Audrey ApprovedI'd love to know what your favorite 2022 read was!
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:02 Best around-the-world pick 3:06 Favorite graphic novel 4:27 Most gripping book 6:20 Most unique read 8:39 Book I didn’t shut up about 10:53 Favorite re-read 11:30 Book I learned the most from 13:23 Don’t judge it ’til you read it 15:25 Best nonfiction book 18:32 Best fiction book 20:15 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Spaceman of Bohemia (Jaroslav Kalfar) The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Ram V, Filipe Andrade) Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer) Night’s Master (Tanith Lee) The Riddle of the Labyrinth (Margalit Fox) Piranesi (Susanna Clarke) Dreamland (Sam Quinones) Dead in the Water (Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel) The Emerald Mile (Kevin Fedarko) The Summer That Melted Everything (Tiffany McDaniel)
Most memorable books of 2022Audrey Approved2023-01-01 | I'd love to know what your favorite 2022 read was!
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:02 Best around-the-world pick 3:06 Favorite graphic novel 4:27 Most gripping book 6:20 Most unique read 8:39 Book I didn’t shut up about 10:53 Favorite re-read 11:30 Book I learned the most from 13:23 Don’t judge it ’til you read it 15:25 Best nonfiction book 18:32 Best fiction book 20:15 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Spaceman of Bohemia (Jaroslav Kalfar) The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Ram V, Filipe Andrade) Into Thin Air (Jon Krakauer) Night’s Master (Tanith Lee) The Riddle of the Labyrinth (Margalit Fox) Piranesi (Susanna Clarke) Dreamland (Sam Quinones) Dead in the Water (Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel) The Emerald Mile (Kevin Fedarko) The Summer That Melted Everything (Tiffany McDaniel)
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Lirael (The Old Kingdom series) by Garth Nix A Deadly Education (The Scholomance series) by Naomi Novik Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb series) by Tamsyn Muir Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters series) by Juliet Marillier Nettle and Bone by T. Kingfisher The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston You, Again by Kate Goldbeck Bride by Ali Hazelwood Frankenstein by Mary Shelly (I’m reading the 1818 version) Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden Woodworm y Layla Martinez, translated by Sophie Hughes & Annie McDermott Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman Three Apples Fell from the Sky by Narine Abgaryan, translated by Lisa Hayden Piranesi by Susanna Clarke North Woods by Daniel Mason Smoke Gets In Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematory by Caitlin Doughty
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Gator Country* by Rebecca Renner Eight Bears by Gloria Dickie Fuzz by Mary Roach Poached by Rachel Love Nuwar The Falcon Thief by Joshua Hammer * I got my copy from Netgalley!
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:23 Book 1 2:23 Book 2 4:01 Book 3 5:51 Book 4 7:46 Book 5 8:59 Book 6 10:46 Book 7 & 8 13:43 Book 9 16:03 Outro
✨ BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED ✨ Tiffany @toweringtbr
✨ BOOKS DISCUSSED ✨ * The City in Glass by Nghi Vo (releases October 1, 2024) * Buried Deep & Other Stories by Naomi Novik (releases September 17, 2024) The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien Godkiller by Hannah Kaner The Tainted Cup By Robert Jackson Bennett Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett The Fall by Ryan Cahill Of Blood and Fire by Ryan Cahill The Will of the Many by James Islington * Book received thru Netgalley!
