The Book TravellerWelcome to a presentation of The Read Doris Book Tag. Follow The Book Traveller on: twitter.com/AlanJMoreton My Personal Twitter Account for posts other than those related to Book Aid International.
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Created by Britta Böhler (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQs...) and Shawn the Book Maniac (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFF...)
18 March 2020 is Doris of all D books’ 50th birthday, so let’s celebrate this momentous event with a tag!
Have a look at the bonus challenge below: if you’d like to participate in that, choose books you haven’t read yet for some of these prompts.
Prompts:
1. D is for Doris: a book written by and/or about a Doris
2. O is for Outside Your Comfort Zone: a book you’ve read (or want to read) that was, well, outside your comfort zone
3. R is for Recommended: a book, topic, or theme Doris featured on her channel that intrigued you - tell us all about it and the book(s) you’ve read, or want to read, thanx to Doris
4. I is for Indeed, She’s Crazy About Cats and Bees and...: a book about cats or bees or any other animal, or notably featuring them in the story and/or on the cover
5. S is for Skyrocket: a book you think Doris might like, and that you want her to read. Let’s get that Tower of Doom up into the stratosphere!
And tag a bunch of lovely people!
Bonus challenge: create a TBR out of some or all of the books you mentioned for this tag and celebrate Doris’s birthday by reading your heart out!
BOOKS MENTIONED: Doris Day by Eric Braun. How To Cook Turkey Drumsticks by Doris Smith. A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith. Ship’s Cat Doris by Jane Simmons. Handwriting Practice 120 Page Honey Bee Book Doris by Buzz Schultz. Who Did It? By Doris M. Jones.
I am going to Tag the following: Kelly from Books I’m Not Reading. Matthew from Mayberry BookClub. Amy From the Dusty Bookshelf. Meghan Hanet. Jason from Byways in Bookland. And Jack the Rambling Raconteur. And anyone else who would like to celebrate the birthday of our Doris.
The Read Doris Book TagThe Book Traveller2020-03-19 | Welcome to a presentation of The Read Doris Book Tag. Follow The Book Traveller on: twitter.com/AlanJMoreton My Personal Twitter Account for posts other than those related to Book Aid International.
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED:
Created by Britta Böhler (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQs...) and Shawn the Book Maniac (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFF...)
18 March 2020 is Doris of all D books’ 50th birthday, so let’s celebrate this momentous event with a tag!
Have a look at the bonus challenge below: if you’d like to participate in that, choose books you haven’t read yet for some of these prompts.
Prompts:
1. D is for Doris: a book written by and/or about a Doris
2. O is for Outside Your Comfort Zone: a book you’ve read (or want to read) that was, well, outside your comfort zone
3. R is for Recommended: a book, topic, or theme Doris featured on her channel that intrigued you - tell us all about it and the book(s) you’ve read, or want to read, thanx to Doris
4. I is for Indeed, She’s Crazy About Cats and Bees and...: a book about cats or bees or any other animal, or notably featuring them in the story and/or on the cover
5. S is for Skyrocket: a book you think Doris might like, and that you want her to read. Let’s get that Tower of Doom up into the stratosphere!
And tag a bunch of lovely people!
Bonus challenge: create a TBR out of some or all of the books you mentioned for this tag and celebrate Doris’s birthday by reading your heart out!
BOOKS MENTIONED: Doris Day by Eric Braun. How To Cook Turkey Drumsticks by Doris Smith. A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith. Ship’s Cat Doris by Jane Simmons. Handwriting Practice 120 Page Honey Bee Book Doris by Buzz Schultz. Who Did It? By Doris M. Jones.
I am going to Tag the following: Kelly from Books I’m Not Reading. Matthew from Mayberry BookClub. Amy From the Dusty Bookshelf. Meghan Hanet. Jason from Byways in Bookland. And Jack the Rambling Raconteur. And anyone else who would like to celebrate the birthday of our Doris.RECENT READS DEC 2020 | PART TWOThe Book Traveller2021-03-25 | Recent Reads DECEMBER 2020 | Part TwoRECENT READS DECEMBER 2020The Book Traveller2021-03-23 | Recent Reads DECEMBER 2020 Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/BookTraveller01CHUNKSTERS READING CHALLENGE: MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!The Book Traveller2020-12-09 | Welcome to this final announcement video in the 2020 Booktubers Reading Chunksters For Charity Challenge.
