Wilde Book Garden | King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender || Not a Genre! Book Club @WildeBookGarden | Uploaded June 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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Not a Genre! Book Club intro: youtu.be/9ps55A1TvD4
2023 book schedule: youtu.be/favuEP4xcoE
Recommended Books Mentioned:
goodreads.com/book/show/54698743-the-sea-in-winter
goodreads.com/book/show/55977808-playing-the-cards-you-re-dealt
goodreads.com/book/show/60372447-iveliz-explains-it-all
goodreads.com/book/show/59468970-melissa
goodreads.com/book/show/61633269-things-i-have-withheld
Follow Olivia-Savannah! @OliviasCatastrophe
Not a Genre! Book Club intro: youtu.be/9ps55A1TvD4
2023 book schedule: youtu.be/favuEP4xcoE
Recommended Books Mentioned:
goodreads.com/book/show/54698743-the-sea-in-winter
goodreads.com/book/show/55977808-playing-the-cards-you-re-dealt
goodreads.com/book/show/60372447-iveliz-explains-it-all
goodreads.com/book/show/59468970-melissa
goodreads.com/book/show/61633269-things-i-have-withheld
![June 2023 Wrap Up [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L4w_Czp_X-A/hqdefault.jpg "June 2023 Wrap Up [CC]
*Maui organizations to donate to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit?usp=sharing
*Donate here to help the actors/writers/etc. who are striking: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Mentioned:
King and the Dragonflies liveshow with @OliviasCatastrophe : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWo7op6vjFw&
@CozyReaderKelly
Dajas Book liveshow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HML3yKqcMo
Content Warnings:
The Reading List: Suicide (off-page but extremely prominent), grief, cancer, depression
King and the Dragonflies: Grief, homophobia, racism, child abuse (off-page), outing
Like a Charm: Grief, ableism, emotional neglect
Its All In How You Fall: Brief reference to sexual abuse, lots of talk about food/diet
A Monster Calls: Grief, cancer, bullying
Jimmys Blues and Other Poems: N-word, racism, homophobia, slur for Romani people, references to slavery
Swordheart: Grief, acephobia, violence, murder, kidnapping, references to torture
The Masters Tools Will Never Dismantle the Masters House: Racism, misogyny, n-word, references to: lynching, slavery, violence
A Man Lay Dead: N-word, xenophobia, references to blackface
The Castle Corona: Grief, poverty
Dajas Book: Grief, fire, drought")
![September 2023 Wrap Up Part 1 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LugpXiXZjTY/hqdefault.jpg "September 2023 Wrap Up Part 1 [CC]
*Help Palestinian refugees: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/mxriyums_palestine_emergency_appeal?src=969461#!/
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/israel-palestine-crisis-relief-fund/
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Maui organizations to donate to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit?usp=sharing
*Donate here to help the actors/writers/etc. who are striking: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Mentioned:
@alliewithbooks review of Nine of Swords: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHtHAEMk0AQ&
Julia @ShakespeareandSuch Taylor @PageScreenTaylor
Poor Miss Finch liveshow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kc-G1_TQIA
Margaret @TheWordN3rd
Yvette @BookCave
Content Warnings:
Poor Miss Finch: Ableism, slur for Romani people, period Orientalism / language, grief
Phoenix Fled: Grief, child marriage, violence, animal death (off-page)
The Sea-Ringed World: Violence, self-sacrifice, murder, grief, hunting and animal death
Spoiler Alert: Fatphobia, verbal abuse, references to disordered eating/forced dieting
The Centre: Racism, xenophobia, classism, cannibalism (off-page), Islamophobia, sexual harassment and assault
Silver Nitrate: Racism, colorism, xenophobia, misogyny, grief, smoking, eugenics, blood, violence, references to: drug and alcohol abuse, car crash")
![#ReadForMaui - What Im Reading & Recommending [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/LzJd1TfB8jU/hqdefault.jpg "#ReadForMaui - What Im Reading & Recommending [CC]
*Maui organizations to donate to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit?usp=sharing
*Donate here to help the actors/writers/etc. who are striking: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Info on #ReadForMaui -
Sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScdy_JXSNK-SWFYCXinUefetJVXCLoROFzT7MZvm-CgmGfI1g/viewform?pli=1
Book List: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1noioNsK7ER9r5VGcJc7WNKHkgFAe6KV5RErtrOMxens/edit#gid=0
Info and guidelines: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15aNsPcKkj3pn-p8otneozakOGIL9ikF989v5JpM3iMo/edit
Recommended places to donate: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit
Mentioned:
@CaughtBetweenPages
@BeautifullyBookishBethany
@LiteratureScienceAlliance")
![Halloween Book Tag 🎃 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/M6iebwQtB6A/hqdefault.jpg "Halloween Book Tag 🎃 [CC]
*https://vote.gov/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Show up for reproductive justice: includes info, donation links, ways to help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WUqUomhhzf1Weub1O-o1-l_R9r_QTxJ9lFkEuPUulqo/edit
https://donations4abortion.com/
Info: https://twitter.com/bittergertrude/status/1540395097430163456
https://twitter.com/AbortionStories/status/1521859869485277184
What to do now: https://twitter.com/laurenarankin/status/1540337557690470400
Donate: https://abortionfunds.org/
*Donate to Buffalo-based orgs to ensure support gets to families: https://linktr.ee/voicebuffalo
*Contact your senator and tell them you want them to vote to pass H.R. 8 **TODAY** to require universal background checks (this has been passed by the House and needs Republican Senate votes to pass): https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/general/one_item_and_teasers/file_not_found.htm
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Help Amrita fight cancer and COVID-19: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-amrita-fight-cancer
*Help keep Lily and her family housed! https://gofund.me/9b1456a6
*Vaccine equity is critical! https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1475838044318183425
Donate here: https://give.texaschildrens.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20114a?3565.donation=form1&idb=1306804834&DONATION_LEVEL_ID_SELECTED=1&df_id=3565&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=0B687312276772060E92ABE9E0D431FB&3565.donation=root
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
*Info on occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine: https://twitter.com/ctrlzahra/status/1390630200019496964
Basic overview: https://twitter.com/honeyjarhajar/status/1393599507615698944
https://twitter.com/fadelmoghrabi/status/1390802620776861706
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement, which works to end international support for Israels oppression of Palestinians: https://bdsmovement.net/
Donation links: https://buildpalestine.com/2021/05/15/trusted-organizations-to-donate-to-palestine/
***
Mentioned:
Original video: no longer available :/
Jocelyn: https://twitter.com/joceraptor
https://www.instagram.com/joceraptor/
earrings: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1295998842/halloween-black-cat-and-moon-earrings?click_key=5f0dd43389a82fa58cb355ceb9221c033847c092%3A1295998842&click_sum=dc9ee480&ref=shop_home_active_2&crt=1&sts=1
Favorite Comfort Rereads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Z_ubYoj4I
BookTube Birthday Week playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_jeZ_Fe1szk_Mi_MS-n52nfsq4QweDJ
Tag Questions:
1) Carving pumpkins: What book would you carve up and light on fire?
2) Trick or treat: What character is a treat, what character is a trick?
3) Candy corn: What book is always sweet?
4) Ghosts: What character would you love to visit you as a ghost?
5) Dressing up in costume: What character would you want to be for a day?
6) Wizards and witches: What is your favorite Harry Potter moment? [I skipped this one]
7) Blood and gore: What book was so creepy that you had to take a break from it for awhile?")
![HarperCollins Wrap Up! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MJ7L-XibCuA/hqdefault.jpg "HarperCollins Wrap Up! [CC]
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Content Warnings:
Sacajawea: Grief, slavery, period racism, suicide, references to starvation
Letters from Father Christmas: War, explosions
Carneys House Party: Racism, fatphobia
Healer of the Water Monster: Animal death, alcoholism, PTSD, fatphobia
Winonas Pony Cart: Period racism and sexism
Gilded Ashes: Grief, violence, abuse
So This Is Christmas: Description of attempted sexual assault")
![A Ladys Guide to Marvels and Misadventure by Angela Bell || Spoiler-Free Review [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N-ZlCtB-7Ho/hqdefault.jpg "A Ladys Guide to Marvels and Misadventure by Angela Bell || Spoiler-Free Review [CC]
**A few resources on Palestine and how you can help**
*Donate - https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/general
https://www.unrwausa.org/donate
*U.S. viewers, contact your representatives and demand a permanent ceasefire!
https://twitter.com/WildeBookGarden/status/1724881064949321825
*St. Martins Press boycott info - https://prismreports.org/2024/01/18/bipoc-book-creators-boycott-st-martins-press/
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/speak-up-st-martins-press
https://r4a.carrd.co/#
*News + updates - https://www.instagram.com/letstalkpalestine/
*Help Palestinian refugees: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/mxriyums_palestine_emergency_appeal?src=969461#!/
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/israel-palestine-crisis-relief-fund/
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
* I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review
Unaffiliated purchase link: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-lady-s-guide-to-marvels-and-misadventure-angela-bell/20204061
CW: Grief, violence, kidnapping, misogyny, PTSD, references to asylums, war")
![July 2023 Wrap Up Part 3 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NAApmMUOuEo/hqdefault.jpg "July 2023 Wrap Up Part 3 [CC]
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Maui organizations to donate to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit?usp=sharing
*Donate here to help the actors/writers/etc. who are striking: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh8sULTg72s&
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cdxM5-Z64A
Mentioned:
@KierTheScrivener
@CozyReaderKelly
Hana: https://ballgownsandbooks.wordpress.com/
A Bit of Earth liveshow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1QqRN508mc
@BeautifullyBookishBethany liveshow on Briars Book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzwPuDKs1tA
Content Warnings:
We Belong: Grief, corporal punishment/child abuse, violence, brief gore/body horror, racism
Jackaby: Grief, murder, sexism, blood, violence
The Chaos Curse: Colorism, xenophobia
Team Queen: Grief, murder, violence, neglect, misogyny
When We Were Alone: Residential schools, family separation
Moon Called: Kidnapping, violence, murder, sexism, references to: sexual harassment and assault, homophobia
Gilded: Violence, grief, murder, death of children, gore, threat of forced abortion
Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians: Violence, grief, references to torture
A Bit of Earth: Grief, ableism, colorism, microaggressions, emotional neglect
Briars Book: Grief, pandemic/illness, poverty")
![Can Retellings Make Me Like Jane Eyre? || Reading Vlog [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NSqeKlu_taU/hqdefault.jpg "Can Retellings Make Me Like Jane Eyre? || Reading Vlog [CC]
*Show up for reproductive justice: includes info, donation links, ways to help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WUqUomhhzf1Weub1O-o1-l_R9r_QTxJ9lFkEuPUulqo/edit
https://donations4abortion.com/
Info: https://twitter.com/bittergertrude/status/1540395097430163456
https://twitter.com/AbortionStories/status/1521859869485277184
What to do now: https://twitter.com/laurenarankin/status/1540337557690470400
Donate: https://abortionfunds.org/
*To support families of Uvalde victims: https://gofund.me/bda1a77d
*Donate to Buffalo-based orgs to ensure support gets to families: https://linktr.ee/voicebuffalo
*Contact your senator and tell them you want them to vote to pass H.R. 8 **TODAY** to require universal background checks (this has been passed by the House and needs Republican Senate votes to pass): https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/general/one_item_and_teasers/file_not_found.htm
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Help Amrita fight cancer and COVID-19: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-amrita-fight-cancer
*Help keep Lily and her family housed! https://gofund.me/9b1456a6
*Philippines relief: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/super-typhoon-rai-odette-relief-fund/
*Vaccine equity is critical! https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1475838044318183425
Donate here: https://give.texaschildrens.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20114a?3565.donation=form1&idb=1306804834&DONATION_LEVEL_ID_SELECTED=1&df_id=3565&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=0B687312276772060E92ABE9E0D431FB&3565.donation=root
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
*Info on occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine: https://twitter.com/ctrlzahra/status/1390630200019496964
Basic overview: https://twitter.com/honeyjarhajar/status/1393599507615698944
https://twitter.com/fadelmoghrabi/status/1390802620776861706
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement, which works to end international support for Israels oppression of Palestinians: https://bdsmovement.net/
Donation links: https://buildpalestine.com/2021/05/15/trusted-organizations-to-donate-to-palestine/
***
I realize I forgot to answer question #3 for Within These Wicked Walls! I would say because its so different from the original story, your feelings on the original Jane Eyre novel arent super relevant.
Time Stamps
To skip discussion of anxiety attacks 14:59
To skip spoilers for The Wife Upstairs 28:46
Videos Mentioned:
2020 Worst Books: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPic9VZFi74&
Content Warnings:
John Eyre: Grief, suicide, laudanum, murder, abuse, violence, blood
My Plain Jane: Grief, murder, abuse, gaslighting, references to: disease, starvation
The Wife Upstairs: Grief, murder, alcoholism, abuse, child abuse, foster system
Within These Wicked Walls: Grief, violence, blood, murder, trauma, abuse of children (emotional and physical / corporal punishment), references to: human trafficking, slavery, prostitution, child sexual abuse")
![5 Star TBR Predictions...Lets Try This Again! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NtwAZ6gMyfk/hqdefault.jpg "5 Star TBR Predictions...Lets Try This Again! [CC]
**A few resources on Palestine and how you can help**
*Donate - https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/general
https://www.unrwausa.org/donate
*U.S. viewers, contact your representatives and demand a permanent ceasefire!
https://twitter.com/WildeBookGarden/status/1724881064949321825
*St. Martins Press boycott info - https://prismreports.org/2024/01/18/bipoc-book-creators-boycott-st-martins-press/
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/speak-up-st-martins-press
https://r4a.carrd.co/#
*News + updates - https://www.instagram.com/letstalkpalestine/
*Help Palestinian refugees: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/mxriyums_palestine_emergency_appeal?src=969461#!/
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/israel-palestine-crisis-relief-fund/
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
(The bad thing about updating your thumbnail style is it becomes even more obvious when I meant to post a video way earlier, LOL)
Also, I forgot to say this in the video, but the original 5 star TBR idea is by @MercysBookishMusings !
Mentioned:
@CozyReaderKelly
@ShakespeareandSuch
@BookishRealm")
![Not a Genre! Book Club || January - June 2024 Schedule [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PDDUST1lOrY/hqdefault.jpg "Not a Genre! Book Club || January - June 2024 Schedule [CC]
*Call, email, fax your representatives to support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza! https://twitter.com/WildeBookGarden/status/1724881064949321825
*Help Palestinian refugees: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/mxriyums_palestine_emergency_appeal?src=969461#!/
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/israel-palestine-crisis-relief-fund/
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Maui organizations to donate to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit?usp=sharing
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Mentioned:
Hana https://ballgownsandbooks.wordpress.com/
Julia @ShakespeareandSuch
Schedule:
January: As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh
February: Island of Whispers by Frances Hardinge
March: The Giver by Lois Lowry
April: Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry
May: Messenger by Lois Lowry
June: Son by Lois Lowry")
