Reading Week 9th August 2025 Alans Reads 2025-08-08 | What I've been reading in the week ending 9th August 2025Books mentioned:The Stranger Diaries - Elly GriffithsThe Crossing Places - Elly GriffithsThe Postscript Murders - Elly GriffithsThe Prague Cemetery - Umberto EcoLes Misérables - Victor HugoOther channels mentioned:@RaynorReadsStuff @GenreBooks23 Voxer: AlansReads#books #booktube #readingupdate
Poetry Thursday - Heathcote Williams Alans Reads 2025-08-06 | Sharing and reading extracts of the poems Whale Nation and Falling for a Dolphin by Heathcote Williams#poetrythursday #poetry Voxer: AlansReads
The Philosophy of Reading Booktag Alans Reads 2025-08-04 | This is a new and original tag create by Lekden @arockinsamsara at the channel Reading from the Depths. I was tagged by Lekden.Chökor Düchen, (or “Wheel Turning Day,”) is the Buddhist holiday recognising Śākyamuni Buddha’s first sermon, where he taught the Four Noble Truths, the foundation of all Buddhist philosophical thought. In celebration of that holiday I designed an original booktag to explore the philosophy of our reading lives.In keeping in line with the Four Noble Truths in that original sermon the tag only has four prompts, but they are open-ended enough that you can be as pithy or chatty as you like!The PromptsPlease share a book related to or exemplifying each prompt for you as well.1. What is your own personal philosophy of reading? (How do you think about reading? What does reading mean to you? How does your reading life affect your non-reading life? etc.)2. When did you first come to think of yourself as a “Reader?”3. What are some goals or hopes that you have for your reading life?4. What is part of your current reading life, right now, that is important or exciting for you?There is no prompt to tag others, please do anyway!I tag:@BookChatWithPat8668 @RaynorReadsStuff @TheAccidentalBookseller @GhostReadersintheSky @Bookishtravels @BookTimewithElvis @MustReadMore @royreadsanything @RobertGReaderofBooks-r3p @emreads25 @hardbooks770 @anotherbibliophilereads @HannahsBooks Voxer: AlansReads#booktags #readingphilosophy #booktube
My Reading Plans for August 2025 Alans Reads 2025-08-03 | Some possible reads for the month of August 2025.Books mentioned:The Prague Cemetery - Umberto EcoLes Misérables - Victor HugoBattlestar Galatica - Geln A. Larson & Robert ThurstonV - A. C. CrispinEscape to Athena - Patrick BlakeA Natural History of Empty Lots - Christopher BrownThe Silent World of Nicholas Quinn - Colin DexterOther channels mentioned:@RaynorReadsStuff @GenreBooks23 Voxer: AlansReads#readingplans #readingupdate #booktube
8 Memories Tag Alans Reads 2025-08-02 | This is a new and original tag by Paul @TheAccidentalBookseller . It's the Eight Memories Book Tag. His video is here: youtu.be/3mlfppEOHuA?si=CoX2bFfdtJnn3RF2What are 8 books that you see on your shelf or that you remember reading where that sight evokes powerful memories regarding moments in your life or key experiences? Similar to when you hear a song and it transports you in memory to a key moment or period in your life, what 8 books do the same for you and why? It's carte blanche on how much information someone wishes to impart or not.It's an opportunity to give subscribers a little more detail on how lives connect to books via experience. Also it gives listeners to our book memories more information about us for when we are no longer here to tell them.I'm tagging:@BookChatWithPat8668 @RaynorReadsStuff @Bookishtravels @BookTimewithElvis @royreadsanything @MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn @michaelk.vaughan8617 @saintdonoghue @RobertGReaderofBooks-r3p @HannahsBooks @GhostReadersintheSky @ObscureBookAdventures @InfiniteText @colonelmustardinthelibrary @Amysdustybookshelf @booksaresick @anotherbibliophilereads @hardbooks770 @GenreBooks23 @M-J @bookssongsandothermagic @JeffsCaveofCoolBooks @TheGreatLiteraryRabbitHole @CGRatedBooks @MustReadMore @DrCrankyPantsReads @JamesRuchala @arockinsamsara Voxer: AlansReads#booktags #booktube #memories
Reading Week Update 2nd August 2025 Alans Reads 2025-08-01 | Books that I've been reading this week.Come To Grief - Dick FrancisThe Big Sleep - Raymond ChandlerMissing Person Alice - Simon MasonThe Stranger Diaries - Elly GriffithsAlso mentioned The Secret History - Donna Tartt which I read earlier in July as part of a project with @M-J that video can be found here: youtu.be/uAUDIvVcGU4?si=UXG3umy5LQSDdNDNMy #PIJuly wrap-up video is here: youtu.be/Lur2mCyx2t0Voxer: AlansReads#booktube #books #readingupdate
CASE CLOSED: Wrapping up Private Eye July 2025 Alans Reads 2025-07-31 | A short summary of my Private Eye July 2025 experience.Private Eye July Cohosts:@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn @GhostReadersintheSky @BookTimewithElvis @royreadsanything @Bookishtravels @InfiniteText @ObscureBookAdventures @saintdonoghue @michaelk.vaughan8617 and meVoxer: AlansReads#pijuly #readingupdate #books #booktube
Brian Bilston - Poetry Thursday 31st July 2025 Alans Reads 2025-07-30 | A sample of poems from Brian Bilston's anthology "Days Like These".Voxer: AlansReads#poetrythursday #poetry
Leslie Charteris “The Saint” #thesaint #lesliecharteris #hodderyellowjackets Alans Reads 2025-07-30 | ...
Box Office Tops and Flops Tag Alans Reads 2025-07-29 | ORIGINAL TAG: BOX OFFICE TOPS AND FLOPSJoint creators Heather @heathereads and Meg @booksoffthebeatenpath I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 Here's Heather's version of this original tag: youtube.com/watch?v=bsi9D5oejG8Here's Meg'syoutube.com/watch?v=AaX4OdyWeD0and here's Pat'syoutube.com/watch?v=1bEXXj2EoH0 Prompt:Using YouTube Studio, look up your five videos that got the highest number of views and the five that got the lowest. Answer these questions about each video: Why do you think this video got as many (or as few) views as it did? For the 5 highest view videos only – do you think each video warrants as many views as it got? For the 5 lowest view videos only – can you think of a good reason why more people should watch these videos?My top 5:1. Reading Plans for the Remainder of 2025youtu.be/BAwriwyr5W8?si=QMa9cQxeM0RIKJ2k2. Private Eye In July Announcement Videoyoutu.be/RkZ2kDcXroE?si=6v5251wMJJtzSle23. My Best Ten Books of 2024youtu.be/Xkkjc6RhC0k?si=_HKbwlgfGUhroCdo4. Six Books on Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism and Fascismyoutu.be/va1SY61Ccro?si=VexRz7yEbwytUuWD5. Author Spotlight - Alistair MacLeanyoutu.be/P0e18fEag0I?si=81I5FDJwRQ-1FCH9My 5 least performing videos (in the order that I mentioned them)1. My Life in Genre Tagyoutu.be/18w2tPnisLg?si=Hv__SfWQy8nD5nZh2. A Christmas Carol Stave 5youtu.be/ZWxlDNPaGT8?si=D11fRvUV9WbKB2aT2. The Spoiler Book Tagyoutu.be/ML5A7npO-cI?si=_l3MbUcIoS8tdfRM4. The Christmas Music Tagyoutu.be/PqV-uMKwJmY?si=w6Cm1AmAEeBrd-uf5. Poetry Thursday - Sybil Bristowe and Philip Johnson (John Stanley Purvis)youtu.be/bnBPcrfXAkE?si=39OB-Lvak3W8KV5P5. Poetry Thursday - War Poet - Marian Allen (1892 - 1953)youtu.be/5tsus-BOC6I?si=18-cf6KCVTwTTNvZI also mentioned this video: Author Spotlight - Craig Thomasyoutu.be/Ykvm1iNLLnU?si=dMPvqSq7WzMFW1uNI mentioned Greg @anotherbibliophilereads I forgot to tag others in the video but I'll tag the following people:@BookTimewithElvis @RaynorReadsStuff @JamesRuchala @BeyondBooks-wt5il @GenreBooks23 @MustReadMore Voxer: AlansReads#booktag #booktube #analytics
Private Eye July Week 4 - Reading Week 26th July 2025 Alans Reads 2025-07-26 | The books that I've finished this week and am currently reading.Books mentioned:Farewell My Lovely - Raymond ChandlerNever Flinch - Stephen KingMy Gun Is Quick - Mickey SpillaneCome to Grief - Dick FrancisVoxer: AlansReads#pijuly #booktube #books #readingupdate #readingweek
