My Top Reads of 2022!

Works discussed:

- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

- Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman (trans. Robert Chandler)

- Egils Saga (trans. Bernard Scudder)

- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake

- Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems (ed. J.D. McClatchy)

- Four Centuries of Great Love Poems (ed. Debra Starr)

- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

- At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill

[journalofalongpause]

Great choices! At Swim, Two Boys was incredible and devastating

[Mai-zyvw]

So glad to see you again! I'm sorry to hear 2022 was difficult for you, I hope things are getting better for you. Best wishes

[jwhend]

Fascinating mixture of top reads. I'm glad you were able to read At Swim, Two Boys. It is a book that I read and enjoyed back in 2007 - you encouraged me to return to it. I would say the same for The Little Prince which I read many years ago when I was in college.

[marianac]

Glad to see you again! Le petit prince it's the gift the keeps on giving, I recommend you wind sand and stars ( terre des hommes) by Saint-Exupéry. I hope a healthier 2023 for you.

[aaronfacer]

It's nice to see you here after a little while, Lukáš. I'm sorry to hear about how things were for you in 2022. I really appreciated the variety of your list. The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse is a little gem of a book. It instantly calms me down when I open it up. I need to get to The Little Prince at some point... I'm sure I must have a copy around here somewhere. I'm hoping to touch base with William Blake this year - I've only read scattered bits and pieces so far, so I'm looking forward to getting to know his poetry a little better. It feels like this comment is getting on a bit, so I'll leave it here for now. Best wishes to you in 2023, my friend!

[sharongoforth]

So good to see you! Wishing you all the best for 2023 😊.

[ThatReadingGuy]

I’m really sorry you had to go through so much all at once in 2022. It’s wonderful to hear that you were able to find stuff to read that helped with what you were going through. I really hope your 2023 is a lot more positive. Thanks for the video!

[AmandaJHMorton]

Have you seen 24 Frames by Abbas Kiarostami? What you said about The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse made me think of it.

[brittabohlerthesecondshelf]

Glad you're back! Sorry to hear that you had such a difficult year. I hope 2023 will be much, much better. X

[idgitreadsandrambles]

You're back! Yeehaw! Hope all is well, or at least better. I been there too. I'm the quentin that won your giveaway. Nabbed bloom's best poems of the english language you gave away, before i started my channel. It's great btw. Thanks :)

[THFLCNx]

I'm sorry that last year was so rough for you; hope this pick up. :) I The Little Prince though; that book made me cry harder than anything I'd ever read. And I actually ended up acquiring a copy of Life and Fate myself last year. Hope to maybe get to it this year. :)

[wronggeometry]

Not sure you can access it in America but they made an animation of the Mole, The Fox over christmas.