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Nonfiction Quarterfinals - Group A (con.) || Booktube Prize || Always Doing
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๐ Everything Booktube Prize ๐
The @BookTubePrize is the brainchild of Robert @Robert.Sheard
Longlist announcement video: youtu.be/bKgZ2yw52pc
My playlist for this year's Prize: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb8bmkSFMG94ycbt0hYLsVWH
My complete playlist for last year's Prize (also nonfiction!): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb-J8XdeXCDzfc5KduaT2Paf
Books mentioned:
Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv
goodreads.com/book/show/59808605
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
goodreads.com/book/show/60194141
Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson
goodreads.com/book/show/59546340-sandy-hook
Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa
goodreads.com/book/show/61317532-under-the-skin
His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa
goodreads.com/book/show/59233280-his-name-is-george-floyd
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
goodreads.com/book/show/59575939-an-immense-world
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Theme music by Peyruis : soundcloud.com/peyruis
Insert music by Dylan Emmett: soundcloud.com/dylanemmet
Both under a Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
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Original tag by Chami and Earl Grey Reads
youtu.be/2gsr9FJuHzI
Videos mentioned:
Review of Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai
youtu.be/5BNBQYa3-s0
Vlog featuring Life Between the Tides
youtu.be/dpNdLgVExF4
Books mentioned (in no particular order):
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
goodreads.com/book/show/60324341-brotherless-night
Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
goodreads.com/book/show/39729525-black-queer-hoe
Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha (Mercenary Librarians #3)
goodreads.com/book/show/58724874-dance-with-the-devil
Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson
goodreads.com/book/show/60229699-life-between-the-tides
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria (Dance Off #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/62058090-take-the-lead
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai (thank you to Tachyon for providing a review copy!)
goodreads.com/book/show/61432172-bitter-medicine
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv
goodreads.com/book/show/59808605-strangers-to-ourselves
Taming the Rake by Erica Ridley (Lords in Love #2) (thanks to the author for providing a review copy!)
goodreads.com/book/show/62822584-taming-the-rake
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
goodreads.com/book/show/58065372-in-love
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet
goodreads.com/book/show/61089467-the-undertow
Like Nobody's Watching by Tara Frejas
goodreads.com/book/show/36341951-like-nobody-s-watching
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the Worldโs Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden
goodreads.com/book/show/58907545-my-fourth-time-we-drowned
The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin
goodreads.com/book/show/56463363-the-price-of-the-ticket
Knot My Reality by Miranda May (Heated #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/62574892-knot-my-reality
Kushiel's Chosen by Jacqueline Carey (Phรจdre's Trilogy #2)
goodreads.com/book/show/395962.Kushiel_s_Chosen
My Rogue to Ruin by Erica Ridley (Wild Wynchesters #4)
goodreads.com/book/show/75593784-my-rogue-to-ruin
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
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Channels and videos mentioned:
Jen @RememberedReads
Booktube Prize Quarterfinal Vlog with G-Man and The Fourth Time, We Drowned
youtu.be/IEjmfPmWByI
Books mentioned:
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
youtu.be/IEjmfPmWByI
Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
goodreads.com/book/show/52079617-paying-the-land
Factory Summers by Guy Delisle, translated from French by Helge Dascher
goodreads.com/book/show/54785566-factory-summers
The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone On The Media by Brooke Gladstone, illustrated by Josh Neufeld
goodreads.com/book/show/9588023-the-influencing-machine
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage
goodreads.com/book/show/60417618-g-man
The Gladiator Shifter series by Murphy Lawless
goodreads.com/series/291384-gladiator-shifters
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My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the Worldโs Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden
goodreads.com/book/show/58907545-my-fourth-time-we-drowned
Content notes not mentioned:
Factory Summers - homophobic slur, death (off page)
Gladiator Bear - being attacked by bad guys, kidnapping, violence
Gladiator Cheetah and Gladiator Tiger - violence
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
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Channel mentioned:
Meonicorn @TheBookishLand
Links and videos mentioned:
On the Media interview with Jeff Sharlet (with transcript!)
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/what-media-coverage-trump-movement-missing-on-the-media?tab=summary
Standalone review of How Civil Wars Start
youtu.be/wANMwYXQEzU
The Booktube Prize
booktubeprize.org
Books mentioned:
ๆญปใฌใปใฉ่ชญๆธ by ไธน็พฝๅฎไธ้ (roughly: Read So Much You Could Die by Niwa Uichiro)
goodreads.com/book/show/69302986
Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable by Joanna Schwartz
goodreads.com/book/show/61111250-shielded
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #2)
goodreads.com/book/show/29808780-a-closed-and-common-orbit
Bookshop Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke (thanks to Forever for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62874238-bookshop-cinderella
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet
goodreads.com/book/show/61089467-the-undertow
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein
goodreads.com/book/show/52098718-why-we-re-polarized
The Merman Prince by Nia Jolove
goodreads.com/book/show/158969739-the-merman-prince
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter
goodreads.com/book/show/58369678-how-civil-wars-start
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
Videos mentioned:
Booktube Prize vlog featuring The Escape Artist youtu.be/IEjmfPmWByI
Try a Chapter Tag featuring Like Nobody's Watching youtu.be/VxL0JaFe_f4
Books mentioned:
Alliance with His Stolen Heiress by Lydia San Andres (thanks to Harlequin for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61440901-alliance-with-his-stolen-heiress
The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
goodreads.com/book/show/60194141-the-escape-artist
Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative edited by Kate Harrad