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:35 Best book so far 1:36 Best series 3:04 Best read-the-world pick 4:04 New release I haven’t read yet, but want to 4:56 Upcoming release in 2nd half of 2024 5:55 Biggest surprise 7:58 Biggest disappointment 9:40 Favorite new (to me) author 10:47 Fictional crush 11:34 Book that made me cry 12:34 Most beautiful book covers I've purchased 13:41 Books I still need to read before EOY 14:51 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Challenger (Adam Higginbotham) The Tainted Cup (Robert Jackson Bennett) Augustown (Kei Miller) Coda: False Dawns (Simon Spurrier, Matias Bergara) Odyssey (Stephen Fry) Remarkably Bright Creatures (Shelby Van Pelt) The Devil’s Best Trick (Randall Sullivan) Midnight in Chernobyl (Adam Higginbotham) The Wall (Marlen Haushofer, translated by Shaun Whiteside) Cosmicomics (Italo Calvino) Leonardo da Vinci (Walter Isaacson) City of Saints and Madmen (Jeff Vandermeer)
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Flawless by Elise Hu If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha Dark Archives by Megan Rosenbloom The Lost Gutenberg by Margaret Leslie Davis The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick The Orpheus Clock by Simon Goodman
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Thanks for being here! 0:31 Intro 1:14 Artistic fraud 10:57 Financial fraud 15:53 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ The Forger's Spell by Edward Dolnick Provenance by Laney Salisbury, Aly Sujo Veritas by Ariel Sabar Con/Artist by Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi Sounds Like Titanic by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman Bad Blood by John Carreyrou The Missing Cryptoqueen by Jamie Bartlett Anansi's Gold by Yepoka Yeebo
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:51 On our celestial neighbor 1:58 Repercussions of war 2:43 A non-STEM romance 3:26 Memoir from the art world 4:32 Short stories from the art world 5:15 Time travel valleys 6:22 Rivers of the world 7:02 A daughter’s memoir 7:53 Shipwrecks! 8:51 Commercialization of mountain climbing 9:46 Lost delivery boy 10:10 Mysterious romantasy title 11:04 Space romance comedy 11:53 The devil and us 12:39 City of gold 13:20 HR can see your chats 14:07 Wish I had Summer Fridays 14:52 Walking the Grand Canyon 15:52 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED (w/ release dates) ✨ (January 18) Our Moon by Rebecca Boyle (February 6) The Gardener of Lashkar Gah by Larisa Brown (February 6) Bride by Ali Hazelwood (February 6) Get the Picture by Bianca Bosker (February 22) The Vanitas & Other Tales of Art and Obsession by Jake Kendall (February 27) The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard (March 14) Liquid History by Vanessa Taylor - odd that this releases on a Thursday! (March 12) The Manicurist’s Daughter by Susan Lieu (April 2) A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks by David Gibbons (April 16) Everest, Inc. by Will Cockrell (April 16) The Last Delivery by Evan Dahm (April 19) TTOBAH (no idea what this stands for) by J. Bree (May 7) The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (May 14) The Devil’s Best Trick by Randall Sullivan (May 14) Paradise of the Damned by Keith Thomson (May 21) I Hope This Finds Your Well by Natalie Sue (May 28) Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell (May 28) A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko
Here’s the full list of books read between Cabo Verde and Cuba: (Cabo Verde) CAPE VERDEAN BLUES by Shauna Barbosa (Cambodia) IN THE SHADOW OF THE BANYAN by Vaddey Ratner (Cameroon) WALKING ON COWRIE SHELLS by Nana Nkweti (Canada) UNRECONCILED by Jesse Wente (Central African Republic) CO-WIVES, CO-WIDOWS by Adrienne Yabouza, tr. by Rachael McGill (Chad) AFRICAN RICE HEART by Emily Star Wilkins (Chile) WHEN WOMEN KILL by Alia Trabucco Zeran, tr. by Sophie Hughes (China) ONE CHILD by Mei Fong (Colombia) INFINITE COUNTRY by Patricia Engel (Comoros) A FISH CAUGHT IN TIME by Samantha Weinberg (Costa Rica) NATURAL HISTORY by Carlos Fonseca, tr. by Megan McDowell (Côte d’Ivoire) AYA: LIFE IN YOP CITY by Marguerite Abouet, illustrated by Clement Oubrerie (Croatia) HOW WE SURVIVED COMMUNISM AND EVEN LAUGHED by Slavenka Drakulic (Cuba) CALL ME CASSANDRA by Marcial Gala, tr. by Anna Kushner
