Thats So Poe | Hugos 2023 | Novels [CC] @ThatsSoPoe | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
My husband, Sush, and I read the Hugo novels on the shortlist this year, and here we talk about our thoughts and ranking.
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Hugo Awards Playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7tcJIT5sKwPWEzM9G6aZqxkDUD0lf9a4
BOOKS MENTIONED
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
goodreads.com/book/show/58662507-nona-the-ninth
Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher
goodreads.com/book/show/56179377-nettle-bone
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
goodreads.com/book/show/54829360-the-daughter-of-doctor-moreau
The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi
goodreads.com/book/show/57693406-the-kaiju-preservation-society
The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal
goodreads.com/book/show/55077658-the-spare-man
Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
goodreads.com/book/show/61242426-legends-lattes
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My husband, Sush, and I read the Hugo novels on the shortlist this year, and here we talk about our thoughts and ranking.
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Hugo Awards Playlist
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7tcJIT5sKwPWEzM9G6aZqxkDUD0lf9a4
BOOKS MENTIONED
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
goodreads.com/book/show/58662507-nona-the-ninth
Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher
goodreads.com/book/show/56179377-nettle-bone
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
goodreads.com/book/show/54829360-the-daughter-of-doctor-moreau
The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi
goodreads.com/book/show/57693406-the-kaiju-preservation-society
The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal
goodreads.com/book/show/55077658-the-spare-man
Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
goodreads.com/book/show/61242426-legends-lattes
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe
![Hugos 2023 | Novels [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/P9K_t5HXT00/hqdefault.jpg "Hugos 2023 | Novels [CC]
My husband, Sush, and I read the Hugo novels on the shortlist this year, and here we talk about our thoughts and ranking.
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Hugo Awards Playlist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7tcJIT5sKwPWEzM9G6aZqxkDUD0lf9a4
BOOKS MENTIONED
Nona the Ninth, by Tamsyn Muir
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58662507-nona-the-ninth
Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179377-nettle-bone
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54829360-the-daughter-of-doctor-moreau
The Kaiju Preservation Society, by John Scalzi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693406-the-kaiju-preservation-society
The Spare Man, by Mary Robinette Kowal
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55077658-the-spare-man
Legends & Lattes, by Travis Baldree
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61242426-legends-lattes
CONNECT WITH ME
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![TBR Zero Achieved! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PBx_WYCN3MI/hqdefault.jpg "TBR Zero Achieved! [CC]
I just achieved TBR Zero, so I thought I would celebrate by making a video talking about my journey and why I wanted to read everything I owned.
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22318578-the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up
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![2022 Reads | Week 7 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PDOuK__EiUQ/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 7 [CC]
This week I read some books I’d been meaning to get to for a while, which felt great!
TIMESTAMPS
0:17 FIYAH #19
1:51 Velvet Was the Night
5:32 Becoming
7:40 Comfort Me with Apples
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Cynthia @ BookWhimsy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWyPRQsOqX3Rf0kXwoSRb7w
Kristen @ Kristenelle - SFF Reader
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEWVJO0ilejTarqgivc3ApQ
Becca @ ReadBecca
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-h4Og3lZ6f2SseEc72LVDw
BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
BookWhimsy | Velvet Was the Night | Book Review and Historical Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvQN86daRu8
Kristenelle - SFF Reader | Comfort Me with Apples: Spoiler Free (Rave) Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyHsUmOBrCk
ReadBecca | Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente - Book Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV9gvdaC6R0
BOOKS MENTIONED
FIYAH Literary Magazine Issue #19
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58779190-fiyah-magazine-of-black-speculative-fiction-issue-19
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54746205-velvet-was-the-night
Becoming by Michelle Obama
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38746485-becoming
Comfort Me with Apples by Catherynne M. Valente
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56179382-comfort-me-with-apples
CONTENT WARNINGS
FIYAH #19: ableism, poverty, death of a family member, grief, body horror, injury, violence, medical experimentation
Velvet Was the Night: graphic violence, torture, injury, murder
Becoming: illness, death of a family member, racism, sexism, gun violence
Comfort Me with Apples: (unknown)
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![Review | Jennifer Chan is Not Alone [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PTPB5BfK6nk/hqdefault.jpg "Review | Jennifer Chan is Not Alone [CC]
I recently read this contemporary middle grade and thought it tackled some really interesting topics in such a good way!
