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My Journey with Thomas Hardy | Victober 2020

Good Strong Words 2026-09-21 | My Journey with Thomas Hardy | Victober 2020

Im Back Just in Time for My 2024 Victober TBR!

Good Strong Words 2024-10-02 | Books Mentioned:
A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy
Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
Romola by George Eliot
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens

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Channel Notice and Ancientsathon Update | 2024

Good Strong Words 2024-06-07 | Social Media Links:
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Miserable Book Recommendations Based on Taylor Swift Track Fives

Good Strong Words 2024-05-21 | Books Mentioned:
Sylvia's Lover by Elizabeth Gaskell
Vanity Fair by William Thackeray
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
He Knew He Was Right by Anthony Trollope
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Beartown by Fredrik Backman
The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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TBR Clear Out Vlog | April 2024

Good Strong Words 2024-05-11 | Books Mentioned:
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Children of Jocasta by Natalie Haynes
Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser

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Misery May Pile of Possibilities | 2024

Good Strong Words 2024-04-26 | Misery May Cohosts:
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@GemofBooks

Books Mentioned:
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Medea by Eilish Quin
The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks
The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Joan by Katherine J Chen

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Every Book Currently on My Non Classic TBR | 2024

Good Strong Words 2024-04-19 | Social Media:
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Spilling the Tea on Ten Bookish Controversies

Good Strong Words 2024-04-12 | Social Media:
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#herstoryathon Vlog: Serial Killers, Hardy, and a Dash of Magic | 2024

Good Strong Words 2024-04-05 | Books Mentioned:
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
The Letters of John and Abigail Adams

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TBR Clear Out and April Reading Plans | 2024

Good Strong Words 2024-03-29 | TBR Clear Out Announcement: youtu.be/pElOO3PrFkU?si=cco9DLnL-dXiTlSL

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10 Books I Love About Women in History | #herstoryathon 2024

Good Strong Words 2024-03-22 | Books Mentioned:
Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon
Jane Austen at Home by Lucy Worsley
The Brontës by Juliet Barker
The Creation of Anne Boleyn by Susan Bordo
John Adams by David McCullough
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Cecily by Annie Garthwaite
My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
The Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B Moore

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February was a Pretty Decent Month! | #welovejenny Readathon Vlog

Good Strong Words 2024-03-08 | Books Mentioned:
The Map of Time by Felix J Palma
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy
All's Well by Mona Awad
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell

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Herstoryathon TBR | March 2024

Good Strong Words 2024-02-23 | Hosts of Herstoryathon:
@CoynieReads
@LiterarilySmitten

Books Mentioned:
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser
Joan by Katherine J Chen
The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis

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Favorite Books Inspired by Jennifer Brooks | #welovejenny

Good Strong Words 2024-02-13 | Books Mentioned:
Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by VE Schwab
Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian
The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman

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#WeLoveJenny Readathon TBR With a Dash of Febregency

Good Strong Words 2024-02-02 | Books Mentioned:
Lancelot by Giles Kristian
All's Well by Mona Awad
Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
The Second Mrs. Astor by Shana Abé
The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
Marie Antoinette by Antonia Fraser

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Ranking the Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell

Good Strong Words 2024-01-26 | Books Mentioned by Elizabeth Gaskell (Not in Order)
Ruth
Sylvia's Lovers
Cranford
North and South
Mary Barton
Wives and Daughters

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A Chill Weekend Reading Vlog!

Good Strong Words 2024-01-19 | Books Mentioned:
The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

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My Favorite Reads of 2023!

Good Strong Words 2024-01-12 | Books Mentioned (Not in Order):
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Cecily by Annie Garthwaite
How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman
Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon

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My Most Disappointing Reads of 2023

Good Strong Words 2024-01-09 | Books Mentioned:
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Prize Women by Caroline Lea

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Final Reads of 2023 | Vlog

Good Strong Words 2024-01-05 | Host of Booktube Spin: @RickMacDonnell

Books Mentioned:
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Prize Women by Caroline Lea
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Adventures of Amina Al Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies by Heather Fawcett
All's Well by Mona Award

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Christmas Book Haul | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-12-29 | Books Mentioned:
The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen
Weyward by Emilia Hart
If the Tide Turns by Rachel Rueckert
Wax and Wayne by Brandon Sanderson
The Liveship Traders by Robin Hobb
The Map of Time by Felix J. Palma
Tales from the Hinterland by Melissa Albert
House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

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Making 2024 A Fulfilling One | Reading and Channel Goals

Good Strong Words 2023-12-22 | Let me know what you'd like to see from me in 2024!

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BookTube Made Me Do It (Part I) | Vlog

Good Strong Words 2023-12-15 | Books Mentioned:
Lovely War by Julie Berry
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K Roach
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson

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November Wrap Up and End of the Year POP | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-12-08 | Books Mentioned:
Lovely War by Julie Berry
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon
Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K Roach
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
Prize Women by Caroline Lea
The Kingdom of Sweets by Erika Johansen

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30 Classics I Better Read Before I Turn 30!

Good Strong Words 2023-12-01 | Social Media:
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Victober Wrap Up and November Possibilities | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-11-07 | Books Mentioned:
The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman
Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K. Roach
Lovely War by Julie Berry
The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson
Lancelot by Giles Kristian
Possession by A.S. Byatt
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead

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My Chaotic Victober 2023 | Vlog

Good Strong Words 2023-11-07 | Books Mentioned:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar Wilde
The Tower of London by William H Ainsworth
Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

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Post Victober Victorian TBR | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-10-31 | Books Mentioned:
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
Daughters of Danaus by Mona Caird
Romola by George Eliot
The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens
Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope

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My Victorian Literature Journey | Tag #victober

Good Strong Words 2023-10-17 | Original Tag: youtu.be/tAk_vkiHq8I?si=730cZmxKgYJKVJKD
Film Adaptations I Want to See: youtu.be/Xi07TpUPiWs?si=Ry-PRbFAU2LR3JJH

Creators:
@scallydandlingaboutthebooks
@tillysshelf

Prompts:
1. What was your first experience reading Victorian literature and how was it?
2. Has the reading of a Victorian book ever brought you to tears? If so tell us more.
3. Are there any people who have played a significant role in your Victorian literature journey?
4. Do you have a favourite film or TV adaptation of a Victorian book? What about one you'd like to see made?
5. Which character in Victorian literature most resembles you, or you identify with most?
6. Do you have a favourite moment, scene or line from Victorian literature? Tell us about it or read it to us.
7. Does any Victorian literature intimidate you? If so, what and why.
8. What tips would you give to someone early on in their Victorian literature journey?
9. What is your top recommended read for other readers of Victorian literature?
10. Tag people.

Books Mentioned:
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Goblin Market by Christina Rosetti
Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson

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Victorian Novels that NEED Film Adaptations | #victober

Good Strong Words 2023-10-10 | Books Mentioned:
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Silas Marner by George Eliot
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

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My Top 10 Favorite Victorian Novels | #victober

Good Strong Words 2023-10-07 | Books Mentioned (Not in Order):
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy
Adam Bede by George Eliot
The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
Middlemarch by George Eliot
Vanity Fair by William Thackeray

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Recent Reads from August and September | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-09-29 | Books Mentioned:
The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
Babel by RF Kuang
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Under the Cover of Mercy by Rebecca Connolly

Podcast: @GodinAllThings2

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Its Victober Time!! | TBR, Channel, Podcast, and Other Plans

Good Strong Words 2023-09-26 | Victober Hosts:
@katiejlumsden
@katehowereads
@bookswithpetra
@scallydandlingaboutthebooks
@BlatantlyBookish

My Podcast Channel: @GodinAllThings2

Books Mentioned:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sylvia's Lovers by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Daughters of Danaus by Mona Caird
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins
The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Bleak House by Charles Dickens

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The Shakespeare Journey Tag

Good Strong Words 2023-09-23 | Original Tag Created by:
@OldBluesChapterandVerse
@adayofsmallthings
@booksimnotreading

Prompts:
1. What was your first experience reading Shakespeare and what was it like?
2. Has the reading of a Shakespeare play ever brought you to tears? What scene was it and where were you when it happened?
3. Are there any people that have played a significant role in your Shakespeare journey?
4. Do you have a favorite book or film about Shakespeare?
5. Which character in Shakespeare most resembles you and in what ways?
6. Which play would you most like to see performed in a theatre and why?
7. What actor, throughout history, would you most like to have seen play Hamlet while in his prime?
8. Deliver your favorite speech or soliloquy from a Shakespeare play.
9. Do any of Shakespeare's plays intimidate you? If yes, what play and why?
10. What tips would you give to intimidated readers coming to Shakespeare for the first time?
11. Which is your favorite Shakespeare play and why?
12. Tag other Booktubers.

Shakespeare Plays Mentioned:
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Othello
Hamlet
Much Ado About Nothing
Richard III
The Tempest
Henry V
King Lear

Other Books Mentioned:
Death by Shakespeare by Kathryn Harkup
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

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Magical Reads, Moving, and VICTOBER IS HERE! | Vlog

Good Strong Words 2023-09-15 | Books Mentioned:
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
Babel by RF Kuang
The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman

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Shifting Reading Tastes and Life Reboots | Discussion

Good Strong Words 2023-09-01 | Social Media:
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Shakespeare Festival 2023 | Ranking, Reviews, and a Haul!

Good Strong Words 2023-08-25 | Books/Plays Mentioned:
The American by Henry James
The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
Lovely War by Julia Berry
Babel by R.F. Kuang
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty
Coriolanus by Shakespeare
Timon of Athens by Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare
The Play that Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer
Emma by Jane Austen/Paul Gordon
Mad About Shakespeare by Jonathan Bate
The Shakespeare Wars by Ron Rosenbaum
Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare

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The Farseer Trilogy: Assassins Quest | Spoiler Vlog

Good Strong Words 2023-08-18 | Social Media:
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Bookish Chat: August to July 2023 | Recent Reads, Upcoming Plans, and Some Fun Times

Good Strong Words 2023-08-04 | Books Mentioned:
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
American Phoenix by Jane Hampton Cook
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George
The American by Henry James

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I Caved and Got Book of the Month (Not Sponsored)...

Good Strong Words 2023-07-27 | Social Media:
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Mid Year Freak Out | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-07-13 | Prompts:
What is the best book you've read so far in 2023?
Best sequel you've read so far in 2023?
(Bonus: Favorite nonfiction you've read so far in 2023.)
A new release you haven't read yet but want to?
Most anticipated release for the second half of the year?
Biggest disappointment of 2023 so far?
Biggest surprise of 2023 so far?
Favourite new author (new to you or debut)?
Newest fictional crush?
Newest Favorite Character?
Book that made you cry?
Book the made you happy?
Most beautiful book you bought this year?
What are the books you need to read by the end of the year?
What are your reading plans for the rest of 2023?

Books Mentioned:
Assassin's Apprentice & Royal Assassin by Robin Hobb
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint
The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec
Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Frugal Wizard's Guide to Surviving Medieval England by Brandon Sanderson

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Ancientsathon Wrap Up | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-07-06 | Ancientsathon Cohosts:
@jenniferbrooks
@DavidWiley7

My Podcast Channel:
@GodinAllThings2

Books/Literature Mentioned:
The Agricola and The Germania by Tacitus
Goodfellowship and The Green Water by Li Bai
Pericles by William Shakespeare
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Fools and Mortals by Bernard Cornwell
Phaedra by Laura Shepperson

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July Pile of Possibilities (Jane Austen July and American History) | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-06-29 | Jane Austen July Hosts:
@katiejlumsden
@BlatantlyBookish
@SpinstersLibrary

Books Mentioned:
Lady Susan and Other Works by Jane Austen
America's First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie
Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
The Blithesdale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
American Phoenix by Jane Hampton cook
Pioneering the Vote by Neylan McBaine
Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K Roach

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Expanding My Ancientsathon Horizons Beyond Europe and Seeking Recommendations

Good Strong Words 2023-06-22 | Ancientsathon Cohosts:
@jenniferbrooks
@DavidWiley7

Books Mentioned:
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
The Diary of Lady Murasaki
Gilgamesh
A Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)
Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World’s First Author by Sophus Helle
The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon

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Misery May Wrap Up & Ranking | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-06-15 | Misery May Hosts:
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@GemofBooks

Books Mentioned:
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb
Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Trumpet Major by Thomas Hardy
A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

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My Secret Project is Officially Ready!!

Good Strong Words 2023-06-13 | We're actually doing it! My friend Kauriana and I have begun a podcast (also available as a YouTube Channel). Not everyone who watches my channel will be interested, but I thought I'd introduce it for those who may want to check it out.

Channel Link: @GodinAllThings2

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Ancientsathon TBR | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-06-01 | Announcement Video: youtu.be/-63eGBDFIHk

Ancientsathon Cohosts:
@DavidWiley7
@jenniferbrooks

Books/Authors Mentioned:
William Shakespeare
Euripides
Poems by John Donne
The Agricola and the Germania by Tacitus
Le Morte d'Arthur by Sir Thomas Mallory
Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Margaret George
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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Boston Vlog Part 2 | Salem, Cambridge, and Quincy!

Good Strong Words 2023-05-25 | Books Mentioned:
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Six Women of Salem by Marilynne K Roach
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Blithesdale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
John Adams by David McCullough
The Letters of John and Abigail Adams, ed. by Henry Adams
Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts

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Boston Vlog Part 1 | Walking the City, Harbor Tour, and Concord

Good Strong Words 2023-05-18 | Books Mentioned:
The Inheritance by Louisa May Alcott
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
Pirate Latitudes by Michael Crichton
The Lifted Veil and Brother Jacob by George Eliot
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Romola by George Eliot
Babel by R.F. Kuang
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Mosses from and Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Louisa May Alcott, Her Life, Letters, and Journals, edited by Ednah Cheney

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April Ranking and Wrap Up | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-05-11 | Books Mentioned:
Lady Anna by Anthony Trollope
The Mitford Affair by Marie Benedict
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield
The Dark Queens by Shelley Puhak
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman
Romantic Outlaws by Charlotte Gordon

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Ancientsathon Announcement | 2023

Good Strong Words 2023-05-01 | Cohosts:
@jenniferbrooks
@DavidWiley7

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