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Rambling intro 2:12 Central African Republic 3:37 Chad 4:48 Chile 6:29 China 8:02 Comoros 10:27 Costa Rica 11:54 Côte d’Ivoire 13:15 Cuba 15:03 Outro
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:12 Favorite classic 2:36 Tenth place (but still a fav!) 4:42 Most hyped 6:41 Favorite romantasy 8:19 Biggest surprise 9:54 Best contemporary romance 11:27 Best biography 14:05 Favorite fiction book 15:43 Favorite nonfiction book 18:56 Favorite read-the-world pick 20:26 Outro
✨ TOP 10 BOOKS ✨ All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Cooked by Michael Pollen Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley You, Again by Kate Goldbeck Caravaggio by Andrew Graham-Dixon Trust by Hernan Diaz Ghosts of the Tsunami by Richard Lloyd Parry A History of Loneliness by John Boyne
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro / my ideal physical TBR 1:57 Three books I’m not including 2:43 Tomes 5:54 Sci-fi 7:21 Literary and historical fiction 10:20 Classics 11:44 J.R.R. Tolkien 13:54 Hyped nonfiction 16:05 Nonfic I don’t hear a lot about 18:05 Outro
✨ 24 BOOKS in 2024 ✨ City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff Vandermeer The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami American Revolutions by Alan Taylor Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Issacson A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara Seveneves by Neal Stephenson On the Origins of Species & Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi Hamlet by Maggie O’Farrell An Unusual Grief by Yewande Omotoso Bodies of Light by Sarah Moss Hag: Forgotten Folktales Retold by various authors Deacon King Kong by James McBride Perfume by Patrick Suskind Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien Underland by Robert McFarlane Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker Atomic Habits by James Clear Going Dark by Julia Ebner The Tsarina’s Lost Treasure by Gerald Easter and Mara Vorhees Beyond Belief by Elle Hardy
✨ QUESTIONS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:41 Reading the Last Page First 1:16 Enemies to Lovers 2:15 Dream Sequences 3:03 Love Triangles 3:17 Cracked Spines 3:45 Back to My Small Town 4:10 Monsters Are Regular People 4:25 No Paragraph Breaks 4:53 Multi-Generational Sagas 5:46 Re-Reading 6:46 Artificial Intelligence 7:29 Drop Caps 7:53 Happy Endings 8:37 Plot Points That Only Converge At the End 9:16 Detailed Magic Systems 10:47 Classic Fantasy Races 10:54 Unreliable Narrators 11:27 Evil Protagonists 12:07 The Chosen One 12:38 When the Protagonist Dies 12:58 Really Long Chapters 13:18 French Flaps 13:29 Deckled Edges 13:43 Signed Copies by the Author 14:47 Dog-eared Pages 15:29 Chapter Titles Instead of Numbers 15:55 Outro
✨BOOKS ✨ All Quiet on the Western front by Erich Maria Remarque The Crown of Oaths and Curses by J.Bree Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo Homegoing by Yah Gyasi Roma by Steven Saylor Greenwood by Michael Christie Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien The Will of the Many by James Islington Lirael by Garth Nix Babel by R.F. Kuang Perfume by Patrick Suskind Trust by Hernan Diaz
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:47 Book 1 3:20 Book 2 6:02 Book 3 7:27 Book 4 8:54 Book 5 10:42 Still on my TBR 11:47 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ The Underworld by Susan Casey The Devil’s Teeth by Susan Casey Deep by James Nestor Fathoms by Rebecca Giggs The Deep by Alex Rogers Shadow Divers by Robert Carson A Fish Caught in Time by Samantha Weinberg The Boundless Sea by David Abulafia Big Meg by Tim Flannery & Emma Flannery Th Wave by Susan Casey Voice of the Ocean by Susan Casey
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ The Missing Cryptoqueen by Jamie Bartlett The Orpheus Clock by Simon Goodman Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin Cave of Bones by Lee Berger, John Hawks Almost Human by Lee Berger, John Hawks Sisters in Hate by Seyward Darby Stoned by Aja Raden The Writing of the Gods by Edward Dolnick The Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton Eating to Extinction by Dan Saladino
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:21 A book you tell people is your favorite 1:26 A book that is your guilty pleasure 4:09 A book everyone loved but you didn't 4:53 A book you read the fastest 5:50 A book that deserves more hype 8:03 A book that is becoming a movie/tv show 8:46 A book you have reread the most 10:27 A book from a genre you don’t typically read 12:57 A book that deserves all the hype it gets 13:39 A book you usually recommend when asked to give a recommendation 14:25 A book that has your favorite character(s) 15:31 A book you wish you could live in 15:58 A book you thought you would hate but ended up loving 16:48 A book that made you cry 17:35 A book you wish you could read for the first time 18:36 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko Archangel (Samaria series) by Sharon Shinn A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas Rules of Redemption (Firebird Chronicles series) by T.A. White Eclipse the Moon (Starlight’s Shadow series) by Jessie Mihalik The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent Agatha Christie books - I’ve read And Then There Were None and Death on the Nile Dune by Frank Herbert Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer Cosmicomics (I prefer the shorter collection over the called The Complete Cosmicomics) by Italo Calvino Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar Sum by David Eagleman Whalefall by Daniel Kraus Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica Heaven and Hell by Bart Ehrman The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey City of Echoes by Jessica Warnberg (2024 release) * Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel Lirael by Garth Nix (second book of Abhorsen series) Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Endurance by Alfred Lansing Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:43 Nature, environment, national parks 4:52 Wildfires 10:10 History 12:09 Los Angeles 13:31 Central Valley 17:38 San Francisco Bay Area 22:13 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ The Devil's Teeth by Susan Casey The Last Season by Eric Blehm Guardians of the Valley by Dean King The Wild Trees by Richard Preston The Ghost Forest by Greg King California Against the Sea by Rosanna Xia A Fire Story by Brian Fies *Dark Spaces by Scott Snyder, Hayden Sherman, & Ronda Pattison A Fire in Paradise by Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano Under a Flaming Sky by Daniel James Brown Paradise by Lizzie Johnson California Burning by Katherine Blunt How Much of These Hills is Gold by C Pam Zheng The Indifferent Stars Above by Daniel James Brown Bad City by Paul Pringle Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Cannery Row by John Steinbeck East of Eden by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Gordo by Jaime Cortez The Dreamt Land by Mark Arax The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett There, There by Tommy Orange Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange (his new release) Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley The Riders Come Out at Night by Ali Winston & Darwin Bondgraham The Code by Margaret O'Mara Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris
* I got this from Netgalley as free eARC!
Since filming this video, I'm also intrigued by THE MIRAGE FACTORY by Gary Krist for an early history of Los Angeles. Let me know if you've read it!
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ The Summer That Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (but the Andy Serkis narrations) Lamb by Christopher Moore Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman Heroes, Mythos and The Odyssey by Stephen Fry Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain David Sedaris books - my favorites are Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, Calypso and Happy-Go-Lucky All The Beauty In the World by Patrick Bringley Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Here’s the full list of books I read between The Bahamas and Burundi: (Bahamas) FACING THE SUN by Janice Lynn Mather (Bahrain) YUMMAH by Sarah A. Al Shafei (Bangladesh) A GOLDEN AGE by Tahmima Anam (Barbados) HOW THE ONE-ARMED SISTER SWEEPS THE HOUSE by Cherie Jones (Belarus) ALINDARKA’s CHILDREN by Alhierd Bacharevic, tr. by Jim Dingley and Petra Reid (Belgium) ON BLACK SISTER'S STREET by Chika Unigwe (Belize) THE LAST FLIGHT OF THE SCARLET MACAW by Bruce Chatwin (Benin) THE VICEROY OF OUIDAH by Bruce Chatwin (Bhutan) BEYOND THE SKY AND THE EARTH by Jamie Zeppa (Bolivia) AFFECTIONS by Rodrigo Hasbun (Bosnia & Herzegovina) GOODBYE SARAJEVO by Atka Rein and Hana Schofield (Botswana) TWENTY CHICKENS FOR A SADDLE by Robyn Scott (Brazil) HER MOTHER'S MOTHER'S MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTERS by Maria Jose Silveira, tr. by Eric M.B. Becker (Brunei) THE FISHERMAN KING by Katrina Daud (Bulgaria) BORDER by Kapka Kassabova (Burkina Faso) RITUAL by Malidoma Patrice Some (Burundi) SMALL COUNTRY by Gael Faye
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:41 The Bahamas 1:59 Barbados 3:07 Belarus 6:43 Bhutan 8:01 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9:16 Brazil 10:46 Brunei 12:08 Bulgaria 14:05 Burundi 15:07 Outro
Here’s the full list of books I read between Afghanistan and Azerbaijan: (Afghanistan) THE HAUNTING OF HAJJI HOTAK by Jamil Jan Kochai (Albania) BROKEN APRIL by Ismail Kadare (Algeria) TOMBOY by Nina Bouraoui, tr. by Jehanne-Marie Gavarini and Marjorie Attignol Salvador (Andorra) 32 YOLKS by Eric Ripert and Veronica Chambers (Angola) A GENERAL THEORY OF OBLIVION by Jose Eduardo Agualusa, tr. by Daniel Hahn (Antigua and Barbuda) A SMALL PLACE by Jamaica Kincaid (Argentina) FEVER DREAM by Samantha Schweblin, tr. by Megan McDowell (Armenia) THREE APPLES FELL FROM THE SKY by Narine Abgaryan, tr. by Lisa Hayden (Australia) BORN INTO THIS by Adam Thompson (Austria) THE PIANO TEACHER by Elfriede Jelinek (Azerbaijan) DAYS IN THE CAUCASUS by Banine, tr. by Anne Thompson-Ahmadova
I also mentioned HOW CIVIL WARS START by Barbara Walter for a high level look at the conditions that foster civil wars.
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:00 Project rules / how it works 3:43 Youtube wrap-ups 4:21 Themes I've seen so far 6:49 Albania 8:14 Algeria 9:19 Andorra 10:08 Argentina 11:04 Armenia 11:54 Austria 13:14 Azerbaijan 14:05 Outro
✨ TIMESTAMPS & BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:00 Red Roulette (Desmond Shum) 3:49 Days in the Caucasus (Banine) 5:55 Eat Like a Fish (Bren Smith) 8:00 The Devil’s Teeth (Susan Casey) 10:43 Touching the Void (Joe Simpson) 13:14 Outro
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:55 July 4:36 August 7:55 September 11:00 Spring 2024 (lol) 12:13 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Business or Pleasure (Rachel Lynn Solomon) Eight Bears (Gloria Dickie) When Crack was King (Donovan X. Ramsey) The Deep Sky (Yume Kitasei) Anansi’s Gold (Yepoka Yeebo) The Underworld (Susan Casey) Whalefall (Daniel Kraus) Trail of the Lost (Andrea Lankford) Ten Birds that Changed the World (Stephen Moss) You, Again (Kate Goldbeck) The Lost Supper (Taras Greece) James (Percival Everett)
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:59 Best book(s) I’ve read 2:18 Biggest disappointment 3:26 Biggest surprise 4:22 Book that made me emotional 5:42 Book that made me happy 7:11 Favorite new character 8:35 New release I haven’t read yet, but want to 9:36 Most anticipated release for the 2nd half of 2023 10:28 Favorite new (to me) author 11:34 Most beautiful book covers (2023 release) 12:53 To read before EOY 13:42 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque) Say Nothing (Patrick Radden Keefe) Pathogenesis (Jonathan Kennedy) The Spy and the Traitor (Ben McIntyre) The Road to Jonestown (Jeff Gunn) Aya: Life in You City (Marguerite Abouet, Clement Oubrerie) Lamb (Christopher Moore) On the Savage Side (Tiffany McDaniel) In the lives of Puppets (TJ Kline) The Underworld (Susan Casey) The Devil’s Teeth (Susan Casey) Monstrilio (Gerardo Samano Cordova) The Last Animal (Ramona Ausubel) Pride & Prejudice (Jane Austen)
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:32 Book #1 3:04 Book #2 6:18 Book #3 9:20 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ * Butts: A Backstory (Heather Radke) Escape Into Meaning: Essays on Superman, Public Benches, and Other Obsessions (Evan Puschak) Pure Invention: How Japan’s Pop Culture Conquered The World (Matt Alt)
* I got this book as an e-ARC from Netgalley! Thanks to the publishers for the advanced copy!
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Saga (Brian Vaughan, Fiona Staples) * Sentient (Jeff Lemire, Gabriel Walta) Black Science (Rick Remender, Matteo Scalera, Dean White, Moreno Dinisio) Invisible Kingdom (G. Wilson, Christian Ward) Low (Rick Remender, Greg Tocchini, Dave McCaig) Brzrkr (Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, Ron Garney, Bill Crabtree, Clem Robins, Rafael Grampa) Monstress (Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda) Nimona (N.D. Stevenson) * The Forgotten Blade (The Chun, Toni Fejzula) Coda (Simon Spurrier, Matias Bergara) Step by Bloody Step (Simon Spurrier, Matias Bergara, Mateus Lopes) * Darryl Openworld (Oliver Peru, Remi Guerin, Krystel) * Zoc (Jade Khoo) Moby Dick (Herman Melville, Christophe Chaboute) * Djeliya (Juni Ba) The Many Deaths of Laila Starr (Ram V., Filipe Andrade, Ines Amaro) Punderworld (Linda Sejic) Fun Home (Alison Bechdel) * Black Water Lilies (Didier Cassegrain, Fred Duval, Michel Bussi) The Underwater Welder (Jeff Lemire)
* I got these books as e-ARCs from Netgalley! Thanks to the publishers for the advanced copy!
✨ OTHER THINGS MENTIONED ✨ Jean’s video essay on Hades/Persephone | youtu.be/GwXF3QF5wwo
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:14 Jurassic Park 4:33 The Da Vinci Code 7:01 Hidden Figures 9:42 The National Parks 13:55 Outro
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction (Beth Shapiro) Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus’s Wife (Ariel Sabar) Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code (Margalit Fox) The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt & The Fire that Saved America (Timothy Egan)
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Empire of Pain (Patrick Radden Keefe) Dreamland (Sam Quinones) No Filter (Sarah Frier) Please Report Your Bug Here (Josh Riedel)* Everything I Never Told You (Celeste Ng) When We Fell Apart (Soon Wiley)*
* I got these books as e-ARCs from Netgalley! Thanks to the publishers for the advanced copy!Books about technology & tech giants (mostly nonfiction)Audrey Approved2022-11-14 | Please let me know if you have any recs for technology-related books! Especially fictional ones!
✨ BOOKS & TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:36 Little Eyes | Samanta Schweblin 2:28 Aesthetica* | Allie Rowbottom 5:05 So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed | Jon Ronson 6:43 Irresistible | Adam Alter 8:10 Don’t Be Evil | Rana Foroohar 10:49 No Filter | Sarah Frier 13:57 Power Play | Tim Higgins 15:18 Bad Blood | John Carreyrou 16:30 The Everything Store | Brad Stone 18:17 Outro
✨ OTHER THINGS MENTIONED ✨ Netflix documentary - The Social Dilemma
* I got this free from Netgalley!Food history & food essays | Nonfiction book recommendationsAudrey Approved2022-11-05 | Please let me know if you have any recs for food-related nonfiction books!
✨ BOOKS & TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:01 32 Yolks | Eric Ripert & Veronica Chambers 2:58 Mango & Peppercorns* | Tung Nguyen & Katherine Manning 4:53 Tiny Moons | Nina Mingya Powles 5:59 Candyfreak | Steve Almond 8:39 Tomatoland | Barry Estabrook 10:53 The Secret Life of Groceries | Benjamin Lorr 13:03 The Omnivore’s Dilemma | Michael Pollen 15:31 An Edible History of Humanity | Tom Standage 16:10 How the Other Half Eats | Priya Fielding-Singh
* I got a copy of this free from Netgalley!Ancient history books | Nonfiction book recommendationsAudrey Approved2022-09-25 | Let me know if you have ancient history recommendations!
