Springboard Thought | Friday Reads: The Silence of the Lambs, The Time Traveler’s Wife, Little Brother @SpringboardThought | Uploaded November 2022 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
For all of these books, I have written a review on Goodreads & Storygraph that goes into much more detail (typically). If something here piques your interest, consider checking out the review for more information.
Timestamps
Intro 0:00
The Writing Life 0:18
The Time Traveler's Wife 1:48
The Silence of the Lambs 6:55
Little Brother 9:59
The Man Who Saw Everything 12:57
Channels Mentioned
@Shellyish 0:21 13:11
Where I'm at:
You can find all of my social media here:
https://linktr.ee/frasersimons
Feel free to follow or friend me, whichever you prefer, on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
or on StoryGraph:
app.thestorygraph.com/profile/frasersimons
I also write about books on Medium:
medium.com/@frasersimons/about
Books Reviewed:
The Writing Life
Dillard, Annie
The Time Traveler's Wife
Niffenegger, Audrey
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
Harris, Thomas
Little Brother
Doctorow, Cory
The Man Who Saw Everything
Levy, Deborah
#weeklyreads #booktube #fridayreads #weeklywrapup
For all of these books, I have written a review on Goodreads & Storygraph that goes into much more detail (typically). If something here piques your interest, consider checking out the review for more information.
Timestamps
Intro 0:00
The Writing Life 0:18
The Time Traveler's Wife 1:48
The Silence of the Lambs 6:55
Little Brother 9:59
The Man Who Saw Everything 12:57
Channels Mentioned
@Shellyish 0:21 13:11
Where I'm at:
You can find all of my social media here:
https://linktr.ee/frasersimons
Feel free to follow or friend me, whichever you prefer, on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
or on StoryGraph:
app.thestorygraph.com/profile/frasersimons
I also write about books on Medium:
medium.com/@frasersimons/about
Books Reviewed:
The Writing Life
Dillard, Annie
The Time Traveler's Wife
Niffenegger, Audrey
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
Harris, Thomas
Little Brother
Doctorow, Cory
The Man Who Saw Everything
Levy, Deborah
#weeklyreads #booktube #fridayreads #weeklywrapup
![The Book Palate Tag [Original Tag]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F7pmJyys9Cs/hqdefault.jpg "The Book Palate Tag [Original Tag]
Allow me to present my first original tag!: The Book Palate Tag.
Sweet: What is a book that made you excited to read more by that author?
*Bonus Point if it also somehow exemplifies the genre you most like to read.*
Sour: What book did you initially dislike, but after a reread, you reversed your opinion on? OR: What is a book you loved at one time, but after re-reading it, have found it lacking in some way.
*Bonus Point if the book is in a genre you similarly reversed your position on.*
Bitter: What is a book that you feel is underrated, ‘attacked’ unjustly by popular or mainstream opinion, or is simply misunderstood in some way?
*Bonus Point if it is not a book anyone else has mentioned already, that you know of.*
Salty: What is a book that changed how you thought about or related to other people, or that made you realize something about yourself you were not aware of previously?
*Bonus Point if you choose multiple books, from whatever milestones in your life that feel important to you*
Optional Prompts for the Connoisseur (treat the following prompt as if they were different foods; palates vary depending on what you’re consuming. I.e. choose as many as you like):
- Sophisticated Palate: Choose a book from your favorite sub-genre or that has your favorite trope or motif. Or just go off regarding a bookish, nerdy thing you like/enjoy.
- Unrefined Palate: What is a book or genre that you consider a ‘guilty pleasure’ (though you shouldn’t feel actually guilty about reading anything, really, but hopefully you know what I mean).
- Eclectic Palate: What are the top 3+ genres you typically read or gravitate towards?
- Maturing Palate: What is a genre you’ve read little or none of, but would like to sample more? What book, if any, prompted this?
Books mentioned in the order they appear:
Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles. My review: https://medium.com/springboard-thought/why-you-should-read-small-game-hunting-at-the-local-coward-gun-club-62eee8e927db
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3416417496
No One Here Gets Out Alive by Danny Sugerman, Jerry Hopkins
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3628735322
For Love of the Game by Michael Shaara
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3289373058
Red Spider White Web by Misha Nogha
https://consumingcyberpunk.com/blog/2017/11/25/subterranean-rage-red-spider-white-web
buy in the U.S: http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/speculative.html
Beyond Cyberpunk: New Critical Perspectives by Graham J. Murphy (Editor), Sherryl Vint (Editor)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1991797310
The Flatshare by Beth OLeary
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4118669735
People I tag:
Beating around the Books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC61bA8SxHgoE9O9JgAQouQw
Marc Nash: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdw
Bookish: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYA
MsReads A lot: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnhAfq9Y2HXxuRWYMXI65Xw
Scallydandling about the books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g
Bob The Bookerer: https://www.youtube.com/c/BobTheBookerer
Shawn The Book Maniac: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA
Photo Credit: https://www.pexels.com/photo/top-view-of-table-set-up-for-christmas-dinner-5779181/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/pile-of-books-on-hand-2228557/")
![The Influencee (book) Tag [Original] Booktuber Haul](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GZ-YSoFX28M/hqdefault.jpg "The Influencee (book) Tag [Original] Booktuber Haul
I created this highly original tag in which you simply talk about the books youve consumed or purchased, put on hold, waitlisted, marked to-be-read whatever you like because you have seen other booktubers or influencers talk about them. In this video, I assembled the physical books Ive purchased that I can remember getting because I watched other people talk about them. Its a way of shouting out people while also showing off a TBR, of sorts. Its all by memory at the time so if I get peoples channels or names wrong, please forgive me.
