March of the Moderns Resources: Margaret Pinard's announcement video (youtu.be/L0uzlaGJk3U) Margaret's instagram: @margaretpinard My instagram: @tonibooktext Buddy Read Sign-up Sheet (bit.ly/2Nh0d4m)
Books Shown: South Riding by Winifred Holtby Summer by Edith Wharton Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather High Rising by Angela Thirkell The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
March of the Moderns AnnouncementBooktext2021-02-12 | In which I invite you to read a book published between 1901 and 1945! This readathon will take place in March and is hosted by Margaret Pinard (youtube.com/channel/UC315Rc3qIIC77BW4-lHObVw).
Word of the day: armisonous, adjective.
March of the Moderns Resources: Margaret Pinard's announcement video (youtu.be/L0uzlaGJk3U) Margaret's instagram: @margaretpinard My instagram: @tonibooktext Buddy Read Sign-up Sheet (bit.ly/2Nh0d4m)
Books Shown: South Riding by Winifred Holtby Summer by Edith Wharton Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather High Rising by Angela Thirkell The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield2022: Simplifying, Balancing, MiddlebrowingBooktext2022-01-02 | In which I give some bookish updates, talk about research, describe my content focus on middlebrow literature, and set forth my 2022 reading goals.
I'm also blogging about middlebrow literature at hermiddlebrow.wordpress.comApril 2021 TBRBooktext2021-03-27 | In which I slow down a little for April thanks to end-of-term papers to grade. :)
Word of the day: ben-feaker, noun.
Books Mentioned: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Victory’s Price by Alexander Freed Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. MontgomeryA Book Haul ft. Library Books!Booktext2021-03-19 | In which I proudly show off the three books I bought and the three books I checked out from the university library.
Word of the day: hendecad, noun.
Books Mentioned: Armadale by Wilkie Collins The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson Victory’s Price by Alexander Freed The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy Truth is Not Sober by Winifred Holtby Doctor Thorne by Anthony TrollopeModern Woman Writer Highlight: Rose MacaulayBooktext2021-03-13 | In which I do something different! In this video series, I give mini-lectures on Modern women writers. This first video covers Rose Macaulay. I hope you learn something new and maybe try out one of her books!
Some of her books: The World My Wilderness Crewe Train The Pleasure of Ruins The Towers of Trebizond They Were Defeated What Not Dangerous Acts
My Sources: 1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-34668 2. Guerinot, J. V. “The Pleasures of Rose Macaulay.” Twentieth Century Literature, vol. 33, no. 1, 1987, pp. 110–128. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/441336. Accessed 13 Mar. 2021.February 2021 Reading Wrap-upBooktext2021-03-05 | In which I wrap up the amazing books I read in February. And I also tell a story about a big bookish oopsie that I made.
Word of the day: puckerbrush, noun.
Books Mentioned: Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart Possession by A.S. Byatt Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery
Readalongs Mentioned: #2021ThomasHardy (on Instagram) #TrollopeinBarsetshire2021 (on Instagram)March 2021 TBR - March of the Mammoths and March of the Moderns!Booktext2021-02-26 | In which I lay out my ambitious March TBR. Who else is super excited for March? :)
Books Mentioned: The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Precious Bane by Mary Webb Anderby Wold by Winifred Holtby The Land of Green Ginger by Winifred Holtby The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen Frost in May by Antonia White The Knight of Cheerful Countenance by Molly Keane (M.J. Farrell) Short stories by Zora Neale HurstonJanuary 2021 Reading Wrap-upBooktext2021-02-06 | In which I review my January reads. Spoiler: I gave three books a 5-star rating!
Word of the day: muscose, adjective.
Books Mentioned: The Martian in the Wood by Stephen Baxter 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff For Times of Trouble by Jeffrey R. Holland Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi What Works at Work by Daniel Hogan Snowblind by Ragnar Jonasson Village School by Miss ReadJanuary 2021 Book HaulBooktext2021-02-01 | In which I haul some secondhand books!
Word of the day: pickthank, noun.
Books mentioned: Sister Age by M.F.K. Fisher Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West Precious Bane by Mary Webb The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The New Moon with the Old by Dodie Smith Magic for Marigold by L.M. Montgomery Mistress Pat by L.M. Montgomery Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy Charlotte Temple and Lucy Temple by Susanna Rowson The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector Freya by Anthony Quinn Thrush Green by Miss Read Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder by Gyles Brandreth The Flight of the Maidens by Jane GardamFebruary 2021 TBRBooktext2021-01-29 | In which I set my plans for my February reading!