War Poets Pamela Holmes and Ada Jackson - Poetry Thursday 24th July 2025 Alans Reads 2025-07-23 | War Poets: Pamela Holmes and Ada JacksonPoems read:Missing, Presumed Killed - Pamela HolmesWar Baby - Pamela HolmesBlessed Event - Ada Jackson#warpoetry #poetrythursday #poetry Voxer: AlansReads
PI July Week 3 Reading Week 19th July 2025 Alans Reads 2025-07-18 | The books that I've been reading and listening to this week as part of #PIJuly Books mentioned:Sleeping Beauty - Ross MacdonaldI, The Jury - Mickey SpillaneWhip Hand - Dick FrancisFarewell My Lovely - Raymond ChandlerNever Flinch - Stephen KingOther channels mentioned:Debs @RaynorReadsStuff #pijuly #privateeyejuly #books #booktube
War Poets Gladys M Haines & Agnes Grozier Herbertson - Poetry Thursday 17-07-2025 Alans Reads 2025-07-16 | #warpoetry #poetrythursday
Ten Untouched Books Tag Alans Reads 2025-07-16 | This tag was created by @Rainierbooks , and I was tagged by Mark @BookTimewithElvis and after I'd finished recording by Debs @RaynorReadsStuff "There is only one prompt:Present ten books from your shelves that have been there at least a year or more and present them. This is about creating awareness to read from our shelves, enhance sustainability and maybe even saving some bucks. "Books mentioned:Stone Desert - Craig ChildsThe Book At War - Andrew PettegreeLe Mort De Arthur - Sir Thomas MalloryThe Essential Kafka - Franz KafkaThe Land Beyond - Leon McCarronSiegfried Sassoon, A Biography - Max EgremontSwifts In A Tower - David LackMy House of Sky - Hetty SaundersLove In The Blitz - Eileen AlexanderSicily '43 - James HollandI am going to tag:@BeyondBooks-wt5il @MustReadMore @royreadsanything @sanchitaway @GenreBooks23 @TheGreatLiteraryRabbitHole
Would You Rather? Tag - Curious Edition Alans Reads 2025-07-14 | Would You Rather ...? Tag. This curious edition originated with Cat @Curious-Cat and Ellen @ellenmadebookclub I was tagged by Reney and Raina @BeyondBooks-wt5il Would You Rather.....? Curious Edition:PROMPTS1 Never read more than one book from the same author (can’t re-read either) OR read only books from your favourite author or one author of your choice2 Read a book with an unlikable MC OR your favourite character dies3 Start your library from scratch (but you can’t re-buy any of the books that were on your shelves before) OR never be allowed to add a new book to it4 Your favorite author never publishes anything new OR only publishes bad books from now on5 Read only one of your favorite genres OR read as widely as you want except in that one genre6 Be stranded forever on a deserted island with a full library OR still live in society but books have disappeared7 SFF - read only 5* series but they’re unfinished OR read only thick standalones with a bunch of info dumping8 MYSTERY - Always get book twists spoiled OR they all have an open ending/the killer isn’t caught9 HISTORICAL ROMANCE - great love story but historical inaccuracy OR toxic or meh love story but great historical world building10 Read a book that that the best Characters / plot / writing but none of the others11 Have a friend who loses your books OR mistreat them (stains, break the spine…)12 Never be allowed to visit a bookstore again OR be banned from all the libraries in the world?13 Everyone hate your favourite books OR everyone love the books you hate14 Only listen to audiobooks narrated by the worst narrator / Mickey Mouse OR only read physical books in terrible lighting15 Books from a same series/collection who don’t match OR read books printed in a tiny font16 Never post another YouTube video OR never watch YouTube ever again17 Tag other people#booktag #booktube #tagtuesday
Books That Can Shape A Career Alans Reads 2025-07-13 | This is a follow up to a tag video I did on my childhood books. Books that shaped my career.