Below youll find the videos and channels that led me to pick up the books:
I tag anyone who wants to do it!
Tag Explanation 0:00
Book List/Shout Outs Begin! 1:51
Belated Explanations 7:41
More Books 7:59
Books & Channels Mentioned In Order of Appearance:
The Iliac Crest by Cristina Rivera Garza, Sarah Booker (Translator)
Channel: @emmiereads : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa1Jjok_7iQ
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy
Channel: @TheBookBully https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mliZAr18JMM
Wittgensteins Mistress by David Markson
Channel: @EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse https://www.youtube.com/c/EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse
American Hippo (River of Teeth #1-2) by Sarah Gailey
Channel: @BookishTexan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc5X9FsjCGg
Antiquities by Cynthia Ozick
Channel: @CourtneyFerriter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWhb6b9FR4w&t=614s
Quiet Flows the Una by Faruk Šehić, Will Firth (Translator)
Channel: @RememberedReads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCwbAikemu4
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
Channel: @apocalypsereading7117 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ8e5JIqxB4&t=822s
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
Channel @ClaireReadsBooks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqOVuFTjYWo
Asylum Road by Olivia Sudjic
Channel: @EricKarlAnderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbz1D1nnVfU&t=480s
White Ivy by Susie Yang
Channel:@MercysBookishMusings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ZTy7q0nB4&t=15s
The Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson, Jonathan Coe
Channel: @beatingaroundthebooks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4pML2CtQAg
The Vegetarian by Han Kang, Deborah Smith (Translator)
The Lightness by Emily Temple
Channel: @ShaelinWrites https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNAfoCEmiXE
Before My Actual Heart Breaks by Tish Delaney
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Saltwater by Jessica Andrews
Channel: @GunpowderFictionPlot : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qiytkWvdO8&t=1345s
Snowflake by Louise Nealon
S.: A Novel about the Balkans by Slavenka Drakulić, Marko Ivic (Translator)
Channel: @AnaWallaceJohnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4iD06ZxvY4&t=970s
History of Violence by Édouard Louis, Lorin Stein (Translator)
@MarcNashhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U5e0diNuCU&t=288s @shawnbreathesbooks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_vXrcE5a4U
Potiki (Talanoa: Contemporary Pacific Literature) by Patricia Grace
Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh
Season of the Shadow by Léonora Miano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cflwFJyY3D4
The Passion According to G.H.; Água Viva
Clarice Lispector, Ronald W. Sousa (Translator), Stefan Tobler (Translator)
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis, Gregory Rabassa (Translator)
channel: @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oojnn8d6ZyU&t=976s
Maidenhair by Mikhail Shishkin, Marian Schwartz (Translator)
Head in Flames by Lance Olsen
The Secret Service by Wendy Walker
Channel: @travelthroughstories https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtZndEii0xo
Address Book by Neil Bartlett
Chroma by Derek Jarman
Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Boy Parts by Eliza Clark
At Certain Points We Touch by Lauren John Joseph
Channel: @BobTheBookerer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPq8p_0axiI
This Is Not a Novel and Other Novels by David Markson
Agapē Agape by William Gaddis
Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić, Christina Pribićević-Zorić (Translator)
I Love Dick by Chris Kraus
Motor Spirit: The Long Hunt for the Zodiac by Jarett Kobek
The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor by Cameron McCabe, Ernst Bornemann
53 Days by Georges Perec, David Bellos (Translator)
transcript by Heimrad Backer, Patrick Greaney (Translator), Vincent Kling (Translator)
In the Lake of the Woods by Tim OBrien
Channel: @MarcNash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l_w5-gKl0c&t=1347s
Where Im at:
You can find all of my social media here:
https://linktr.ee/frasersimons
Feel free to follow or friend me, whichever you prefer, on Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
I also write about books on Medium:
https://medium.com/@frasersimons/about
photo credit: https://www.pexels.com/photo/shopping-cart-on-top-of-books-5632401/
#booktube #tagtuesday #influnceetag #bookhaul")