Word of the day: delenda, noun.
Books Mentioned: A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery Shadow Fall by Alexander Freed Possession by A.S. Byatt The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
Readalongs Mentioned: #2021ThomasHardy (on Instagram) #TrollopeinBarsetshire2021 (on Instragram) #invisiblecitiesproject (on Instagram and Youtube)The Book Giving Tag!Booktext2021-01-22 | In which I answer the questions in the Book Giving Tag! This tag was created by Catherine at Taking Tea with Catherine (youtu.be/S6vVgNiKpVs), and I was tagged by Margaret Pinard (youtu.be/c263ezLFank).
Word of the day: coxcombery, noun.
Books mentioned: Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce
Book Giving Tag questions: 1. Do you give books as gifts? If so, to whom? 2. Do you receive many books as gifts? Are they usually successful? 3. When you buy yourself books, do you think of them as gifts? 4. Do you consider used books to be acceptable gifts? 5. If you could receive a gift card for any bookshop/book website, which would you choose? 6. Gift wrapping? Gift bag? Bare presentation? 7. Can you communicate to others when a book is a lend and not a gift? 8. Have you ever given someone an e-book? 9. Name 5 books you'd love to receive as gifts. 10. Tag some book/gift people!Reading My Community - From My ShelvesBooktext2021-01-15 | In which I pull books from my shelves for my Reading My Community goal. Specifically, this goal focuses on reading indigenous and Latinx writers.
Word of the day: coopetition, noun.
Books Mentioned: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Witch of Portobello by Paulo Coelho Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Coming To Light edited by Brian Swann Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan Thus Were Their Faces by Silvina Ocampo Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel Packing My Library by Alberto Manguel
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Friday Reads - 8 January 2021Booktext2021-01-09 | In which I discuss what has been keeping me up late at night this week.
Word of the day: antennation, noun.
Books Mentioned: 84, Charing Cross Road by Helen Hanff The Martian in the Wood by Stephen Baxter Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon Alphabet Squadron by Alexander Freed Desperate Remedies by Thomas Hardy A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy Village School by Miss Read Snow Blind by Ragnar Jonasson
Readathons/Readalongs Mentioned: #84CCRNYD hosted by Sarah @ Hardcover Hearts (youtu.be/yqd5LiYOu8o) Cloak and Dagger Christmas (youtu.be/SaMR6ZBLRoQ) #2021ThomasHardy Invisible Cities Project (youtu.be/rryDPz8JqkA) - the various amazing hosts are listed in this video2021 Reading Goals and PlansBooktext2021-01-02 | In which I lay out my plans for reading in 2021. I love fresh starts!
I'm on Instagram as tonibooktext. Come be my friend!2020 Reading ReflectionsBooktext2021-01-01 | In which I look back at my 2020 reading experiences. It was a good year of books for me, and I hope you had some good experiences, too.
Word of the day: delibation, noun.
Books Mentioned: South Riding by Winifred Holtby Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead Shirley by Charlotte BrontePossible 2021 Reads (Part 2)Booktext2020-12-23 | In which I continue talking about books I would like to read in 2021. I'm so glad we live in a world full of books! You can watch the first part of the list here: youtu.be/b6xZicoDbk4
Word of the day: garboil, noun.
Books Mentioned: The Distant Hours by Kate Morton The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro The Farm in the Green Mountains by Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer The Juniper Tree by Barbara Comyns Family Lexicon by Natalia Ginzburg The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho The Child from the Sea by Elizabeth Goudge Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart Death in Holy Orders by P.D. James The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch Snow Blind by Ragnar Jonasson Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk The Muse by Jessie Burton The Death of Sheherzad by Intizar Husain
Let me know if you would like to buddy read any of these books!Cloak and Dagger Christmas UpdateBooktext2020-12-19 | In which I give an update on my #cloakanddaggerchristmas progress!
Word of the day: ambilogy, noun.
