Shelly Swearingen | ALL THE BOOKS I READ IN DECEMBER 2023 📚🥳📖 | DECEMBER WRAP-UP @Shellyish | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Thank you all for being here! What was your favorite read in December?
I mention:
My friend, Anita.
Steve @saintdonoghue
Remember December hosts:
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Ann @AnnNovella
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Aaron @aaronfacer
Sandy @MsReadsAlot
Olly @CriminOllyBlog
0:00 Introduction
0:59 DNFs (Books I didn't finish) Feels like a confessional
7:10 A book I FINALLY finished!
10:31 A favorite nonfiction read!
12:27 Rereads (still currently reading)
16:41 "4 star reads"
25:26 "5 star reads"
I forgot to mention that I also read 9 volumes of One Piece by Oda. I've made detailed videos about these reads. Here is a playlist of my reviews here.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtC_w7mkdBByJ4ASHPe7Z98xSjZk0HXjB
Books I mention in alphabetical order:
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko, Julia Meitov Hersey (translator)
Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds
Ohio by Stephen Markley
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
To Star the Dark by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE: 🥰
10 NONFICTION BOOKS for 2024 | My TBR / goals for the coming year. 😊❤️📚🥳 🪲🦟 youtu.be/_MN77uL32DI
10 CLASSICS for 2024 | My TBR / goals for the coming year. 😊❤️📚🥳 WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON READING? youtu.be/GuyRl85PtkM
Moodily choosing 24 CLASSICS for 2024: youtu.be/09_WseQy6tI
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber, Tik Tok, tumbr, instagram
autumnal, falling off at a certain season, leaves, seasonal, fall, the season after summer and before winter, nature, vibes, gothic vibes, aesthetic, art, old-school, internet aesthetic, warm sweaters, cozy bonfires, and hot apple cider, abundant
amber, autumnal, back-to-school, blustery, bountiful, breezy, bright, brilliant, brisk, brown, changing, chilly, cold, colder, colored, colorful, comfortable, gray, gusty, harvested, hibernating, howling, inspirational, leaf-strewn, magnificent, moonlit, orange, overgrown, pumpkin-flavored, pumpkin-spiced, rainy, raked, red, relaxing, ripe, cozy, crackling, crisp, crunchy, deciduous, earthy, enchanting, enjoyable, fall-inspired, fallen, farm-grown, fireside, flannel, foggy, foraging, fresh, frosty, gold
rust-colored, rustling scary, seasonal, soggy, spectacular, spooky, turning, unpredictable, vibrant
visual, vivid, wilted, wilting, windy, wondrous, woodland, yellow, seasonal reading, paperback, hardcover, treatise, volume, novel, tome, monograph, anthology, album, dictionary, textbook, handbook, manual, paper, catalog, encyclopedia, hardback, text, catalog, guidebook, folio, softcover, pocket book, paperbound, trade book, trade edition, how-to
quarto, pocket edition, primer, softback, novelette, cyclopedia. pulp
chapbook, casebook. tract, picture book, encyclopedia
Thank you all for being here! What was your favorite read in December?
I mention:
My friend, Anita.
Steve @saintdonoghue
Remember December hosts:
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Ann @AnnNovella
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Aaron @aaronfacer
Sandy @MsReadsAlot
Olly @CriminOllyBlog
0:00 Introduction
0:59 DNFs (Books I didn't finish) Feels like a confessional
7:10 A book I FINALLY finished!
10:31 A favorite nonfiction read!
12:27 Rereads (still currently reading)
16:41 "4 star reads"
25:26 "5 star reads"
I forgot to mention that I also read 9 volumes of One Piece by Oda. I've made detailed videos about these reads. Here is a playlist of my reviews here.
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtC_w7mkdBByJ4ASHPe7Z98xSjZk0HXjB
Books I mention in alphabetical order:
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko, Julia Meitov Hersey (translator)
Missing Joseph by Elizabeth George
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds
Ohio by Stephen Markley
A Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
To Star the Dark by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
VIDEOS YOU MAY LOVE: 🥰
10 NONFICTION BOOKS for 2024 | My TBR / goals for the coming year. 😊❤️📚🥳 🪲🦟 youtu.be/_MN77uL32DI
10 CLASSICS for 2024 | My TBR / goals for the coming year. 😊❤️📚🥳 WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON READING? youtu.be/GuyRl85PtkM
Moodily choosing 24 CLASSICS for 2024: youtu.be/09_WseQy6tI
All about MYSTERIES! | A former self-identified non-mystery, anti-series reader is amid 3 mysteries: youtu.be/53VykQv9GL8
The 5 BEST VICTORIAN NOVELS according to me! youtu.be/f3VSRgEocUE
WHAT IS DARK ACADEMIA ANYWAY? | Definition, Exploration, Fashion, Movies, and Book Collection youtu.be/k0YzG2dio4w
Amuse me in my inbox - rachelle.e.swearingen (at) gmail.com
Befriend me on Goodreads -goodreads.com/user/show/139310469-shelly-swearingen
Drop by on Instagram - Shellyish
booktube, booktuber, Tik Tok, tumbr, instagram
autumnal, falling off at a certain season, leaves, seasonal, fall, the season after summer and before winter, nature, vibes, gothic vibes, aesthetic, art, old-school, internet aesthetic, warm sweaters, cozy bonfires, and hot apple cider, abundant
amber, autumnal, back-to-school, blustery, bountiful, breezy, bright, brilliant, brisk, brown, changing, chilly, cold, colder, colored, colorful, comfortable, gray, gusty, harvested, hibernating, howling, inspirational, leaf-strewn, magnificent, moonlit, orange, overgrown, pumpkin-flavored, pumpkin-spiced, rainy, raked, red, relaxing, ripe, cozy, crackling, crisp, crunchy, deciduous, earthy, enchanting, enjoyable, fall-inspired, fallen, farm-grown, fireside, flannel, foggy, foraging, fresh, frosty, gold
rust-colored, rustling scary, seasonal, soggy, spectacular, spooky, turning, unpredictable, vibrant
visual, vivid, wilted, wilting, windy, wondrous, woodland, yellow, seasonal reading, paperback, hardcover, treatise, volume, novel, tome, monograph, anthology, album, dictionary, textbook, handbook, manual, paper, catalog, encyclopedia, hardback, text, catalog, guidebook, folio, softcover, pocket book, paperbound, trade book, trade edition, how-to
quarto, pocket edition, primer, softback, novelette, cyclopedia. pulp
chapbook, casebook. tract, picture book, encyclopedia
