The PS 2018 Book tag @ajourneythroughbooks2311

A Journey Through Books This tag was originally created by Adam at Mementomori: youtube.com/watch?v=yydtcQRDtMU

Videos mentioned:
Mel at Mel's Bookland Adventures: youtube.com/watch?v=hTkierg1JtU

David at the Poptimist: youtube.com/watch?v=aq8ugE5GMx8

The questions:
1. The longest book you read this year and the book that took you the longest to finish.
2. A book you read in 2018 that was outside of your comfort zone.
3. How many books did you re-read in 2018?
4. Favourite re-read of 2018.
5. A book you read for the first time in 2018 that you look forward to re-reading in the future.
6. Favourite single short story or novella that you read in 2018.
7. Mass Appeal: A book you liked and would recommend to a wide variety of readers.
8. Specialised Appeal: A book you liked but would be hesitant to recommend to just anyone.
9. Reflect on your year as a bookish content creator (goals met, good/bad memories, favourite videos you made, etc).
10. Tag some fellow bookish content creators.

I tag:
Lia at Lia - Hyde and Seek (if she will come back) youtube.com/channel/UC7VLgxcHt8zbi11W1UXqt4A
Elena at Elena Makridina youtube.com/channel/UCvCYFnXhyHgrxnbhFsZZTXA/videos

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

updated 5 years ago

The PS 2018 Book tag

A Journey Through Books 2018-12-29 | This tag was originally created by Adam at Mementomori: youtube.com/watch?v=yydtcQRDtMU

Videos mentioned:
Mel at Mel's Bookland Adventures: youtube.com/watch?v=hTkierg1JtU

David at the Poptimist: youtube.com/watch?v=aq8ugE5GMx8

The questions:
1. The longest book you read this year and the book that took you the longest to finish.
2. A book you read in 2018 that was outside of your comfort zone.
3. How many books did you re-read in 2018?
4. Favourite re-read of 2018.
5. A book you read for the first time in 2018 that you look forward to re-reading in the future.
6. Favourite single short story or novella that you read in 2018.
7. Mass Appeal: A book you liked and would recommend to a wide variety of readers.
8. Specialised Appeal: A book you liked but would be hesitant to recommend to just anyone.
9. Reflect on your year as a bookish content creator (goals met, good/bad memories, favourite videos you made, etc).
10. Tag some fellow bookish content creators.

I tag:
Lia at Lia - Hyde and Seek (if she will come back) youtube.com/channel/UC7VLgxcHt8zbi11W1UXqt4A
Elena at Elena Makridina youtube.com/channel/UCvCYFnXhyHgrxnbhFsZZTXA/videos

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

Shaketube 2020 - Romeo and Juliet

A Journey Through Books 2020-09-07 | A rather tipsy, highly opinion-based take on Romeo and Juliet filled with uncensored detours and a notable lack of editing.
Basically it boiled down to one thing: was there going to be a video or not.

Reading South Africa July 2020

A Journey Through Books 2020-08-03 | Where I chat about three books set in South Africa that I have read fairly recently.

Books discussed:
Johannesburg - Fiona Melrose
Hum if You Don't Know the Words - Bianca Marais
Death on the Limpopo - Sally Andrew

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-roz
Twitter: twitter.com/PanAlchemist
Instagram: instagram.com/a_journey_through_books

Book talk 21 June 2020

A Journey Through Books 2020-06-23 | A quick chat about 4 books I have read recently.
Books mentioned:
The Art of Racing in the Rain - Garth Steyn
20,000 Leagues under the Sea - Jules Verne
The Way of All Flesh - Ambrose Perry
The Illumination of Ursula Flight - Anna-Marie Cromwell

Book Haul - first half of 2020

A Journey Through Books 2020-06-16 | A chit chat and book haul.

Stay Home Reading Tag

A Journey Through Books 2020-04-21 | A quick chat about how well reading is going - or not going - in isolation.

Eric Karl Andersson's video: youtube.com/watch?v=tKSoVT1uV6Q
Forgot to mention that the tag was created by Ariel Bissett: youtube.com/watch?v=WwzVVA3jfHU

Questions:
Tag questions:
How is your reading going while staying home?
Where have you been reading at home?
Best book you’ve read during isolation?
What’s your favourite feel good book?
Book you wish you could buy or borrow from the library?
Author you want to shout out during this time?