Books Mentioned: Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P.D. James Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny Dissolution by C.J. Sansom Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson Farjeon The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig AlbertPossible 2021 Reads (Part 1)Booktext2020-12-11 | In which I set forth a partial possible TBR list for 2021! In other words, I talk about books that I might want to read next year. If you want to do a buddy-read with me, let me know! I'd love to do more buddy-reads in 2021.
Word of the day: sprunny, noun.
Books Mentioned: Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope Anderby Wold by Winifred Holtby The Land of Green Ginger by Winifred Holtby Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen Frost in May by Antonia White The Knight of Cheerful Countenance by Molly Keane A Winter Away by Elizabeth Fair Village School by Miss Read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland A Week in Winter by Maeve Binchy The White Plague by Frank Herbert Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel Cordelia Underwood by Van Reid An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor Ibid* by Mark Dunn Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon Possession by A.S. ByattFriday Reads - 4 December 2020Booktext2020-12-05 | In which I discuss the books I read this week, what I'm currently reading, and what I hope to start reading soon. I also give a #cloakanddaggerchristmas update!
Books Mentioned: Envelope Poems by Emily Dickinson Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross Shepherds Abiding by Jan Karon Gilead by Marilynne Robinson Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman Erosion: Essays of Undoing by Terry Tempest Williams Small Teaching Online by Flower Darby with James M. Lang Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny What Works at Work by Daniel Hogan The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft High Rising by Angela Thirkell The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories by P.D. JamesNovember 2020 Reading Wrap-upBooktext2020-11-30 | In which I wrap up a slow reading month. Quality over quantity in November 2020!
Word of the day: cryonaut, noun.
Books Mentioned: Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield (Public Library and Other Stories by Ali Smith) In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker (Erosion by Terry Tempest Williams)
Prompts: Study - book about your profession, what you studied in college, or what you would like to learn more about Library - a book that references books or that you borrow from the library Hall - a book that enters you into a new-to-you author, series, or subgenre Billiard Room - the next numbered book in a series or a book involving sports/games Conservatory - a book featuring nature, travel, or warm climate Kitchen - a cozy food-based mystery or a small town mystery Dining Room - a closed-circle mystery, or small group of people like at a hotel or dining party Lounge - a book written or set in the Golden Age (1920s-30s) Ballroom - a book featuring a party
Group Read: “The Birds” (short story) by Daphne du Maurier Group Watch: “Agatha and the Truth of Murder”
Word of the day: reptiliferous, adjective.
Books Mentioned: Death in a Tenured Position by Amanda Cross The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert Dissolution by C.J. Sansom Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny Thirteen Guests by J. Jefferson FarjeonVictober 2020 Wrap-upBooktext2020-11-05 | In which Victober 2020 ends and a lifetime of Victorian literature begins. More or less.
Word of the day: anxiogenic, adjective.
Books Mentioned: The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson The Warden by Anthony Trollope Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy Shirley by Charlotte Bronte The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot Cousin Phyllis and Other Stories by Elizabeth Gaskell The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins
I'm participating in the #Victoriansensationbookclub hosted by @silverliningsandpages and @read.write.janis on Instagram.Friday Reads & Victober Update - 30 October 2020Booktext2020-10-30 | In which I update you on my reading week.
Word of the day: collie-shangles, noun.
Books Mentioned: Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy Shirley by Charlotte Bronte The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot (#Victober buddy read with Kate Howe [youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w] and Kate @ The Novel Nomad [youtube.com/channel/UC4TwFXobxwAxS-r5_CwtoLQ]) The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield (short story a day) In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens by Alice Walker (essay a day) Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins (the November read for the #Victoriansensationbookclub hosted by @silverliningsandpages and @read.write.janis on Instagram) Decorating a Room of One's Own by Susan Harlan Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley Envelope Poems by Emily Dickinson (poem a day)Friday Reads & Victober Update - 23 October 2020Booktext2020-10-23 | In which I am a fangirl of Victorian literature.
Word of the day: parish pick-axe, noun.
Books Mentioned: The Warden by Anthony Trollope Queen Victoria by Lucy Worsley Shirley by Charlotte Bronte Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy The Time Machine by H.G. Wells Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot
Books Mentioned: Queen Victoria by Lucy Worsley The Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft The Warden by Anthony Trollope Shirley by Charlotte Bronte Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
I'm on bookstagram, too! Find me at tonibooktext.Friday Reads - 9 October 2020Booktext2020-10-09 | In which I gush about my Victober reads plus a couple other books. Victober is a month-long readathon of Victorian literature, and it is my favorite readathon ever.
