Thats So Poe | 2023 Reads | Week 43 [CC] @ThatsSoPoe | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
This week I had some really great reads! A pop-sci book, a YA graphic novel, and a picture book that was darkly funny.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:20 I Contain Multitudes
1:59 Pardalita
3:53 The Rock from the Sky
BOOKS MENTIONED
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong, Charlie Anson (Narrator)
goodreads.com/book/show/27213168-i-contain-multitudes
An Immense World by Ed Yong
goodreads.com/book/show/59575939-an-immense-world
Pardalita by Joana Estrela, Lyn-Miller Lachmann (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/62675030-pardalita
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
goodreads.com/book/show/54809220-the-rock-from-the-sky
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
goodreads.com/book/show/11233988-i-want-my-hat-back
CONTENT WARNINGS
I Contain Multitudes: illness, fecal-related content
Pardalita: mild homophobia
The Rock from the Sky: death
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe
This week I had some really great reads! A pop-sci book, a YA graphic novel, and a picture book that was darkly funny.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:20 I Contain Multitudes
1:59 Pardalita
3:53 The Rock from the Sky
BOOKS MENTIONED
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong, Charlie Anson (Narrator)
goodreads.com/book/show/27213168-i-contain-multitudes
An Immense World by Ed Yong
goodreads.com/book/show/59575939-an-immense-world
Pardalita by Joana Estrela, Lyn-Miller Lachmann (Translator)
goodreads.com/book/show/62675030-pardalita
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
goodreads.com/book/show/54809220-the-rock-from-the-sky
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
goodreads.com/book/show/11233988-i-want-my-hat-back
CONTENT WARNINGS
I Contain Multitudes: illness, fecal-related content
Pardalita: mild homophobia
The Rock from the Sky: death
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe
![2023 Reads | Week 43 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/smxEvqvz_yg/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | Week 43 [CC]
This week I had some really great reads! A pop-sci book, a YA graphic novel, and a picture book that was darkly funny.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:20 I Contain Multitudes
1:59 Pardalita
3:53 The Rock from the Sky
BOOKS MENTIONED
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong, Charlie Anson (Narrator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213168-i-contain-multitudes
An Immense World by Ed Yong
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59575939-an-immense-world
Pardalita by Joana Estrela, Lyn-Miller Lachmann (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62675030-pardalita
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54809220-the-rock-from-the-sky
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11233988-i-want-my-hat-back
CONTENT WARNINGS
I Contain Multitudes: illness, fecal-related content
Pardalita: mild homophobia
The Rock from the Sky: death
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe")
![2022 Reads | Weeks 18-20 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tMtnPqWggv4/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Weeks 18-20 [CC]
I took May off from filming, so here’s the first half of my catch-up for what I read during those weeks off!
TIMESTAMPS
0:44 Una arruga en el tiempo
1:58 A Desolation Called Peace
4:16 The Galaxy, and the Ground Within
5:36 She Who Became the Sun
7:28 All the Horses of Iceland
8:54 Legends & Lattes
10:30 Unladylike
12:24 How We Fight for Our Lives
13:47 Sitting Pretty
15:31 わたしを支えるもの すーちゃんの人生
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Rachel @ Kalanadi
https://www.youtube.com/c/Kalanadi
Becca @ ReadBecca
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReadBecca
Jen @ Jen Campbell
https://www.youtube.com/user/jenvcampbell
Kazen @ Always Doing
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlwaysDoing
BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
ReadBecca | Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree - Book Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkX9bDHh4FY
BOOKS MENTIONED
Una arruga en el tiempo by Madeleine L’engle, Hope Larson (Illustrator), Aina Baraldes (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38824726-una-arruga-en-el-tiempo
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45154547-a-desolation-called-peace
A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37794149-a-memory-called-empire
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50209317-the-galaxy-and-the-ground-within
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48727813-she-who-became-the-sun
