NEW YORK TIMES BOOK TAG 📰 | answering the burning questions the nyt asks authors

Опубликовано: 28 Сентябрь 2026
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Hi friends! This week’s video is me answering the New York Times Book Tag - By the Book. This NYT column is a longstanding favorite of mine, so I’m jazzed to take a stab at it.

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📰 BY THE BOOK TAG QUESTIONS

Olive’s Video:    • ANSWERING QUESTIONS THE NEW YORK TIMES ASK...  

1. What book is on your nightstand now?
2. What kind of reader were you as a child? Which childhood books and authors stick with you most?
3. How have your reading tastes changed over time?
4. Are there any classic novels that you only recently read for the first time?
5. Has a book ever brought you closer to another person, or come between you?
6. Which subjects do you wish more authors would write about?
7. Can a great book be badly written? What other criteria can overcome bad prose?
8. You’re organizing a literary dinner party. Which three writers, dead or alive, do you invite?
9. What moves you most in a work of literature?
10. What do you plan to read next?

📚 BOOKS MENTIONED
Voices in the Evening by Natalia Ginzburg | https://amzn.to/3Li9RiZ (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97808112... (bookshop.org)
Hag by Daisy Johnson | https://amzn.to/3l5ehPu (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97803490... (bookshop.org)
The Creative Tarot by Jessa Crispin | https://amzn.to/424zV7e (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97815011... (bookshop.org)
Ecstasy by Mary Sharratt | https://amzn.to/3Tb20FJ (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97813286... (bookshop.org)
Half Breed by Maria Campbell | https://amzn.to/3yxfwdr (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97828974... (bookshop.org)
Buyer Personas by Adele Revella | https://amzn.to/3la06Zq (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97811189... (bookshop.org)
The Royal Diaries | out of print now ☹
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell | https://amzn.to/3ywrcx1 (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97814516... (bookshop.org)
Agnes Gray by Anne Bronte | https://amzn.to/3JxQXmP (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97801404... (bookshop.org)
The Victorian and the Romantic by Nell Stevens | https://amzn.to/3ZYEJJA (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97805254... (bookshop.org)
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell | https://amzn.to/3LzmbvB (amazon), https://bookshop.org/a/25850/97805933... (bookshop.org)

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