goodreads.com/book/show/41885456-claiming-the-b-in-lgbt
Like Nobody's Watching by Tara Frejas
goodreads.com/book/show/36341951-like-nobody-s-watching
Demon Lover by Heather Guerre (Hellbound #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/63830124-demon-lover
Layover by Katrina Jackson (Bay Area Blues #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/39792079-layover
Rebel by Beverly Jenkins (Women Who Dare #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/41571739-rebel
Content notes not mentioned:
The Escape Artist - all the horrors of anti-Semitism, Auschwitz, and war
Claiming the B in LGBT - biphobia, transphobia
Layover - parental death, grief
Rebel - violence including attacks against main characters and their property, racism
0:00 Intro
0:38 Alliance with His Stolen Heiress
2:22 The Escape Artist
3:18 Claiming the B in LGBT
5:26 Like Nobody's Watching
7:01 Demon Lover
7:55 Layover
9:10 Rebel
11:11 Outro
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
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People and links mentioned:
The queen of Mid-Month Book Bash - Doris @alldbooks9165
Vlog where I plan out my June youtu.be/2zbUenODvPQ
Last English-language used bookstore in Tokyo vlog youtu.be/uwejKr8nK1s
Books mentioned:
Journal of a Black Queer Nurse by Britney Daniels
goodreads.com/book/show/63179075-journal-of-a-black-queer-nurse
Nightlife by Rob Thurman (Cal Leandros #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/421007.Nightlife
Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #7)
goodreads.com/book/show/13413589-frost-burned
The Bride's Bodyguard by Elizabeth Thornton
goodreads.com/book/show/2051185.The_Bride_s_Bodyguard
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
Things and people mentioned:
Leo Bancroft @pdxleo
Point of Pride - shirts and other merch
bonfire.com/store/point-of-pride
Quarterfinal Booktube Prize vlog: youtu.be/IEjmfPmWByI
Haul from Home: youtu.be/Pybo3pIf2Nc
Books featured:
The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin
goodreads.com/book/show/56463363-the-price-of-the-ticket
Release by Suzanne Clay
goodreads.com/book/show/60305919-release
Chasing the Bride by Erica Ridley (Lords in Love #6) (thanks to the author for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62822620-chasing-the-bride
Walk through Fire: The Train Disaster that Changed America by Yasmine S. Ali
goodreads.com/book/show/61192831-walk-through-fire
The Moor by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell #4)
goodreads.com/book/show/59049510-the-moor
All the Right Notes by Dominic Lim (thanks to Forever for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62874242-all-the-right-notes
Bookstore Cinderella by Laura Lee Guhrke (thanks to Forever for providing a review copy) (out June 20th)
goodreads.com/book/show/62874238-bookshop-cinderella
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr.
goodreads.com/book/show/20757094-her-smoke-rose-up-forever
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
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Books mentioned:
Sorry for the cop out, but you'll find nearly all the books on my physical tbr shelf on Goodreads:
goodreads.com/review/list/12818720-kazen?shelf=physical-tbr
Feel free to friend me while you're there, link below!
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
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Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
๐ Everything Booktube Prize ๐
The @BookTubePrize is the brainchild of Robert @Robert.Sheard
Longlist announcement video: youtu.be/bKgZ2yw52pc
My playlist for this year's Prize: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb8bmkSFMG94ycbt0hYLsVWH
My complete playlist for last year's Prize (also nonfiction!): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb-J8XdeXCDzfc5KduaT2Paf
Books mentioned:
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom
goodreads.com/book/show/58065372
Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv
goodreads.com/book/show/59808605
G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century by Beverly Gage
goodreads.com/book/show/60417618
My Fourth Time, We Drowned: Seeking Refuge on the Worldโs Deadliest Migration Route by Sally Hayden
goodreads.com/book/show/58907545
River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile by Candice Millard
goodreads.com/book/show/58777696
The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland
goodreads.com/book/show/60194141
Content notes not mentioned in the video (to the best of my memory, apologies for anything missed):
Strangers to Ourselves: descriptions of many kinds of mental illness including depression and psychosis, descriptions of treatments including electroshock therapy and prescription medication
G-man: racism, descriptions of violence, homophobia, McCarthyism
0:00 Intro
3:43 In Love by Amy Bloom
8:13 River of the Gods by Candice Millard
13:27 The Escape Artist by Jonathan Freedland
18:16 G-Man by Beverly Gage
20:40 My Fourth Time, We Drowned by Sally Hayden
25:40 Final Ranking & Outro
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
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Link mentioned:
Shop Your Shelves challenge run by Suzanne at Love in Panels
loveinpanels.com/prose/shop-your-shelves-spring-2023
Books mentioned:
7 Nights to Surrender by Jeanette Grey (Art of Passion #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/25067013-seven-nights-to-surrender
Forbidden Desire by Robin Lovett (Planet of Desire #4)
goodreads.com/book/show/53101912-forbidden-desire
The Future Chosen by Mina V. Esguerra
goodreads.com/book/show/33596231-the-future-chosen
My Fair Concubine by Jeannie Lin (Tang Dynasty #3)
goodreads.com/book/show/13263350-my-fair-concubine
Love at First by Kate Clayborn
goodreads.com/book/show/54446122-love-at-first
Romancing the Heiress by Darcy Burke (Lords in Love #3) (thanks to the authors for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62822592-romancing-the-heiress
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
Videos mentioned:
Chat with a Cuppa
youtu.be/Aoubl6TCamo
Most Anticipated 2023 Nonfiction
youtu.be/jlFeJxsxX30
Books featured:
Like Nobody's Watching by Tara Frejas
goodreads.com/book/show/36341951-like-nobody-s-watching
Claiming the B in LGBT: Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative edited by Kate Harrad
goodreads.com/book/show/41885456-claiming-the-b-in-lgbt
Walk Through Fire: The Train Disaster That Changed America by Yasmine Ali
goodreads.com/book/show/61192831-walk-through-fire
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
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Book mentioned:
Alliance with His Stolen Heiress by Lydia San Andres (thanks to Harlequin for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61440901-alliance-with-his-stolen-heiress
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
Videos mentioned:
Mid-April Wrap Up
youtu.be/134Q2hwZZZM
Where to Start: Books on Fascism