Books discussed: 1. The Religion by Tim Willocks was 771 pages.
2. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot was 805 pages.
3. Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope was 825 pages.
4. I read only 245 pages of The Newcomes by William Thackeray and so read Service of All the Dead, The Dead of Jericho and The Riddle of the Third Mile all by Colin Dexter which totalled 553 pages. Together they totalled 789 pages.
5. I only read 220 pages of Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson and so read Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin which is 754 pages. Together they totalled 974 pages.
6. I couldn’t get through Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, so instead I read Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas which was 686 pages.
7. I read The Towers of Silence and A Division of the Spoils are the last two books of The Raj Quartet by Paul Scott and they are 990 pages.
8. I read Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust and Emma by Jane Austen which totalled 887 pages.
9. I read three books in the Poldark series The Angry Tide by Winston Graham which is 430 pages. The Stranger from the Sea by Winston Graham which is 445 pages. The Loving Cup by Winston Graham which is 415 pages. Total: 1290 pages.
10. I read Sir Nigel/The White Company/The Refugees/Rodney Stone by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 1405 pages.
11. I read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy which is 1440 pages.
12. I read A Horseman Riding By by R. F. Delderfield is 1661 pages in three volumes. Comprising: 1. Long Summer Day 2. Post of Honour. 3. The Green Gauntlet.RECENT READS: 2 DEC 2020The Book Traveller2020-12-02 | Recent Reads 2 Dec 2020 Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/BookTraveller01
Post Of Honour, Book 2 of A Horseman Riding By by R. F. Delderfield. Tom Brown’s Schooldays by Thomas Hughes. The Firemaster’s Mistress by Christie Dickason. The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie. The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.RECENT READS: 15 NOV 2020The Book Traveller2020-11-15 | Recent Reads 15 Nov 2020
Long Summer Day, Book 1 of A Horseman Riding By by R. F. Delderfield. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe. The Breadwinner by W. Somerset Maugham. The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham. Captain Brassbound’s Conversion by George Bernard Shaw.RECENT READS: 1 NOV 2020The Book Traveller2020-11-01 | Recent Reads 1 Nov 2020
BOOKS MENTIONED: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. 10 Novels and their Authors W. Somerset Maugham. A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy. Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope.
Plays by William Shakespeare: Macbeth. Antony and Cleopatra.
BOOKS MENTIONED: Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Short Stories by W. Somerset Maugham. Selections from the Letter of George Eliot edited by Gordon S. Haight. A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy.
PLAYS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Timon of Athens. King Lear.RECENT READS: 30 SEPT 2020The Book Traveller2020-09-30 | Welcome to my Recent Reads. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: A Woman of Substance by Barbara Taylor Bradford. Shirley by Charlotte Bronte.
PLAYS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: All’s Well That Ends Well.RECENT READS:18 SEPT 2020The Book Traveller2020-09-18 | Welcome to my Recent Reads. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
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BOOKS MENTIONED: The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
PLAYS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello.RECENT READS: 11 SEPT 2020The Book Traveller2020-09-11 | Welcome to my Recent Reads. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE: The Refugees. Sir Nigel. Rodney Stone. The White Company.
PLAYS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Troilus and Cressida Measure for Measure.The BookTube Knick Knacks Tag: The Brass CollectionThe Book Traveller2020-09-06 | Welcome to The Booktube Knick-Knacks Tag: The Brass Collection. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: Sons and Lovers by D H Lawrence.VICTOBER2020 TBRThe Book Traveller2020-09-02 | Welcome to my #victober2020 TBR. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: Shirley by Charlotte Bronte Selections from George eliot’s Letters edited by Gordon S. Haight. Short Stories by Thomas Hardy.
The Challenges: Katie: Read a Victorian book that equates to your favourite modern genre. Lucy: Read a Victorian diary or collection of letters. Kate: Read a new to you book and/or short story by a favourite Victorian author. Readers' challenge: Read a Victorian book from a previous Victober TBR that you never got to, or one you've been meaning to read for ages. General challenge: Read a Victorian book while wearing something Victorian/Victorian-esque and share on social media.
