Read and Re-read
The Im So Annoyed Book Tag
updated
Melinda's video about The Tempest from @awebofstories
youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZcDrnTNhY
Shows Mentioned:
Only Murders in the Building
The Great British Baking Show
Heartstopper
The Way We Live Now
Books Mentioned:
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Significant Others by Armistead Maupin
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
The Duke of Deception: Memories of my Father by Geoffrey Wolff
The Warden by Anthonly Trollope
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O'Brien
#TenBeforeTheEnd was created by Brett @brettsbookstack
Brett's video: youtube.com/watch?v=lGwa2Sqg2Q4
Also check out Melinda's video @awebofstories
youtube.com/watch?v=jF2pymtWbgE&t=29s
Other booktubers mentioned:
Priscilla @EveningReader
Sonya @anenthusiasticreader
The Ten
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
Absolution by Alice McDermott
Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession
I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett
A Registry of my Passage Upon the Earth by Daniel Mason
The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring
Colored Televsion by Danzy Senna
The NIght Alphabet by Joelle Taylor
Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren
Shows and Movies Mentioned:
Slow Horses
Only Murders in the Building
The Great British Baking Show
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Heartstopper
Caddo Lake
Books Mentioned:
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Significant Others by Armistead Maupin
You can reach me at
angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Voxer: angeliareadandreread
Storygraph: readandreread
Ruben @ToReadersItMayConcern and Emily @TheLinguistsLibrary
I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 and here's her rendition:
youtube.com/watch?v=YQeln9kWFu0&t=668s
The Prompts:
1. Beauty in concept
2. Beauty in opening line(s)
3. Beauty in character
4. Beauty amidst pain
5. Beauty in incompleteness
6. Beauty in place
7. Beauty in time
8. Beauty in catharsis
9. Tag others.
Books Mentioned:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
James by Percival Everett
okay, I guess I did mention Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Emily Dickinson 340 - "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain"
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Nevada by Imogene Binnie
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz
Honorary mention to Ariel by Sylvia Plath, cut for time!
Shows and Films Mentioned:
Slow Horses
Only Murders in the Building
Will and Harper
The Great British Baking Show
Heartstopper
Books Mentioned:
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Bookshop: The History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Stories Discussed:
"House Fire" by Yiyun Li
"The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich
"Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
"White Ferrari" by Caleb Azumah Nelson
"Mr. Thursday" by Emily St. John Mandel
"A Choice of Butchers" by William Trevor
"Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
"Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okarafor
you can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
voxer name: angeliareadandreread
Shows Mentioned:
Only Murders in the Building
Slow Horses
Midnight Family
Great British Baking Show
Books Mentioned:
Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden
Victober Hosts and Announcement videos:
@katehowereads • Victober 2024 Announcement Video
@katiejlumsden • Victober 2024 | Announcement and Reco...
@BlatantlyBookish • Announcing Victober 2024! | #victober
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 • Victober 2024 announcement #victober
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Visit Melinda's channel to learn more about the Bard Room:
@awebofstories
Also reading with Sonya @anenthusiasticreader
Books Mentioned:
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss
The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father by Geoffrey Wolff
Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
"A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Never Whistle at Night, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
Significant Others by Armistead Maupin
my email is angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Stories Discussed:
"The Appropriation of Cultures" by Percival Everett
"The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever
"Feast (Triptyc) by Beth Piatote
"Office Hours" by Ling Ma
"Gift of the Magi" by O Henry
"The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
"A Brief and Fearful Star" by Carmen Maria Machado
Booktuber mentioned: Melinda @awebofstories
Learn more about Tipu's Tiger
youtube.com/watch?v=Z62Lq72kXSc
Books Mentioned:
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D. Salinger
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
Loot by Tania James
Old in Art School by Nell Painter
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
Future Tense Fiction, edited by Slate Magazine
my email: angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Booktubers and videos mentioned:
Melinda @awebofstories
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Tilly @tillysshelf
Ros and Tilly's video about Small Joys:
youtube.com/watch?v=L5ui8NqWtaQ&t=1102s
Books in the Haul
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapleyl Takemori
Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories, Library of America edition
A Christmas Memory, One Christmas & The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote
Never Whistle at Night, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Time of the Flies by Claudia Pineiro
Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah
Bewilderment by Richard Powers
The Essential Book of Vegan Bakes by Holly Jade
Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout
Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson
Stories Discussed:
"We Can Remember it For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick
"A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro
"Herd Immunity" by Tananarive Due
" Rent Control" by Walter Tevis
"Madwoman's Milk" by Louise Kennedy
"What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
youtube.com/watch?v=SrcDOzgBqho&t=2s
I was tagged by Allan @bighardbooks770; here is his video:
youtube.com/watch?v=kuwWiSvaYvk
The Prompts:
1. What is something that you own way too many of, other than books?
2. What is something that you do for fun that’s not reading a book?
3. What is something special or important on your nightstand, that’s not a book?
4. What’s something that you buy at a bookstore other than books?
5. What’s a fun gift that you’ve received that wasn’t a book or a gift card for books?
6. What’s a YouTube channel that you watch, that’s not related to books?
7. Tag five BookTubers that you want to learn more about.
I tag:
Melinda @awebofstories
Pat @BookChatWithPat8668
Mariandrea @katiejlumsden@books_and_bocadillos
Brian @BookishTexan
The announcement video with the full list
youtube.com/watch?v=PxFQbjDUO6c&t=4s
Sorry, I'm having trouble copying the links, but you can find them all in the community posts!
Week One Titles Discussed:
"Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Bad Neighbors" by Edward P. Jones
"Hearing Aids" by Roddy Doyle
"Daily Commute" by Sarah Gailey
"Better Living Through Algorithms" by Naomi Kritzer
"Hands" by Sherwood Anderson
Booktubers mentioned:
Melinda @awebofstories
Shows Mentioned:
Dark Winds
Slow Horses
Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in Two Pieces
Books Mentioned:
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
My Friends by Hisham Matar
The Collectors, edited by A.S. King
Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
Old in Art School by Nell Painter
My email is angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Books Mentioned:
The Stranger by Albert Camus
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta
Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
The Commitments by Roddy Doyle
Bright LIghts, Big City by Jay McInerney
98.6 by Ronald Sukenick
Ordinary Love and Good Will by Jane Smiley
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland
Little Birds by Anais Nin
Here is New York by E.B. White
Voltaire's Alphabet of Wit by Voltaire
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Loitering With Intent by Muriel Spark
The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark
The Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark
The Bachelors by Muriel Spark
The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark
Shows Mentioned:
Dark Winds
Books Mentioned:
Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Cespedes
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Booktubers and Events Mentioned:
Shorty September hosts:
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers
Framed In September: An Art Readathon hosts:
@HannahsBooks
@anotherbibliophilereads
@lindysmagpiereads
@bouquinsbooks
@heathergregg9975
Shaketember
@booksimnotreading
@adayofsmallthings
@OldBluesChapterandVerse
Also
Melinda @awebofstories
Sonya @anenthusiasticreader
Priscilla @EveningReader
Books Mentioned:
Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters by J.D. Salinger
Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
The Collectors, edited by A.S. King
Wednesday's Child by Yiyun Li
Out There Screaming, edited by Jordan Peele
Future Tense Fiction, edited by Slate Magazine
Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang
A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth by Daniel Mason
Table for Two by Amor Towles
Old in Art School by Nell Painter
The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker
Loot by Tania James
Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru
Twelfth Night by Willam Shakespeare
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Booktubers Mentioned:
Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Allen @bighardbooks770
I will be on Greg and Allen's show Monday Night Live Show on Monday, August 26! More details in the video and on the community post. Hope you can drop by!
Books Mentioned:
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot by Dav Pilkey
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Forbidden Notebook by Alba De Cespedes
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
youtube.com/watch?v=b2kc5nHaCcI
The Prompts:
1.Who is your favorite phenomenal woman author.
