Books Mentioned: The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch The Other Bennet Sister – Jane Hadlow The Wren, The Wren – Anne Enright Trespasses – Louise Kennedy And Then She Fell – Alicia Elliot Pretty Boys Are Poisonous – Megan Fox Bright Fear – Mary Jean Chan Bittersweet – Natasha Ramoutar One Piece – Eiichiro Oda Nightbloom – Peace Adzo Medie Enter Ghost – Isabella Hammad She Hulk – Rainbow Rowell 8 Lives of A Century Old Trickster – Mirinae Lee The Blue Beautiful World – Karen Lord Remember –Joy Harjo, illustrator: Michaela Goade
March Wrap Up | Womens Prize, Poetry & ComicsKier The Scrivener2024-04-06 | All the books I read in March.
Books Mentioned: The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch The Other Bennet Sister – Jane Hadlow The Wren, The Wren – Anne Enright Trespasses – Louise Kennedy And Then She Fell – Alicia Elliot Pretty Boys Are Poisonous – Megan Fox Bright Fear – Mary Jean Chan Bittersweet – Natasha Ramoutar One Piece – Eiichiro Oda Nightbloom – Peace Adzo Medie Enter Ghost – Isabella Hammad She Hulk – Rainbow Rowell 8 Lives of A Century Old Trickster – Mirinae Lee The Blue Beautiful World – Karen Lord Remember –Joy Harjo, illustrator: Michaela Goade
#womensprize #wrapupVictober TBR | Bronte roasting, Gaskell love and plays galoreKier The Scrivener2024-10-09 | Victober, baby! Complete with Charlotte Brontë roasting, Gaskell love and plays galore and Batman for good measure.
#victober #victobertbrMy Charlotte Lucas Birthday #janeausten #booktok #books #prideandprejudiceKier The Scrivener2024-09-22 | ...Reading My Favourite Booktubers Favourite BooksKier The Scrivener2024-08-05 | I love BookTube and I love all the books I pick up because of BookTube. Here are sone of my favourite creators and some of their favourite books.
Books Mentioned: How Not To Drown In A Glass of Water – Angie Cruz Remember –Joy Harjo The God of Good Looks – Breanne Mc Ivor All The Little Bird Hearts – Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante The Days of Abandonment - Elena Ferrante The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch – Melinda Taub Barnaby Rudge – Charles Dickens Charley’s Aunt – Brandon Thomas Gaslight – Patrick Hamilton Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give– Ada Calhoun Someday Maybe – Onyi Nwabineli
Questions: 1. How many books have you read so far? 2. What genre have you read the most? 3. Your favourite book you’ve read so far? 4. The Best sequel of the year? 5. What is the most disappointing book you’ve read so far? 6. What is the book that surprised you the most? 7. Any book that particularly impressed you with how it was written? 8.Any character you fell in love with? 9..Do you have a new favourite author or one you think might be a future favourite? 10. Do you have a new release you haven’t read yet?11. The book you are most excited for in the second half of the year? 12. Any books that made you cry? 13. What is a book you’ve started and not finished? 14. Three books you hope to read by the end of the year?
🍂 elsewhere 🍂 Instagram: instagram.com/kierscrivener/ Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/3... Patreon: patreon.com/kierthescrivener For Business Inquiries: Kierscrivener@gmail.comNew York Times Best Books of the 21st Century | Are These Actually Good?Kier The Scrivener2024-07-18 | The New York Times collected 503 ballots of top books from authors and critics to make the top 100 books of the 21st Century so far. What are my thoughts? Do I think these are good books? How many have I read? My gripes.
Books Mentioned: William Wordsworth Poetry – An Evening Walk Evelina – Frances Burney A Lady Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man – Violet Marsh Mansfield Park Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza Mrs Wickham – Sarah Page Castle Rackrent – Maria Edgrworth Life's Too Short – Abby Jimenez People on Vacation – Emily Henry The Paradise Problem– Christina Lauren
Books Mentioned: Sense and Sensibility Persuasion Mansfield Park The Watsons A Lady Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man – Violet Marsh Queen of Exiles by Vanessa Riley (Haiti 1810) Reputation by Lex Croucher Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza Once Persuaded, Twice Shy – Melodie Edwards The Jane Austen Society – Natalie Jenner The Jane Austen Book Club – Karen Joy Fowler Mrs Wickham – Sarah Page The Regency Years: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Byron Jane Austen’s Table Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne Evelina – Frances Burney Castle Rackrent – Maria Edgrworth Regency Etiquette – A Lady of Distinction School of Scandal The Rivals The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst – @katiejlumsden Tempest Toast by Robertson Davies All’s Well by Mona Awad Emily of New Moon Divine Might by Natalie Haynes
#janeaustenjulyClassics, Hockey & A Little Book Haul | Reading VlogKier The Scrivener2024-06-30 | Join me on the last week of June where I talk lots, mostly about books but also hockey, musicals and my strong feelings about Richard III and Canadian weather.
#womensprizeReading Update | Romcoms, Shakespeare & Dark AcademiaKier The Scrivener2024-06-08 | In the first days of June, I read 11 book: a mix of romcoms, classics, thrillers and fantasy and I saw some wonderful Shakespeare so let's chat.
🍂 elsewhere 🍂 Instagram: instagram.com/kierscrivener/ Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/3... Patreon: patreon.com/kierthescrivener For Business Inquiries: Kierscrivener@gmail.comOrdinary Human Failings | Themes, Characters and Generel Greatness | Megan Nolan Book ReviewKier The Scrivener2024-05-01 | I am so excited to share my thoughts about the excellent novel Ordinary Human Failings. I will dive into the themes, characters and events of the novel. How does alcoholism, beauty, postpartum depression affect the story? What does it mean to have hope and what does it mean to not? How does the sensationalizing of true crime affect those involved? What will a journalist do for a story?
#womensprize #womensprizeshortlistWomens Prize Reviews and Shortlist PredictionsKier The Scrivener2024-04-21 | We are getting close to the shortlist of the Women's Prize, so let's make some guesses.
#womensprize #womensprizeshortlistWomens Prize Longlist Reading VlogKier The Scrivener2024-04-18 | I read ten of the sixteen books longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction. Which means I'm guaranteed to have read at least one book shortlisted. Follow my thoughts as I love, hate and predict.
#womensprize #womensprizelonglistRiver East, River West | Aube Rey Lescure | Book Review | Womens Prize ShortlistKier The Scrivener2024-04-16 | River East, River West is the debut novel of Aube Rey Lescure, published in January of 2024, it is currently longlisted for the Women's Prize.
In this video, I discuss race, class, addiction and heavily talk about sexual assuslt and grooming of a minor.
Books Mentioned: River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure Ducks: Two Years in The Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
#womensprize #rivereastriverwestWhy You Should Read War Brides | Feminist Classics | Book ReviewKier The Scrivener2024-04-13 | Marion Craig Wentworth was a playwright, poet and suffragist, her most promient play War Brides premiered in January 1915 and went on to be one of the most successful plays of that year, being adapted into a silent movie the next year. A deeply feminist play, I try to convince you to read it.
#classics #WorldWarICarol Shields Shortlist ReactionKier The Scrivener2024-04-11 | The Carol Shields For Fiction is a prize that celebrates writers from Canada and the U. S.
books mentioned: Greek Tragedies Volume 1 The Complete Euripides Maus Volume 1 Rapture – Carol Ann Duffy Swann – Carol Shields Flamecaster – Cinda Williams Chima Shadowcaster – Cinda Williams Chima The Demon King – Cinda Williams Chima Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine Gothic Short Stories
#womensprize #womensprizenonfictionWhy I Love Shakespeare | Shakespeare Journey TagKier The Scrivener2024-03-25 | I kinda like Shakespeare, sometimes, maybe.