BOOKS MENTIONED
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53129487-jennifer-chan-is-not-alone
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44901877-when-you-trap-a-tiger
CONTENT WARNINGS
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone: bullying, child runaway, anxiety, death of a family member, child neglect
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe")
![2023 Reads | WeeK 16 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QOVKbCnQIVU/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | WeeK 16 [CC]
This week I read more books for #TransGirlApril, plus finished a bunch of things I’d been working on for a while.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:17 Bad Girls
3:02 Bitter
5:18 The Moth Keeper
7:37 The Best of World SF Vol.2
9:18 Fairy & Folk Tales of Ireland
10:48 The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Freddie @SluggishReader
Becca @ReadBecca
BOOKS MENTIONED
Bad Girls by Camila Sosa Villada, Kit Maude (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59237338-bad-girls
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32279708-fierce-femmes-and-notorious-liars
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58558604-bitter
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43568395-pet
The Moth Keeper by K. O’Neill
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61356477-the-moth-keeper
The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34895950-the-tea-dragon-society
The Best of World SF Vol.2 ed. by Lavie Tidhar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60182639-the-best-of-world-sf
The Best of World SF Vol.1 ed. by Lavie Tidhar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54954651-the-best-of-world-sf-volume-1
Fairy & Folk Tales of Ireland ed. by W.B. Yeats
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34185093-fairy-folk-tales-of-ireland
The Wee Free Men (#1 in Tiffany Aching series) by Terry Pratchett
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34211766-the-wee-free-men
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood, Jeffrey Brantley
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43319534-the-dialectical-behavior-therapy-skills-workbook
CONTENT WARNINGS
Bad Girls: child abuse, child sexual abuse, rape, police brutality, illness, injury, graphic violence, death, murder, suicide, transphobia, drug abuse, alcoholism, trauma, PTSD
Bitter: child abuse, graphic violence, mob violence, injury, death, self-harm, blood magic, trauma, PTSD
The Moth Keeper: trauma, child abandonment
The Best of World SF Vol.2: illness, injury, suicide, death, death of a family member, graphic violence, mass murder, genocide, gun violence, body horror, rape, police brutality, trauma, worker exploitation, poverty, prejudice, depression, enslavement, imprisonment, cannibalism, animal death, mental health issues, bombing, infertility, grief, loss of bodily autonomy, bullying, caregiver burnout, family separation, ecological disaster, war, addiction, toxic relationships, plague, torture, fanaticism, colonialism
Fairy & Folk Tales of Ireland: sexism, injury, illness, death, kidnapping
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: (none)
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![Short Story Reading Vlog | A.T. Greenblatt [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QU6Jy4L6Gko/hqdefault.jpg "Short Story Reading Vlog | A.T. Greenblatt [CC]
Join me as I vlog reading through a bunch of short stories by A.T. Greenblatt and share some clips of daily life!
