Road ReadsIt's that time of year already! Please join me in this year's version of the *Mid-Year Book FREAKOUT Tag* and share your responses to any of the prompts in the comments!
Mid-Year Book FREAKOUT Tag || 2024Road Reads2024-06-15 | It's that time of year already! Please join me in this year's version of the *Mid-Year Book FREAKOUT Tag* and share your responses to any of the prompts in the comments!
Happy reading, SusanVictober TBR π₯³π₯³ The time is nigh!Road Reads2024-09-20 | #Victober It's time to get excited for Victober reading!
Victober was created by Katie @katiejlumsden and has three other hosts, including: Kate @katehowereads, Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711, and Marissa @BlatantlyBookish.
This year is extra special because they are honoring @jenniferbrooks and @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf with a group challenge to read a work by Wilkie Collins (Jennifer's favorite Victorian author) and/or a Sherlock Holmes book (which Alice loved). I plan on reading both!
Will you be participating in Victober? Let me know in the comments!
Please let me know in the comments if you've read any of these books, and if so, what YOU thought. I would love to hear from you!
Happy reading, Susan at Road ReadsSeptember TBR πππRoad Reads2024-09-03 | Let's chat about September's TBR! I rarely create a TBR, but wanted to this month (and will, of course, do so next month for Victober).
Happy fall reading, Everyone! Susan at Road ReadsReading Check-In || Summer/FallRoad Reads2024-08-30 | Let's talk Summer -- the book. And Quindlen. Wharton and Quindlen. And fall starts Sunday!
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Happy reading, Susan at Road ReadsReading Check-In || A NEW Favorite Read!!Road Reads2024-08-24 | Thank you so much for stopping by! In today's reading check-in, I'll share my new favorite read of 2024, and while I can only say it is my favorite read so far, I wouldn't be shocked if it remains my favorite read of the year when all is said and done.
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Happy reading, Susan at Road ReadsKobo Libra Colour - REVIEW!Road Reads2024-08-09 | #kobo #kobolibracolour #kindle I'm excited to share some of my early impressions with you of the Kobo Libra Colour. While this video will cover some of the basic pros and cons, it will also discuss the annotating capabilities and limitations of this device. Please share any questions, intel, or input in the comments! Happy reading! - Susan at Road Reads
Items discussed: Kobo Libra Colour - amzn.to/46IO7W3 Kobo Stylus 2 - amzn.to/3yuCKod Kobo Libra Colour Clear Case - amzn.to/3yuCLbL The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Reading Check-In ππβ¨Road Reads2024-08-02 | Thank you for stopping by! Let's talk books!
Books and e-readers mentioned include: We All Want Impossible Things - amzn.to/4ccUzpE Sandwich - amzn.to/3A6w6oH Funny Story - amzn.to/46wG3ru Book Lovers - amzn.to/46wG3ru What Have You Done - amzn.to/4fnRN3H Kobo Libra Color - amzn.to/3WN6HsJ Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition - amzn.to/4d77Ote [The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!!]
Happy reading, Everyone! Susan at Road ReadsReading Check-In || Spoiler Free! π΅π»ββοΈππΆRoad Reads2024-07-20 | Thank you so much for stopping by! Let's catch up on some reading!
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Podcast Mentioned: Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the ClassicsVlog! || What Ive read, will read, skincare, & 4th of JulyRoad Reads2024-07-12 | Thank you so much for hanging out with me! In this video we'll review the books I've read so far in July and what I'm going to read next. Also, I chat a bit about non-bookish topics, so feel free to fast forward to the sections you find of interest. (I start talking about books at the 5:04 mark.) Happy reading, everyone!June Reading Wrap-Up π¦π₯ͺπππ¨βπ¬πͺπRoad Reads2024-06-30 | Thank you for stopping by the channel! Let's talk about how June's reading went. Spoiler: pretty awesome, all said!
Books discussed include:
Shark Heart - amzn.to/3xInfIT Sandwich - amzn.to/4cyWC82 The Twyford Code - amzn.to/4eKomIE The Appeal - amzn.to/3zqJWlp Elephants Can Remember - amzn.to/45Qy6gC The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien G-Man: J Edgar Hoover - amzn.to/4cpYv7i Rear Window - amzn.to/4cndezI Project Hail Mary - amzn.to/4eNyKQ6 The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you very much!Reading Journal Check-In || Hobonichi Day-FreeRoad Reads2024-06-21 | #readingjournal #bookjournal
Please join me as I share how my reading journal in the Hobonichi A5 Day-Free has been shaping up so far. Thank you so much for watching!
Happy reading, Susan at Road ReadsReading Check-In ππΈπRoad Reads2024-06-07 | Thank you so much for joining me today! Let's talk about some recent reads and what I'm currently reading. Please let me know if you've read any of these and what you thought!
Happy reading, SusanFAVORITE Books BEFORE Booktube ππβ€οΈRoad Reads2024-05-25 | Today I want to share with you some of my favorite books BEFORE I joined Booktube...all in a quest to find THE favorite. If that's even possible. Do you think it is possible to choose ONE favorite book? Or are you more comfortable having 50, 100, 200 favorite books? Also, are you stingy with your 5-star ratings? I used to be before Booktube, but not any more! Let me know in the comments!
Please let me know if you've read any of these books and how you felt about them!!
Happy reading, Susan @ Road Reads
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I start this video with some biographical information on Nelle (yes, that *is* her actual first name) Harper Lee, and then we'll all head to Monroeville, Alabama together.
Have you been to Monroeville? If so, you must tell me in the comments! Or, if not, have you read To Kill a Mockingbird? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Happy reading! Susan @ Road Reads
Books Mentioned: To Kill a Mockingbird - amzn.to/4boEDAC Go Set a Watchman - amzn.to/4dziWQc Furious Hours - amzn.to/3UV0LgB Mockingbird Songs - amzn.to/3UWp1Oj Afternoons with Harper Lee - amzn.to/44DY46j (The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!)Books About Harper Lee/To Kill a MockingbirdRoad Reads2024-04-27 | I'm very excited to share with you some of the books I've been reading of late regarding the author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Nelle Harper Lee! Let me know if you've read any of these!
Books include: To Kill a Mockingbird - amzn.to/3Ui25Zh Go Set a Watchman - amzn.to/3JFHObj Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee - amzn.to/4bd6oMj The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee - amzn.to/3wmklbU Atticus Finch: A Biography - amzn.to/4bcw1gq Furious Hours - amzn.to/49YprsC The above are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!!Reading Check-In || Amor Towles, Agatha Christie, Harper LeeRoad Reads2024-04-19 | Hello, fellow readers!
Please let me know in the comments if you've read any of these. I would love to hear your thoughts!
Books discussed include:
Table for Two - amzn.to/4d8LmAr Rules of Civility - amzn.to/3JshC3O A Gentleman in Moscow - amzn.to/3w72tle The Lincoln Highway - amzn.to/4d4OrRS Endless Night - amzn.to/3UndKr5 A Murder Is Announced - amzn.to/3Q9V4sk The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you very much!Weekly Reading Check-InRoad Reads2024-03-16 | #marchmysterymadness #trumancapote
Thank you so much for stopping by!
Books mentioned include: First Lie Wins - amzn.to/4cggxt3 Capote: A Biography - amzn.to/48WJBmv The Swans of Fifth Avenue - amzn.to/3VgxTzZ Capote's Women - amzn.to/4clEXS6 Whose Body by Dorothy L. Sayers The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Reading Check-In || so many mysteries!Road Reads2024-03-10 | #marchmysterymadness
This week's check-in is heavy on the mysteries, but oh how varied these mysteries are!
Books discussed include: End of Story: amzn.to/3TuB3Pc A Murder in the Family: amzn.to/4a1qUyS A Quiet Life in the Country: amzn.to/3VcyvGL The Marlow Murder Club: amzn.to/4a3wcde The Thursday Murder Club: amzn.to/3wKDm82 The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!!Reading Check-In || LOTR & Mystery MadnessRoad Reads2024-03-02 | #marchmysterymadness #thelordoftheringsthefellowshipofthering
Thank you VERY MUCH for stopping by the channel! Let's talk Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings, as I wrap-up February's reading. Then, looking forward to March, I'm in the mood for some mystery madness!