January 2020 - Wrap Up!

A Journey Through Books 2020-02-12 | So this video sounds more like an episode on the Graham Norton Show. There are some really odd topics I managed to mention - all as a result of my reading. Don't hold it against me. I had no idea what I was getting into with most of these books.

Books mentioned:
The Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Vinegar Girl - Ann Tyler
Hatchet - Gary Paulsen
How to Build a Girl - Caitlin Moran
Rachel's Blue - Zakes Mda

A Book chat

A Journey Through Books 2019-12-23 | Non-fiction November is long past, but that is no reason to pack the non-fic away.

Books discussed:
I am, I am, I am - Maggie O' Farrell
The Blink of an Eye - Rikka Schmidt sthphthththt*hem hem* It's in the video.
How to be a Heroine - Samantha Ellis
A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf

13 October 2019

A Journey Through Books 2019-10-15 | A 'where I have been' and a bit of a wrap up.
Apologies, but you might need a tissue.

Reading Wrap Up 30 June 2019

A Journey Through Books 2019-07-01 | Book mentioned:

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Why Mummy Swears - Gill Sims
The Husband's Secret - Liane Moriarty
The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist
Twitter: twitter.com/PanAlchemist
Instagram: instagram.com/a_journey_through_books

Midyear Book Freakout Tag - 2019

A Journey Through Books 2019-06-28 | My 2018 take. youtube.com/watch?v=AWcU2yp5xfM (There is some odd cat stuff at the end...)

1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2019.
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2019.
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favorite character.
10. Book that made you cry (Saddest book you have read).
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year.
13. Favorite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year)
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist
Twitter: twitter.com/PanAlchemist
Instagram: instagram.com/a_journey_through_books

Retail Therapy 3

A Journey Through Books 2019-06-24 | In my defense, this was one hectic month!

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist
Twitter: twitter.com/PanAlchemist
Instagram: instagram.com/a_journey_through_books

Reading Wrap Up 17 June 19

A Journey Through Books 2019-06-19 | The books mentioned:
The Girl from Aleppo - Nujeen Mustafo
The Year of Magical Thinking - Joan Didion

Currently reading:
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
Why Mummy Swears - Gill Sims
When Kids Can't Read - Kylene Beers

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist
Twitter: twitter.com/PanAlchemist
Instagram: instagram.com/a_journey_through_books

Reading Women Month TBR - Ideas and Recommendations

A Journey Through Books 2019-06-18 | #readingwomen2019 #readingwomenmonth

I'm ridiculously late to the party on this one, but it couldn't be helped. I'm finally here to join in with what looks to be a really fun reading month.

In case you too have been detained from Booktube and would like to join in, follow the #readingwomenmonth hashtag on Twitter for loads more recommendations - and a copy of the bingo board.

Reading Wrap Up 2019.06.02 Tipsy version

A Journey Through Books 2019-06-03 | A rather abysmal number of books read. But, the holidays are getting closer!

Books mentioned:
Rumpole by John Mortimer
Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie

The Nosy Librarian Tag

A Journey Through Books 2019-05-19 | Hello!

Originally ceated by Stripped Cover Lit: youtube.com/watch?v=qJTZpDoJVGE
I was tagged by HEIDI at My Reading Life: youtube.com/watch?v=rKHxXH0rgO4 (I'm so sorry, Heidi. You look like a Debbie I know, and I keep making this mistake!! Ahhh!)

Questions:
1. What has been the most influential library in your life?
2. Honest assessment: What will they title your biography?
3. The story from your life you hope your librarian never finds out?
4. What is your favourite word?
5. Three weird things you're afraid of? A way you'd prefer not to die?
6. Your favourite book as a grade schooler?
7. What have your interactions with the police been like?
8. All-time favourite book cover?
9. How many places have you lived?
10. Tag 11 BookTubers you like & admire! Compliment Stripped Cover Lit

Reader Problems Tag

A Journey Through Books 2019-05-13 | Tagged by: Elena Makridina youtube.com/watch?v=nVJdlJupM80

Created by: About to Read youtube.com/watch?v=7SfhSV-L3eo

Notable mention for great originality in doing this tag: Summer Dawn youtube.com/watch?v=YPFUbPItgkI

