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The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag is causing an existential crisis for me, folks!
I first heard about this book from Melissa at Fully Booked:
youtube.com/channel/UC6TB0Zz9XWpeJ5jf9nPz8QQ
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
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Story Graph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
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The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag is causing an existential crisis for me, folks!
I first heard about this book from Melissa at Fully Booked:
youtube.com/channel/UC6TB0Zz9XWpeJ5jf9nPz8QQ
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Twitter: twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
![How do you rate middle-grade and YA books?? [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t1HaLRlHpx0/hqdefault.jpg "How do you rate middle-grade and YA books?? [CC]
The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag is causing an existential crisis for me, folks!
I first heard about this book from Melissa at Fully Booked:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6TB0Zz9XWpeJ5jf9nPz8QQ
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Tenure-track Tuesdays: learning about tenure at my institution [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t21gMeHMtEM/hqdefault.jpg "Tenure-track Tuesdays: learning about tenure at my institution [CC]
Today Im reflecting on what I learned from an informational meeting hosted by the committee at my institution that actually evaluates faculty to recommend or not recommend tenure.
Tenure-track Tuesdays playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmqs5MmADhwKxQ_a7jyD5QoNRDsxp4X6Z
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Website: https://bbruningasocolar.wordpress.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![#StandWithTransKids Tag! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/t5b0jkA72vU/hqdefault.jpg "#StandWithTransKids Tag! [CC]
Im a bit late to this tag, which Leo originally posted on the Trans Day of Visibility (March 31)! But its always a good day to #StandWithTransKids.
Original tag by Leo Bancroft!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cscsGBNXhic
I tag:
Courtney Ferriter - https://www.youtube.com/c/CourtneyFerriter
Joshs Bookish Voyage - https://www.youtube.com/c/JoshsBookishVoyage
AStar Reads - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdnGJA8k5eKBACkiZZ4J7w
Fully Booked - https://www.youtube.com/c/FullyBookedMelissa
The Chaos of Tyler - https://www.youtube.com/c/Wickedjr89s
Katie Reads&Rants - https://www.youtube.com/c/KatieReadsRants
Kathy Trithardt - https://www.youtube.com/c/KathyTrithardt
Creators and activists to check out:
Trans booktubers:
Leo Bancroft: https://www.youtube.com/c/LeoBancroftBooks
Cest Kevvie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNKP3zvqjZOl9WzVFO9aIVw
perpetualpages: https://www.youtube.com/c/perpetualpages
Drag artists:
Tootight Lautrec: https://www.youtube.com/c/TootightLautrec
And Cest Kevvie again!
Activists on twitter:
Alex Petrovnia: https://twitter.com/AlexPetrovnia
Chloe: https://twitter.com/ItsChloeNow
Erin Reed: https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn
Chase Strangio: https://twitter.com/chasestrangio
The Questions
0:00 Intro
0:43 1. Tag some fabulous friends who also may want to do this tag and #standwithtranskids
1:41 2. Tell us about some books on your tbr pile featuring a trans/non-binary character or nonfiction about trans/non-binary stuff
3:42 3. Recommend a favorite book/show/movie featuring a trans/non-binary character
5:18 4. Everyone has their own journey and no one demographic is a monolith. Recommend a book with a journey (however you define that)
5:44 5. None of us knows everything – even about our own identities – especially since we’re not a monolith and each have our own journey – what is a book that taught you something either about yourself or the world around you?
6:39 6. When things are hard in the world or in our lives, sometimes we there are things we can do to help center and refocus ourselves, to bring joy, to keep us going, to keep living, resisting, being our authentically amazing selves. What are things you do to center yourself or find joy?
7:40 7. What’s your walk-on music – or your feel at home in your body music?
8:22 8. Finding mentors, people of wisdom, or heroes can be another way to help us navigate life. Who are some of your mentors? Can you share something they taught you or inspired you to learn more about?
9:48 9. Who are some out trans/non-binary booktubers, instagrammers, authors, actors, etc who you’d like to shoutout?
12:18 10. What are some organizations you’d like to shout out for supporting trans kids/trans folks?
#standwithtranskids - and consider yourself tagged!
Books and authors mentioned:
Akwaeke Emezi
Rivers Solomon
Persephone Station by Stina Leicht
- I heard about this from The Reading Mushroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQze_VB8YGY
day/break by Gwen Benaway
- I heard about this from Fully Booked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYpKK4-9aQ
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
- I heard about this from Courtney Ferriter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v 70C-vMLhDM
Darryl by Jackie Ess
- I heard about this from Cest Kevvie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sMH1WcZgwA) and Gunpowder, Fiction & Plot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuoFmptqVFo)
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
- my review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osq5HCpr-p4
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi
- mentioned in my February 2021 wrap-up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLRWns1tBGs
Venus Castina by C.J. Bulliet
- I heard about this from Cest Kevvie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idHrbG1a4TM
Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (and the fantastic movie soundtrack)")
![2021 reading goals! Part 1: Austen challenge [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/twH1_g1IPmg/hqdefault.jpg "2021 reading goals! Part 1: Austen challenge [CC]
I have several reading goals/challenges for 2021! The first one is to read Jane Austen, a Secret Radical by Helena Kelly, which does an in-depth look at each of Austens novels. Ill read-along and finish all 6 Austen novels in 2021!
