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![A Somewhat Autobiographical Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HtJejN1xeeQ/hqdefault.jpg "A Somewhat Autobiographical Tag [CC]
In which I celebrate Tag Wednesday (yet again)—this time by responding to the Somewhat Autobiographical Tag.
The tag was created by Mark at Book Time with Elvis.
Original tag: https://youtu.be/HUj3mZOgREQ
Mark was kind enough to tag me.
Books and Authors Mentioned:
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by EL Koningsburg
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
The Little House books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Encyclopedia Brown mysteries by Donald Sobol
The Nancy Drew mysteries by Carolyn Keene
An unknown biography of Helen Keller
Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors by Piers Paul Read
Clan of the Cave Bear by Jane Auel
Gilgamesh
Antigone by Sophocles
Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway
The Rape of Lucrece by Shakespeare
Forever by Judy Blume
Biographies of the childhood years of artists and composers
Agatha Christie
Georgette Heyer
Stephen King
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
A Midwife’s Tale by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
And the Skylark Sings with Me by David Albert
The Iliad by Homer
Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
1. What was the number one bestselling book (fiction or nonfiction) on the day you were born? Have you read it?
2. What are some books (series or stand-alone) that immediately spring to mind when you think of your childhood?
3. School days are the best days of your life (apparently), but there you were forced to read some books you maybe wouldnt have chosen for yourself. Which did you enjoy?
4. Were you independent or part of a pack at school? Did you join in the reading fads of the day or do your own thing?
5. Can you remember your first experience encountering sex in a book from when you were in your turbulent teens?
6. What was some of the first nonfiction you encountered?
7. Whose bookshelf was more fun to raid, mums or dads?
8. How diverse is your library? *** (see below)
9. What types of books do you find difficult to discuss?
10. In what way do your life experiences and emotions shape your choice of reading?
11. In much the same way as our taste for food changes, so perhaps does our taste in books. How would you say your own reading tastes have evolved over the decades?
12. Unfortunately, we all feel down at certain times. Have you got a go-to book to raise you back up?
13. If you have to choose one book or author to represent each decade of your life. who or what would they be? (The books should be ones you read in that decade, not necessarily ones published in that decade).
14. Of course everyone is entitled to their own opinions. but how do you feel when people say reading is boring? And what would you say in defense of reading?
15. What was the number one selling book on the day of your most recent birthday (fiction or nonfiction) Have you read it?
***Antiquarian, Rare & Collectable
Arts & Photography
Biography
Business, Finance & Law
Calendars, Diaries & Annuals
Childrens Books
Comics & Graphic Novels
Computing & Internet
Crafts, Hobbies & Home
Crime, Thrillers & Mystery
Education Studies & Teaching
Erotica
Fiction
Food & Drink
Foreign Language Study & Reference
Health, Family & Lifestyle
History
Horror
Humor
LGBTQ+ Books
Mind, Body & Spirit
Music, Stage & Screen
Poetry, Drama & Criticism
Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences
Reference
Religion & Spirituality
Romance
School Books
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Science, Nature & Math
Scientific, Technical & Medical
Sports, Hobbies & Games
Travel & Holiday
University Textbooks
Young Adult
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![Road Map of Your Life Book Tag [CC] #TagTuesday #Booktube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JDHuGi3ix38/hqdefault.jpg "Road Map of Your Life Book Tag [CC] #TagTuesday #Booktube
Join me as I celebrate Tag Tuesday on Saturday by responding to the Roadmap of Your Life Book Tag.
Tag created by Tristan @L-Space-Books https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7W5UZHmar4
I was tagged by Pat @ Book Chat with Pat https://youtu.be/7FAvQq7oSac?si=D3uStikn2Z88mLSp
A couple of other versions of this tag I love:
@JamesRuchala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu0HeeT7PDw&t=20s
@MarilynMayaMendoza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtqE0XEaOr0&t=25s
I tag:
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Brian @BookishTexan
David @davidnovakreadspoetry
Catherine @takingteawithcatherine
Justin @TriumphalReads
Renee @thelefthandedreader6632
Mark @BookTimewithElvis
Jim @jimsbooksreadingandstuff
And Steve Donoghue @saintdonoghue who has lived all over the world
The Prompts:
1.) What is a book that reminds you of or takes place in each place that youve 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 youve had a mailing address!
2.) Since a roadmap not only shows you where youve been but also where youre going, what is a book that reminds you of or takes place in your next destination? Or a place youd like to live in?
Books Mentioned:
The Nancy Drew series by Carolyn Keene
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
1984 by George Orwell
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community by Charles Joyner
The Bluest Eye, Sula, and Beloved by Toni Morrison
William Faulkner
Eudora Welty
Gail Godwin
Poets: Seamus Heaney, Lucie Brock-Broido, Marie Howe, Kevin Young
Social Theory: Foucault, Judith Butler
Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappe
Moosewood by Mollie Katzen
Laurel’s Kitchen by Laurel Roberton
Yotam Ottolenghi
Drew Faust
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
Anne Sexton: poems, letters, biography, daughter’s memoir…
(Red Comet by Heather Clark)
Deaf studies: A Place of Their Own by John Van Cleve and Barry Crouch, Forbidden Signs by Doug Baynton, Words Made Flesh by RAR Edwards, and Train Go Sorry by Leah Hager Cohen
A book about redoing a Victorian house in a US state that starts with an M?
What to Expect When You’re Expecting
Spiritual Midwifery by May Gaskin
The Harry Potter books
Madeleine’s World by Brian Hall
Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl
The Country of Pointed Firs by Sarah Orne Jewett
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![In Defense of Spoilers: The Spoiler Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K83yqkwHZGs/hqdefault.jpg "In Defense of Spoilers: The Spoiler Tag [CC]
In which I celebrate Tag Tuesday by answering the fantastically interesting new tag put together by the folks at Gunpowder, Fiction, and Plot: The Spoiler Tag.
Original tag from Scott and Nelle @ Gunpower, Fiction, and Plot:
https://youtu.be/_m26sPugQ34
I was tagged by dear cousin Brian @BookishTexan
https://youtu.be/NihdpHGhDFc
Also mentioned:
@shawnbreathesbooks
@saintdonoghue
@SpinstersLibrary
Claudia’s video: https://youtu.be/lErapCD0Ph4
The S-to-Z tag by Jim’s Reading Books and Stuff: https://youtu.be/sYBqrf3S7xU
ETA: As I was uploading my video to YouTube, I watched Kieran’s fabulous take on the tag over on his channel @KDbooks. Don’t miss his fascinating insights! https://youtu.be/9oFwftXpX3o
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