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Reija @ The Book Finch
https://www.youtube.com/c/Bofinkins
SHORT STORIES MENTIONED
“Burn or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super”
https://uncannymagazine.com/article/burn-or-the-episodic-life-of-sam-wells-as-a-super/
Questions Asked in the Belly of the World (Sept 2021, Tor.com)
https://www.tor.com/2021/09/29/questions-asked-in-the-belly-of-the-world-a-t-greenblatt/
“The Family in the Adit” (Apr 2021, Nightmare)
https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-family-in-the-adit/
“The Memory of a Memory is a Spirit” (Feb 2021, Lightspeed)
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-memory-of-a-memory-is-a-spirit/
“One Time, a Reluctant Traveler” (Jul 2020, Clarkesworld)
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/greenblatt_07_20/
“Give the Family My Love” (Feb 2019, Clarkesworld)
https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/greenblatt_02_19/
“Before the World Crumbles Away” (Mar 2019, Uncanny)
https://uncannymagazine.com/article/before-the-world-crumbles-away/
CONTENT WARNINGS
Questions Asked in the Belly of the World: injury, ableism
“The Family in the Adit”: body horror, injury, imprisonment
“The Memory of a Memory is a Spirit”: prejudice
“One Time, a Reluctant Traveler”: death of a family member, grief, trauma
“Give the Family My Love”: ecological disaster
“Before the World Crumbles Away”: ecological disaster, depression, suicide, injury, death
MUSIC USED
George Street Shuffle by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300035
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
Old Bossa by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/
Fortaleza by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena")
![Wrap-up | Nov. Readathons (#NonfictionNovember #Lovember) [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QcLnXoxURpo/hqdefault.jpg "Wrap-up | Nov. Readathons (#NonfictionNovember #Lovember) [CC]
For November, I participated in two readathons: Nonfiction November and Lovember. Here I wrap up what I read for each!
TIMESTAMPS
0:25 Nonfiction November
6:35 Lovember
NONFICTION NOVEMBER INFO
abookolive | Nonfiction November 2021 | Announcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vihsyADUY
Prompts:
- Collection
- Industry
- Style
- Treatment
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NonficNovember
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nonfictionnovember
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/174090-nonfiction-november-2021
Instagram (NEW!): https://www.instagram.com/nonfictionnovember/
Storygraph challenge: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/c30cd08f-d7b3-43e8-afae-6aecbeaa6a97
LOVEMBER INFO
Read Becca | Announcing LOVEMBER
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3khfOxkdgE
LOVEMBER is a casual romance readathon from November 1-30
💕 LOVEMBER 2021 Prompts:💕
Tier 1:
- Contemporary
- Historical
- SciFi/Fantasy
Tier 2:
- Bare Chest on the cover
- Animal on the cover
Tier 3:
- New to You Author
Prompt image: https://imgur.com/Taq3JFJ
💖Challenge Options: 💖
Option 1: Use the prompts to pick one or more romance reads
Option 2: Pick a unique book for one prompt in each tier
Option 3: Blackout the board by picking a unique book for each prompt
Option 4: Go for maxmimum points. Books apply to their highest value prompt only: Tier 1 = 1 point, Tier 2= 2 points, Tier 3 = 3 points, a book that hits prompts in ALL 3 Tiers = 5 points.
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Review | The Anthropocene Reviewed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrHyEFLbMlQ
Series Review | The Windflower Series by Andi C. Buchanan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpvNdpEVQD4
BOOKS MENTIONED
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54814676-crying-in-h-mart
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55145261-the-anthropocene-reviewed
Feathers by Thor Hanson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18994701-feathers
Women in Art by Rachel Ignotofsky
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43345578-women-in-art
The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise by the National Museum of African American History and Culture
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6384613-the-scurlock-studio-and-black-washington
Alpaca and Apparitions by Andi C. Buchanan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59578294-alpaca-and-apparitions
The Craft of Love by E.E. Ottoman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56280226-the-craft-of-love
How to Fail at Flirting by Denise Williams
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52057698-how-to-fail-at-flirting
Tempest by Beverly Jenkins
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35068495-tempest
CONTENT WARNINGS
Crying in H Mart: depression, toxic relationships, illness, death of a family member, grief, generational trauma, child abuse, alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity
The Anthropocene Reviewed: pandemic, illness, anxiety, depression, injury, death, social injustice, climate change
Feathers: animal injury & death, mild gore
Women in Art: sexism
The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: racism, sexism
Alpaca and Apparitions: (none)
The Craft of Love: transphobia, anxiety
How to Fail at Flirting: domestic abuse, trauma, PTSD, sexual harassment, physical & sexual assault