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post every Tuesday, with occasional bonus posts on Saturdays.
Follow me!
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/")
![Nonfiction November || buzz prompt! (more bees!) [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ug8ZUmIvW4U/hqdefault.jpg "Nonfiction November || buzz prompt! (more bees!) [CC]
Well, Buzz by Thor Hanson did not disappoint. 5 star book. If youve read it, let me know what you thought!
Check out my previous video for some cool-ish footage of bees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1dgmSg0OW4
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads:")
![Anti-TBR Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vU_JinYgzaY/hqdefault.jpg "Anti-TBR Tag [CC]
Oh boy, do I get judge-y about some of my least favorite authors in this one! :) All opinions strictly my personal ones, and if you disagree about any, Id love to hear your thoughts!
I was tagged by Courtney Ferriter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NHHur8PfeA&t=366s
Original tag created by Nicole at Nicole & Her Books:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j_11fD44EU&t=376s
Coining of Terfling & discussion of Rowlings and Adichies transphobic comments by Gunpowder, Fiction & Plot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VMjnMo7ZOg&t=895s
The tag questions & time stamps:
1. A popular book EVERYONE loves that you have no interest in reading? 00:38
2. A classic book (or author) you don’t have an interest in reading? 1:25
3. An author whose books you have no interest in reading? 1:39
3.2 A problematic author whose books you have no interest in reading? 1:48
(*you can combine questions 3 & 3.2 or you can answer them separately if you have an answer for both*)
4. An author you have read a couple of books from & have decided their books are not for you? 5:58
5. A genre you have no interest in OR a genre you tried to get into & couldn’t? 6:53
6. A book you have bought but will never read? (this can be a book you have unhauled/returned to the library unread) 7:29
7. A series you have no interest in reading OR a series you started & have DNF’d? 7:37
8. A new release you have no interest in reading? 11:14
Authors and books I mentioned:
The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Richard Dawkins - problematic tweets: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/15-of-richard-dawkins-most-controversial-tweets_n_56004360e4b00310edf7eaf6
J.K. Rowling - breakdown of what shes said: https://www.glamour.com/story/a-complete-breakdown-of-the-jk-rowling-transgender-comments-controversy
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - breakdown of the more complicated discussion around Adichies comments: https://www.vox.com/identities/2017/3/15/14910900/chimamanda-ngozi-adichie-transgender-women-comments-apology
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
Wayfarer Redemption series by Sara Douglass
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Where in History Do I Belong? TAG! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vbWOh5_6aMU/hqdefault.jpg "Where in History Do I Belong? TAG! [CC]
Go check out the original tag video on Margaret Pinards channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGG0UUbELLc
And I was inspired by Rosie Cockshutts response to this tag here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3q7z0wZE9c
The questions and time stamps!
1) Choose a favorite color from the following groups:
A. yellow, red, blue
B. gold, ivory
C. crimson, brown, blue
D. black, blue, red, green
2) Choose your weapon:
A. bow and horse
B. spear
C. sword and shield
D. club
3) Whats your favorite food:
A. rice, sweet potatoes, duck
B. beef, fruit, millet
C. beef, barley
D. smelt, camas root, berries
4) Choose your clothing:
A. long robe and wrap skirt
B. cotton and baobab bark cloth
C. linen tunic, belt, and wool cloak
D. cedar bark cloth
5) Choose your animal companion:
A. horse
B. cow
C. hound
D. woolly dog
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Shadows on the Koyukuk by Sidney Huntington [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/voXUwOlJ2LU/hqdefault.jpg "Shadows on the Koyukuk by Sidney Huntington [CC]
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Black Authortube Readathon [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wF9G0-ySjrc/hqdefault.jpg "Black Authortube Readathon [CC]
Join me and Margaret Pinard (https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard) in our Black Authortube Readathon in February!
Link to the sign-up spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13_wwDOlfcUT1OvT_eo3i4COVGdfcgFAbxIW8IDUJdbU/edit#gid=0
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Nonfiction November || time prompt! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wmPDx2sedkA/hqdefault.jpg "Nonfiction November || time prompt! [CC]
Brief review of 46 Days: Keeping Up with Jennifer Pharr Davis on the Appalachian Trail by Brew Davis, my pick for the time prompt for Nonfiction November! This book was so inspiring, and good motivation to maybe get some exercise....ahem. :)
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post every Tuesday and Saturday, with occasional posts on Thursdays! Follow me on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Square Haunting: Five Women Writers - Review! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/x0Qol5nGzPQ/hqdefault.jpg "Square Haunting: Five Women Writers - Review! [CC]
The book:
Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade - https://bookshop.org/books/square-haunting-five-writers-in-london-between-the-wars/9780451497796
Margaret Pinards patreon: https://www.patreon.com/margaret_pinard/posts
And her booktube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard/
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