Group Readalong: Shirley by Charlotte Bronte being read over the whole month. The schedule will be up on the goodreads group. https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Don't forget to use #victober or #victober2020 on social media!RECENT READS: 28 AUG 2020The Book Traveller2020-08-28 | Welcome to my Recent Reads. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: In Search of Lost Time: Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust. Emma by Jane Austen. Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott. The Angry Tide by Winston Graham. The Stranger from the Sea by Winston Graham. The Miller’s Dance by Winston Graham. God’s Passion for His Glory by John Piper. The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. As Thousands Cheer: A Life of Irving Berlin by Laurence Bergreen. He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope. The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy.
PLAYS BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Henry IV Part 1. Henry IV Part 2. Henry V. Troilus and Cressida. The Merry Wives of Windsor. Much Ado About Nothing. As You like It. Twelfth Night. Julius Caesar. Hamlet.CHUNKSTER JUNE WRAP UP & JULY TBRThe Book Traveller2020-06-17 | Welcome to my CHUNKSTER June Month-End Wrap-Up and July TBR. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
The Raj Quartet: The Towers of Silence and A Division of the Spoils by Paul Scott.
TBR: In Search of Lost Time: Within a Budding Grove and The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust.The American Senator by Anthony TrollopeThe Book Traveller2020-06-03 | Welcome to my review of The American Senator by Anthony Trollope. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: The American Senator by Anthony Trollope.May Month End Wrap Up & June TBRThe Book Traveller2020-05-31 | Welcome to my May Month-End Wrap-Up and June TBR. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare. The Life and Death King John by William Shakespeare. The American Senator by Anthony Trollope. The Secret of Annexe 3 by Colin Dexter.
TBR:
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.
The Raj Quartet: The Towers of Silence and A Division of the Spoils by Paul Scott.
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope.The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare.The Book Traveller2020-05-27 | Welcome to my review of The Tragedy of King Richard II by William Shakespeare. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: The Tragedy of Richard II by William Shakespeare.The Nimrod Book TagThe Book Traveller2020-05-24 | Welcome to a presentation of The Nimrod Book Tag. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
1. Books that made you feel stupid? 2. Books you wanted to love but couldn't? 3. Books you wanted to hate but couldn't? 4. Books you know longer enjoy? 5. Books that won you over on rereading? 6. Books you love by a writer you dislike as a person? 7. Books you dislike by a writer you like as a person? 8. Books you still want to love one day?
BOOKS MENTIONED: A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar. The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn by Colin Dexter. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Bleak House by Charles Dickens. The Pleasure of Reading edited by Antonia Fraser. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Code of the Woosters by P.G.Wodehouse. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The Time Machine by H.G. Wells. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells. The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells. The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Persuasion by Jane Austen. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. A Jane Austen Education by William Deresiewicz.Romeo & Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Book Traveller2020-05-20 | Welcome to my review of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.Springathon Poetry Challenge TagThe Book Traveller2020-05-17 | Welcome to a presentation of the Springathon Poetry Challenge Tag. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED:
This tag was created by Ros of Scallydandling about the Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Put61...
You are Tagged! Madelyn of Made with Books. Jack the Rambling Raconteur. Noah of Everyone Who Reads It Must Converse.
THE PROMPTS:
1. Bird: 2. Water 3. Animal: 4. Plant: 5. Travel or destination: 6. The general challenge is to read a work of non-fiction nature-writing, but poetry can be non-fiction too. 7. Tag booktubers who love poetry or nature or might like to try some for a change.
POEMS MENTIONED: The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The Tyger by William Blake. Trees by Joyce Kilmer. Home Thoughts, from Abroad by Robert Browning.An Unexpected and Surprising Book Haul.The Book Traveller2020-05-13 | Welcome to an Unexpected and Surprising Book Haul. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: Sophia, Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary by Anita Anand. The Beach by Alex Garland. Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Umami by Laia Jufresa.A Midsummer Nights Dream by William ShakespeareThe Book Traveller2020-05-10 | Welcome to my review of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare.Jude the Obscure by Thomas HardyThe Book Traveller2020-05-06 | Welcome to my review of Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy.April Month End Wrap Up & May TBRThe Book Traveller2020-05-03 | Welcome to my April Month-End Wrap-Up and May TBR. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
READ: Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. Richard III by William Shakespeare. Venus and Adonis by William Shakespeare. The Rape of Lucrece by William Shakespeare. The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. Love’s Labour’s Lost. by William Shakespeare. April in Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill.
READING: Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy.