Books discussed include: Evil Under the Sun - amzn.to/48AoPcg The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien The Hobbit - amzn.to/48GUjgG End of Story - amzn.to/3P2RjV9 Whose Body (Lord Peter Wimsey) - amzn.to/3SXMKfR A Quiet Life in the Country (A Lady Hardcastle Mystery) - amzn.to/3uVcd1w The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much!βοΈWaiting for sunrise on Captiva IslandβοΈRoad Reads2024-02-28 | Waiting for Sunrise || Captiva IslandReading Check-In || A CHATTY Check-InRoad Reads2024-02-23 | I have some really great reads to talk with you all about!
Books mentioned include: A Month in the Country: amzn.to/3OUCnIv I Am, I Am, I Am: amzn.to/49rEWtG Everyone on this Train Is a Suspect: amzn.to/42OBBCs Everyone in my Family Has Killed Someone: amzn.to/49MyrkS The Fellowship of the Ring by JRR Tolkien The Hobbit: amzn.to/48s6uhp Capote's Women: amzn.to/4bRagUg The Swans of Fifth Avenue: amzn.to/4bPjznN The Aviator's Wife: amzn.to/3T9HaIA The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much!
YouTube Channel Mentioned: Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCHBook Review from Florida || Gift from the SeaRoad Reads2024-02-18 | I am filming this book review from Sanibel Island (in South Florida), which is just down the road from Captiva Island, where Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote her 1955 non-fiction classic, Gift from the Sea. Have you read it? What did you think? Did it feel timely and relevant to you or not? Let me know in the comments! Happy reading! - Susan
Gift from the Sea: amzn.to/49kmNhm This is an affiliate link. Should you choose to use it, I may receive a small commission. Thank you!!Road Reads Van Tour || Winnebago Sprinter Van 4x4 #vanlifeRoad Reads2024-02-17 | Have you ever been curious about #vanlife or #rvlife? If so, join me for this tour of our 2017 Winnebago Era 4x4 camper van. I'm set up in an RV campground in southern Florida and thought it would be a great time to give you a tour! Please let me know in the comments if you have any questions or thoughts to share.Reading Check-InRoad Reads2024-02-09 | Thank you so much for stopping by! Let's catch up on some reading...
Channels Mentioned: Jennifer @jenniferbrooks Leo @Leoslittlebooklife#WeLoveJenny Readathon | TBRRoad Reads2024-02-02 | #welovejenny
Jennifer Brooks ( @jenniferbrooks ) will be missed more than I can express. If you too would like to honor Jenny in your reading this month, you can hear more about this special readathon from the hosts' videos:
Group Read: The Villa by Rachel HawkinsJanuary Reading Wrap-UpRoad Reads2024-01-28 | It has been ages since I've done a reading check-in, so let's do it! Books mentioned in this video include: 84, Charing Cross Road: amzn.to/42d4MPr A Tale of Two Cities: amzn.to/48QFadN The Last Devil to Die: amzn.to/3SgofKD The Reckoning by Edith Wharton Edith Wharton biography: amzn.to/47MWpva Day: amzn.to/3Siunlm Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Book Haul || January 2024Road Reads2024-01-18 | Thank you very much for stopping by the channel for this book haul!
Some of the above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!!12 Books to Re-Read in 2024Road Reads2024-01-12 | Thank you VERY MUCH for stopping by! In this video, I share 12 books that I would like to re-read in 2024. I haven't read a few of them since the 1980s and 1990s!! But some others I've read since being here on Booktube. Please let me know: 1 - Do you enjoy re-reading? and 2 - Do you have a book or books that you would like to re-read in 2024? Happy reading, Everyone!!