youtu.be/8gh12uGDAC0
My Booktube Prize 2023 Playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb8bmkSFMG94ycbt0hYLsVWH
Books mentioned:
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet
goodreads.com/book/show/61089467-the-undertow
The Flag and the Cross by Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry
goodreads.com/book/show/58783229-the-flag-and-the-cross
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarer #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/27213244-the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
Books mentioned:
My next Booktube Prize book ๐ต๐ปโโ๏ธ
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (Wayfarers #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/27213244-the-long-way-to-a-small-angry-planet
Defying the Earl by Erica Ridley (Lords in Love #4)
goodreads.com/book/show/62822601-defying-the-earl
The Flag and the Cross: White Christian Nationalism and the Threat to American Democracy by Philip S. Gorski and Samuel L. Perry
goodreads.com/book/show/58783229-the-flag-and-the-cross
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
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Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
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Links and Channels mentioned:
Trans Girl April is run by Kevvie @CestKevvie and Willow @WillowTalksBooks
Announcement video: youtu.be/yTj8YTRlr7E
My TBR: youtu.be/UWh7Z0Zvkh0
The @BookTubePrize is run by Robert @Robert.Sheard
My 2023 Booktube Prize playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb8bmkSFMG94ycbt0hYLsVWH
Books mentioned:
Sing Me to Sleep by R.M. Virtues (Series of Sacrilegious Events #0.5)
goodreads.com/book/show/59443193-sing-me-to-sleep
The Demon Inside Me by Chace Verity (Loved by the Demon series)
goodreads.com/book/show/123277734-the-demon-inside-me
Ana Marรญa and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa (Luna Sisters #1) (thanks to Berkley for providing a review copy!)
goodreads.com/book/show/61423847-ana-mar-a-and-the-fox
Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians #6)
goodreads.com/book/show/29623967-barbarian-s-mate
Content notes:
Sing Me to Sleep: home invasion resulting in death and associated trauma, insomnia, sleep paralysis, drug use (prescription and recreational), secondary character gravely injured off page, medicalized environment
Ana Marรญa and the Fox: strained family relationships, kidnapping, death of side character
Barbarian's Mate: bodily harm (including serious burns), survival situations in the wilderness, pregnancy
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
Videos mentioned:
Stand with Trans Kids Book Tag
youtu.be/brKDSLbMUc8
The Booktube Prize vlog from last year featuring a very smol parlor palm
youtu.be/fgV37JHD7lM
Books mentioned:
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet
goodreads.com/book/show/61089467-the-undertow
Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians #6)
goodreads.com/book/show/29623967-barbarian-s-mate
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
Channels mentioned:
Rachel @Kalanadi
Marilyn @MarilynMayaMendoza
Videos mentioned:
Booktube Prize Vlog - Octofinals Part 1
youtu.be/dpNdLgVExF4
Booktube Prize Vlog - Octofinals Part 2
youtu.be/e5EojM3vPTU
Books mentioned:
The Wolf and the Wallflower by Devin Harnois (Wolves of the Ton #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/68046563-the-wolf-and-the-wallflower
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
goodreads.com/book/show/61295403-a-heart-that-works
Comfort by Chace Verity
goodreads.com/book/show/58709485-comfort
Wrapped by Rebekah Weatherspoon (Fit Trilogy #3.5)
goodreads.com/book/show/37645241-wrapped
What the Hex by Alexis Daria
goodreads.com/book/show/62884295-what-the-hex
The Forever Night Stand by Katie Golding (Malibu Millionaire #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/60175700-the-forever-night-stand
Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert
goodreads.com/book/show/60338559-court-of-the-vampire-queen
The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
goodreads.com/book/show/60321392-the-song-of-the-cell
Intruder by C.J. Cherry (Foreigner #13)
goodreads.com/book/show/11729275-intruder
Come Back in September by Darryl Pinckney
goodreads.com/book/show/59808575-come-back-in-september
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Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/kazen
Twitter: twitter.com/everalwaysdoing
Blog: alwaysdoing.wordpress.com
Instagram: instagram.com/everalwaysdoing
People mentioned:
Doris @alldbooks9165
Meonicorn @TheBookishLand
Books mentioned:
A read for the @BookTubePrize
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet
goodreads.com/book/show/61089467-the-undertow
Barbarian's Mate by Ruby Dixon (Ice Planet Barbarians #6)
goodreads.com/book/show/29623967-barbarian-s-mate
Ana Marรญa and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa (thanks to Berkley for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61423847-ana-mar-a-and-the-fox
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๐ Everything Booktube Prize ๐
The @BookTubePrize the brainchild of Robert @Robert.Sheard
Longlist announcement video: youtu.be/bKgZ2yw52pc
My longlist reaction video: youtu.be/t-GX9uyX-Xs
My complete playlist for last year's Prize (also nonfiction!): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb-J8XdeXCDzfc5KduaT2Paf
Books mentioned:
Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson
goodreads.com/book/show/59546340-sandy-hook
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
goodreads.com/book/show/61295403-a-heart-that-works
Come Back in September by Darryl Pinckney
goodreads.com/book/show/59808575-come-back-in-september
Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson
goodreads.com/book/show/60229699-life-between-the-tides
The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
goodreads.com/book/show/60321392-the-song-of-the-cell
Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv
goodreads.com/book/show/59808605-strangers-to-ourselves
Content notes not mentioned in the video (as best as I can remember, eep):
Come Back in September: death of loved ones, alcohol and drug consumption, deadnaming a trans person throughout (but with love? I don't think it's malicious, but it's there)
Song of the Cell: medicalized environments, descriptions of deadly illnesses
Strangers to Ourselves: descriptions of many kinds of mental illness including depression and psychosis, descriptions of treatments including electroshock therapy and prescription medication
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๐ Everything Booktube Prize ๐
The @BookTubePrize is the brainchild of Robert @Robert.Sheard
Longlist announcement video: youtu.be/bKgZ2yw52pc
My longlist reaction video: youtu.be/t-GX9uyX-Xs
My complete playlist for last year's Prize (also nonfiction!): youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb-J8XdeXCDzfc5KduaT2Paf
Books mentioned:
