Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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I've heard incredible things about these books and hope all of these reads will be amazing! Let me know if you've read any of them.

Booktubers Mentioned:
• @abookolive
• @LiterarilySmitten
• @Shellyish
• @BooksAndJams

Books Mentioned:
#1 Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Robert K. Massie - amzn.to/3sMy9GX
#2 Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking: A Memoir of Food and Longing by Anya von Bremzen - amzn.to/34RZ4cm
#3 The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre - amzn.to/3rT0P1R
#4 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe - amzn.to/36pyGax
#5 The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner - amzn.to/3rXfQQo
#6 Children Under Fire: An American Crisis by John Woodrow Cox - amzn.to/3JDE2x7
#7 The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland by Jim DeFede - amzn.to/3oU8088
#8 Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl - amzn.to/3sPCc5d
#9 Irena's Children: The Extraordinary Story of the Woman Who Saved 2,500 Children from the Warsaw Ghetto by Tilar J. Mazzeo - amzn.to/3uXSiN0
#10 Steve & Me by Terri Irwin - amzn.to/3rV92m8

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In this video:
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Book #1
02:24 - Book #2
03:04 - Book #3
03:52 - Book #4
04:38 - Book #5
05:12 - Book #6
05:47 - Book #7
06:58 - Books #8-9
08:25 - Book #10

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Equipment Used:
📷 Camera - Canon G7X Mark II - amzn.to/3oVLBah
🎬 edited on iMovie, thumnbail w/ PicMonkey