Books mentioned include: 1 - A Tale of Two Cities: amzn.to/4aTFr12 2 - The Age of Innocence: amzn.to/41WmqGR 3 - Rebecca: amzn.to/47xTvdE 4 - Founding Brothers: amzn.to/3tQs5Sl 5 - Sense and Sensibility: amzn.to/3NZCKkJ 6 - Crime and Punishment: amzn.to/3TWruJv 7 - On Writing: amzn.to/3HkxkN6 8 - To Kill a Mockingbird: amzn.to/3tNmqMY 9 - Circe: amzn.to/4aKoaai 10 - The Iliad (the Emily Wilson translation): amzn.to/3TSMFvV 11 - 84, Charing Cross Road: amzn.to/3TVJNi7 12: Frankenstein (the 1818 version): amzn.to/3HgLnUg The above links are affiliate links. Should you wish to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Paper & Pens || Hobonichi and Fountain Pens UpdateRoad Reads2024-01-07 | Weβre taking a break from our regularly scheduled bookish programming to discuss 2024 planners and journals, as well as a fountain pen update! Please let me know in the comments what planner youβre using this year, and if you have a reading journal, what journal youβre using for it. Also, do you have a favorite fountain pen? Iβd love to know!Favorite Reads of 2023Road Reads2023-12-31 | 2023 has been an AMAZING reading year!! In this video I share my favorite reads of 2023. Please let me know in the comments what your favorite book was!
A Christmas Carol: amzn.to/47hX9ba The Singerβs Gun: amzn.to/3NJLfQy The Bullet That Missed: amzn.to/3Ry2QvO Stoner: amzn.to/3NLnDeB The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!Reading Check-In || Another Amazing Week of Reading!Road Reads2023-12-15 | Thank you VERY MUCH for stopping by the channel!
It has been another amazing week of reading! -- December's reading has been all I could ask for. What about you? Let me know in the comments!
Books mentioned: Hercule Poirot's Christmas: amzn.to/3GJln3m Britt-Marie Was Here: amzn.to/4ak5ttM Beartown: amzn.to/47eYY9b My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She Was Sorry: amzn.to/48fFfXJ The Housekeeper and the Professor: amzn.to/3v1GWK3 Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton A Tale of Two Cities: amzn.to/3TvEJkl The Singer's Gun: amzn.to/3TkxmvT A Christmas Carol: amzn.to/3Tnpx8E The Bullet that Missed: amzn.to/47WVY2g The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you!!
Videos Mentioned: Leo's: youtu.be/_735kaGKjsg?si=6sbmhuB9RHBa0GxuReading Check-In || Such a GREAT week!Road Reads2023-12-09 | Hello, fellow readers, and THANK YOU for coming by the channel! I would love to catch you up on this past week's reading, with three of the eight books having been suggested by YOU. :)
Happy reading, Susan at Road ReadsHelp! Going for 100 Reads...Need Your Recs!Road Reads2023-12-05 | Help a reader out! Leave me your short but "substantial" -- (or really fun!) book recommendations, please!
THANK YOU, EVERYONE! Susan at Road ReadsReading Check-In || Its December!!Road Reads2023-12-02 | Thank you for stopping by the channel!
Let's wrap-up November's reading and look forward a bit to December's. How did your November go? And what are you looking forward to getting to in December? Near the end of this video, I lament my 2023 Reading Goal of 100 books. -- Did you make a "# of books read" goal this year? Are you going to meet it? Exceed it? Let me know in the comments!
Happy reading! Susan @ Road ReadsReading Check-In || Happy ThanksgivingRoad Reads2023-11-22 | Happy Thanksgiving Eve, Everyone!! If you are here in the United States, I wish you a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow! And if you're not here in the United States, shout out your country in the comments. It's always amazing to hear from people from other countries!Vlog 1 - Tennessee Mountains & Book TalkRoad Reads2023-11-16 | THANK YOU so much for stopping by the channel! I really appreciate each and every one of you!
Please join me as I go through my day, from coffee to errands in the "city", to book talk, to sunset. And let me know in the comments if you are a SUNRISE or a SUNSET person.
(Music from a free trail on epidemicsound.com.)Office Tour - of a Bookish PersonRoad Reads2023-11-13 | Please join me for an office tour! And please tell me about your office in the comments. What is your favorite thing in your office? Do you spend much time in it? Or do you prefer to work from the couch, bed, or dining table? I've lived in several studio apartments through the years, and when I did, I mentally just considered the entire place my office, because that's what makes me happy. :)
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See you again very soon! Susan at Road ReadsOctober Wrap-Up & A Reading SlumpRoad Reads2023-11-07 | My energy is a bit low in this video, but it has been awhile since I last posted, and I didn't want to continue NOT posting, so please forgive this less chipper version of Susan at Road Reads. ;)
In this video I attempt to rank my 6 Victober reads and think of books to help get me out of my current reading slump.
Happy reading! Susan @ Road ReadsVictober | Frankenstein | BunnyRoad Reads2023-10-27 | #victober Thank you so much for stopping by the channel! How has your October reading been going? Please let me know in the comments!
Happy reading, Susan @ Road ReadsVictober Reading Journal || Part 1Road Reads2023-10-13 | #victober #readingjournal #bookjournal
Thank you for joining me today as I start making note of my October reads in the reading journal. Currently I'm using a Stalogy A6 for my reading journal, but I switch things up every now and then. That said, I am enjoying this format for my reading journal!
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The narration of *The Way We Live Now* that I have been enjoying is read by David Shaw-Parker.
Happy reading, Everyone! Susan @ Road ReadsVictober Week 1 || Hardy, Gaskell, Trollope, WildeRoad Reads2023-10-07 | What a wonderful Week 1 of Victober!!
Books Mentioned: The Mayor of Casterbridge - amzn.to/46FZxcc Lady Audley's Secret - amzn.to/3Fapg0B Cranford - amzn.to/3LMsUS8 The Way We Live Now - amzn.to/3ZLEbYw The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde A Tale of Two Cities - amzn.to/3Q8B09W Frankenstein - amzn.to/45lvGEE The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you SO much!The Ghost of Victober PastRoad Reads2023-10-04 | #victober #victober2023
The Ghost of Victober Past visited me a couple of nights ago and suggested that I share the Victober TBRs that I've been haunted by -- from 2020, 2021, and 2022.
Videos Mentioned: Katie's video on Trollope: youtu.be/5QvlXTlq0iU?si=PAhuEFJqvMoRpfD0September Reading Wrap-UpRoad Reads2023-10-02 | Thank you so much for stopping by the channel for a September reading wrap-up!
Books mentioned include:
The Haunting of Hill House: amzn.to/48MuAoy Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson Meet Me at the Museum: amzn.to/3ZKfb40 The Secret History: amzn.to/3PXTwln James and the Giant Peach: amzn.to/3rEQ2uH Women Talking: amzn.to/3RGyDwg Upstream: Selected Essays: amzn.to/45tIt8l The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.
Booktubers Mentioned:
Shelly @shellyish Sandy @msreadsalotVictober 2023 || I want to read it all!Road Reads2023-09-30 | #victober #victober2023
Books Mentioned: The Way We Live Now: amzn.to/46aLWtv An Autobiography (Anthony Trollope): amzn.to/45gOXae The Warden: amzn.to/45hzHtM Barchester Towers: amzn.to/3PYnVA6 David Copperfield: amzn.to/46wHtRK A Tale of Two Cities: amzn.to/3LMBrnV Cranford: amzn.to/45clq1l Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell North and South: amzn.to/48yTt6O Tess of the D'urbervilles: amzn.to/3LDmeWo Jude the Obscure: amzn.to/3EZEeX8 Return of the Native: amzn.to/3RGAxgK Mayor of Casterbridge: amzn.to/3PG7pn5 Far from the Madding Crowd: amzn.to/46wmRJi The Canterville Ghost: amzn.to/45byTXo Candida: amzn.to/48tVod7 Middlemarch: amzn.to/3tea5AG Silas Marner by George Eliot Frankenstein: amzn.to/3PANSEp Deerbrook by Harriet Martineau Lady Audley's Secret: amzn.to/3EZ6lWr The above links are affiliate links. Should you choose to use them, I may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.Behind the Booktube TagRoad Reads2023-09-16 | What a fun tag to film! Please join me as I do the tag that was created by Shelly@Shellyish after she watched Jennifer@jenniferbrooks do her Q&A video to celebrate 5 years on Booktube! Both videos are SO MUCH FUN to watch, so please check them out! I was tagged by the ever lovely Kristin@EntertheBook . So be sure to watch her own take on the questions!
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend...and happy reading!