Questions:
1. You have 20,000 books on your TBR. How in the world do you decide what to read next?
2. You’re halfway through a book and you’re just not loving it. Do you quit or are you committed?
3. The end of the year is coming and you’re so close, but so far away on your Goodreads reading challenge. Do you try to catch up and how?
4. The covers of a series you love do. not. match. How do you cope?
5. Every one and their mother loves a book you really don’t like. Who do you bond with over shared feelings?
6. You’re reading a book and you are about to start crying in public. How do you deal?
7. A sequel of a book you loved just came out, but you’ve forgotten a lot from the prior novel. Will you re-read the book? Skip the sequel? Try to find a synopsis on Goodreads? Cry in frustration?!?!?!?
8. You do not want anyone. ANYONE. borrowing your books. How do you politely tell people nope when they ask?
9. Reading ADD. You’ve picked up and put down 5 books in the last month. How do you get over your reading slump?
10. There are so many new books coming out that you’re dying to read! How many do you actually buy?
11. After you’ve bought the new books you can’t wait to get to, how long do they sit on your shelf before you get to them?

I hope to add the folks I tagged when I get home from work.

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist
Twitter: twitter.com/PanAlchemist
Instagram: instagram.com/a_journey_through_books (I am yet to put anything up here, but hey! I have Instagram!)

Weekly Reads 08 May 2019

A Journey Through Books 2019-05-08 | Hi there!

Books mentioned:
Mmusi Maimane: Prophet or Puppet - S'thembiso Msomi
Red Dragon - Thomas Harris
Cymbeline - Shakespeare
The Travelling Cat Chronicles - Hiro Arikawa

Reading Wrap Up 19.04.22

A Journey Through Books 2019-04-23 | Books mentioned:
Silas Marner - George Eliot
How to Read Literature Like a Professor - Thoman C Foster

Reading Wrap Up 2019.04.07

A Journey Through Books 2019-04-08 | A wrap up of the books I read in the past two weeks.

Books mentioned:
Professor Philander's Diamond - Jill Morsbach
The Loney - Andrew Michael Hurley
The Word is Murder - Anthony Horowitz
Saving Sophie - Ronald H. Balson
Tombland - CJ Sansom

Retail Therapy 2

A Journey Through Books 2019-03-31 | A charity book haul.

Just some Mortimer, Maugham, Gaskell and a few Norton critical editions.

Booktubers I Love Tag

Reading Wrap Up 2019.03.24

A Journey Through Books 2019-03-25 | Books mentioned:
The Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie
The Man in the Brown Suit - Agatha Christie
Sins of the Flesh - Colleen McCullough
Naked Cruelty - Colleen McCullough
The Tombs of Atuan - Ursula le Guin
The Farthest Shore - Ursula le Guin
Tehanu - Ursula le Guin
Lamentation - CJ Sansom

Currently reading:
Tombland - CJ Sansom
Saving Sophie - Ronald H Balson
How to Read Literature like a Professor - Thomas C Foster

In case you are curious about the news article about load shedding in PE: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/weekend-post/your-weekend/2019-03-23-nelson-mandela-bay-residents-carrying-bulk-of-power-cut-load/?fbclid=IwAR2K9b260FvtHfqHdarQc9AbJLLlZE80j4dh_2KOrmWDVLMgWfkWoWkz3YE

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

Weekly reads 19.03.11

A Journey Through Books 2019-03-12 | Books mentioned:
The Man without a face - The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen
The Madonna Of Excelsior by Zakes Mda

Retail Therapy - the bookish kind!

A Journey Through Books 2019-03-10 | Oops! I see I called Heidi at My Reading Life, Debbie, and didn't catch it in the editing process.

Reading Wrap Up 24.02.2019

A Journey Through Books 2019-02-26 | Books mentioned:
A Kiss Before Dying - Ira Levin
My Mother's Secret: A Novel Based on a True Holocaust Story - J.L. Witterick
Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz

The haul:
Dominion - CJ Sansom
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul - Deborah Rodriguez
The Fear Index - Robert Harris
The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

Answers to the QnA - Part 2

A Journey Through Books 2019-02-24 | Thanks again to all my subscribers for the great questions. I really appreciate your support.

