BookZealots
Did we read the books we bought in January 2023
updated
Money value calculation
in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1869
Host of the David McCullough readalong. It's not to late to join in!
@Eldertalk
There's some information about Christian books that may offend many. Do not watch if you're sensitive about your beliefs.
I was getting over from being sick and was a bit salty.
Sorry for the dog barking.
books discussed: A Southern Woman's Story by Phoebe Yates Pember
and Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
food discussed: taco soup and homemade bread
#jamesmadison #firstamendment #secondamendment #democracy #notademocracy #fightingtyranny
Do you know your rights?
Do you know your history?
Can you discern tyranny?
The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them (Turkish proverb)
@TanyaMarie1970
#Jacktheripper #victorianera #andrewcarnegie #nonfiction #civilwar #phoebeYatesPember #buddyreads
Tess and the D'Urbervilles @angieandthegreatworld
Can You Forgive Her @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
youtu.be/XkYNZtOqbq8?feature=shared
David McCullough readalong
@Eldertalk
The Great Bridge Sept/October reading plan
Please go to Eldertalk-Linda's channel for all of the wonderful details.
Buddyread: @angieandthegreatworld
Book mentioned:
Tess and the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
@holt_arr Check out his New York videos he recently uploaded
Day three has the Brooklyn Bridge
Join @Eldertalk and many others in the David McCullough readalong; we're reading The Great Bridge.
Tag Originator- @ReadBecca
I was tagged by - @lindseyreads5450
Prompts -
- How do you choose and organize your booktube watching?
- Where do you browse videos? Home, Subscriptions, Channel pages, or somewhere else?
- Do you add videos to queue/watch later/playlists or just click and watch?
- What factors into your decisions to watch or add to playlist?
- What order do you watch? By date published, date added, by channel, type of video, or some other priority?
- Are there types or factors in videos that you skip?
If you want to do this tag, please do and let me know. =)
David McCullough readalong: @Eldertalk
Creator: @MarilynMayaMendoza
tagged by: @tahlia__nerds_out
Prompts:
1. Whoh is your favorite phenomenal woman author?
2. What book features your favorite phenomenal woman character?
3. If you were creating a book prize which book by a phenomenal woman author would you choose? (I didn't choose a book, I chose the author).
Tag, you're it, if you're a woman content creator.
Do you know your reading level? Do you know the reading level of your challenging books?
Lexile.com
hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/search
lexile.com/parents-students/understanding-your-lexile-measure/lexile-measures-reading
lexile.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexile-Educator-Guide-MM0066W.pdf
grade level chart: hub.lexile.com/lexile-grade-level-charts
TEXT ANALYZER:
readabilityformulas.com/readability-scoring-system.php
Challenging book list with Lexile level: (I put the high level)
Don Quixote - 1480 (there is a 1500 edition, just found as I'm uploading)
Bleak House - 1180
Moby Dick - 1230
To the Lighthouse - 1030
Finnegan's Wake - (couldn't find. If you have the book, try the text analyzer)
Anna Karenina - 1080
War and Peace - 1240
Les Miserables - 1010
Ulysses - 1050
Infinite Jest - 1450 based on research, but it's more inconvenient than hard
House of Leaves - couldn't find, but it's written uniquely, but not challenging
The Brother's Karamazov - 1150
Crime and Punishment - 990
Cantebury Tales - couldn't find on lexile, websearch said 800
Great Expectations - 1230
The Divine Comedy - 1270
The Sound and the Fury - 1420
Swann's Way - couldn't find, if you have the book, try text analyzer
Gravity's Rainbow - couldn't find, but read the content is vulgar. If you have the book try text analyzer.
The Silmarillion, not technically a story, but lexile might be 1150
From the charts and the research, only three (possibly four) of these books might be early college level.
There are overlaps in the charts.
support.newsela.com/article/grade-to-lexile-conversion
teachthought.com/literacy/conversion-chart-reading-level-measurement-tools
Warning, I forgot to mention Wilfred Reilly's book contains cursing due to the nature of the hoaxes.
The Great Bridge scheduled for September and October. But if it doesn't take you two months, read at your speed.
@eldertalk Linda has the link for her schedule and can get signed up for the Voxer chat.
#tbr #shadowbanned #readalong #dickensalong #dostoevsky #howtochoosebooks #seriousaboutseries #series
How I decided what to read this month
volume may fluctuate due to talking books
@Eldertalk for David McCullough readalong
@CourtneyReads Crime and Punishment readalong
@beautifulminutiae youtu.be/4-jHY1DJ5sI?feature=shared
Go to Tiffany's channel for the discord invitation.
sounds of people talking came from channel-
Sleep Sounds Express - Meditation & Relaxation
James @Littlebiglibrary
Booktuber and author Nigel of @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
bookhaul includes two of his books.
part one of August book haul
Creator: Hilary B Green
Tagged by @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Reading IDEAS.,
@GenreBooks23 Genre Books, @tahlia__nerds_out Tahlia Nerds Out
and @CandlewickLibrary CandlewickLibrary
1. What makes a good book?
2. What are you currently reading?
3. What's the last book you didn't finish and why?
4. What obscure book do you wish other people would read?
5. What's the longest book you've ever read?
6. If you could have a dinner party with five fictional characters, who would they be?
7.Five books you'd want if you were stranded on a desert island.
8. One book you could not put down.
9. Five books or authors you will never read.
10. If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
11. TAG, You're it!
satire on the "news" and the foreign attack on freedom of speech
Book recommendations at the end
What books would you recommend?
Next week, Noah Lot will be your news anchor
#textbooks
Do you have a hard time quitting a book? What are you standards in making a decision?
We forgot question 4 and the answer is no.
tagged by Reading IDEAS.
created by Harriet Rose 13?
Questions:
1. Have you ever lied about reading a book?
2. Have you ever avoided reading a book becaue of controversy around the content or author?
3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it?
4. Have you ever bought a book with no intention of reading it?
5. Have you ever got caught up in Booktube drama?
6. Have you ever had a hate comment and did you respond?
7.Have you ever made a video just because you knew it would get views?
8. If you could go back to the beginning of your channel, would you do anything differently?
9. Are there any channels you wish you could be more like?
10. What's something you love about your channel?
TAG~ no pressure and if you want to do this tag, please do it.
@Eldertalk
@tanyawillisanderson
@jimsbooksreadingandstuff
@takingteawithcatherine
Host: @Eldertalk
First book in the readalong The Johnstown Flood
Please feel free to join our McCullough Voxer group.
McCullough Readalong
I'm not sure if this link will work
web.voxer.com/chats/1722206346106_1421149442_078bfc98
If not, contact Linda @Eldertalk and she can get you set up. or the chat group
McCullough Readalong
Rob Pirie - The Cause
@The_Cause A Defence of Classical Education
youtu.be/XkZmnRcm3jE?feature=shared
#christianbooktuber
@MatthewSciarappa
youtu.be/ouMNz9FlVGw?feature=shared&t=611
The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness
translated from Korean to English by Ha-yun Jung
Historathon:
Defenders of the Faith
History, but not in the right quarter:
Masters of the Air
The Politically Incorrect Guide to The South
The 21: A Journey of the Land of Coptic Martyrs
Palette Cleansers:
Angels at the Table
The Rights of Man
Profiles in Courage (I just skimmed parts of this one)
DNF that really let me down:
Unmarriageable
Some might surprise you.
@The_Cause
Intro video: youtu.be/SfN5hiT7fIE?feature=shared
Book one: youtu.be/XkZmnRcm3jE?feature=shared
Rob has links to the books for purchase.
Books in order:
1. A Defense Of Classical Education
2. Weapons Of Mass Instruction
3. The Republic
4. The Social Contract
5. The Abolition Of Man
6. Discourse On Voluntary Servitude
7. The Road to Serfdom
8. The Political Theory Of The American Founding
Mentioned:
@The_Cause
tagged by @GenreBooks23 and @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
creators: @ToReadersItMayConcern and @ProseAndPetticoats
Prompts: What is a book that exites you because of its...
1. . . cover
2. . . author
3. . . premise
4. . . style
5. . . influence
6. . .emotional weight
7. . . sense of humour
8. . . challenge or difficulty
9. . . TAG YOU'RE IT!
@CandlewickLibrary
@faithbooks7906
@kellireadsalot
@Eldertalk
@greenstickcottage
@HamsavahiniVajraasthra
@angieandthegreatworld
If you want to do this tag and I didn't tag you, please help yourself.
Books mentioned:
1. Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen and Dark Sun by Richard Rhodes
2. Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions by Samuel S. Glasstone and Ralph H. Lovberg and The Great Bridge by David McCullough
3. American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips and Prisoner of the State by Zhao Ziyang
4. Inside the Third Reich Memoirs by Albert Speer and My Dearest Friend edited by Margaret A. Hogan and C. James Taylor
5. First In Afghanistan by Gary C. Schroen and Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger
6. Vietnam by Max Hastings and The Holocaust by Laurence Rees
7. Lafayette by Harlow Giles Unger and Ignition! by John D. Clark
8.Controlled Thermonuclear Reactions by Samuel S. Glasstone and Ralph H. Lovberg and The Gulag Archipelago vol. 1 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Big Book Summer:
Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick
Bloody Crimes by James Swanson
Rebel Yell by S.C. Gwynne
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
How Now Shall We Live? by Charles Colson
added as a bonus:
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Library book-
Heard about Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery from
@Eldertalk
youtu.be/dtVlivkk4BI?feature=shared&t=367
Big Book Summer:
Valiant Ambition by Nathaniel Philbrick
Bloody Crimes by James Swanson
Rebel Yell by S.C. Gwynne
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
How Now Shall We Live? by Charles Colson
added as a bonus:
Grit by Angela Duckworth
Library book-
Heard about Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery from
@Eldertalk
youtu.be/dtVlivkk4BI?feature=shared&t=367
tagged by @tahlia__nerds_out
created by Melinda @awebofstories
Prompts:
1. Do you dog-ear your books?
2. Do you annotate your books?
3. Do you roll covers or break spines when you read?
4. Do you listen to something while you read?
5. Do you read in the bathroom?
6. Do you read in water (such as in the bathtub, in a pool, etc)?
7. Do you DNF?
8. Do you ever read ahead or skip to the end of a book?
9. Are you book-polygamous (i.e., read more than one book at a time)?
10. Do you own more books than bookshelf space?
BONUS: Do you ever take a book without leaving a book at a Little Free Library?
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Tagged by Reading IDEAS @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
creator Gavin @GenreBooks23
We forgot to mention The Thirty-nine Steps by John Buchan for prompt #2
10 Prompts:
1. "Le Grand Depart" - A memorable preface, introduction or opening line.
2. "Maillot Vert" - A book under 150 pages.
3. "King of the Mountains" - A book that you persevered with, and are glad that you did.
4. "Maillot Jaune" - A book where "yellow" is prominent.
5. "Lantern Rouge" - A book you were late to.
6. "Hors catégorie" - What's the hardest book that you've read (or failed to read).
7. Endurance - Your favourite series.
8. "Champs-Élysées" - Your favourite "Paris" novel.
9. Lance Armstrong- Have you ever cheated to get to the finish quicker?
10. “L’equipe” - Tag some others of the BookTube team!
Tag you're it:
@angieandthegreatworld
@CandlewickLibrary
@ToddsBookTube91
@lindseyreads5450
@tahlia__nerds_out
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Prometheus shares what is on his dusty bookcase
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Linda's channel and link to her announcement video
@Eldertalk youtu.be/lAvBhU73XcI?feature=shared
Link to reading schedule
lindajomartin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/David-McCullough-Readalong-Schedule-2024-2026.pdf
Link to Linda's blog
https://linktr.ee/lindajomartin
Many have been experiencing their comments vanishing. This is youtube and I'm sorry for the inconvenience. I cannot fix their shadowbanning. The censorship is real.
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Readalong Schedules per @katiejlumsden One of three hosts of Jane Austen July. Check her channel for all of the information/prompts/links, etc
Sense and Sensibility
3 chapters daily from July 1 to 14, then 4 chapters 15 and 16
Sanditon 2 chapters daily from July 17 to 22
The Watsons July 23 to 31
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Third Quarter Historathon 1500-1820
Host @revenantreads
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@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk youtu.be/e1B3EeDTJTs?feature=shared
tag creators: @ToReadersItMayConcern and @ProseAndPetticoats
Read Smart Tag questions:
1. What is your strategy to stay focused and engaged while reading?
2. How does your environment influence your focus and what can you do to optimise it?
3. What methods do you use to retain and recall information from what you've read?
4. How do you approach difficult or challenging material?
5. What role do note-taking and annotation play in your reading process?
6. How do you balance reading for pleasure with reading for personal or professional development?
7. What is the importance of setting reading goals?
8. What are some strategies for overcoming reading slumps or lack of motivation?
9. Tag You're it!
Mentioned @CourtneyReads Don Quixote
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#gethookedonbooks
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I tried to edit my rambling so I apologize for the cuts. I also tried to lighten the video, so it wasn't so dark.
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#shadowbanned #bookhaul #halfprice #historybooks #christianbooks #jonathancahn
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Eleanore got out again!
The bird on the brick is a Common Yellowthroat, not a Kentucky Warbler.
Can you flip an egg in a pan without breaking the yoke?
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@holt_arr
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