Phrase of the day: got the morbs.
Books Mentioned: Carrying Over by Carolyn Kizer The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson Queen Victoria by Lucy Worsley Shirley by Charlotte Bronte The Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft The Warden by Anthony Trollope Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
Books Mentioned: Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny The Door by Magda Szabo The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges Sea Star by Marguerite Henry Recollections of My Nonexistence by Rebecca Solnit Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett Stones for Ibarra by Harriet Doerr Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes Strange Tales by Rudyard Kipling The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins Nana by Emile Zola Skylark by Dezso Kosztolanyi The Day is Dark by Yrsa Sigurdardottir In His Own Words by P.G. Wodehouse Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon The Red and the Black by Stendahl Brigitta and Other Tales by Adalbert Stifter The Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft Frost in May by Antonia White The Runelords by David Farland London by Edward Rutherfurd The Once and Future King by T.H. White Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane Wide as the Waters by Benson Bobrick The Second Mrs. Gioconda by E.L. Konigsburg Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English by Natasha Solomons Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart
Let's be friends!Friday Reads & Victober! - 2 October 2020Booktext2020-10-02 | In which I discuss what I've been reading lately (hint: Victober is dominating my reading list!).
Word of the day: enthuzimuzzy.
Books mentioned: Among the Shadows by L.M. Montgomery The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Starlings by Jo Walton The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Shirley by Charlotte Bronte The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson The Warden by Anthony TrollopeVictober 2020 TBR!Booktext2020-09-22 | In which I set forth ambitious plans for Victober 2020. Victober is a month-long readathon of Victorian literature hosted by: Kate Howe (youtu.be/eidSDkBuwXE) Lucythereader (youtu.be/Q-Gr-idpezw) Books and Things (youtu.be/vD0-QV0kxmE)
Victober Challenges: 1. Read a Victorian book that equates to your favorite modern genre 2. Read a Victorian diary or collection of letters 3. Read a new to you book and/or short story by a favorite Victorian author 4. Read a Victorian book from a previous Victober TBR that you didn't get to, or one you’ve been meaning to read for ages 5. Read a Victorian book while wearing something Victorian/Victorian-esque 6. Group readalong: Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
Word of the day: chuckaboo, noun.
Books Mentioned: The Dead Secret by Wilkie Collins Letters between George Eliot and Harriet Beecher Stowe (http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0181%3Achapter%3D24) Scenes of Clerical Life by George Eliot The Warden by Anthony Trollope Shirley by Charlotte Bronte The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy Sylvia’s Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell Cousin Phillis and Other Stories by Elizabeth Gaskell The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Friday Reads - 18 September 2020Booktext2020-09-18 | In which I finally finish South Riding (among other books) and discuss what I'm currently reading and hoping to read soon.
Word of the day: bumbershoot, noun.
Books Mentioned: Lumberjanes: Out of Time (Vol. 4) Richard II by William Shakespeare Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck South Riding by Winifred Holtby In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens by Alice Walker Among the Shadows by L.M. Montgomery Carrying Over by Carolyn Kizer (ed., trans.) The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Dutch House by Ann Patchett The Landscape of History by John Lewis Gaddis Evening Class by Maeve Binchy The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield Cousin Phillis and Other Stories by Elizabeth Gaskell Starlings by Jo Walton
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Friday Reads - 11 September 2020Booktext2020-09-11 | In which I discuss the wonderful books I've been reading and a few I want to read next week.
Word of the day: halfpace, noun.
Books Mentioned: The American Agent by Jacqueline Winspear My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead Summer by Edith Wharton Carrying Over by Carolyn Kizer (ed.) Among the Shadows by L.M. Montgomery In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker South Riding by Winifred Holtby The Landscape of History by John Lewis Gaddis Richard II by William Shakespeare Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck Lumberjanes: Out of Time
Videos Mentioned: Shaketube and Stranger Things Readathon TBR youtu.be/u1vXGY7gyYA
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.August 2020 Book HaulBooktext2020-09-11 | In which I haul secondhand books (and a few new ones) yet again.
Word of the day: balter, verb.