2. What book features your favorite phenomenal woman character
3. If you were creating a book prize, which book by a phenomenal woman author would you choose
4. Tag some phenomenal women booktubers
Authors Mentioned:
Octavia Butler
Jane Austen
Emily St. John Mandel
Elizabeth Strout
Charlotte Bronte
Louise Erdrich
Miriam Toews
Deeshaw Philyaw
Sarah Waters
Donna Tartt
Shows and Movies mentioned:
I Think You Should Leave
Zone of Interest
American Fiction
Books Mentioned:
The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Woulden
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
you can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Coming soon! Year 3 of 30 Stories in 30 Days. I hope you will join me in this extravaganza of short fiction in September!
The 30 Stories of September 2024:
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
2. "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
3. "Bad Neighbors: by Edward P. Jones
4. "Hearing Aids" by Roddy Doyle
5. "The Daily Commute" by Sarah Gailey
6. "Better Living Through Algorithms" by Naomi Kretzer
7. "Hands" by Sherwood Anderson
8. "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick
9. "A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro
10. "Herd Immunity" by Tananarive Due
11. "Rent Control" by Walter Tevis
12. " Madwoman's Milk" by Louise Kennedy
13. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver
14. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
15. "The Appropriation of Cultures" by Percival Everett
16. "The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever
17. Feast (Triptych) by Beth Piatote
18. "Office Hours" by Ling Ma
19. "The Gift of the Magi" by O Henry (Yes, I put in a Christmas story)
20. "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu
21. "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
22. "A Brief and Fearful Star" by Carmen Maria Machado
23. "House Fire" by Yiyun Li
24. "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich
25. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather (yes, again)
26. "White Ferrrari" by Caleb Azumah Nelson
27. "Mr. Thursday" by Emily St. John Mandel
28 "Access to the Children" by William Trevor
29. "Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okarafor
30. "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
The 30 Stories of September 2023:
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor
2. "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville
3. "Eula" by Deesha Philyaw
4. "The Team" by Tommy Orange
5. "Semplica Girl Diaries" by George Saunders
6. "Tales from the LA River" by Colm Toibin
7. "Inventory" by Carmen Maria Machado
8. "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster
9. There was a Munro story here but I no longer recommend or read this author
10. "Prudent Girls" by Rivers Solomon
11. "Walk the Blue Fields" by Claire Keegan
12. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather
13. "Potluck" by Brandon Taylor
14. "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars" by Morgan Talty
15. "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler
16. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
17. "The Human Claim" by Ali Smith
18. "Where I'm Calling From" by Raymond Carver
19. "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury
20. "Desire on Domino Island" by Lee Smith
21. "Happily Ever After" by Danielle Evans
22. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
23. "The Bad News" by Margaret Atwood
24. "Independent Living" by Jonathan Escoffery
25. "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner
26. "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin
27. "Home" by Elizabeth Strout
28. "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
29. "Recognition" by Victor Lavalle
30. "Bees" by Dan Chaon
Books Mentioned:
Haul -
Deacon King Kong by James McBride
Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin
The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin
Percival Everett by Virgil Russell by Percival Everett
This Is Happiness by Niall Williams
Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
This Week-
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
I can be reached at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Here is Marilyn's announcement video:
youtube.com/@BookTubePrize
Read some of Maya Angelou's poetry here:
poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou
Books Mentioned:
Elena Knows by Claudia Piniero, translated by Frances Riddle
Happening by Annie Ernaux, translated by Tanya Leslie
Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches
Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore
The Peacock by Isabel Bogdan, translated by Annie Rutherford
I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwarz
Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirosvky, translated by Sandra Smith
A Little Luck by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Frances Riddle
Forbidden Noteboody by Alba de Cespedes, translated by Ann Goldstein
Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren, translated by Agnes Broome
Channel mentioned: @awebofstories
Books Mentioned:
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
We The Animals by Justin Torres
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
The Puppet of Spelhorse by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Julie Morstad
The Bard and the Book by Ann Bausum, Ilustrated by Marta Sevilla
Clear by Carys Davies
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Learn more about the BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize
"This Be the Verse" by Philip Larkin
poetryfoundation.org/poems/48419/this-be-the-verse
As always, thank you for watching, commenting and subscribing!
angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 and @jamesholder13
Pat's video
youtube.com/watch?v=eig9d1DUKbs
James' video
youtube.com/watch?v=tNn6Hdr78Ec&t=3s
The Prompts:
1. "Cocktail Hour" - Name a book you that you think pairs perfectly with your favourite drink.
2 - "Neon Lights" - Name a book with a cover that immediately grabbed your attention like bright lights in a club."
3 - "The Bouncer" - What book did you have to put down because it just wasn't letting you in?"
4 - "DJ's Choice" - What book would you recommend as the perfect read for someone new to the fantasy genre?
5 - "Disco Ball" - Name a book that made you feel like you were part of a vibrant, glittering world."
6 - "Dance Floor Diva" - What book had you dancing with excitement from the first page to the last?
7 - "Guest List" - Which author would you invite to an exclusive book-themed party and why?"
8 - "VIP Entrance" - Which book did you feel privileged to read before it became more widely popular?"
9 - "Dance Battle" - Which two characters from different books would you love to see face off in a dance battle?"
10 - "Midnight Read" - What's a book you couldn't put down and ended up reading all night?
11 - "After-Party" - What book left you with a hangover, unable to start a new read immediately after finishing it?
12 - "Late Night Conversations" - Which book left you thinking deeply or wanting to discuss it with others late into the night?
13 - Tag some people.
Books Mentioned:
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
The Puppets of Spelhorse by Kate DiCamillo
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Witch Elm by Tana French
The Trees by Percival Everett
Blackouts by Justin Torres
@CriminOllyBlog's announcement video for Garbaugust
youtube.com/watch?v=yyJfFpWogwc
Books Mentioned:
Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
We the Animals by Justin Torres
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot by Dav Pilkey
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
numerous unidentified books from my cart!
@CriminOllyBlog my email address is angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Books Mentioned:
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deeshaw Philyaw
Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy From Mars by Daniel Pinkwater
Elena Knows by Claudia Piniero
Complete Plays, Volume One by Harold Pinter
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Journals of Sylvia Plath
The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
The Colossus by Sylvia Plath
Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII by Plato
Gorgias by Plato
Five Great Dialogues by Plato
Pope: Selected Poems by Alexander Pope
Ship of Fools by Katherine Ann Porter
The Golden Spur by Dawn Powell
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall
The Friendly Young Ladies by Mary Renault
Melinda's review of The Merchant of Venice @awebofstories
youtube.com/watch?v=5uhbmMgIC9I
Shows Mentioned:
Pride and Prejudice (1995 version)
Dark Matter
The Flight Attendant
Books Mentioned:
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Creep by Myriam Gurba
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
My email: angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 and @bighardbooks770
Here are the prompts:
1. @booksimnotreading - A book that's been on your TBR forever
2. @novelideea - A book with an interesting premise or plot device
3. @revenantreads - A book where someone has returned from the dead
4. @CriminOllyBlog - A book where a crime takes place
5. @BookTimewithElvis - A book about time, time travel, or someone named Elvis
6. @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH - Your favourite book that you read in March
7. @BookBuds - A book with a great friendship
8. @ObscureBookAdventures - A book that you love that never gets talked about
9. @savagereads - A book with a monster, or beast, or human acting monstrous or beastly
10. A book that fits your own channel name or the name of a channel that you love
11. Tag some other booktubers.
Books Mentioned:
A Little Luck by Claudia Piniero
Armadale by Wilkie Collins
The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor
Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely
Lavender House by A.C. Lev Rosen
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
James by Percival Everett
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Ulysses by James Joyce
Books Mentioned:
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
We The Animals by Justin Torres
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, translated by Thomas Colchie
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over by Nell Painter
Significant Others by Armistead Maupin
Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Cespedes, translated by Ann Goldstein
The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
My email is angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Lindy's excellent video from @lindysmagpiereads was posted today - please visit her channel and check it out!
youtube.com/watch?v=Ne7f1JVqJOM
Michelle Dean's article from The Cut
thecut.com/article/alice-munro-daughter-sexual-abuse-family-secrets.html
Sarah Weinman's article from The Globe and Mail:
theglobeandmail.com/arts/article-andrea-robin-skinner-reminds-us-that-monsters-lurk-within-classic
Shows Mentioned:
The Bear Season 3
Dark Matter
Books Mentioned:
Candide by Voltaire
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Creep by Myriam Gurba
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Here is her video!