All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693432-all-the-horses-of-iceland
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60222807-legends-lattes
Unladylike by Cristen Conger, Caroline Ervin, Tyler Feder (Illustrator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37584986-unladylike
How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45898935-how-we-fight-for-our-lives
Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52167161-sitting-pretty
わたしを支えるもの すーちゃんの人生 (Watashi o Sasaeru Mono: Suu-chan no Jinsei) by Miri Masuda
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60037227
CONTENT WARNINGS
Una arruga en el tiempo: imprisonment, loss of autonomy, illness
A Desolation Called Peace: war, injury, death, genocide, body horror
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within: prejudice, microaggressions, illness
She Who Became the Sun: violence, injury, illness, war, murder, fire, food, famine, child neglect/abuse, gender essentialism
All the Horses of Iceland: animal violence/death, slavery
Legends & Lattes: prejudice, sexual harassment/stalking, injury, fire
Unladylike: sexism, racsim, fatphobia, ableism
How We Fight for Our Lives: illness, death of a family member, child abuse, homophobia, risky sex, partner abuse
Sitting Pretty: ableism, illness
わたしを支えるもの すーちゃんの人生: illness, death of a family member
CONNECT WITH ME
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![2024 Reads | Week 5 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tp258UyszLg/hqdefault.jpg "2024 Reads | Week 5 [CC]
This week I focused on all the comfort reads.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:14 Bookshops & Bonedust
2:43 Part of Your World
4:54 Yours, Truly
6:45 Friend Zone
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Angela @LiteratureScienceAlliance
BOOKS MENTIONED
Bookshops & Bonedust By Travis Baldree
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65213543-bookshops-bonedust
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61242426-legends-lattes
Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58684524-part-of-your-world
Yours, Truly by Abby Jimenez
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61918816-yours-truly
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41945163-the-friend-zone
CONTENT WARNINGS
Bookshops & Bonedust: violence, injury
Part of Your World: domestic abuse, toxic family relationships, injury
Yours, Truly: infidelity, trauma, anxiety, illness
Friend Zone: emotional infidelity
CONNECT WITH ME
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![2024 Reads | Week 7 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/u0zqHTOWbgw/hqdefault.jpg "2024 Reads | Week 7 [CC]
This week I read an eclectic mix of books and quite enjoyed them.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:15 Bone Weight
2:26 The Land Before Time Management
4:29 The Swoop
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Freddie @SluggishReader
BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Sluggish Reader | Introducing A Very Malaysian Book! (No Spoilers) | The Sum of Our Follies by Shih-Li Kow | book talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWiSvg0NRog
Sluggish Reader | Ripples and Other Stories by Shih-Li Kow - Book Chat with Shannon @ Thats So Poe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvfxRdqlFEE
BOOKS MENTIONED
Bone Weight by Shih-Li Kow
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199289096-bone-weight-and-other-stories
The Sum of Our Follies by Shih-Li Kow
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24335129-the-sum-of-our-follies
Ripples by Shih-Li Kow
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8050871-ripples-and-other-stories
The Land Before Time Management by Ryan Keats
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75633475-the-land-before-time-management
The Swoop!, or How Clarence Saved England by P.G. Wodehouse
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19198089-the-swoop-or-how-clarence-saved-england
CONTENT WARNINGS
Bone Weight: illness, extreme poverty, rape, child abandonment, child death, child abuse, child sexual abuse, child marriage, infidelity, toxic family relationships, domestic abuse, death, death of a family member, grief, stalking, depression, addiction, ecological disaster, animal death
The Land Before Time Management: negative self-talk, ableism, anxiety
The Swoop: xenophobia, racism
CONNECT WITH ME
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![Dual Review | María José Ferradas Novels [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vFhgeaMVV4k/hqdefault.jpg "Dual Review | María José Ferradas Novels [CC]
Recently I read both of María José Ferrada’s novels and completely fell in love with them, so I wanted to share with you why I thought they were so excellent.
BOOKS MENTIONED
How to Order the Universe by María José Ferrada, Elizabeth Bryer (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53492677-how-to-order-the-universe
How to Turn into a Bird by María José Ferrada, Elizabeth Bryer (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60583991-how-to-turn-into-a-bird
CONTENT WARNINGS
How to Order the Universe: child neglect, child smoking, depression, illness, grief, trauma, murder, police brutality
How to Turn into a Bird: child abuse, violence, mob violence, bullying, injury, death, drowning, fire
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe")
![2024 Reads | Week 4 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vSGAmH7Vmck/hqdefault.jpg "2024 Reads | Week 4 [CC]
This week I had a bunch of fun reads, even if I’m a little delayed in getting this video posted!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:20 Abeni’s Song
3:06 Mexikid
4:43 Spy x Family Vol. 9
6;01 The Skull
BOOKS MENTIONED
Abeni’s Song by P. Djéli Clark
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61884948-abeni-s-song
Mexikid by Pedro Martín
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63249742-mexikid
Spy x Family Vol. 9 by Tatsuya Endo, Casey Loe (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61234945-spy-x-family-vol-9
The Skull by Jon Klassen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60539545-the-skull
CONTENT WARNINGS
Abeni’s Song: violence, injury, death, enslavement, child abuse, trauma, PTSD
Mexikid: war, violence, injury, animal death, body horror
Spy x Family Vol. 9: violence, injury
The Skull: child runaway, violence, death
CONNECT WITH ME
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![Hugos 2023 | Novelettes [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vU-DCL-tLeI/hqdefault.jpg "Hugos 2023 | Novelettes [CC]
My husband, Sush, and I read the Hugo novelettes on the shortlist this year, and here we talk about our thoughts and ranking.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:53 The Space-Time Painter
1:13 The Difference Between Love and Time
2:36 Murder By Pixel
5:41 We Built This City
9:28 A Dream of Electric Mothers
13:30 If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Hugo Awards Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7tcJIT5sKwPWEzM9G6aZqxkDUD0lf9a4
STORIES MENTIONED
“The Space-Time Painter” by Hai Ya
“The Difference Between Love and Time” by Catherynne M. Valente
https://www.tor.com/2022/11/23/the-difference-between-love-and-time-catherynne-m-valente/
“Murder By Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness” by S.L. Huang
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/huang_12_22/
“We Built This City” by Marie Vibbert
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vibbert_06_22/
“A Dream of Electric Mothers” by Wole Talabi
https://www.tor.com/2023/03/22/a-dream-of-electric-mothers-wole-talabi/
“If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You” by John Chu
https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/if-you-find-yourself-speaking-to-god-address-god-with-the-informal-you/
CONNECT WITH ME
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![Revisiting My Best Books of the Year Lists | 30 Favorite Reads [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vVwGQx_Vx1A/hqdefault.jpg "Revisiting My Best Books of the Year Lists | 30 Favorite Reads [CC]
@ToriMorrow recently did such a fun video going through the past three years of her favorites and seeing how she would rank them now. Inspired by that, I’m going through my favorites of the past three years to choose my top 10 for each year!
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
@ToriMorrow
BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Tori Morrow |Re-Visiting My Best Books of the Year Lists | 30 Sci-fi & Fantasy Reads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oISg7MHZHSY
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Book Reviews/Discussions Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7tcJIT5sKwO-o7hj6zwcNSsTGAPMDVzl
2019 Favorite Books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goIISvOB7D0
2020 Favorite Reads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN16aByqeUg
2021 Favorite Reads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j1MvUTLLKs
BOOKS MENTIONED
(Sorry, not enough room to provide links!)
Uncanny Magazine 24: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Julián is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey & Julia Sarda
Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez
My Little Monster Vol.1 by Robico
The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Maus I & II by Art Spiegelman
Monstress Vol. 3 by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda
Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Jackalope Wives and Other Stories by T. Kingfisher
Stories of Your Life and Others & Exhalation by Ted Chiang
If They Come for Us by Fatimah Asghar
Citizen Illegal by José Olivarez
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Lion Island by Margarita Engle
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
A Dash of Trouble by Anna Meriano
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
The Black Gods Drums by P. Djèlí Clark
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Semiosis by Sue Burke
Babel-17 by Samuel R Delaney
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
A Mixture of Mischief by Anna Meriano
Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
Good Talk by Mira Jacob
When My Brother Was an Aztec by Natalie Diaz
Sana Sana by Ariana Brown
Peluda by Melissa Lozada-Oliva
The Ladys Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
If the Boot Fits by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Cantoras by Carolina de Robertis
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Prime Meridian by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Untamed Shore by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You by Janelle Shane
Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch
Words Matter: Meaning and Power by Sally McConnell-Ginet
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
Sigh, Gone by Phuc Tran
Golem Girl by Riva Lehrer
Feelings by Manjit Thapp
I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached, Edward Gauvin (Translator)
Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera
The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold
Lalani of the Distant Sea by Erin Entrada Kelly
Ripples and Other Stories by Shih-Li Kow
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
This Strange Way of Dying by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Craft of Love by E.E. Ottoman
A Thorn in the Saddle by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Man vs Durian by Jackie Lau
Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri Herrera, Lisa Dillman (Translator)
Memorial by Bryan Washington
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo, Jamie Chang (translator)
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
The Citadel of Weeping Pearls by Aliette de Bodard
The Stone Wētā by Octavia Cade
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The Jasmine Throng by Tasha Suri
Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri
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![Try a Chapter Challenge | #TransGirlApril [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vbF1Zru-W_E/hqdefault.jpg "Try a Chapter Challenge | #TransGirlApril [CC]
In addition to my TBR for #TransGirlApril, I have a ton of other books checked out from the library that I might get to. Join me as I read the first chapter or so in them to figure out which ones I’m most in the mood for!
#TRANSGIRLAPRIL INFO
Kevvie @CestKevvie
Willow @WillowTalksBooks
C’est Kevvie’s Announcement Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTj8YTRlr7E
Prompt Zero: denounce fascism and pledge your support of trans people across social media.
Prompts 1-9: Read works of fiction, nonfiction, and genre fiction by trans women, trans men, and nonbinary people.
Group Reads:
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante
OTHER BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Angela @LiteratureScienceAlliance
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
TBR | #TransGirlApril
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VK8Leez07E
BOOKS MENTIONED
Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian) by Hazel Jane Plante
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46161306-little-blue-encyclopedia
There Are Trans People Here by H. Melt
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57110402-there-are-trans-people-here
Unicorn by Amrou Al-Kadhi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45904728-unicorn
The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23344356-the-gods-of-tango
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43289181-cantoras
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52764801-the-thirty-names-of-night
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373417-the-map-of-salt-and-stars
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44575111-king-and-the-dragonflies
Hurricane Child by Kacen Callender
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32056397-hurricane-child
The Merry Spinster by Daniel M. Lavery
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35035160-the-merry-spinster
Texts from Jane Eyre by Daniel M. Lavery
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20695981-texts-from-jane-eyre
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59808142-the-genesis-of-misery
The Tensorate Series by Neon Yang
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179366-the-black-tides-of-heaven-the-red-threads-of-fortune-the-descent-of
The Mask of Mirrors by M.A. Carrick
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51340378-the-mask-of-mirrors
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![2023 Reads | Week 11 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vxRxfqK5glw/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | Week 11 [CC]
This week I read a bunch of cozy things, plus DNF’d a few books.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:31 Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency
2:09 Psmith in the City
3:37 Cinnamon Bun Vol. 5 & 6
5:59 Magical Girl Crystal Genocide
7:46 What Souls Are Made Of
9:32 It’s Boba Time for Pearl Li!
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Review | When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67N1liNLKNU
Series Review | Fluff series by Ravens Dagger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0hJ_bOEBJQ
BOOKS MENTIONED
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency by Chen Chen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60183497-your-emergency-contact-has-experienced-an-emergency
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31944953-when-i-grow-up-i-want-to-be-a-list-of-further-possibilities
Psmith in the City by P.G. Wodehouse
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11022284-psmith-in-the-city
Cinnamon Bun Vol. 5 by Ravens Dagger
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88563441-cinnamon-bun-5
Read online: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/31429/cinnamon-bun
Cinnamon Bun Vol. 6 by Ravens Dagger
Read online: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/31429/cinnamon-bun
Fluff by Ravens Dagger
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61637090-fluff
Magical Girl Crystal Genocide by Ravens Dagger
Read online: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/62977/magical-girl-crystal-genocide
What Souls Are Made Of by Tasha Suri
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58484146-what-souls-are-made-of
It’s Boba Time for Pearl Li! by Nicole Chen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61232307-it-s-boba-time-for-pearl-li
CONTENT WARNINGS
Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency: homophobia, illness, death, death of a family member, grief, trauma, anti-Asian hate, mass murder
Psmith in the City: toxic workplace, mob violence, injury
Cinnamon Bun Vol. 5: racism, bombing, violence, injury
Cinnamon Bun Vol. 6: violence, injury, kidnapping, imprisonment, giant spiders
Magical Girl Crystal Genocide: violence, injury, gore, death
What Souls Are Made Of: child & domestic abuse, toxic family relationships, violence, injury, illness, poverty
It’s Boba Time for Pearl Li!: dysfunctional family dynamics, family separation
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![2022 Reads | Week 17 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/w2A60GGdU1s/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 17 [CC]
This week I finished four books, but DNF’d almost as many! Also, a mini-update at the end about my plans for May.