Books Mentioned: The Dutch House by Ann Patchett Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Before the coffee gets cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Snow Blind by Ragnar Jonasson Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury A Country Doctor by Sarah Orne Jewett Lucy Gayheart by Willa Cather The Foundling by Georgette Heyer Familiar as a Sparrow by Veneta Leatham Nielsen The New Lifetime Reading Plan by Clifton Fadiman A Trick of the Light by Louise Penny Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner Ballistics by Billy Collins An International Episode and other stories by Henry James Steering the Craft by Ursula K. Le Guin The Landscape of History by John Lewis Gaddis Macbeth by William Shakespeare Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski Get Off the Unicorn by Anne McCaffrey Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot Star Trek: Voyager: Murdered Sun by Christie Golden Star Trek: Voyager: Marooned by Christie Golden The White Plague by Frank Herbert Old Goriot by Honore de Balzac The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Henry V by William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare The Muse by Jessie Burton Suffragette Sally by Gertrude Colmore The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.September TBR - Shaketube and Stranger Things ReadathonBooktext2020-09-03 | In which I am excited to do (at least) two readathons at the same time!
Word of the day: abditory, noun.
Books (and Works) Mentioned: Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Richard II by William Shakespeare Macbeth by William Shakespeare Hamlet by William Shakespeare Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck Lumberjanes comics The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. Evening Class by Maeve Binchy The Landscape of History by John Lewis Gaddis
Shaketube Reading Schedule 9/5/2020: Jason - Much Ado About Nothing Lukas - The Comedy of Errors Steve - Venus and Adonis Rainey - Romeo and Juliet 9/12/2020: Jason - Cymbeline Lukas - Antony and Cleopatra Steve - Richard II Rainey - Pericles 9/19/2020: Jason - Macbeth Lukas - All’s Well that Ends Well Steve - Love’s Labour’s Lost Rainey - The Taming of the Shrew 9/26/2020: Hamlet (Group Read)
Scoops Troop challenges Dustin: read a sci-fi book Erica: read a middle grade book Robin: read a book featuring a female/female relationship Steve: read a popular book USS Butterscotch: read a sweet contemporary book Starcourt Mall: read a book you bought/received recently
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Friday Reads - 28 August 2020Booktext2020-08-28 | In which I ramble about the awesome books I have been reading this week.
Word of the day: inglenook, noun.
Books Mentioned: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare The Best of Richard Matheson In Search of Our Mother's Gardens by Alice Walker Carrying Over edited by Carolyn Kizer Among the Shadows by L.M. Montgomery South Riding by Winifred Holtby Summer by Edith Wharton My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead The Landscape of History by John Lewis Gaddis The American Agent (Maisie Dobbs #15) by Jacqueline Winspear Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Friday Reads - 21 August 2020Booktext2020-08-21 | In which I blab about the many books I read this week.
Word of the day: abluvion, noun.
Books Mentioned: Museum of Distance by Ashley Seitz Kramer The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepulveda Carrying Over edited by Carolyn Kizer In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens by Alice Walker The Best of Richard Matheson My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead South Riding by Winifred Holtby Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Kenobi by John Jackson Miller Summer by Edith Wharton Among the Shadows by L.M. MontgomeryJane Austen July Wrap-upBooktext2020-08-16 | In which I finally wrap up Jane Austen July!
Word of the day: brumous, adjective.
Books Mentioned: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Let's be friends! I'm also on bookstagram as tonibooktext.Friday Reads - 14 August 2020Booktext2020-08-14 | In which some books have been read, some books are being read, and some books will be read.
Word of the day: psithurism, noun.
Books Mentioned: Other Wordly by Lee-Yum Mak Candide by Voltaire The Orphan of Salt Winds by Elizabeth Brooks Museum of Distance by Ashley Seitz-Kramer The Best of Richard Matheson The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead South Riding by Winifred Holtby Carrying Over by Carolyn Kizer (ed.) In Search of Our Mother's Gardens by Alice Walker Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Let's be friends! I'm also on bookstagram as tonibooktext.Friday Reads - 7 August 2020Booktext2020-08-07 | In which I discuss the books I've been reading for the past two weeks.
Word of the day: brontide, noun.
Books Mentioned: Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth The Aspern Papers by Henry James The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel Museum of Distance by Ashley Seitz Kramer The Best of Richard Matheson The Library at Night by Alberto Manguel South Riding by Winifred Holtby The Orphan of Salt Winds by Elizabeth Brooks To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear Candide by Voltaire My Life in Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.July 2020 Secondhand Book Haul - So Many Treasures!Booktext2020-08-06 | In which I haul a lot of books from various genres, including mystery, classics, literary fiction, science fiction, and more.
Word of the day: scurryfunge, verb.
Books Mentioned:
A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle Small Island by Andrea Levy Among Others by Jo Walton Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel The Summer of the Great-Grandmother by Madeleine L'Engle Under the Harrow by Mark Dunn Baudolino by Umberto Eco The Glorious Impossible by Madeleine L'Engle The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson A Memory of Violets by Hazel Gaynor Under the Net by Iris Murdoch The Cafe by the Sea by Jenny Colgan Wild Fruits by Henry David Thoreau Mistress Masham's Repose by T.H. White The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn State of Wonder by Ann Patchett The Known World by Edward P. Jones The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon Summer by Edith Wharton Evelina by Frances Burney March by Geraldine Brooks Waverley by Sir Walter Scott More Work for the Undertaker by Margery Allingham The Gentle Axe by R.N. Morris Espresso Tales by Alexander McCall Smith Angels & Insects by A.S. Byatt Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier An Irish Country Christmas by Patrick Taylor The Rise of Silas Lapham by William Dean Howells The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd Voice of the Violin by Andrea Camilleri The Raphael Affair by Iain Pears The Sea by John Banville The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu The Athenian Women by Alessandro Barbero All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel Dissolution by C.J. Sansom Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom Sovereign by C.J. Sansom Revelation by C.J. Sansom The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potzsch The Dark Monk by Oliver Potzsch The Beggar King by Oliver Potzsch The Poisoned Pilgrim by Oliver Potzsch Possession by A.S. Byatt Old Baggage by Lissa Evans A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories by Robin McKinley Ibid* by Mark Dunn Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan Old Man's War by John Scalzi The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi The Last Colony by John Scalzi No Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin August by Christa Wolf The Death of Sheherzad by Intizar Husain The Cold Centre by Inka Parei The Shadow-Boxing Woman by Inka Parei The Teacher by Michael Ben-Naftali City of Angels by Christa Wolf Death by Water by Kenzaburo Oe
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Friday Reads & Reading Rush Check-inBooktext2020-07-25 | In which I check in with what I finished reading this week, what I'm currently reading, and what I hope to read in the next week.
Word of the day: galoot, noun.
Books Mentioned: The Winds of Change and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #13) The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Green Witch by Alice Hoffman Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith Sofia Petrovna by Lydia Chukovskaya, translated by Aline Werth The Best of Richard Matheson The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel Museum of Distance by Ashley Seitz Karmer Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster The Haunted House by various authors, edited by Charles Dickens The Aspern Papers by Henry James Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton The Man of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie Candide by Voltaire, translated by Henry Morley
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Friday Reads - 17 July 2020Booktext2020-07-17 | In which I discuss the books I read this week.
Books Mentioned: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund The Winds of Change and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov Museum of Distance by Ashley Seitz Kramer In This Grave Hour by Jacqueline Winspear (Maisie Dobbs #13) I’d Rather Be Reading by Anne Bogel The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick The Country of the Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Green Witch by Alice Hoffman Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith Sofia Petrovna by Lydia Chukovskaya, translated by Aline Werth
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Reading Rush and Book-a-Day TBRBooktext2020-07-16 | In which I plan an ambitious approach to the Reading Rush (thereadingrush.com) hosted by Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay.
Word of the day: tartle, verb.
Reading Rush Challenges: 1/ Read a book with a cover that matches the color of your birth stone. 2/ Read a book that starts with the word “The”. 3/ Read a book that inspired a movie you’ve already seen. 4/ Read the first book you touch. 5/ Read a book completely outside of your house. 6/ Read a book in a genre that you’ve always wanted to read more of. 7/ Read a book that takes place on a different continent than where you live.
Books Mentioned: The Man of Feeling by Henry Mackenzie Candide by Voltaire, translated by Henry Morley The Bookshop by Penelope Fitzgerald The Shawl by Cynthia Ozick The Country of the Pointed Firs The Aspern Papers by Henry James Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Sofia Petrovna by Lydia Chukovskaya, translated by Aline Werth The Haunted House by various authors, edited by Charles Dickens 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff Green Witch by Alice Hoffman Portuguese Irregular Verbs by Alexander McCall Smith Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Friday Reads - 10 July 2020Booktext2020-07-10 | In which I discuss the books I finished this week as well as the books I am currently reading.
Word of the day: snow-broth, noun.
Books mentioned: Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Washington Black by Esi Edugyan The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund The Winds of Change and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov Museum of Distance by Ashley Seitz Kramer
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Jane Austen July - Her WordsBooktext2020-07-03 | In which I discuss Jane Austen's diction in honor of Jane Austen July, a month-long readathon hosted by Marissa @ Blatantly Bookish (youtu.be/IJeokFmt_Ns) and Katie @ Books and Things (youtu.be/KYi82SaBTjc).
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Mid-year Reading Goals Check-inBooktext2020-07-02 | In which I review my 2020 reading goals and analyze my reading statistics to revise my goals.
Word/etymology of the day: intention.
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.June 2020 Reading Wrap-upBooktext2020-07-01 | In which I review the eight books I read in June 2020.
Word of the day: jentacular, adjective.
Books Mentioned: The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton The Debut by Anita Brookner Leaving Everything Most Loved (Maisie Dobbs #10) by Jacqueline Winspear A Dangerous Place (Maisie Dobbs #11) by Jacqueline Winspear Journey to Munich (#12) by Jacqueline Winspear The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Jane Austen July 2020 TBR!Booktext2020-06-30 | In which I prepare to participate in Jane Austen July! This month-long reading event is hosted by Marissa @ Blatantly Bookish (youtu.be/IJeokFmt_Ns) and Katie @ Books and Things (youtu.be/KYi82SaBTjc).
Word of the day: hen-hearted, adjective.
Books mentioned: Mansfield Park by Jane Austen The Female Quixote by Charlotte Lennox For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I’m on Goodreads.Birthday GoalsBooktext2020-06-29 | In which I celebrate my birthday and set forth some Booktube/book goals.
Word of the day: gloaming, noun.
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext, and I'm also on Goodreads.May/June 2020 Book HaulBooktext2020-06-22 | In which I haul more books from secondhand stores.
Word of the day: foot-hot, adverb.
Books mentioned: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard The Shipping News by Annie Proulx (turns out, it's pronounced "Proo") Rise and Shine by Anna Quindlen If on a winter’s night a traveler by Italo Calvino A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L’Engle The River King by Alice Hoffman Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman The Old Man Who Read Love Stories by Luis Sepulveda The Turner House by Angela Flournoy The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman by Louise Plummer Betsy-Tacy by Maud Hart Lovelace The Golden Apples by Eudora Welty The Knight of Cheerful Countenance by Molly Keane Love and Mr Lewisham by H.G. Wells My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith Sister of my Heart by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Pope Joan by Donna Wollfolk Cross Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko Here Lies the Librarian by Richard Peck The Lost Garden by Helen Humphreys The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova The Fountain of St. James Court by Sena Jeter Naslund Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant I Never Came to You in White by Judith Farr Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext.For the Love of Classics Book TagBooktext2020-06-11 | In which I answer questions about classics! Tag started by Ange @ Beyond the Pages: youtube.com/watch?v=j54X5J6PMt8 Yamini @ The Skeptical Reader
Word of the day: blowsy, adjective.
Tag Questions: 1. Why do you read Classics and how often do you read Classics? 2. What is a period/country/culture that you haven't read many classics from and would like too? 3. Which modern book do you think will be a classic in 100 years’ time? 4. What was the last classic you read? 5. What was the first classic you ever read? 6. Favourite classic book cover 7. Classic authors you wish had written more books 8. Least Favourite classic 9. Favourite translated classic 10. Favourite modern classic (published after 1900) 11. Classic literary places you would like to visit 12. First classic you would recommend for a child? 13. Classics you think are mistitled and what would you title them? 14. Your favourite classic you'd like to recommend to everyone 15. Who do you tag?
Books mentioned: Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G.K. Chesterton Black Beauty by Anna Sewell A Pair of Blue Eyes by Thomas Hardy Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Les Miserables by Victor Hugo To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Let’s be friends! I’m on Instagram as tonibooktext and on Goodreads.