TBR: A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Richard II by William Shakespeare. King John by William Shakespeare. The American Senator by Anthony Trollope. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo. The May selections in Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill.The World Book Day Book TagThe Book Traveller2020-04-29 | Welcome to a presentation of The World Book Day Book Tag. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
1 What country do you currently call home? Is it the same country where you were born?
2 How many countries have you visited? Did you buy books there?
3 How well is the world represented in your personal book collection?
4 How many works in translation do you currently have (note: not including canon!)?
5 Tell us some weird facts about your country!
6 Is there a work of world literature on your TBR?
7 Tag other BookTubers - but none from your own country!
BOOKS MENTIONED: Daughter of Fortune by Isobel Allende.The Toilers of the Sea by Victor HugoThe Book Traveller2020-04-26 | Welcome to my review of The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: The Toilers of the Sea by Victor Hugo.The We Aint Getting Younger Book TagThe Book Traveller2020-04-22 | Welcome to a presentation of The We Ain’t Getting Younger Book Tag. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
1. While it's proven too many birthdays CAN kill you, the amount of cake we eat is still up for debate! Name the most recent book to give you that sugar/book high. 2. Sometimes we get older and WIDER instead of wiser. Name the longest book you have read. 3. Best thing about pictures is they are always a younger version of yourself. Name a book you loved more on the first reading. 4. As you get older, you must learn to never skip a bathroom break before jumping in the car! Name a book you read in very few sittings. 5. Don't let old age get you down, cause its harder to get you back up these days! Name a book you put down and why? 6. Age isn't how long you've been alive, its how many lives you have lived. What book genre do you want to try? 7. Life gets worse the older you get, luckily you don't have much left! Name a book that slowly turned sour and you finished it anyways. Were you glad you stuck it out? 8. Peer pressure seems to decrease as you get older, where did all your friends go? Name a book you checked out because of peer pressure and were you glad you tried it? 9. We all get older together- Tag people!!!
BOOKS MENTIONED: Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev. The World Crisis 1911-1918 by Sir Winston Churchill. The Code of the Woosters by P.G.Wodehouse. True Grit by Charles Portis. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer. Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. The Religion by Tim Willocks. The Newcomes by William Makepeace Thackeray. The Known World by Edward P. Jones. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.BOOKS TO READ: D IS FOR DIARIES: CHIPS CHANNON & VICTOR KLEMPERERThe Book Traveller2020-04-19 | Welcome to Books to Read: D is for Diaries: Chips Channon and Victor Klemperer. Follow The Book Traveller at: twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
Apologies for the poor audio quality - I am struggling to get it right!
BOOKS MENTIONED: Diaries of Sir Henry Channon 1934 – 1952. Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1933 to 1945.The Reading Retrospective TagThe Book Traveller2020-04-15 | Welcome to a presentation of The Reading Retrospective Tag. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
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1) Which book you read this year would you recommend to anyone and why? 2) Which book you read this year has taught you something new? 3) Which book you read this year came just at the right time when you needed it? 4) Which book you read this year will stay with you for a long time? 5) Which book you read this year expanded your reading horizons (new genre, author, theme, style, format)? 6) Which bookish things did you particularly enjoy doing/purchasing/using this year? 7) Who are some booktubers, subscribers or other bookish friends that you got to know better this year (through watching, comments, personal contact online or in real life or otherwise)? 8) What Booktube video(s) did you particularly enjoy this year? 9) Did you discover a new all-time favorite book? 10) Tag your favorite bookish people!