Tempest: gun injury, toxic family relationships, death of a family member, racism, race riots/massacre, illness, injury
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![2023 Reads | Week 23 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R6B7e37txT0/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | Week 23 [CC]
This week I finished a few books across a few different genres, and had an interesting time with them.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:15 An Immense World
1:52 No Edges
4:04 Starting from Scratch
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Review | Bad Witch Burning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GK7kWpd-ncY
BOOKS MENTIONED
An Immense World by Ed Yong
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59575939-an-immense-world
I Contain Multitudes by Ed Yong
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27213168-i-contain-multitudes
No Edges by Sarah Coolidge (ed.)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63592630-no-edges
Starting from Scratch by Jazz Taylor
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60758291-starting-from-scratch
Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50028605-bad-witch-burning
Meow or Never by Jazz Taylor
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52664824-meow-or-never
CONTENT WARNINGS
An Immense World: animal experimentation/harm
No Edges: illness, kidnapping, torture, violence, injury, death, death of a family member, alcoholism, infidelity, loss of bodily autonomy, sexism, corrupt judicial system
Starting from Scratch: anxiety, bullying, gender essentialism
CONNECT WITH ME
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![2023 Reads | Week 45 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RB3shl2DixE/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | Week 45 [CC]
This week I read a great installment in a mystery series, finally finished a classic, and DNF’d a book that just wasn’t working for me.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:21 The Last Devil to Die
2:23 Something New
4:24 A Taste of Magic
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Revisiting Anticipated Releases | 2022 Q3 (Jul, Aug, Sep)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evsz2R-Bje8
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62226126-the-last-devil-to-die
Something New by P.G. Wodehouse
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26210292-something-new
A Taste of Magic by J. Elle
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53252097-a-taste-of-magic
CONTENT WARNINGS
The Last Devil to Die: illness, violence, death, death of a family member, suicide
Something New: injury, toxic relationships
A Taste of Magic: illness
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe")
![Review | The Mimicking of Known Successes [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RCtRfwoAgaI/hqdefault.jpg "Review | The Mimicking of Known Successes [CC]
If you like cozy mysteries and sci-fi, I think you’ll love this start to a new series!
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60784309-the-mimicking-of-known-successes
Infomocracy by Malka Older
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26114433-infomocracy
CONTENT WARNINGS
The Mimicking of Known Successes: ecological disaster, violence, injury
CONNECT WITH ME
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![2022 Reads | Weeks 35 & 36 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RSJnlyT1Pos/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Weeks 35 & 36 [CC]
The past two weeks I was in a bit of a reading slump, so I had a few DNFs and a few comfort rereads, but I also finished a great memoir as I’ve started to get out of the slump.
TIMESTAMPS
0:59 The Grief of Stones
2:30 Sightseeing
3:49 The Secret Life of Groceries
5:25 Frederica
7:55 Venetia
11:34 These Old Shades
14:00 The Impossible City
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Freddie @SluggishReader
BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Sluggish Reader | Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR5bnkwgJOU
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724898-the-grief-of-stones
Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/873863.Sightseeing
The Secret Life of Groceries by Benjamin Lorr
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50548165-the-secret-life-of-groceries
Frederica by Georgette Heyer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8407822-frederica
Venetia by Georgette Heyer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11432520-venetia
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8180971-these-old-shades
The Impossible City by Karen Cheung
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58082211-the-impossible-city
CONTENT WARNINGS
The Grief of Stones: sexual exploitation of women, suicide, murder, extreme poverty, systemic inequalities
Sightseeing: animal cruelty, graphic descriptions
The Secret Life of Groceries: (unknown)
Frederica: injury, illness, age gap romance
Venetia: ableism, injury, toxic relationships, death of a family member, age gap romance
These Old Shades: child neglect/abuse/abandonment, suicide, age gap romance
The Impossible City: colonialism, elitism, protest suppression, toxic family relationships, domestic/child abuse, depression, suicide attempts, (involuntary) commitment, illness, death of a family member
CONNECT WITH ME
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