Link to Part 1: youtube.com/watch?v=PG7_O18s784&lc=z23xivkbwnujwl3p304t1aokg50dfdc1oys4kpxaaz5wbk0h00410.1550689235626220

The Answers to the QnA - Part 1

A Journey Through Books 2019-02-20 | Hello!
Not much to mention in here this time. Part 2 will be coming very soon. (It has been filmed, it just needs to edited and uploaded.)

Here is a link to the music video Stay by Shakespeare's Sister. No, really. That freaky woman who walks down the stairs looked TOO much like my music teacher. A terrifying image for a kid with an overactive imagination. youtube.com/watch?v=YCYaALgW80c

Reading Wrap up 2019-02-09

A Journey Through Books 2019-02-10 | Books mentioned:
Tess (Whiplash) - Tracey Farren
Conclave - Robert Harris

Tess, The trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=AMsk3wGkcaU

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

QnA announcement

A Journey Through Books 2019-02-03 | Although I had some really interesting ideas from subscribers to celebrate reaching 500 subscribers, I have caved and decided to go with the tried and tested QnA video. I will do the other ideas as either individual discussion videos or as a give away when I reach 1k (wow, scary thought!).

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

Reading Wrap Up and some Waffle

A Journey Through Books 2019-01-27 | Book mentioned:
Cider with Rosie by Laurie Lee

Waffle topics:
Time
Reading slumps
Teaching
The pets
Yoga

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

Reading Wrap Up 2019.01.13

A Journey Through Books 2019-01-14 | Welcome to all my new subscribers!

Britta's channel: Britta Böhler - youtube.com/channel/UCpQsLKy0bh9hRZ3AWQzG-7g

Books mentioned:
House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
Cider with Rosie - Laurie Lee
Lamentation - CJ Sansom

Weekly reads 6 Jan 2019

A Journey Through Books 2019-01-07 | Book mentioned:
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
Life and Laughing - Michael McIntyre
Terminal - Kathy Reichs
Beartown (The Scandal) - Fredrik Backman
The House of Leaves - Mark Z Danielewski

The Real Goals Video for 2019

A Journey Through Books 2019-01-06 | Happy New Year Booktube!

Yoga with Adriene: youtube.com/channel/UCFKE7WVJfvaHW5q283SxchA

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

New Years Goals: a poem

A Journey Through Books 2018-12-31 | Inspired by "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" by Clement Clarke Moore.

Just a bit of fun. The real goals to come soon.

Reading Wrap up 28 Dec 2018

A Journey Through Books 2018-12-29 | A big wrap up!

Books mentioned:
The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Make Me - Lee Child
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Moskva - Jack Grimwood
Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
The Hogfather - Terry Pratchett
Revelation - CJ Sansom
Heartstone - CJ Sansom

Currently reading:
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

A where have I been and a reading wrap up

A Journey Through Books 2018-12-03 | Books mentioned:
'Ulysses' by James Joyce
'The Angina Monologues' by Rosamund Kendal

Currently reading
'Moskva' by Jack Grimwood
Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift

Life update and reading wrap up

A Journey Through Books 2018-07-25 | I don't quite know what to say to introduce this video in the notes. Nor did I really know what to say or how much to say when filming. Because my gran's passing has effected my reading, I suppose I had to mention it.

Books mentioned:
On Writing by Charles Bukowski & Abel Debritto (Editor)
The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

I will list the other books I have mentioned when I do the wrap up for them.

The Finished the Book Tag

A Journey Through Books 2018-07-10 | Once again I was tagged by Steve Donoghue: youtube.com/user/saintdonoghue/videos
Originally created by Headless Books: youtube.com/watch?v=nNt5NUyICrA

Channels mentioned:
Let's Read: youtube.com/channel/UCMGoaqXQ6d6Z3Vr-I3JIy6A (you need the channel with the apostrophe, the other one is a bit scary)

My Shelf massacre! The big unhaul! youtube.com/watch?v=6fC9rXtau3M&t=751s

I tag:
Candace @ Beacon Hill Books: youtube.com/channel/UCeaaLH_rCFyB3WPuuSBvWlw
Cherryl @ crflamesfan youtube.com/user/crflamesfan
Brian and Brian's Bookshelves youtube.com/user/Thespian32
Pegg @ READING and KNITTING On the Porch youtube.com/channel/UCC4vmxzO656Ih85zOhO0abQ
Rashmika @ Rashmika Likes Books youtube.com/channel/UClXHEEND39mAu1UUg8KtsWg

Weekly Reads 09.07.18

A Journey Through Books 2018-07-09 | People and Tome Topple mentioned in the video:
Thoughts on Tomes can be found here: youtube.com/user/ThoughtsOnTomes/videos
The Tome Topple Readathon: youtube.com/watch?v=eECv82qmO0k
And their Goodreads Group: goodreads.com/group/show/201929-tome-topple-readathon
The readathon ends on 12 July 2018! Still three days to go!
The 438 run game, SA vs Oz (this is just the South African innings - Ozzies be warned! )youtube.com/watch?v=ZGUfdMukaZc

Books mentioned:
Tannie Maria and the Satanic Mechanic by Sally Andrews (note, it is the Van Der Hum recipe you want)
Bouch: Through my eyes by Mark Boucher 2:00
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 9:41
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss 15:23

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

The 28 More Random Questions Tag

A Journey Through Books 2018-07-07 | I was tagged, yet again, by Steve Donoghue! (He also created the tag.) You can find his channel here: youtube.com/watch?v=nUyySTfcAJU

1. How old is your oldest living relative?
2. As an adult, have you ever been in a fight?
3. Have you ever been slapped in public?
4. What's the largest non-human animal you've seen in person?
5. Have you ever had serious surgery?
6. If you could only compare the novels of Cormac McCarthy to one kind of garbage, what kind would it be?
7. Who'd be your dream-casting for Superman?
8. What's the greatest amount of physical pain you've ever been in?
9. Do you believe in a god or gods?
10. Have you ever been good-and-properly drunk?
11. To the best of your knowledge, what's the closest you've ever come to death?
12. Which Star Trek character would the person who knows you best compare you to?
13. Have you ever had your life radically changed by a book?
14. Is there a universally-beloved classic you simply don't like?
15. What is your dream profession?
16. Is there an entire genre of reading you're bugged you haven't fully explored?
17. When you people-watch, what's the main thing you notice?
18. Barring the unforeseeable, what's the most likely way you'll die?
19. Have you visited any of the world, ancient or modern?
Ancient:
The Colossus of Rhodes
The Great Pyramid of Giza
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The Lighthouse of Alexandria
The Mausoleum at Helicarnassus
The statue of Zeus at Olympia
The temple of Artemis at Ephesus
Modern:
The Great Wall of China
Petra
Christ the Redeemer
Chicen Itzen
the Colosseum
the Taj Mahal
The Great Pyramid of Giza

20. What are your main superpowers?
21. Have you ever met any famous people?
22. Have you ever slept out of doors?
23. Would you make a good parent? Or, if you're already a parent, how much do your children hate you?
24. New Kids on the Block or the Backstreet Boys?
25. Have you ever been on-stage in front of an audience?
26. At the moment, what's your favorite non-BookTube YouTube channel?
Tom Scott: youtube.com/user/enyay
27. Have you ever passed out while sober?
28. How strong are you? Physically? Intellectually? Emotionally?

My June wrap up 2018

A Journey Through Books 2018-07-02 | I have been a bit behind on doing reading wrap ups. Here are my thoughts on the books I have read since my last wrap up.

Books mentioned:
The Island of the Blue Dolphin - Scott O Dell
My Grandmother Sends Her Regards and Apologies - Fredrik Backman
The Iliad - Homer
Bridget Jones: Beyond the Edge of Reason - Helen Fielding
All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
Orphan X - Gregg Hurwitz

Midyear Book Freakout Tag 2018

A Journey Through Books 2018-06-30 | I was tagged by Steve Donoghue youtube.com/user/saintdonoghue

Questions:
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2018.
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2018.
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favorite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year.
13. Favorite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year)
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?

I tag:
Jen at Remembered Reads youtube.com/channel/UCpslOZdjsglmXfq1AfPJ2dA
Britta Böhler youtube.com/channel/UCpQsLKy0bh9hRZ3AWQzG-7g
Elena Makridina youtube.com/channel/UCvCYFnXhyHgrxnbhFsZZTXA

Books mentioned:
Wolf Hall - Hilary Mantel
Dark Fire - CJ Sansom
Tender in the Night - F Scott Fitzgerald
James Bond - Ian Fleming
The Burning White - Brent Weeks
Recipes for Love and Murder: A Tannie Maria Mystery - Sally Andrew
Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
Bouch: Through my Eyes - Mark Boucher
The Wee Free Men - Terry Pratchett

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

The 25 Random Questions Tag

A Journey Through Books 2018-06-19 | I was tagged by Steve Donoghue. You can find him here: youtube.com/user/saintdonoghue/videos

I couldn't find the original tag - not that I hunted too hard.

1. Do you have any pets?
2. Name 3 things that are physically close to you.
3. What's the weather like right now?
4. Do you drive? If so have you crashed?
5. What time did you wake up this morning?
6. When was the last time you showered?
7. What was the last movie you saw?
8. What does your last text message say?
9. What's your ringtone?
10. Have you ever been to a different country?
11. Do you like sushi?
12. Where do you buy your groceries?
13. Have you ever taken medication to help you fall asleep faster?
14. How many siblings do you have?
15. Do you have a desktop computer or a laptop?
16. How old will you be turning on your next birthday?
17. Do you wear contacts or glasses?
18. Do you color your hair?
19. Tell me something you are planning to do today.
20. When was the last time you cried?
21. What is your perfect pizza topping?
22. Which do you prefer-hamburgers or cheeseburgers?
23. Have you ever had an all-nighter?
24. What is your eye color?
25. Can you taste the difference between Pepsi and Coke?

Reading Wrap #2 up for May 2018

A Journey Through Books 2018-06-04 | It is great to be back!

Books mentioned:

The Shadowed Sun - NK Jemisin
Tender is the Night - F Scott Fitzgerald
The Reckoners Series by Brandon Sanderson:
Steelheart
Mitosis (this is a short story - I forgot to say that)
Firefight
Calamity
Pygmalion - Bernard Shaw
Coconut - Kopano Matlwa
Hot Milk - Deborah Levy

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

Reading Wrap up Part 1 (to 07.05.18)

A Journey Through Books 2018-05-16 | I wish I had been a bit more awake when I filmed this. Alas, waiting for me to get perky at the moment might result in a big delay in uploading.

But here is the wrap up for the first week in May.
Books mentioned:
Railsea - China Mieville
The Killing Moon - NK Jemisin
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice
Mary Anne - Daphne du Maurier

Part 2 will hopefully be filmed and up soon!

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

The Booktube Watching Tag!

Weekly Reads 29.04.18

A Journey Through Books 2018-04-30 | A quick summary of the books I have read in the past 2 weeks.

Books mentioned:
Thunderball, In His Majesty's Secret Service, You Only Live Twice - Ian Fleming
The Other Mrs Walker - Mary Paulson-Ellis
Making History - Stephen Fry

You can also find me here:
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/11716786-pan-alchemist

The NOT Booktube Tag

A Journey Through Books 2018-04-19 | Once again, I was tagged by Steve Donoghue: youtube.com/watch?v=eCkqhIBx0x0&t=0s

This tag was created by Bookish Hamster: youtube.com/watch?v=RzoMDOSDO2g

The questions:
1. What's your name?
2. How old are you?
3. Where were you born?
4. Where do you live now?
5. Have you traveled to other countries?
6. What is your favourite hobby, other than reading? (whether it be something you're doing already, or would like to do in the future)
7. What is your favourite colour?
8. What is you favourite food?
9. Do you have any pets?
10. If you had three wishes, what would they be?
11. Add a question of your own (optional).
12. Who do you tag?

I tag:
Rashmika Likes Books: youtube.com/channel/UClXHEEND39mAu1UUg8KtsWg
Paperback Winter: youtube.com/watch?v=yHBtN_9iVEs
Nettle Books: youtube.com/watch?v=sCmtRJm00wE&t=342s
Liz Schubert: youtube.com/channel/UClvxl1Wkbgr4id8TebDaspg
AND ALL my subscribers who don't have Booktube channels.

My Birthday Book Haul

A Journey Through Books 2018-04-19 | What goodies did I get this year?

I do try to buy lighter reads with birthday money. Most people who gift me books (and care) seem to prefer me having a happy, enjoyable read, and not a 'dig my heart out with a wooden spoon' depressing yet valuable read. I save those for my own money.