BOOKS MENTIONED: True Grit by Charles Portis. The Five by Hailie Rubenhold. The Black Count by Tom Reiss. The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Inspector Morse novels by Colin Dexter. In Search of Last Time by Marcel Proust. Emma Harte Series by Barbara Taylor BradfordMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Book Traveller2020-04-12 | Welcome to a review of Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED: READ: Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.Books to Read - D is for Diaries: Benson & CowardThe Book Traveller2020-04-08 | Welcome to Books to Read - D is for Diaries: A. C Benson & Noel Coward. Follow The Book Traveller on: twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
BOOKS MENTIONED:
Diaries of A. C. Benson 1862 to 1925. Diaries of Noel Coward 1899 to 1973.The Classics Book TagThe Book Traveller2020-04-05 | Welcome to a presentation of The Classics Book Tag. Follow The Book Traveller on: twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
THE PROMPTS: 1) An overhyped classic you really didn’t like 2) Favourite time period to read about 3) Favourite fairy-tale 4) What classic do you feel most embarrassed about not having read yet 5) Top 5 classics you would like to read (soon) 6) Favourite modern book/series based on a classic 7) Favourite movie version/tv-series based on a classic 8) Worst classic to movie adaptation 9) Favourite edition(s) you’d like to collect more classics from 10) An underhyped classic you’d recommend to everyone
BOOKS MENTIONED: Persuasion by Jane Austen. Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. The Plantagenet Prelude by Jean Plaidy. Uneasy Lies the Head by Jean Plaidy. Victoria in the Wings by Jean Plaidy. The Tinder-Box by Hans Christian Anderson. The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Dombey & Son by Charles Dickens. The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe. Ulysses by James Joyce. The Odyssey by Homer. The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte.March Month-End Wrap-Up and April TBRThe Book Traveller2020-04-01 | Welcome to my March Month-End Wrap-Up and April TBR. Follow The Book Traveller at twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope. The Newcomes by William Makepeace Thackeray. Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter. The Dead of Jericho by Colin Dexter. The Riddle of the Third Mile by Colin Dexter. Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann. Tara Road by Maeve Binchy. Henry VI Part 2 by William Shakespeare. Henry VI Part 3 by William Shakespeare. Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare. Henry VI Part 1 by William Shakespeare. The Man with the Golden Gun by Ian Fleming. March in Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill.
TBR:
Peace Like a River by Lief Enger. Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.The Finance Book TagThe Book Traveller2020-03-29 | Welcome to a presentation of The Finance Book Tag. Follow The Book Traveller on: twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
THE PROMPTS: 1. Diversification is the averaging out of independent risks in a large portfolio. Hold up a few books we wouldn’t expect to find on your shelves. 2. Past results are not indicative of future outcomes. Tell us about a book or author you disliked (or were indifferent about) on first reading, but gave a second chance and ended up liking. 3. The effect of earning “interest on interest” is known as compound interest. Name a book that has aged remarkably well, or a book that gets better each time you read it. 4. A firm’s current ratio is the ratio of current assets to current liabilities. So, a ratio of 1 means current assets=current liabilities. If current assets are the books in your library you have read, and current liabilities are the books you have not read, is your current ratio above, below, or equal to 1? 5. Familiarity bias is the tendency of investors to favour investments in companies they are familiar with. What is a book you go back to out of familiarity? 6. Investors are always “seeking alpha,” seeking a non-zero difference between a stock’s expected return and its required return. What is an underrated book, or a book that should be more well-known but isn’t? 7. A derivative is a security the payoff of which depends solely on the prices of other marketed assets. Tell us about a book you thought was derivative. 8. A share repurchase is when a company uses cash to buy back its own stock. Tell us about a book you own too many copies of. 9. The Federal Reserve is the lender of last resorts. What is a book your mom or dad bought for you? 10. Tag people – but I get it if you don’t.
BOOKS MENTIONED: The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Getting Your Romance Published by Julie Beard. Healthy at 100 by John Robbins. The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. From a College Window by A.C. Benson. W. Somerset Maugham Anthony Trollope Jean Plaidy The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Ulysses by James Joyce. The Odyssey by Homer. The Kings James Bible. Absolute Truths by Susan Howatch.TOP 20 Books British People Lie about Having Read. Part Two: 11 to 20.The Book Traveller2020-03-25 | Welcome to a discussion of the Top Twenty Books British People Lie About Having Read. Part Two: Books 11 to 20. Follow The Book Traveller on twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
A Brief History of Time by Steven Hawking. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky. The Odyssey by Homer. The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Ulysses by James Joyce. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.Top Twenty Books British People Lie About Having Read. Part 1: 1 - 10The Book Traveller2020-03-22 | Welcome to a discussion of the Top Twenty Books British People Lie About Having Read. Part 1: 1-10
BOOKS DISCUSSED: The Bible To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare. 1984 by George Orwell. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.
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BOOKS MENTIONED:
Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope.Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann: Part One - The Stories of JacobThe Book Traveller2020-03-11 | Welcome to a discussion of JOSEPH AND HIS BROTHERS BY THOMAS MANN. Book 1: The Stories of Jacob.