✨ BOOKS & TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 1:06 When Women Ruled the World | Kara Cooney 4:26 The Woman Who Would be King | Kara Cooney 6:44 The Dark Queens | Shelley Puhak 9:17 The End is Always Near | Dan Carlin 12:24 Sea People | Christina Thompson 13:36 TBR The Crusades | Thomas Abridge The Storm Before the Storm | Mike Duncan River Kings | Cat Jarman 15:12 Goodbye
✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:26 September 4:30 October 7:11 November 11:05 February 13:42 March 14:04 April 15:27 Goodbye
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Step by Bloody Step | Simon Spurrier, Matias Bergara, Matheus Lopes *Bliss Montage | Ling Ma The Godmother: Murder, Vengeance and the Bloody Struggle of Mafia Women | Barbie Nadeau The Golden Enclaves | Naomi Novik *Illuminations: Stories | Alan Moore Singer Distance | Ethan Chatagnier The White Mosque | Sofia Samatar *Aesthetica | Allie Rowbottom Con/Artist: The Life & Crimes of the World's Greatest Art Forger | Tony Tetro, Giampiero Ambrosi *Butts: A Backstory | Heather Radke The Sorcerer of Pyongyang | Marcel Theroux The Shamshine Blind | Paz Pardo On the Savage Side | Tiffany McDaniel *Y/N | Esther Yi White Cat, Black Dog | Kelly Link Untethered Sky | Fonda Lee *Adelaide | Genevieve Wheeler
* I got e-arcs of these from Netgalley! Thanks to the publishers for advanced copies!Mid-year book freakout tag | Reflecting on the first half of 2022Audrey Approved2022-06-30 | If you did this tag, let me know - I'd love to watch!
✨ BOOKS & TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:29 Best book so far? 1:37 Best sequel so far? 2:34 New release you haven't read yet, but want to? 3:38 Anticipated release for the second half of the year? 5:38 Biggest disappointment? 8:07 Biggest surprise? 9:38 Favorite new author? 10:49 Newest fictional crush (or romance book)? 12:23 Newest fav character? 13:48 Book that made you cry/sad/emotional? 16:11 Book that made you happy? 17:17 Most beautiful book purchased/read? 18:47 Books still on your 2022 TBR? 20:22 Goodbye
✨ BOOKS & TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:55 How High We Go In the Dark* (Sequoia Nagamatsu) 2:35 Mickey 7* (Edward Ashton) 4:30 Project Hail Mary* (Andy Weir) 6:12 The Body Scout* (Lincoln Michel) 7:55 The Test (Sylvain Neuvel) 8:49 The Three-Body Problem (CIxin Liu) 10:40 Children of Time (Adrian Tchaikovsky) 12:52 Elder Race (Adrian Tchaikovsky) 14:13 Goodbye * I received all of these from Netgalley!
✨OTHER THINGS MENTIONED✨ Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell) The Martian (Andy Weir)
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✨ TIMESTAMPS ✨ 0:00 Intro 0:31 Best graphic novel 1:36 Biggest disappointment 2:18 Most dense 3:24 Worst book 5:19 Book I’d like to see adapted to a movie 6:04 Most depressing 6:52 Steamiest read 7:49 Best aged 8:47 Best short story collection 9:40 Book that raised my blood pressure the most 10:56 Most quirky 11:31 Best memoir (and maybe fav overall book) 13:34 Biggest page turner & best new author 15:55 Goodbye
✨ BOOKS MENTIONED ✨ Coda (Simon Spurrier) Dune (Frank Herbert) Heaven & Hell (Bart Ehrman) The End of Men (Christina Sweeney-Baird)* A Deadly Education (Naomi Novik) How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House (Cherie Jones) A Court of Silver Flames (Sarah J. Maas) Never Let Me Go (Kazuo Ishiguro) Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah) Sisters in Hate (Seyward Darby) The Past Is Red (Catherynne M. Valente) Crying in H Mart (Michelle Zauner) The Indifferent Stars Above (Daniel James Brown) Boys in the Boat (Daniel James Brown)