Sandy Hook by Elizabeth Williamson
goodreads.com/book/show/59546340-sandy-hook
A Heart That Works by Rob Delaney
goodreads.com/book/show/61295403-a-heart-that-works
Come Back in September by Darryl Pinckney
goodreads.com/book/show/59808575-come-back-in-september
Life Between the Tides by Adam Nicolson
goodreads.com/book/show/60229699-life-between-the-tides
The Song of the Cell by Siddhartha Mukherjee
goodreads.com/book/show/60321392-the-song-of-the-cell
Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv
goodreads.com/book/show/59808605-strangers-to-ourselves
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Readathon by Kevvie @CestKevvie and Willow @WillowTalksBooks
Announcement video: youtu.be/yTj8YTRlr7E
Videos and people mentioned:
Shannon @ThatsSoPoe
So You Want to Read About Fascism video
youtu.be/8gh12uGDAC0
Books mentioned:
Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante (out April 18th from Arsenal Pulp Press)
goodreads.com/book/show/63105496-any-other-city
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom
goodreads.com/book/show/44000539-i-hope-we-choose-love
Trans Medicine: The Emergence and Practice of Treating Gender by stef m. shuster
goodreads.com/book/show/56217471-trans-medicine
A Comprehensive Guide to Intersex by Jay Kyle Petersen
goodreads.com/book/show/56387506-a-comprehensive-guide-to-intersex
Scoreless Game by Anna Zabo and L.A. Witt (On the Board #2)
goodreads.com/book/show/75487434-scoreless-game
The Demon Inside Me by Chace Verity
goodreads.com/book/show/123277734-the-demon-inside-me
Drag Me Up by R.M. Virtues (Gods of Hunger #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/57435049-drag-me-up
Sing Me to Sleep by R.M. Virtues (Series of Sacrilegious Events #0.5)
goodreads.com/book/show/59443193-sing-me-to-sleep
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Video mentioned:
Three on a Theme: Potato Chip Reads
youtu.be/DR_yCt__Lm0
Books mentioned:
Book for the Octofinal round of the @BookTubePrize
Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly (out now - thanks to Forever for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61399138-something-wild-wonderful
The Stone and the Star by Jillian Graves in the anthology Monsters in Love
goodreads.com/book/show/61340579-monsters-in-love
Beguiling the Duke by Darcy Burke (Lords in Love #1) (out now - thanks to the series authors for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62820414-beguiling-the-duke
Second Star: And Other Reasons for Lingering by Philippe Delerm, translated from French by Jody Gladding (out April 11th - thanks to Archipelago for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61059998-second-star
Taming the Rake by Erica Ridley (Lords in Love #2) (out now - thanks to the author for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62822584-taming-the-rake
Content notes:
Something Wild and Wonderful (from the author's website): familial estrangement due to queer identity, religion and strict religious upbringing (Christianity), alcohol use, harsh homophobic language (Chapter 16), mentions of Alzheimerโs/dementia care, brief references to past toxic romantic relationships
Stone and the Star: voyeurism as a kink, assault, attempted sexual assault, injury
Beguiling the Duke: secondary character gets a non-life threatening injury
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Books mentioned:
Reading for the @BookTubePrize
Ana Marรญa and the Fox by Liana De la Rosa (Berkley, April 4th)
goodreads.com/book/show/61423847-ana-mar-a-and-the-fox
Forget Me Not by Julie Soto (Forever, July 11th)
goodreads.com/book/show/61618737-forget-me-not
Journal of a Black Queer Nurse by Britney Daniels (Common Notions, May 9th)
goodreads.com/book/show/63179075-journal-of-a-black-queer-nurse
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Mid-Month Book Bash dreamt into being by Doris @alldbooks9165 ๐
Books mentioned:
The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin
goodreads.com/book/show/56463363-the-price-of-the-ticket
The Wolf and the Wallflower by David Harnois (Wolves of the Ton #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/68046563-the-wolf-and-the-wallflower
Comfort by Chace Verity
goodreads.com/book/show/58709485-comfort
What the Hex by Alexis Daria
goodreads.com/book/show/62884295-what-the-hex
Court of the Vampire Queen by Katee Robert
goodreads.com/book/show/60338559-court-of-the-vampire-queen
...as well as books for the Booktube Prize @BookTubePrize
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๐ Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai (thanks to Tachyon for providing a review copy) ๐
goodreads.com/book/show/61432172-bitter-medicine
โจ My written review on Goodreads - 4.5 stars โจ
goodreads.com/review/show/4868192754
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Video mentioned:
Three on a Theme: Potato Chip Reads
youtu.be/DR_yCt__Lm0
Books mentioned:
Octofinal book for the @BookTubePrize
The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin
goodreads.com/book/show/56463363-the-price-of-the-ticket
Taming the Rake by Erica Ridley (out March 24th, thanks to the author for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62822584-taming-the-rake
The Wolf and the Wallflower by David Harnois (Wolves of the Ton #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/68046563-the-wolf-and-the-wallflower
Second Star: And Other Reasons for Lingering by Philippe Delerm, translated from French by Jody Gladding (out April 11th, thanks to Archipelago for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61059998-second-star
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Videos mentioned:
February Wrap Up that includes Bitter Medicine
youtu.be/5lyZy0RtpFI
2-in-1 Review of How to Do Nothing and When Less is More
youtu.be/ntDp9G7OQ90
Books mentioned:
Scoreless Game by Anna Zabo and L.A. Witt (On the Boards #2) (March 1st)
goodreads.com/book/show/75487434-scoreless-game
Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City by Ben Wilson (March 7th, Doubleday)
goodreads.com/book/show/61285361-urban-jungle
Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly (March 7th, thanks to Forever for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61399138-something-wild-wonderful
Saving Time: Discovering Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell (March 7th, Random House)
goodreads.com/book/show/61358639-saving-time
Beguiling the Duke by Darcy Burke (March 10th, thanks to the author for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62820414-beguiling-the-duke
Taming the Rake by Erica Ridley (March 24th, thanks to the author for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/62822584-taming-the-rake
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai (March 14th, thanks to Tachyon for providing an advance copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61432172-bitter-medicine
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War by Jeff Sharlet (March 21st by WW Norton & Co.)
