books I read in November | 2023

November was a great reading month! I can’t believe there’s only one month left in the year!

Books I mentioned:
My Husband by Maud Ventura
The Girls by Emma Cline
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Two Twisted Crowns by Rachel Gillig
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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[ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace]

You are the most adventurous of readers! I love that!! ❤

[Tolstoy]

The ideas run all through TBK. It’s driven by ideas not plot. The characters represent philosophical positions. It’s an overwhelming work.

[lit.classics]

Totally agree with you on Brothers Karamazov!

[she]

i devoured 'my husband' and the epilogue had me screamingg it was so well done!

[thelefthandedreader]

Jennifer, you did such a good job describing Death Valley - a much better job than I did. I loved this one. Strangely. I wouldn’t normally hang with the surrealism but it worked for me this time.

[High-frequency-ef]

The Idiot is a great book by him as well

[philip]

Great reviews as always. I sometimes have different views from yours but always enjoy hearing your thoughts. Interesting take on Brothers Karamazov and Dostoevsky in general. Brothers Karamazov, C&P and Notes from Underground are all among my favorite works but I’m really struggling at the moment with The Idiot (about halfway through). Also, random note but something you might appreciate- my favorite book of all time is Moby Dick.

[mimishimaineko]

Great review! I especially appreciated your willingness to drag over coals those deserving of such attention.🧡

[High-frequency-ef]

4.25 💔😭 the brothers karamasov, that’s my favorite Dostoyevsky book

[Shellyish]

I feel like I’ll love Big Swiss too! 😊

[mtnshelby]

Only speaking for myself, I go to the big Russian novels prepared to make a study of them as part of the greater world conversation. The goals are just so different and we can be at such a disadvantage. It's also the translation, there's so much at odds sometimes.

[SarahAsYouWish]

You’ve convinced me to pick up Big Swiss. I appreciate a weird book with an unhinged female main character.
I felt similarly to you about The Woman in Me. I did not rate it but am very glad I read it. Britney went through a lot.
DNFed One Dark Window around 15% after finding I did not care about the characters. There wasn’t anything else particularly wrong with it, I just didn’t feel invested.

[davidnovakreadspoetry]

I read _Brothers Karamazov_ after _Crime and Punishment_ and felt you described it adequately. For my third Dostoevsky I attempted _The Idiot_ and set it aside past the halfway point with a “meh”. It may not have been the book itself; I may have just grown tired of Dostoevsky.

[angelawebb]

So I saw your video yesterday and you persuaded me to listen to “My Husband.” I have no idea how I feel about it. I can’t say more without straying into spoilers territory, but maybe stream of consciousness, unhinged rambling books are not kind of party. This is not to say you led me wrong. I love your channel and your recommendations. I just don’t know what to make of that book. Is there a deeper meaning that I’m missing?

[Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

Since you love the Manson true crime, I HIGHLY suggest Member of the Family: My Story of Charles Manson, Life Inside His Cult, and the Darkness That Ended the Sixties by Dianne Lake. She was one of "his girls". I have a fascination with that too so I read a couple of books from people in the cult. I have another nonfiction to read abt it called Chaos but haven't been in the mood to read it.