TIMESTAMPS
0:25 Laziness Does Not Exist
2:19 Antigone Rising
3:50 Forever Home
4:56 Winter’s Heart
7:11 The Past is Red
8:48 Solimar
10:39 Far from the Light of Heaven
12:42 mini-update
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Emma @ The Overstuffed Shelf
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH_ur5zearAMrAVHE2RacQA
Becca @ ReadBecca
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReadBecca
Angela @ Literature Science Alliance
https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteratureScienceAlliance
Kristen @ Kristenelle - SFF Reader
https://www.youtube.com/user/kristenlaveck
BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
ReadBecca | Antigone Rising by Helen Morales
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56NtP9Lcno8
Kristenelle - SFF Reader | From from the Light of Heaven
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS1KQ7VRtIw
BOOKS MENTIONED
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54304124-laziness-does-not-exist
Antigone Rising by Helen Morales
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51734177-antigone-rising
Forever Home by Jenna Ayoub
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51323312-forever-home
Winter’s Heart by Robert Jordan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8504276-winter-s-heart
The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55077652-the-past-is-red
Solimar by Pam Muñoz Ryan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26031273-solimar
Far from the Light of Heaven by Tade Thompson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57007657-far-from-the-light-of-heaven
Rosewater by Tade Thompson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38362809-rosewater
CONTENT WARNINGS
Laziness Does Not Exist: mental health issues, depression, illness, suicidal ideation, sexism, worker exploitation
Antigone Rising: sexism, racism, white supremacy, rape culture, mass murder, homophobia, transphobia
Forever Home: (none)
Winter’s Heart: sexism, toxic/abusive relationships, stockholm syndrome, enslavement, torture, war, death/murder, illness, injury
The Past is Red: ecological disaster, extreme harassment/bullying, violence, injury, child neglect
Solimar: (none)
Far from the Light of Heaven: body horror, murder
CONNECT WITH ME
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![2022 Reads | Week 31 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wDcHgZ-EGOI/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 31 [CC]
This week I reread a favorite book, listened to a memoir, and got in a few 2022 releases!
TIMESTAMPS
0:20 The Jasmine Throne
2:04 ¡Hola Papi!
4:12 Nettle & Bone
6:00 Data and Divination
8:01 Dream of the Divided Field
8:58 Gibberish
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Adri @ perpetualpages
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Review | The Jasmine Throne
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qYdG4h32CM
Series Review | Windflower series by Andi C. Buchanan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvNdpEVQD4
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50523477-the-jasmine-throne
¡Hola Papi! by John Paul Brammer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55711622-hola-papi
Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179377-nettle-bone
Data and Divination by Andi C. Buchanan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61760507-data-and-divination
Dream of the Divided Field by Yanyi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58133514-dream-of-the-divided-field
Gibberish by Young Vo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58739418-gibberish
CONTENT WARNINGS
The Jasmine Throne: violence, injury, murder, child abuse, illness, drug addiction, death, homophobia, imperialism, cultural & religious persecution
¡Hola Papi! : bullying, trauma, suicidal ideation, toxic relationships, homophobia, self-hatred, rape
Nettle & Bone: domestic abuse, death of a family member, miscarriage, enslavement, body horror, murder
Data and Divination: trauma, toxic relationships, child neglect
Dream of the Divided Field: graphic surgery recovery, toxic relationships
Gibberish: (none)
CONNECT WITH ME
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