Rambling Raconteur | Historathon Book Tag: Ancient Cultures! (Original Tag) #historathon2023 @ramblingraconteur1616 | Uploaded January 2023 | Updated October 2024, 20 minutes ago.
An original tag inspired by the focus of the first quarter of Historathon 2023: Prehistory - 500 CE.
“Caves of Altamira” by Steely Dan: youtu.be/m_5MtGCWImE
Prompts:
1. The Romans: what books/writers/genres are your bread and circus?
2. The Sumerians: what is a work you read many years ago but still appreciate?
3. The Shang: what is your favorite non-example to pillory?
4. Early Basketmaker: name an early work that points the way to later monuments.
5. The Babylonians: what book did you expect to be impenetrable but found quite easy to sink into?
6. The Persians: how do you organize your book shelves?
7. Ishango Bone of Middle Stone Age Central Africa: how does the length of a work affect your reading experience?
8. The Huns: how do you read/pack books while traveling?
9. The Aurignacian Culture: what are your favorite pop culture references to ancient cultures?
10. The Minoans: establish trade routes and tag some BookTubers!
I tag: Brian @BookishTexan
Quentin @idgitreadsandrambles7090
@evasliteraryparlour
Mark @BookTimewithElvis
@ShawnDStandfast
@billruttenberg
Vin @revenantreads
@Bryan M.R.
@marianamasbooks
@NicholasOfAutrecourt
@ReadbyFred
Peg @TheHistoryShelf
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Books/writers mentioned:
Tony Hillerman
Agatha Christie
Darker than Amber by John D. MacDonald
The Histories by Herodotus, my discussion: youtu.be/1asmGv9oyfo
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, my discussion: youtu.be/vRYemaH4w0E
Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin, my discussion: youtu.be/pobUGne5vuY
Gargoyles by Thomas Bernhard, my discussion: youtu.be/WLYTFXn5zS0
JR by William Gaddis
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, my discussion: youtu.be/AztAFas-R34
A Year with Hafiz
7 Wonders board game
#booktube
#booktag
#tagtuesday
#historathon2023
An original tag inspired by the focus of the first quarter of Historathon 2023: Prehistory - 500 CE.
“Caves of Altamira” by Steely Dan: youtu.be/m_5MtGCWImE
Prompts:
1. The Romans: what books/writers/genres are your bread and circus?
2. The Sumerians: what is a work you read many years ago but still appreciate?
3. The Shang: what is your favorite non-example to pillory?
4. Early Basketmaker: name an early work that points the way to later monuments.
5. The Babylonians: what book did you expect to be impenetrable but found quite easy to sink into?
6. The Persians: how do you organize your book shelves?
7. Ishango Bone of Middle Stone Age Central Africa: how does the length of a work affect your reading experience?
8. The Huns: how do you read/pack books while traveling?
9. The Aurignacian Culture: what are your favorite pop culture references to ancient cultures?
10. The Minoans: establish trade routes and tag some BookTubers!
I tag: Brian @BookishTexan
Quentin @idgitreadsandrambles7090
@evasliteraryparlour
Mark @BookTimewithElvis
@ShawnDStandfast
@billruttenberg
Vin @revenantreads
@Bryan M.R.
@marianamasbooks
@NicholasOfAutrecourt
@ReadbyFred
Peg @TheHistoryShelf
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Books/writers mentioned:
Tony Hillerman
Agatha Christie
Darker than Amber by John D. MacDonald
The Histories by Herodotus, my discussion: youtu.be/1asmGv9oyfo
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Solenoid by Mircea Cartarescu
Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, my discussion: youtu.be/vRYemaH4w0E
Rocannon’s World by Ursula K. Le Guin, my discussion: youtu.be/pobUGne5vuY
Gargoyles by Thomas Bernhard, my discussion: youtu.be/WLYTFXn5zS0
JR by William Gaddis
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, my discussion: youtu.be/AztAFas-R34
A Year with Hafiz
7 Wonders board game
#booktube
#booktag
#tagtuesday
#historathon2023