youtube.com/watch?v=dk6FbZe7Z6Y
And for the nostalgia, here's the Polaner All Fruit commercial. I feel like I'm channeling the older lady all through this video:
youtube.com/watch?v=hawQ5wobi1Y
The Prompts
Prompts:
1. Do you dog-ear your books?
2. Do you annotate your books?
3. Do you roll covers or break spines when you read?
4. Do you listen to something while you read?
5. Do you read in the bathroom?
6. Do you read in water (such as in the bathtub, in a pool, etc)?
7. Do you DNF?
8. Do you ever read ahead or skip to the end of a book?
9. Are you book-polygamous (i.e., read more than one book at a time)?
10. Do you own more books than bookshelf space?
BONUS: Do you ever take a book without leaving a book at a Little Free Library?
My email address is angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Prompts:
1. Hercule Poirot is a detective who is extremely proud of his achievements. In The Mystery of the Blue Train, he announced “My name is Hercule Poirot, and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.” If not Poirot, who is your favourite detective? (And what book do you recommend featuring your favourite?)
2. Hercule Poirot famously uses his “Little grey cells” to solves cases - have you ever solved an Agatha Christie mystery? If yes, which one? If no, is there an author whose mysteries you have solved?
3. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the introduction to Hercule Poirot. Recommend a first book in a series where you met one of your favourite characters.
4. Murder on the Orient Express: Agatha Christie wrote several Poirot books set on different types of transport. What is your favourite mystery set on a train/ plane/ boat?
5. The ABC Murders features a killer working their way through an alphabet of victims. Recommend a mystery involving a serial killer.
6. Dumb Witness: Bob the dog helps Poirot’s investigation in this one. Can you recommend a book where an animal helps to solve the case?
7. Five Little Pigs (also adapted as a play Go Back for Murder): Poirot solves several cases in his time that have been closed for years. Which is your favourite “cold case” Poirot? If you don’t have one, can you recommend any other authors/ detectives who have solved a past cold case?
8. Dead Man’s Folly is famously set at Agatha Christie’s own holiday home, Greenway. What is your favourite murder mystery setting?
9. Do you have a favourite Poirot mystery? (If not, tell us a favourite mystery you’ve read recently.)
10. How many Poirot books have you read? (If you’ve not read any or haven’t read many yet, which one do you plan to read next?
11. Please tag anyone and everyone who likes Agatha Christie, Poirot, or mysteries in general!
Books Mentioned:
Case Histories by Kate Atkinson
Still Midnight by Denise Mina
The Hunter by Tana French
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon
Exiles by Jane Harper
Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Shows Mentioned:
The White Lotus
The Bear
Books Mentioned:
O Pioneers by Willa Cather (DNF)
Babycakes by Armistead Maupin
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
You Like it Darker by Stephen King
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Creep by Myriam Gurba
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
1. Best sequel you’ve read so far this year.
2. A new release you haven’t read yet but want to.
3. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
4. Biggest disappointment?
5. Biggest surprise?
6. Favourite new author (debut or new to you)?
7. Newest favourite character?
8. The saddest book you’ve read so far this year?
9. A book that made you happy?
10. Favourite book to film adaptation?
11. Favourite video you’ve created this year?
(I change this one mid-video, stay tuned!)
12. Most beautiful book you have acquired this year?
13. Book you’ve learned the most from?
14. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
15. Best book you’ve read so far this year?
Books Mentioned:
James by Percival Everett
Long Island by Colm Toibin
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Dearborn by Ghassan Zeinnedine
Poetry Unbound, edited by Padraig o Tuama
Black AF History by Michael Harriott
Blackouts by Justin Torres
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin
Riambel by Priya Hein
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis
Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Hosts for Jane in July:
@BlatantlyBookish
@katiejlumsden
@SpinstersLibrary
Books Mentioned:
You Like it Darker by Stephen King
Creep by Myriam Gurba
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Wellness by Nathan Hill
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Candide by Voltaire
Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
Olive Kittredge by Elizabeth Strout
Big Sky by Kate Atkinson
Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Clear by Carys Davies
The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Shows Mentioned:
The Alienist
The White Lotus
Books Mentioned:
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Creep by Myriam Gurba
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
Books I Might Take on my Trip:
Babycakes by Armistead Maupin
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
You Like it Darker by Stephen King
I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668
The Prompts:
1.)What is a book that reminds you of or takes place in each place that you've lived? This could mean country, state/province, city/town, and or apartment/house. Just come up with a book that really resonates with you and the time you spent in each place where you've had a mailing address!
2.) Since a roadmap not only shows you where you've been, but also where you're going, what is a book that reminds you of or takes place in your next destination? Or a place you'd like to live in?
Books Mentioned:
Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida
The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith
The Known World by Edward P. Jones
Isaac's Storm by Erik Larsen
Guide Me Home by Attica Locke
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Still Life by Sarah Winman
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
I tag:
Randy @theliteratetexan660
Priscilla @EveningReader
Books Mentioned:
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
Poetry Unbound by Padraig o Tuama
You Like it Darker by Stephen King
Real Americans by Rachel Khong
Clear by Carys Davies
Table for Two by Amor Towles
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow, edited by Slate Magazine
I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
Babycakes by Armistead Maupin
Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza
Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession
The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor
Interview with Justin Torres:
thepinknews.com/2023/11/06/justin-torres-blackouts-exclusive-interview
Shows Mentioned:
Hacks
The Alienist
The White Lotus
Books Mentioned:
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Love's Labours' Lost by William Shakespeare
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Creep by Myriam Gurba
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Shows Mentioned:
Hacks
The Alienist
Books Mentioned:
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman; edited by Ros Schwarz
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chlobosky
Long Island by Colm Toibin
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Blackouts by Justin Torres
I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668
Prompts
1. Adopted or sent away or abandoned. A book with a character that is adopted, sent away or abandoned.
2. Use or measurement of time. A book where time is a crucial element.
3. Test of strength. A book where the character has to pass a test of strength.
4. Character with a dark side or a temper. A book where a character has a dark side or a temper.
5. Quest destroys personal life. A book where the quest is deemed so big the character either chooses to have no personal life or it is destroyed.
6. Questionable Decision. A book where the main character makes a questionable decision.
7. Scale Change. A book with an object or a place that goes through a scale change.
8. Falling or something to do with gravity. A book where something or someone is falling. Or where gravity plays a part.
9. Red Herring/False Trail/Use of codes. A book with a red herring, a false trail or quest or the use of codes.
10. Revenge/Punishment. A book with an element of revenge or punishment.
11. Rise and fall. A book with a rise in status followed by a catastrophic fall.
12. A Genius. Which writer to you is a genius or a book with a character that is a genius.
13. Tag some others.
Titles Mentioned:
Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Son by Lois Lowry
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
The Hobbit and LOTR by J.R.R. Tolkien
special surprise book that you'd never guess
Room by Emma Donoghue
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larssen
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
any book by Percival Everett
Contact me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Books Mentioned:
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer
Himself by Jess Kidd
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwarz
Long Island by Colm Toibin
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Prompts:
Reading Rainbow
!. What book, author, or series got you into read?
2. What author or book got you into your current favorite genre?
Mixed Tape
3. What was the first concert you ever went to?
4. What band or artist do you love but never got to see live?
I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me
5. What was your favorite cartoon growing up?
6. Name a TV show or movie that is tied to a good memory
7. Name a movie from childhood that you still love today.
8. Name your first TV or movie crush
Gotta Catch Them All
9. What was a toy you were obsessed with or collected as a kid?
10. Name a boardgame or video game you associate with your childhood.
She's Got The Look
11. Name a clothing or trend that was popular when you were a kid.
I Want Candy
12. Name a childhood snack or candy you wish they still made.
Visit Melinda's channel @awebofstories for great videos and to join the Discord for O Pioneers and/or the Bard Room.
Books Mentioned:
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Long Island by Colm Toibin
Creep by Myriam Gurba
The Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley
O Pioneers by Willa Cather
Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Shows Mentioned:
Schitt's Creek
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Heartstopper
Books Mentioned:
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Son by Lois Lowry
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com
Books Mentioned:
The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
The Uses of Enchantment by Heidi Julavits
Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal
The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid
Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry