RE-READING NORMAL PEOPLE & CONVERSATIONS WITH FRIENDS // 24 hour readathon

It's time for another 24 hour readathon (or re-readathon)! This time I was joined by some lovely friends, Carolyn and Emma for a re-read of Sally Rooney's Normal People and Conversations with Friends - two of my favourite books, ever - enjoy!
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[GaggingLit]

Also re-read these books recently and found they improved so much upon a re-visit. Loved that u did this as a vlog as well, it was such a chilled vibe to follow along with.

[miquesbookvlogs]

Love your vlogs so much! They’re so cozy—the weather in my neck of the woods is somewhat like yours. Watching this has really gotten me into the reading mood! ✨

[Anhorish]

I find watching thoughtful young people who really love literature quite soothing, especially in these times, like a cure for something you didn't know you had.
If you have not read John Fowles' The French Lieutenant Woman you should. It is a masterpiece masquerading as a Victorian love story. Beyond beautiful. I enjoyed you (and your friend's} take on Rooney and will have to read her now.

[GwendolynKensinger]

I recently purchased this book because of you and now you have this vlog and it's making me want to read it ASAP.

[alexandraroselyn]

I hadn't even heard of Normal People before but the show looks so good!! I'm buying both of these tomorrow they sound incredible thank you!😊

[ClariinhaVitral]

I LOVE your vlogs! You got me super excited to read Normal People! <3

[Nadia.m.i]

Hi Ciara!
I first read Normal People and it seemed to me a masterpiece, although I felt sadness by the end of it because of all the issues that Connell and Marianne develop. I have to say that they are the most believable characters that I’ve ever read about, like REAL people, and that is amazing (still haven’t watched the show).

After finishing Normal People I picked up Conversations with friends and loved it too. Unlike Normal People, I felt like the characters were not so complex, but I liked better the plot and, as you say, with Frances’ point of view it’s more empathic than a book written in third person. However, because of that I missed and wanted more information about Bobbi and Melissa, themselves and their relationship. But this book didn’t make me feel sad while I was reading it and it was easier to follow the story than the leaps in time of Normal People. While reading Normal People I felt like drawing a square and filling the gap with information. Writing like that is definitely brave and not easy.

I think Rooney’s writing is really really good and they are both great works of art. The conclusion that I came is that Normal People is superior, at least for me, but I personally prefer Conversations with friends.

[trickyjeans]

Not gonna lie, but I literally was so hyped for this vlog xD Can't wait to see more!

[lidalit]

Just found your videos and absolutely love them!!

[Jeramie]

Watching you reading your favorite book and I say, “I need this book badly!”

[lizzie_]

Ah you've quickly become my favourite booktuber! We have such similar tastes. Your content and analysis are always so interesting to me too 😊

[elisecordes]

Reading normal people for the first time this year love it and already want to read it again my aunt told me I would like it

[ileanaaaaa]

I absolutely loved both and is impossible for me to choose which one is better 💛🖤

[oriannaatalatorrico]

Good vlog! btw, you look like Rory from Gilmore Girls haha

[amy_runs]

I've just read the family upstairs by Lisa jewell its not my usual go to style but its so different and such a fast read if anyone is wanting to get back into reading after a slump x

[hannahs_blog]

Ahhh I really need to read some Sally Rooney!! Your hot chocolates look soooo good as always!!!

[SadieReadsAgain]

Loved this, it's got me so excited to read Normal People next week and then watch the adaptation. Despite what my best bookish friend says (he hated it 🤣)

[maialeventhal]

I needed to watch a video of someone discussing conversations with friends because i finished it and just needed to discuss! this video helped so much for me to form the thoughts bouncing around my brain. conversations with friends strangely reminded me of the book: norwegian wood. have you read it?

[סנדרהשלום]

Sally Rooney’s Hate Is the New Normal
It is not easy to convince the Snapchat generation to read books. To do so, you must be a gifted writer and know which buttons to press in young people’s hearts. Sally Rooney, a young Irish author, is that kind of writer. Her first two books have won multiple awards and she is widely regarded as one of the most prominent voices of millennials.
Rooney is also very opinionated. She is a self-proclaimed Marxist and an avid supporter of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement (BDS). In line with her views, she has refused to sell translation rights to Israeli publishers. Because of her notoriety, her decision caused quite a stir. The New York Times stated, “Sally Rooney Declines to Sell Translation Rights to Israeli Publisher.” CNN echoed, “Sally Rooney refuses to sell Hebrew rights for latest book to Israeli publisher, citing political objections, ” and other prominent news outlets also reported her decision.
In response, Israel's two largest bookstore chains announced that they would pull all of Rooney's titles from their shelves. This also caused a stir, though not as much. The BBC reported it, as did The Guardian and other British news outlets. Naturally, the Jewish press was all over the case, as well.
I sympathize with the response of the bookstore chains, just as I was in favor of banning other individuals and brands that boycott Israel. At the same time, I understand why they are doing this, and I am glad that it is causing a stir in Israel.
We can look the other way for only so long. At some point, we will have to ask ourselves why the world hates us, and it is better if we do it now than later.
We need to use such incidents constructively. By "constructively, " I mean that we should use them as an impetus to return to the roots of our nation, to our fundamental principles of mutual responsibility and brotherly love. These are the building blocks of our nation, and these are the qualities that we lost long ago and for which we were exiled from Israel.
When we were cast as a nation that was to be “a light unto nations, ” we were made to reflect the splendor of love of others to the entire world. Long before we gave the world Albert Einstein and Arthur Rubenstein, we gave it “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Granted, we did not quite manage to make it a reality, but the idea itself was, and still is, so novel, so unlike human nature, that to this day it seems undoable.
Still, the world will not leave us in peace until we begin to implement this very legacy we had left to humanity. Indeed, it makes perfect sense to demand that the progenitors of this sublime idea be the first to implement it.
The more the world becomes divided and hostile, the more it needs its opposite - love of others. The more people hate each other, the more they will demand that we love each other, and they will hate us for not doing so and setting an example for the world to follow.
In the near future, numerous celebrities, pundits, and politicians will declare their disapproval of Israel. They will not justify our existence as a sovereign state unless we justify it by setting an example of unity. Nothing else will satisfy them; nothing else will appease their hatred.

For more on this, see my publication The Jewish Choice: Unity or Anti-Semitism..

[theteenageangstpodcast]

Carolyn did not randomly make the connection between Emma and normal people she heard it from jack edwards jeez give credit where it’s due Carolyn