenge! Happy reading.

[sb]

Kamogawa Food Detectives really hit me hard since I'm starting to get to the age where my parents are slowing down, and the family farm is gone, and my friends are starting to pass away...
(for real, I'm only 40, not like 80...)
But it really hit me in the 'you can never go back' kind of way

[shannonhasquet]

Hi there! I recently discovered your channel through the shorts and I think you're great! This was my first video of yours that I've watched and as someone whose life is controlled by my bookshelves, I was interested to see your process to read things that have been begging to be read for years and to clean up your shelves a bit. I'm excited to see more!!!

[Kritz_Reads]

Happy to hear you enjoyed a song of silver flame like night. That one has been sitting on my shelf. Taunting me.

[alexandraw]

Caitlin is amazing!! Her delivery is great, she has a couple other books as well, and a YouTube channel. Right now she's on a break and only coming back if she deems it necessary/worthy, but I strongly suggest checking out her channel.

[LindaASJ]

I love, love, love that you’re going through your shelves and are able to gift others with some of your books once you’ve read them. You will end up spreading so much good with your gifting

[mj-scff]

I love the way you talk about books. Regarding your opinion on Most Ardently and how queer people deserve happy endings, I agree! I disagree when people look at happy queer endings in historical fiction as "unrealistic" when historically, some queer people did manage to make the best of the world they lived in and managed to live happy lives (in secret). Of course, this is not the case for everyone, but to act like situations like that never happened is a disservice to those real queer people who came from these times. Also, even if it is unrealistic, it's also historical fiction, and you can bend the rules a little of what is and isn't realistic. Like you said, queer people deserve happy stories and happy endings too, including in historical fiction books. Historical fiction stories shouldn't be dominated by straight stories. And I think we're all a little tired of the pretense that queer stories need to end in tragedy, we also want happy fluffy love stories.