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BOOKS MENTIONED: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy.500 Subscribers Q & A The Answers: Part 3The Book Traveller2020-03-04 | Welcome to Q & A Time! The Answers: Part Three. Follow The Book Traveller on twitter.com/AlanJMoreton
Complete Works of W. Somerset Maugham.My February Month End Wrap Up and March TBRThe Book Traveller2020-03-01 | Welcome to my February Month-End Wrap-Up and March TBR. Follow The Book Traveller: twitter.com/AlanJMoreton My Personal Twitter Account for posts other than those related to Book Aid International.
READ: Daniel Deronda by George Eliot A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith. Paul a Man of Grace and Grit by Charles Swindoll. The Arts and the Christian Imagination, Essays on Art, Literature and Aesthetics by Clyde S. Kilby. The Two Gentlemen of Verona by William Shakespeare. The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare. February in Year of Wonder by Clemency Burton-Hill.
READING: Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope.
TBR: The Newcomes by William Makepeace Thackeray. Tara Road by Maeve Binchy. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Service of All the Dead by Colin Dexter. Joseph and His Brothers by Thomas Mann.500 Subscribers Q & A Time! The Answers: Part TwoThe Book Traveller2020-02-26 | Welcome to Q & A Time! The Answers: Part Two.
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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. Collected Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant. Novels of Alexandre Dumas. The Captain’s Daughter and Other Stories by Alexander Pushkin. The Book Traveller by Alan Moreton. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope. Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham. The Complete Illustrated Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Early Victorian Novelists by David Cecil. Aspects of the Novel by E. M. Forster. The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker. The Collected Verse of Robert W. Service. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. Poirot novels and short stories by Agatha Christie. Perry Mason Novels by Erle Stanley Gardener. Jeeves and Wooster novels and short stories by P.G. Wodehouse. King James Version of the New Testament. Middlemarch by George Eliot. Boswell’s London Journal.1762-1763. Boswell in Holland 1763 -1764. Boswell On The Grand Tour: Germany and Switzerland 1764500 Subscribers Q & A: The Answers Part OneThe Book Traveller2020-02-23 | Welcome to Q & A Time! The Answers, Part One.
The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampadusa. Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Collected Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas. True Grit by Charles Portis. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. Complete Works by W. Somerset Maugham. Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt. King James Version of the Bible. From a College Window by Arthur Christopher Benson.10 Novels Recommended by You: The ListThe Book Traveller2020-02-19 | Welcome to a discussion of Ten Novels: Recommended by You? The List.
Joey of Game of Authors. Brian of Bookish. Amelia of Amelia Reads. Alan Braswell. Matthew of Mayberry Bookclub. Jason of Byways in Bookland. Joey of Game of Authors. Amy of From The Dusty Bookshelf. Tootight Lautrec. Kelly of Books I’m Not Reading.
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Paris Trout by Pete Dexter. The Only Story by Julian Barnes. As God Commands by Niccolo Ammaniti. Lost Illusions by Honore de Balzac. Tara Road by Maeve Binchy. Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. Work by Louisa May Alcott. The Plague by Albert Camus in Stuart Gilbert's translation. Toilers of The Sea by Victor Hugo.Chunksters Check In Time: Review of Daniel Deronda by George EliotThe Book Traveller2020-02-16 | Welcome to a discussion of Daniel Deronda by George Eliot. #chunkstersreadingchallenge
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.Books to Read: D is for Diaries: Samuel Pepys & James BoswellThe Book Traveller2020-02-13 | Welcome to a Sunday Morning Meet-Up in which I present Books to Read: D is for Diaries: Samuel Pepys and James Boswell.
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Diaries of Samuel Pepys 1660 – 1669. Journals of James Boswell 1762 to 1795.The Second Tome Around Book TagThe Book Traveller2020-02-11 | Welcome to Tag Tuesday in which I present the Second Tome Around Book Tag.
---------------------- QUESTIONS: ---------------------- 1) Do you buy second hand books? 2) What is / was your latest purchase? 3) What condition do you find acceptable? ie, tatty or not tatty etc 4) After you have read said book, do you keep it for a re read or re donate it? 5) Do you have a favourite place you like to go to, when looking for second hand books? 6) Hardback or Paperback, do you have a preference? 7) Have you found any real gems? 8) OPTIONAL - Find a book from your shelves that you can donate to a good cause or your local Charity / Goodwill shops 9) Go ahead and tag some peeps!
The Last Cavalier by Alexandre Dumas. True Grit by Charles Portis. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. Tara Road by Maeve Binchy. The Man Shakespeare by Frank Harris. Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell.