Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar | Kids Books Gift Guide! [CC] @bethannebruninga-socolar | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Two of my current favorite kids books. The art in both is so beautiful that these are really enjoyable for adults, too! And there's still time to order as Christmas gifts. :)
Books mentioned:
A Beetle Is Shy - amazon.com/Beetle-Shy-Nature-Books/dp/1452127123/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YOBLLW5AJOUK&dchild=1&keywords=a+beetle+is+shy&qid=1607186963&sprefix=a+beetle+is+shy%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-1
The Lion and the Bird - amazon.com/Lion-Bird-Marianne-Dubuc/dp/1592701515/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+lion+and+the+bird&qid=1607187007&sr=8-1
About me:
Hi, I'm Bethanne! I'm a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) I'm an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
Two of my current favorite kids books. The art in both is so beautiful that these are really enjoyable for adults, too! And there's still time to order as Christmas gifts. :)
Books mentioned:
A Beetle Is Shy - amazon.com/Beetle-Shy-Nature-Books/dp/1452127123/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YOBLLW5AJOUK&dchild=1&keywords=a+beetle+is+shy&qid=1607186963&sprefix=a+beetle+is+shy%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-1
The Lion and the Bird - amazon.com/Lion-Bird-Marianne-Dubuc/dp/1592701515/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+lion+and+the+bird&qid=1607187007&sr=8-1
About me:
Hi, I'm Bethanne! I'm a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) I'm an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
![Kids Books Gift Guide! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/I03CZYxoM38/hqdefault.jpg "Kids Books Gift Guide! [CC]
Two of my current favorite kids books. The art in both is so beautiful that these are really enjoyable for adults, too! And theres still time to order as Christmas gifts. :)
Books mentioned:
A Beetle Is Shy - https://www.amazon.com/Beetle-Shy-Nature-Books/dp/1452127123/ref=sr_1_1?crid=YOBLLW5AJOUK&dchild=1&keywords=a+beetle+is+shy&qid=1607186963&sprefix=a+beetle+is+shy%2Caps%2C194&sr=8-1
The Lion and the Bird - https://www.amazon.com/Lion-Bird-Marianne-Dubuc/dp/1592701515/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+lion+and+the+bird&qid=1607187007&sr=8-1
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")
![Fantasy review - Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IFsdMmfENuw/hqdefault.jpg "Fantasy review - Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb [CC]
Epic fantasy that just sucked me in. :)
This was a buddy read with Megan at Megans Reading Revelations and other folks on her discord:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmX0661Xu7mFnEttonuQDg
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne (she/her)! 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!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Failing a book challenge! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IZBnL5XjuEM/hqdefault.jpg "Failing a book challenge! [CC]
Well, Im ditching one of my personal challenges I set for my 2021 reading, my Goodreads Fantasy challenge. Announcement video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvHohalTsUk&t=1s
I got the idea for this challenge from Mara over at bookslikewhoa: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzfZdP0V5wRtO3xR79nAS2A
List of books included:
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (my vlog of Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUJFSv6N_zc)
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (my brief review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28HtlfByvmM)
Storm Front by Jim Butcher
House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik (my review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kftwT2AB9U)
The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow (my brief review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLRWns1tBGs)
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin (my review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kN_UegWkAk)
Some background on issues with House in the Cerulean Sea:
An interview with Klune, including a written transcript: https://www.jeffandwill.com/biggayfictionpodcast/2020/03/16/episode-232-tj-klune-on-the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea-extraordinaries-and-greek-creek/
A reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/romancelandia/comments/nqqofa/the_house_in_the_cerulean_sea_and_the_60s_scoop/
An informative review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4032060130
Mentioned by Rosie Cockshutt (who shared the interview and goodreads links): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdAlH3uLIFs
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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")
![Help a booktuber in need - Amrita by the book [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ie_Xq0y7ZzM/hqdefault.jpg "Help a booktuber in need - Amrita by the book [CC]
Hi everyone! Please give what you can to Amritas gofundme for medical costs: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-amrita-fight-cancer
Her booktube channel, Amrita by the book: https://www.youtube.com/c/AmritabytheBook
Her instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amrita_by_the_book/
Her twitter: https://twitter.com/amritaIQ")
![Review - communion by bell hooks [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JBPfIT3zvrc/hqdefault.jpg "Review - communion by bell hooks [CC]
Well, this was a change-your-life book for me!
Book link:
communion by bell hooks - https://bookshop.org/books/communion-the-female-search-for-love/9780060938291
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")
![January reading wrap-up! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JiaxxWqLxn0/hqdefault.jpg "January reading wrap-up! [CC]
It was a good reading month for me!
Time stamps & books I read
0:00 Intro
0:18 The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
1:48 Adore You, Smitten, and Then Came You - trilogy by Nicole Falls
Nicole Falls on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NicoleFalls
Black Authortuber Readathon wrap-up video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_NHXuyI2v8
my review video of the Accidentally in Love trilogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIgiHS7w08o
5:07 Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Hosts of the Out of the Coffin Readalong:
BookTube with Amy: https://www.youtube.com/c/BookTubewithAmy
Anges book chatter: https://www.youtube.com/c/AngewithanE
7:13 Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
8:13 Flying too High by Kerry Greenwood
Rosie Cockshutts channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/RosieCockshutt
9:27 A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony
Johns channel, Hey Yall Listen Up: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeyYallListenUp
11:14 Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
my review video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODul4x3crPY
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")
![Indie fantasy: Margaret Pinard & S.D. Huston! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/K4Rp9mwBgCw/hqdefault.jpg "Indie fantasy: Margaret Pinard & S.D. Huston! [CC]
I recently enjoyed Margaret Pinards speculative fiction short story collection, Fabled Passages, available on e-readers everywhere: https://www.amazon.com/Fabled-Passages-Speculative-Margaret-Pinard-ebook/dp/B0BKFBTVHF
AND the second book in S.D. Hustons Clash of Goddesses trilogy, Soul of a Rose: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Rose-Clash-Goddesses-Book-ebook/dp/B09P41VM8L/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1KF3AKKWYMQRJ&keywords=soul+of+a+rose&qid=1677087482&s=digital-text&sprefix=soul+of+a+rose%2Cdigital-text%2C100&sr=1-1
Make sure to check out both of the authors channels:
Margaret Pinard: https://www.youtube.com/@MargaretPinard
S.D. Huston: https://www.youtube.com/@SDHuston
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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")
![The Divine Comedy Reader Tag! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KGARaHh_uFk/hqdefault.jpg "The Divine Comedy Reader Tag! [CC]
I was tagged by John at Hey Yall Listen Up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtNvLNLB5mk
Original tag by Tom at Tom LA Books:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVOVggh8j2w&t=0s
The Divine Comedy reader tag prompts:
1. VIRGIL AND DANTE
Inferno Canto I - “Are you the font that pours so overwhelming a river of human speech?”
ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE BOOKS FEATURING A MASTER / PUPIL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS.
2. THE PSYCHEDELIC EAGLE
Paradiso Canto VIII - “In the sky I saw, distinctly shown in golden fire, the image of an Eagle’s head and neck.”
A BOOK THAT FIRED UP YOUR VISUAL IMAGINATION MORE THAN OTHERS.
3. COUNT UGOLINO
Inferno, Canto XXXIII - “And then hunger had more power than even sorrow had over me”
A BOOK YOU READ WITH SUCH GRAPHIC AND HORRIFIC DESCRIPTIONS THAT YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THEM.
4. THE CINEMATIC ARCHANGEL
Inferno Canto IX - “I saw more than a thousand souls of the ruined flee before one who strode across the Styx”
WHAT BOOK THAT’S NOT BEEN ADAPTED FOR CINEMA WOULD YOU MAKE INTO A MOVIE OR A TV SERIES IF YOU WERE A PRODUCER WITH UNLIMITED FINANCIAL MEANS?
5. THE NOBLE CASTLE
Inferno Canto IV - “The Master of those who know, sitting in a philosophic family who look to him and do him honor.”
YOUR FAVORITE BOOK BY A PRE-CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER or a BOOK ABOUT ANCIENT GREECE THAT YOU LIKED.
6. PAOLO E FRANCESCA
Inferno Canto V “Love, which absolves none who are loved from loving”
A BOOK OF ANY GENRE WITH A LOVE STORY THAT YOU PARTICULARLY LIKED - AS PART OF THE CENTRAL PLOT OR NOT.
7. ULYSSES
Inferno, Canto XXVI “Until the sea had closed up over us.”
NAME A BOOK YOU LOVED (ANY GENRE) WHOSE PROTAGONIST LEADS A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HIS / HER COURAGE AND AMBITION INTO AN ADVENTURE.
8. ST. BERNARD THE POET
Paradiso Canto XXXIII - “Love, in your womb, was fanned to fire again”
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE POETRY BOOKS IN TRANSLATION?
9. TAG SOMEONE !
I tag:
Courtney Ferriter: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6f2IQ2BSjJT0xXiVfba2Yg
Melissa Firman: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxUQz8ZqW-wDHxxn3yyQKLg
Books mentioned:
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
(my review here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osq5HCpr-p4&t=1s)
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time series
Twenty Years at Hull-House by Jane Addams
Morningstar by Pierce Brown, Red Rising trilogy
Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, Death Gate Cycle
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Collected Poems of Czeslaw Milosz
A Grain of Sand by Wislawa Szymborska
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne (she/her)! 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 occasional Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Fantasy review - The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KHkYoipZk4E/hqdefault.jpg "Fantasy review - The Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter [CC]
EPIC!
Link to the book: https://bookshop.org/books/the-rage-of-dragons/9780316489775
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne (she/her)! 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, Fridays, and occasional Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![The Slaughtermans Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KMGfv0IVxNI/hqdefault.jpg "The Slaughtermans Daughter by Yaniv Iczkovits [CC]
One of my assignments for the BookTube Prize octofinals, group C. And my top-ranked book from that group!
Bookshop link: https://bookshop.org/books/the-slaughterman-s-daughter/9780805243659
Check out my ranking video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE-R_gaEPXQ&t=1s
Scott at Gunpowder, Fiction & Plot discusses this book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuSwrjoxCmw
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")
![#TagTuesday: Are you like Jane Austen?? [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KVlkHZzFFB0/hqdefault.jpg "#TagTuesday: Are you like Jane Austen?? [CC]
I forgot to tag anyone because Im a MONSTER! If youre watching this and havent done the tag yet, please consider doing it!
Original tag by Shelly Swearingen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B23u5XMdF_E
Margaret Pinards version of the tag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQDkykGcBb8
Prompts & timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:22 1) Jane Austen was.an artist and writer. Give yourself a point if youre an artist. Give yourself an extra point if you are a writer.
2:56 2) Austen was born to a large family. She had a total of 7 siblings: one sister and six brothers. Give yourself a point if you have three or more siblings family.
3:20 3) Austen did not enjoy her formal education. Give yourself a point if you did not care for school.
4:18 4) Dark humor is woven throughout Austen’s writing. Give yourself a point if you have a grim sense of humor. You must share a dark joke in order to get this point.
5:06 5) Jane broke off two engagements and died a spinster. Give yourself a point if you are single.
5:20 6) Austen experienced low periods or spells of depression. Give yourself a point if you have struggled with mental health.
6:03 7) Jane moved away from her childhood home in her 20s. Give yourself a point if you’ve lived away from your childhood hometown or region.
6:44 8) Jane was not vain. Give yourself a point if you have very little interest in vanity.
7:35 9) Hair was of little concern to Austen. Give yourself a point if you cannot be bothered with your hair.
8:10 10) Austen expressed her distaste for hot weather. Give yourself a point if you dislike the heat.
How did you score?
10-11 - The spirit of Jane Austen lives in you. She’s with you day in and day out.
9-8 - In another life Jane Austen and you could have been siblings or at least good friends. You want to spend time with one another and work to make that happen.
6-7 - You and Austen are friends. You two could enjoy a long walk in the country and chat about all of the things you all have in common.
4-5 - Though you have less in common with Jane than some, you could probably spend an afternoon with her chatting about your similarities and differences.
2-3 - You and Austen may not share much in common, but you two would be delighted to see one another at a local social gathering exchanging pleasantries on your different lives.
0-1 - You and Austen could learn a lot from one another considering how different you are. This could be shared over a cup of afternoon tea.
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
