MoonyReadsByStarlight | End of Year Reading and Reflection || Nov/Dec Reads, 2022 Reflections, and 2023 Plans @moonyreadsbystarlight | Uploaded February 2023 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
Captions in progress! I am Bek (they/them) and in this video I am discussing end of year plans and reflections. I start with a wrap-up of the few things I read in November before discussing 2022 as a reading year. I wrap up the video thinking about reading goals for 2023.
Mentioned:
Queer Lit Readathon: instagram.com/queer_lit
Harper Collins Union: instagram.com/hcpunion
Time Stamps:
00:43 My Name's Yours What's Alaska? by Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
02:17 Harold Loves His Wooly Hat by Vern Kousky
02:32 Moonology by Yasmin Boland
03:54 Cultish by Amanda Montel
04:30 Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
2022 Reflection
2023 Plans
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight
Twitter: twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
More: https://linktr.ee/moonyreads
Captions in progress! I am Bek (they/them) and in this video I am discussing end of year plans and reflections. I start with a wrap-up of the few things I read in November before discussing 2022 as a reading year. I wrap up the video thinking about reading goals for 2023.
Mentioned:
Queer Lit Readathon: instagram.com/queer_lit
Harper Collins Union: instagram.com/hcpunion
Time Stamps:
00:43 My Name's Yours What's Alaska? by Alaska Thunderfuck 5000
02:17 Harold Loves His Wooly Hat by Vern Kousky
02:32 Moonology by Yasmin Boland
03:54 Cultish by Amanda Montel
04:30 Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
2022 Reflection
2023 Plans
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight
Twitter: twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
More: https://linktr.ee/moonyreads
![November and December Wrap-up [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qGzXQBXtTRU/hqdefault.jpg "November and December Wrap-up [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and here are the books I read in the last two months of 2021. This includes a little nonfiction, a lot of manga and graphic novels, and some sci-fi and YA.
And after posting this, I realize I forgot about She of the Mountains by Vivek Sharaya, which was fascenating! I also listened to it on audiobook and gave it four stars.
27in7: https://www.instagram.com/24in7mix_n_match_readathon/
Queer Lit Readathon (which I forgot to mention, but I did read two of the poetry collections and two of the graphic novels for that!): https://www.instagram.com/queer_lit/
United in Anger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrAzU79PBVM
The other documentary I couldnt remember the name of is Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives, which is on Criterion and Kanopy.
Time Stamps:
Graphic Novels/Manga - 00:36
Childrens Books - 12:54
Poetry - 16:05
Novels/Novellas - 24:25
Nonfiction - 39:01
Partly finished/working on - 48:51
Books Mentioned:
The Girl from the Other Side by Nagabe
Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge
Bue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi
The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
Moonstruck by Grace Ellis
Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett
Invasion of the Unicorns by David Biedrzycki
Think Big Little One and Dream Big Little One by Vashti Harrison
Why? by Adam Rex
Underwear by Jenn Harney
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones
Auntie Uncle: Drag Queen Hero by Ellie Royce
Dreamers by Yuyi Morales
Library Babies by Puck
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
All Kinds of Families by Suzanne Lang
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
While they Sleep by Raquel Salas Rivera
You Better be Lightning by Andrea Gibson
Your wound/My Garden by Alok Vaid-Menon
Nature Poem by Tomy Pico
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey
Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Capitalist realism by Mark Fisher
Saturn Returns Survival Guide by Lisa Stardust
The Only Astrology Book Youll Ever Need by Joanna Martine Woolfolk
Marxism-Leninism-Maoism Basic Course
An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS Crisis edited by Matthilda Bernstein Sycamore
We Do this Til We Free Us by Mariame Kara
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com
Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33TXZE3QFOTL3?ref wl_share")
![The Cemetery Boys Book Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/q_XoVgyddxA/hqdefault.jpg "The Cemetery Boys Book Tag [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and in this video, I am doing the Cemetery Boys Tag!