goodreads.com/book/show/61089467-the-undertow
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Links mentioned:
The @BookTubePrize
Booktube Prize 2023 - Nonfiction Longlist Reaction video
youtu.be/t-GX9uyX-Xs
Books mentioned:
Octofinal books for the Booktube Prize
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(roughly: Crybaby Chieko by Masuda Miri)
shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-745621-9
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria (Dance Off #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/62058090-take-the-lead
You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria (Primas of Power #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/52886627-you-had-me-at-hola
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai - out March 14th! (thanks to Tachyon for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61432172-bitter-medicine
The Night of the Wedding by J. Broson
goodreads.com/book/show/63142336-the-night-of-the-wedding
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Books mentioned:
Octofinal books for the @BookTubePrize
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria (Dance Off #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/62058090-take-the-lead
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(roughly: Crybaby Chieko by Masuda Miri)
shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-745621-9
The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin
goodreads.com/book/show/56463363-the-price-of-the-ticket
Intruder by C.J. Cherryh (Foreigner #13)
goodreads.com/book/show/11729275-intruder
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Mid-Month Book Bash created by Doris @alldbooks9165
Cameo appearance by Meonicorn @TheBookishLand
Also mentioned Rachel @Kalanadi
Books mentioned:
Octofinal books for @BookTubePrize
Intruder by C.J. Cherryh (Foreigner #13)
goodreads.com/book/show/11729275-intruder
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(roughly: Crybaby Chieko by Masuda Miri)
shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-745621-9
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai (thanks to Tachyon for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61432172-bitter-medicine
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Links and people mentioned:
Shop Your Shelves Bingo by Suzanne at Love in Panels
loveinpanels.com/prose/shop-your-shelves-winter-2023
My 2023 Booktube Prize Reaction video
youtu.be/t-GX9uyX-Xs
And I'll be doing a buddy read with Rachel @Kalanadi
Books mentioned:
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
goodreads.com/book/show/60324341-brotherless-night
Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
goodreads.com/book/show/39729525-black-queer-hoe
Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha (Mercenary Librarians #3)
goodreads.com/book/show/58724874-dance-with-the-devil
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai (thanks to Tachyon Publications for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61432172-bitter-medicine
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(roughly: Crybaby Chieko by Masuda Miri)
shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-745621-9
Content notes for the books I finished:
Brotherless Night - the horrors of war (many discussed at a remove) including murder, suicide (including by bombing and starvation), injury, rape, genocide; death of family members, displacement
Black Queer Hoe - discussion of racism, infertility, mentions of abuse
Dance with the Devil - violence, murder, kidnapping, torture, past trauma (genetic experimentation, military experimentation, death of a parent, emotional abuse, parental abandonment), significant injury (secondary character)
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Videos mentioned:
The vlog directly before this one
youtu.be/rbIqFiz8jDY
My Booktube Prize Reaction Video
youtu.be/t-GX9uyX-Xs
Books mentioned:
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
goodreads.com/book/show/60324341-brotherless-night
Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
goodreads.com/book/show/39729525-black-queer-hoe
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(roughly: Crybaby Chieko by Masuda Miri)
shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-745621-9
And a mystery Booktube Prize book, ooooo.
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The @BookTubePrize is run by Robert at @Robert.Sheard
This year's announcement video:
youtu.be/mok3Op5N3gU
My standalone review of There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and DisasterโWho Profits and Who Pays the Price by Jessie Singer
youtu.be/jzfVXjT4ITQ
My standalone review of How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter
youtu.be/wANMwYXQEzU
Playlists mentioned:
My Booktube Prize 2022 Playlist (Nonfiction)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb-J8XdeXCDzfc5KduaT2Paf
My Booktube Prize 2021 Playlist (Nonfiction)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb_eb7Al7haYtiYqpB85ITNz
My Booktube Prize 2020 Playlist (Nonfiction)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb9-_2SY9WpbW3Vx00D1kDtP
My Booktube Prize 2019 Playlist (Fiction)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb8Zfx4UTnqSE00oloJ_OCGQ
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Books mentioned:
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
goodreads.com/book/show/60324341-brotherless-night
Black Queer Hoe by Britteney Black Rose Kapri
goodreads.com/book/show/39729525-black-queer-hoe
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What Did You Eat Yesterday? by Yoshinaga Fumi
ใฒใจใใใณ๏ผๅนด็ใใใใใชใใ
[roughly: My First Year Traveling On My Own by Takagi Naoko]
goodreads.com/book/show/1771467._1_Hitoritabi_1_Nensei_
ๆตทๅคใใฉใฝใณRunRunๆ ใใใใชใใ
[roughly: RunRun Travel: Marathons Abroad by Takagi Naoko]
goodreads.com/book/show/23591475-runrun
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Videos mentioned:
2023 Reading Intentions
youtu.be/JBJUqrTIk_o
Review: The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley (Wild Wynchesters #2)
youtu.be/bN0KKgOYSkI
Vlog with Bianca and the Huntsman
youtu.be/V6JJUKEYk2s
Books mentioned:
Untrue by Kris Ripper (Scientific Method Universe #9)
goodreads.com/book/show/40710044-untrue
Written on His Skin by Simone Stark
goodreads.com/book/show/35651398-written-on-his-skin
Twisted Strands by Lilia Moon (Handcrafted Trilogy #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/37346219-twisted-strands
Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri (Books of Ambha #2)
goodreads.com/book/show/43192642-realm-of-ash
Bianca & the Huntsman by Erica Ridley (thanks to the author for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/75681058-bianca-the-huntsman
Content notes:
Untrue: cheating and its aftermath, mentions of past familial death to cancer, BDSM elements
Written on His Skin: mentions of combat
Twisted Strands: BDSM, especially bondage
Realm of Ash: violence, systematic murder/genocide, suicide, blood magic
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Channel mentioned:
Lady @FreeFormLady
Video mentioned:
My video about bunko paperbacks
youtu.be/rDtyMgsEO8A
Books mentioned:
Dance with the Devil by Kit Rocha (Mercenary Librarians #3)
goodreads.com/book/show/58724874-dance-with-the-devil
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
goodreads.com/book/show/60324341-brotherless-night
Bianca & the Huntsman by Erica Ridley (thanks to the author for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/75681058-bianca-the-huntsman
Bitter Medicine by Mia Tsai (thanks to Tachyon for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61432172-bitter-medicine
ๆณฃใ่ซใใจๅญใใใๆ ๆ ็ทจใ็็ฐใใช
(roughly: Crybaby Chieko by Masuda Miri)
shueisha.co.jp/books/items/contents.html?isbn=978-4-08-745621-9
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Videos mentioned:
Standalone review of How Civil Wars Start
youtu.be/wANMwYXQEzU
Standalone review of There Are No Accidents
youtu.be/jzfVXjT4ITQ
Booktube Prize 2022 - Nonfiction playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb-J8XdeXCDzfc5KduaT2Paf
Books mentioned:
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach
goodreads.com/book/show/56769577-fuzz
How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter
goodreads.com/book/show/58369678-how-civil-wars-start
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(roughly: My First Year Running by Takagi Naoko)
goodreads.com/book/show/10088608-1-marason-ichinensei
There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and DisasterโWho Profits and Who Pays the Price by Jessie Singer
goodreads.com/book/show/60423166-there-are-no-accidents
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/55643287-how-the-word-is-passed
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Videos mentioned:
Review of Rookie Mistake by L.A. Witt and Anna Zabo
youtu.be/H2XzHKi7dRc
Review of A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
youtu.be/x6kk3P3XIH8
Review of Too Hot to Touch by Katy James (Firebirds #2)
youtu.be/S5iatAW3xFM
Links mentioned:
Harper Collins Union Linktree
https://linktr.ee/hcpunion
Positive own voices trans review of A Lady for a Duke by Adri
goodreads.com/review/show/4645219314
Critical own voices trans review of A Lady for a Duke by Katra
twitter.com/Katrafiy/status/1530917327453274113?t=1ipZf4OPe6XDiDIiXXMmwA&s=19
Books mentioned:
Coffee Boy by S.A. Chant
goodreads.com/book/show/32146161-coffee-boy
The Hellion and the Hero by Emily Sullivan (thanks to Forever for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/59802033-the-hellion-and-the-hero
Rookie Mistake by L.A. Witt and Anna Zabo
goodreads.com/book/show/60734417-rookie-mistake
Catalysts by Kris Ripper (Scientific Method Universe #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/27160670-catalysts
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall (thanks to Forever for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/57007967-a-lady-for-a-duke
Content notes:
Coffee Boy: misgendering
The Hellion and the Hero: mentions of past emotional abuse, discussion of possible infertility, PTSD-esque symptoms on the page, mild violence (e.g. fisticuffs)
Rookie Mistake: descriptions and discussions of past sexual assault and abuse, plus emotional abuse and threats; fear of flying; light kink; rough sex; hockey fights on page; threats of being outed
Catalysts: BDSM including D/s, bondage, and impact play; mentions of grief, cancer, and parental death
A Lady for a Duke: mentions of death and war, deadnaming (in the past, as Family name +/- Title), mentions and reckoning with past abuse, internalized toxic masculinity (challenged), PTSD-esque symptoms on the page, ableist comments, mentions of suicidal ideation, exploration of substance abuse
Too Hot to Touch: discussion of past caregiving, cancer (side character, in remission), homophobia, bi-erasure, forced outing, misogyny, sports-related injury, forgetting to eat, brief mention of past panic attack
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Channels mentioned:
Cara @WildeBookGarden
Shannon @ThatsSoPoe
Kristenelle @KristenelleSFFReader
Videos and links mentioned:
My standalone review of Everything for Everyone
youtu.be/jWTajCWdDmk
Shannon's review of Half a Soul
youtu.be/x8KdzY5HWXY?t=418
Books mentioned:
Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052โ2072 by M.E. O'Brien and
Eman Abdelhadi (thanks to Common Notions for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/59968759-everything-for-everyone
Alpha by Audrey Faye (Ghost Mountain Shifters #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/43527107-alpha
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
goodreads.com/book/show/60717747-half-a-soul
Inextricably Tied by Avada Vice
goodreads.com/book/show/61042891-inextricably-tied
Nebula Vibrations by Annie Carl (thanks to Vertvolta Press for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/61930393-nebula-vibrations
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Videos mentioned:
2022 Reading Goals
youtu.be/IWqJJEOEmCo
2022 Booktube Prize - Nonfiction playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb-J8XdeXCDzfc5KduaT2Paf
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Videos mentioned:
Standalone review of There Are No Accidents
youtu.be/jzfVXjT4ITQ
Christmas in Japan
youtu.be/6gQfc00unnQ
Books mentioned:
The Stockings Were Hung by J.L. Logosz and Vera Valentine
goodreads.com/book/show/63324244-the-stockings-were-hung
There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and DisasterโWho Profits and Who Pays the Price by Jessie Singer
goodreads.com/book/show/60423166-there-are-no-accidents
No Pasarรกn: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis edited by Shane Burley (thanks to AK Press for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/60796402-no-pasar-n
Titan by Jillian Graves (Romancing His Stone #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/61119039-titan
My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden by Meir Shalev, translated by Joanna Chen
goodreads.com/book/show/51244462-my-wild-garden
Alpha by Audrey Faye (Ghost Mountain Shifters #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/43527107-alpha
Content notes:
The Stockings Were Hung - emotionally and physically abusive husband with short scenes on the page
There Are No Accidents - discussion of accidents leading to injury and death, including the death of a dear friend
No Pasarรกn - discussion of awful things done by fascists
Titan - dysfunctional family relationships, violence leading to blood and injury, and all kinds of kink - daddy kink (pervasive throughout), discipline (spanking), orgasm control and denial, light breath play
My Wild Garden - discussion about controlling/exterminating certain animals within the garden
Alpha - violence, death of a bad guy on page, much discussion of past abuse and trauma (if you'd like specifics ask away!)
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People mentioned:
Adri @perpetualpages
Kevvie @CestKevvie
Laura @LaurasLibraryCard
Cara @WildeBookGarden
Shannon @ThatsSoPoe
Videos mentioned:
Adri's November Wrap Up
youtu.be/ELSvOWvDtAk
My most Anticipated Nonfiction for 2023
youtu.be/jlFeJxsxX30
Books mentioned:
My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden by Meir Shalev, translated by Joanna Chen, read by Author Morey
goodreads.com/book/show/51244462-my-wild-garden
I Married a Birdman by Regine Abel (Prime Mating Agency #3)
goodreads.com/book/show/59443505-i-married-a-birdman
Heart by Audrey Faye (Ghost Mountain Shifters #2)
goodreads.com/book/show/44224273-heart
Jackie Lau's Holidays with the Wongs series
goodreads.com/series/269246-holidays-with-the-wongs
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
goodreads.com/book/show/2350176.The_Complete_Polysyllabic_Spree
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Channels mentioned:
Doris @alldbooks9165
Videos and links mentioned:
Review of There Are No Accidents by Jessie Singer
youtu.be/jzfVXjT4ITQ
HarperCollins Union - I support their strike for fair pay!
https://linktr.ee/hcpunion
Shop Your Shelves Bingo by Suzanne at Love in Panels
loveinpanels.com/prose/shop-your-shelves-bingo
Books mentioned:
There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and DisasterโWho Profits and Who Pays the Price by Jessie Singer
goodreads.com/book/show/60423166-there-are-no-accidents
No Pasarรกn: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis edited by Shane Burley (thanks to AK Press for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/60796402-no-pasar-n
Titan by Jillian Graves (Romancing His Stone #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/61119039-titan
Lord of Temptation by Erica Ridley (Rogues to Riches #4)
goodreads.com/book/show/57025588-lord-of-temptation
The Storm Is Here: An American Crucible by Luke Mogelson
goodreads.com/book/show/59883591-the-storm-is-here
My Wild Garden: Notes from a Writer's Eden by Meir Shalev, translated by Joanna Chen
goodreads.com/book/show/51244462-my-wild-garden
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Book mentioned:
There Are No Accidents: The Deadly Rise of Injury and DisasterโWho Profits and Who Pays the Price by Jessie Singer
goodreads.com/book/show/58775918-there-are-no-accidents
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๐ข I am not talking about any books published by Harper Collins out of solidarity with their union, currently on strike for fair pay and equitable hiring practices. Learn more about their demands and what you can do to help on Twitter @hcpunion ๐ข
Video mentioned:
2 for 1 Review: How to Do Nothing and When Less Becomes More
youtu.be/ntDp9G7OQ90
Books mentioned:
Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities that the Twin Pandemics Lay Bare edited by Kimberlรฉ Crenshaw and Daniel HoSang
goodreads.com/book/show/57031251-under-the-blacklight
Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time by Sheila Liming
goodreads.com/book/show/61331866-hanging-out?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_18
Unsafe Words: Queering Consent in the #MeToo Era edited by Shantel Gabrieal Buggs and Trevor Hoppe
goodreads.com/book/show/60782691-unsafe-words
The Darkness Manifesto: On Light Pollution, Night Ecology, and the Ancient Rhythms that Sustain Life by Johan Eklรถf, translated by Elizabeth DeNoma
goodreads.com/book/show/61272192-the-darkness-manifesto
Walk Through Fire: The Train Disaster That Changed America by Yasmine Ali
goodreads.com/book/show/61192831-walk-through-fire
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle
goodreads.com/book/show/108305.Triangle
Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else by Sarah Costello and Kayla Kaszyca
goodreads.com/book/show/61475786-sounds-fake-but-okay
Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock by Jenny Odell
goodreads.com/book/show/61358639-saving-time
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell
goodreads.com/book/show/42771901-how-to-do-nothing
Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City by Ben Wilson
goodreads.com/book/show/61285361-urban-jungle
Still Life with Bones: Genocide, Forensics, and What Remains by Alexa Hagerty
goodreads.com/book/show/61327473-still-life-with-bones
All That Remains: A Life in Death by Sue Black
goodreads.com/book/show/35212990-all-that-remains
Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond
goodreads.com/book/show/61358638-poverty-by-america
Failure to Communicate: Why We Misunderstand What We Hear, Read, and See by Roger Kreuz
rowman.com/ISBN/9781633888890/Failure-to-Communicate-Why-We-Misunderstand-What-We-Hear-Read-and-See
The Gardener's Year by Karel ฤapek, translated by Robert Weatherall and Marie Weatherall
goodreads.com/book/show/60784661-the-gardener-s-year
โBesides, Who Would Believe a Prisoner?โ: Indiana Womenโs Carceral Institutions, 1848โ1920 by The Indiana Womenโs Prison History Project
goodreads.com/book/show/62057825-besides-who-would-believe-a-prisoner
Burnt: A Memoir of Fighting Fire by Clare Frank
goodreads.com/book/show/61783802-burnt
Both Sides of the Fire Line: Memoir of a Transgender Firefighter by Bobbie Scopa
goodreads.com/book/show/60182413-both-sides-of-the-fire-line
Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California's Wildfires by Jaime Lowe
goodreads.com/book/show/54785510-breathing-fire
Who Needs Gay Bars?: Bar-Hopping through America's Endangered LGBTQ+ Places by Greggor Mattson
sup.org/books/cite/?id=34279
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Books mentioned:
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(roughly: My Second Year Running by Takagi Naoko)
goodreads.com/book/show/10088606-marason-ninensei
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
goodreads.com/book/show/2350176.The_Complete_Polysyllabic_Spree
No Pasarรกn: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis edited by Shane Burley (thanks to AK Press for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/60796402-no-pasar-n
Inextricably Tied by Aveda Vice
goodreads.com/book/show/61042891-inextricably-tied
Hunted by Adriana Anders (Kink Camp #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/59522497-hunted
Whiteout by Adriana Anders (Survival Instincts #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/42366204-whiteout
Content notes:
No Pasarรกn: mentions of violence
Inextricably Tied: death, violence, gore, mentions of suicide, nightmares, dysfunctional family relationships, familial death, grief, BDSM elements (bondage, daddy kink)
Hunted: consentual non-consent, primal kink, mentions of other kinks
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Books mentioned:
No Pasarรกn: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis edited by Shane Burley (thanks to AK Press for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/60796402-no-pasar-n
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
goodreads.com/book/show/2350176.The_Complete_Polysyllabic_Spree
No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole (Immortals After Dark #2)
goodreads.com/book/show/14383.No_Rest_for_the_Wicked
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Videos mentioned:
Original tag by Ariel Bissett
youtube.com/watch?v=hHf0O4e2Z6A
Booktube Prize Vlog with How the Word is Passed
youtu.be/X5zlgvQ2_A4
Books mentioned:
The Price of the Ticket by James Baldwin
goodreads.com/book/show/56463363-the-price-of-the-ticket
No Pasarรกn: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis edited by Shane Burley (thanks to AK Press for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/60796402-no-pasar-n
Scientific Method Universe series by Kris Ripper
goodreads.com/series/126431-scientific-method-universe
Holidays with the Wongs series by Jackie Lau
goodreads.com/series/269246-holidays-with-the-wongs
So Over the Holidays series by Eric McLellan
goodreads.com/series/273047-so-over-the-holidays
Flirting with the Beast by Jane Porter
goodreads.com/book/show/61327471-flirting-with-the-beast
Disability Pride: Dispatches from a Post-ADA World by Ben Mattlin
goodreads.com/book/show/60563931-disability-pride
Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century edited by Alice Wong
goodreads.com/book/show/51456746-disability-visibility
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/55643287-how-the-word-is-passed
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
goodreads.com/book/show/20763843-braiding-sweetgrass
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Videos mentioned:
๐ #NonfictionNovember 2022 - Recommendations ๐
youtu.be/5pexnJwu9L0
๐ฟ This year's Booktube Prize Nonfiction Playlist ๐ฟ
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgRWG5f5bTb-J8XdeXCDzfc5KduaT2Paf
Books mentioned:
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
goodreads.com/book/show/10335308-is-everyone-hanging-out-without-me
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays by David Foster Wallace
goodreads.com/book/show/8192659-consider-the-lobster-and-other-essays
The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams edited by Lester J. Cappon
goodreads.com/book/show/2206.The_Adams_Jefferson_Letters
The Circus Fire: A True Story of an American Tragedy by Stewart O'Nan
goodreads.com/book/show/351219.The_Circus_Fire
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America by David von Drehle
goodreads.com/book/show/108305.Triangle
Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel, translated from German by R.F.C. Hull
goodreads.com/book/show/103758.Zen_in_the_Art_of_Archery
Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy
goodreads.com/book/show/24399756-ghettoside
Invisible: How Young Women with Serious Health Issues Navigate Work, Relationships, and the Pressure to Seem Just Fine by Michele Lent Hirsch
goodreads.com/book/show/33931697-invisible
In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirล Tanizaki, translated by Edward G. Seidensticker
goodreads.com/book/show/34473.In_Praise_of_Shadows
No Visible Bruises: What We Donโt Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
goodreads.com/book/show/33786693-no-visible-bruises
The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs
goodreads.com/book/show/30833.The_Death_and_Life_of_Great_American_Cities
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/55643287-how-the-word-is-passed
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Mid-Month Book Bash is the brainchild of Doris @alldbooks9165
Videos mentioned:
November Mid-Month Book Bash
youtu.be/hIETYCVOx4c
Asakusa Vlog and Haul
youtu.be/uwejKr8nK1s
Books mentioned:
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(roughly: My Second Year Running by Takagi Naoko)
goodreads.com/book/show/10088606-marason-ninensei
No Pasarรกn: Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis edited by Shane Burley (thanks to AK Press for providing a review copy)
goodreads.com/book/show/60796402-no-pasar-n
Simply Sexual by Kate Pearce (House of Pleasure #1)
goodreads.com/book/show/22556820-simply-sexual
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree by Nick Hornby
goodreads.com/book/show/2350176.The_Complete_Polysyllabic_Spree
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