#stratfordfestivalBest Nonfiction Books of 2023Kier The Scrivener2024-03-20 | My favourite nonfiction books of 2023
Books Mentioned: Ducks: Two Years In The Oil Sands Underground Railroad: Next Stop Toronto The Anthropocene Reviewed Pandora’s Jar 84 Charing Cross Road Truth Telling Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman Jane Austen At Home The Talk A Fatal Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Books Mentioned: Agnes Grey – Anne Bronte Tenant of Wildfell Hall –Anne Bronte A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing Reading Lolita in Tehran
2019: Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens Five Little Pigs - Agatha Christie Fullmetal Alchemist Death Note 50 Great Stories
2020: Miss Marvel Vol 7-11 - G. Willow Wilson
2021: Rage of Dragons - Evan Winter The Romance of Arthur Turtles All The Way Down - John Green
2023: Bliss and Other Stories - Katherine Mansfield Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson
Books Mentioned: The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc Ivor The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya Art Matters by Neil Gaiman Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood Somebody Give This Heart A Pen by Sophia Thakur Wearing My Mother's Heart by Sophia Thakur You Are An Artist by Sarah Urist Green
Nightcrawling –Leila Mottley The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams Turn My Mourning Into Dancing – Henri Nouwen The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater So Big – Edna Ferber Fanny Herself – Edna Ferber
#bookhaulCreativity and Depression | lets talk about consistency, poetry, and book recsKier The Scrivener2024-02-16 | What's the best way to get some hope? Books, poems and more books.
Books Mentioned: The Anthropocene Reviewed Anne of Green Gables The Blue Castle The Lottery and Other Stories A Tree Grows in Brooklyn The Raven Boys Nevermoor An Ember In The Ashes The Demon King The God of Good Looks My Dark Vanessa Beartown
Books Mentioned: Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope Shirley by Charlotte Bronte Galatea by Madeline Miller Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross Lovely War by Julie Berry Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong You Just Need To Lose Weight by Aubrey Gordon How Far You've Come by Morgan Harper Nichols Local Man by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov There Was A Party For Langston by Jason Reynolds
Books Mentioned: Emily of New Moon Poor Things — Alasdair Gray The Eustace Diamonds The Other History of The DC Universe She Hulk Vol 1 & 2 Redemptor – Jordan Ifueko Tremor – Teju Cole Remember Us – Jacqueline Woodson The Man in The Brown Suit –Agatha Christie Eastbound — Maylis de Kerangal Western Lane — Chetna Maroo Clap When You Land – Elizabeth Acevedo The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts The Wren, The Wren – Anne Enright Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear
The Gray Wolf Throne– Cinda Williams Chima Women In Classic Literature Anthology The Awakening - Kate Chopin Walden - Henry David Thoreau Mere Christianity - C. S. Lewis Four Loves - C. S. Lewis Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White Sherwood - Megan Spooner A Face Like Glass - Frances Hardinge Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett Wild Beauty - Anna Marie McLemore The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas - Machado de Assisi Aphra Behn Plays In The Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 The Vegetarian - Han Kang Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado Bodymap - Leah Lakschmi Samarasinha
The Office of Historical Corrections Disappearing Moon Cafe Incidents in the Rue Laugier – Anita Brookner The Scarlet Letter A Grief Observed – C. S. Lewis Underpainter– Jane Urquhart Severance – Ling Ma Three Plays– Anton Chekhov
Books Mentioned: Hungry Hill - Daphne du Maurier The House on The Strand - Daphne du Maurier My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier Cinder - Marissa Meyer Sonnets From The Portuguese - Elizabeth Barrett Browning Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit - Jen Campbell The Waste Land – T. S. Eliot Italian Short Stories Anne of Avonlea - L. M. Montgomery
🍂 elsewhere 🍂 Instagram: instagram.com/kierscrivener/ Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/3... Patreon: patreon.com/kierthescrivener For Business Inquiries: Kierscrivener@gmail.comMy Favourite Middle Grade and Childrens Books | 2023Kier The Scrivener2024-01-18 | This year I am dividing my favourites into four categories: classics, nonfiction, children's/middle grade and '21st century fiction' (literary fiction, fantasy, historical fiction). This is my children's and midfle grade list ☺️
Books Mentioned: Little Women Frizzy Inheritance Harbour Me The Light Princess The Little Book of Brontës How The Grinch Stole Christmas The Lorax The Foot Book Starfish Yes We Can: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country (Kelly Yang) Something, Someday (Amanda Gormam) Velveteen Rabbit
Books Mentioned: Phineas Finn Eustace Diamonds Hedda Gabler The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas Great Expectations/ Bleak House (Dickens) An Agatha Christie (Brown Suit) Childhood, Youth & Dependency The Woodlanders/ Return of The Native An Atwood (Dancing Girls/Handmaid’s) Parable of The Sower Four Feathers (Mason, 1902) The Longest Journey / Passage To India The Invisible Man (Ellison) Death Comes For The Archbishop The Trial–Franz Kafka Tempest Tost (1951), Canadian A Man of Property – John Galsworthy The Waste Land Daphne du Maurier Shirley / Bronte Wives and Daughters The Secret Garden The House of Mirth An L. M. Montgomery (Emily)
2024 Big Books: Phineas Finn (752) Bleak House (1071) Invisible Man (581) War and Peace (1392) The Portrait of A Lady (797) Shirley (624) Les Misérables (1463)
#classics #classicliterature2024 READING GOALSKier The Scrivener2024-01-11 | My dreams, hopes and plans for 2024 🗒📚✔️
Monthly Checklist: A Canadian Book A 20th Century Classic A Pre 1900s Classic Poetry, Play or Short Story Collection A Graphic Novel or SFF Novel A Young Adult/Middle Grade Book A Nonfiction Book An Owned Book
100 Books for The Year: 25 Classics (three international classics) 20 Canadian Novels 10 Nonfiction 5 Middle Grade Novels 5 Picture Books 3 Translated Fiction 10 Graphic Novels 5 Science Fiction 5 Fantasy 3 Plays 5 Poetry Collection 4 Books Published Before 1800
Participate in Giller, Carol Shields, Booker and Women’s Finish 100 Years in Books (20th Century) Read A Book From 6 Continents
#readinggoals #booktubeMy Favourite Classics of 2023Kier The Scrivener2024-01-06 | My favourite classics read in 2023
Books Mentioned: Metamorphosis The Ballad of Reading Gaol North and South Whose Names Are Unknown New Grub Street Can You Forgive Her? A Room With A View The Small House At Allington Gentlemen Prefer Blondes The Forbidden Notebook Oliver Twist A Christmas Carol The Light Princess Doctor Thorne Mary Barton A Woman of No Importance
#bestbooks #classics #endoftheyearBest Books of 2023Kier The Scrivener2024-01-04 | My favourite books of 2023 excluding classics, nonfiction and childrens which will be their own lists.
Books Mentioned: Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades Yellowface by R. F. Kuang The Other Bennet Sister by Jane Hadlow The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley Know My Name by Chanel Miller Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson The River of Silver by S. A. Chakraborty The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S. A. Chakraborty Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Ashgar The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
Books Mentioned: A Christmas Carol The Talk – Darrin Bell The Last Tale of The Flower Bride The Buddha In The Attic If I Come Softly The Return of The Soldier Jane and Prudence Excellent Women Eating An Orange. The Edible Woman How Far You Have Come Can Your Forgive Her? Night On The Living Rez Garlic and The Vampire
#bestbooksoftheyear #newyorktimesnotableBooks To Read Before The End Of The Year | December TBRKier The Scrivener2023-12-02 | Somehow December is already here, so let's read some books before the end of year.
Books Mentioned: A Fatal Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum Bartleby, The Scrivener The Little Books of Little Brontës Gothic Tales The Last Tale of The Flower Bride Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Creature Can You Forgive Her? Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit North Woods The Talk The Return of The Soldier Family Lore Foul Heart Huntsman The Watsons The Heart Is Lonely Hunter How Far You'ce Come Mere Christianity