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2MqemrdAR8
PerpetualPages CB Vlog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5wCYjpcICY&t=2s
PerpetualPages 5 Reasons to Read CB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-IXMo5ZobU
Andrea Gibson poem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsmKDa2qQ-w&ab_channel=AndreaGibson
(good) Books Mentioned:
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Fienberg
Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
The Seep by Chana Porter
Saga by Brian K Vaughn
Sorted by Jackson Bird
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chboski
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Listen to the Warm by Rod McKuen
Stanyon Street and other Sorrows by Rod McKuen
Pansy by Andrea Gibson
Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu
The Witch Boy by Molly Osertag
Important Links:
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
EndSARS: https://feministcoalition2020.com/
Poland LGBT+ Rights: https://lgbtqpl.carrd.co/
BLM:
https://www.standwithbre.com/
https://justiceforbreonna.org/
https://supportblackwomen.carrd.co/
intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
StoryGraph: https://beta.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![Reading Stats | What I Read Jan - July [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/quQi4tCZ5s8/hqdefault.jpg "Reading Stats | What I Read Jan - July [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and in this video, I break down the types of books that I have been reading this year. I look at genre, topic, representation, and author. Then, I talk about the goals that I have around my reading in the next part of the year.
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
Help Black trans women:
https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-more-protection-for-black-trans-women-uk?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&recruited_by_id=41cca640-cb4e-11ea-b9eb-3902259fcef6
https://www.change.org/p/ron-desantis-justice-for-bree-black?recruiter=1019320520&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=5187f980-0890-11ea-90a5-83b14c36b2fa
intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
BLM links:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![2021 Reading || 2022 Goals [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qvompCRcD9s/hqdefault.jpg "2021 Reading || 2022 Goals [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and in the video, Im looking at stats from last year and thinking about goals and reading for this year. After editing, I realized I had a book that wasnt logged She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya, which was great.
If you say anything about the ridiculous journey my hair went on in this video, youre homophobic 😌 (thats... mostly a joke)
Readathons Mentioned:
Buzzwordathon: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1111928-buzzwordathon
#ReadQueerToo2022: https://www.instagram.com/p/CXoBPDdPJRh/
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com
Wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/33TXZE3QFOTL3?ref wl_share")
![Queer Lit Readathon Week 1 || Pride Reading Vlog [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r1Bd2x35Lrc/hqdefault.jpg "Queer Lit Readathon Week 1 || Pride Reading Vlog [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and this is my reading vlog for the first week of pride month!
Queer Lit Readathon: https://www.instagram.com/queer_lit/
Nonfiction Summer Bingo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CsQzlSnLC83/
Time Stamps:
01:35 TBR
05:41 Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon vol 4 Wrap-Up
08:40 Check-in
09:26 Reading and Cat Bath
10:42 I Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng Thom
15:02 Update on Queercore
17:10 Shopping/check in
20:11 Taking Turns by CK Czerwiec
31:28 Cat and Bubbles
33:45 Final Check-in
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
More: https://linktr.ee/moonyreads")
![January TBR || Buzzwordathon and Read Yo Shelves [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r6Gpj1_a_14/hqdefault.jpg "January TBR || Buzzwordathon and Read Yo Shelves [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and this is what I am reading for the month of January. These are my TBRs for the Buzzwordathon and Read Yo Shelves, but I will also have a TBR for the Rent Readathon soon.
Buzzwordathon: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1111928-buzzwordathon
Read Yo Shelves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDmKjRh9EuI
Books Mentioned:
Our Dreams at Dusk Vol 1 by Yuhki Kamatani
The Girl From the Other Side Vol 3 by Nagabe
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor by Hank Green
Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Sontag by Benjamin Moser
Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder
Important Links:
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
Philippians Relief: https://redcross.org.ph/
-About: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54759868
EndSARS: hhttps://endsars.carrd.co/
More on EndSARS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9m_W_BEmxI&ab_channel=BlackProseClub
BLM: https://supportblackwomen.carrd.co/
Help Black and trans people: intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
StoryGraph: https://beta.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![A-Z of Queer Lit [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r6x6e0u7Y2s/hqdefault.jpg "A-Z of Queer Lit [CC]
Im Bek (they/them) and here are (actually a few more than) 26 LGBT+ book recommendations. I have suggestions from across genres - memoir, YA lit, middle grade, graphic novels, history, social sciences, self-help and more! Pride month is fast approaching, so now is a great time to find more queer books for your TBR! I had a hard time not making this video super long because I have a lot to say about all of these books.
Transcription: https://moonyreadsbystarlight.wordpress.com/2021/01/05/a-z-of-queer-lit-16-may-2020/
Other A-Z of Queer Lit (original and I couple that I watched and enjoyed):
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZa3PueGCwg
Perpetualpages (this is part one, but they a few others): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jZMnRtyJTM
Kathy Trithardt (this is part one, but she has several others): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9QSSz6CbZ4
YouTube channels mentioned:
Ash Hardell: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeyThere005
Dara Hoffman-Fox: https://www.youtube.com/user/darahoffmanfox
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony")
![LGBTQ+ Poetry Recommendations [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sND1ewOpfM8/hqdefault.jpg "LGBTQ+ Poetry Recommendations [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and in this video, I am recommending some poetry written by queer people. Poetry can show us things about peoples experiences in a way that other mediums dont. Pride month is the perfect time to learn about about diverse queer experiences, so try some poetry!
Transcription: https://moonyreadsbystarlight.wordpress.com/2021/01/20/lgbtq-poetry-recommendations-6-june-2020/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony")
![Library Reading Vlog || featuring: the Queer Weekend [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sbl_x3eng5k/hqdefault.jpg "Library Reading Vlog || featuring: the Queer Weekend [CC]
Im Bek (they/them) and in this vlog, I focus on reading books that I checked out from the library. I read from several genres including sci-fi, graphic nonfiction, poetry, and more. The lighting is kind of hateful and I manage to use a tripod even less than usual, but its a more realistic representation of life I guess.
Time stamps:
02:13 Murderbot Diaries (Exit Strategy by Martha Wells)
05:03 Check-in featuring tech issues and trying to avoid a crisis
08:58 Reading A Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers + a half-way check-in
14:52 A Psalm for the Wild Built wrap-up
19:47 Check-in
21:48 Plans and kitten
23:41 Wake by Rebecca Hall
31:54 Cats
32:39 Philisophical Trends in the Feminist Movement by Anuradha Ghandy
38:14 Queer Lit Weekend intro
41:33 Reading X/Ex/Exis by Raquel Salas Rivera + wrap up/discussion
45:42 Check-in Day 2 of Queer Weekend
47:11 Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
More: https://linktr.ee/moonyreads
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![Enby Book Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sr8rl6C0qE0/hqdefault.jpg "Enby Book Tag [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and I will be talking about a lot of nonbinary books by doing the Enby Book Tag.
Transcription: https://moonyreadsbystarlight.wordpress.com/2021/01/15/enby-book-tag-26-may-2020/
Original tag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSoYjzZhVBg
My LGBTQ+ Booktuber Tag Video (Mentioned): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ65IOebrc8
Beyond the Gender Binary: https://www.alokvmenon.com/store/beyondthebinary
Booktubers Mentioned:
Et Tu Brody: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-5_VSVesoDYFCeLIbskRYw
Perpetual Pages: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgUI-rhwFBRlSlDhiQ9kubg
Books are My Social Life: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJWQahxmBl81gKs-OBls2Bw
Questions:
1. Name a book that features an enby character
2. Name a book coming out or that has come out in 2019 that features an enby character
3. Name an author who is enby! Mention their book! (if they are publicly out ONLY.)
4. Shoutout 3 booktubers who are enby! If you don’t know 3, try to fix that and name as many as you can. (again ONLY if they are publicly out !!!!!)
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony")
![March Wrap-Up || Soft Sci-Fi/Fantasy, the Queer Weekend, and More [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/svts4p2ly0k/hqdefault.jpg "March Wrap-Up || Soft Sci-Fi/Fantasy, the Queer Weekend, and More [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and here are the books that I read in the month of March. I read across genres including scifi, fiction, manga, nonfiction, graphic nonfiction, and more. I read for the queer weekend, some womens history month, and more.
Time stamps:
00:06 Kase-San and Yamada vol 2
00:56 Murderbot Diaries 2-4
02:18 Legends and Lattes
04:04 Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics by Marc Lamont Hill and Mitchell Plinick
9:21 If Beale Street Could Talk
10:18 Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts
12:12 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
14:27 Theoretical Trends in the Feminist Movement
16:13 X/Ex/Exis Poemas para la Nación/Poems for the Nation
18:46 Last Night at the Telegraph Club (NOTE: I dont think what I said was really spoiler-ey but I do talk about more details in this book than some of the others, so if you really prefer to have little details, it might be best to skip this one)
26:17 Partly-read books
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
More: https://linktr.ee/moonyreads
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