The Childhood Booktag Alans Reads 2025-07-13 | THE CHILDHOOD BOOK TAGThis tag was created by @fantasticmagical I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 The Questions: 1) Were you a big reader as a child? 2) Did your parents read to you? If so, what? 3) First bookish memory? 4) Be honest. Did you read books assigned to you in school? 5) Where did you get your books as a child? 6) Did you watch any television meant to inspire reading? 7) What sort of genres or story lines did you like? 8) Favourite children's or picture book? 9) Favourite chapter or "big kids'" book? 10) Favourite children's series? 11) Tag others.I Tag:@Bookishtravels @MustReadMore @Adventures_in_Literature @royreadsanything @sanchitaway #booktag #booktube #reading
#PIJuly Week 2 - My Reading Week 12 07 25 Alans Reads 2025-07-11 | What I've been reading during week 2 of PIJuly.Books mentioned:The Long Goodbye - Raymond ChandlerThe Case of the Reincarnated Client - Tarquin HallIQ - Joe IdeAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman - P D JamesSleeping Beauty - Ross MacdonaldI, The Jury - Mickey SpillanePI July CohostsJim @MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn Greg @GhostReadersintheSky Mark @BookTimewithElvisRoy @royreadsanything Michael @michaelk.vaughan8617 Andreea @InfiniteText Julie @Bookishtravels Annie @ObscureBookAdventures Steve @saintdonoghue and me.#PIJuly #PrivateEyeJuly #books #booktube
Poetry Thursday - Olivia Fitzroy & Virginia Graham Alans Reads 2025-07-09 | War poets from the second world war, Olivia Fitzroy and Virginia Graham.#poetrythursday #warpoetry
P.I. July Book Haul Alans Reads 2025-07-09 | A book haul featuring books by authors Mickey Spillane, Walter Mosley & Joe Ide.#PIJuly #PrivateEyeJuly #bookhaul
Reading Plans for the Remainder of 2025 Alans Reads 2025-07-07 | Some books that I might read over the remainder of 2025. Books mentioned:Les Miserables - Victor Hugo11.22.63 - Stephen KingThe Pickwick Papers - Charles DickensCider House Rules - John IrvingBlack Tuesday - Al MurrayVoices From The Napoleonic Wars - John LewisNapoleon's Spy - Ben KaneThe Drowned Places - Damian Le BasEnchanted Ground - Steven LovattChannels mentioned:@BookChatWithPat8668 @Bookishtravels @anotherbibliophilereads @hardbooks770 Voxer ID: Alansreads
Reading Week 05 07 25 Alans Reads 2025-07-04 | All the books that I've listened to and have been reading during week one of Private Eye July.Books mentioned:Blood Grove - Walter Mosley (PI: Ezekiel (Easy) Porterhouse Rawlins)The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler (PI: Philip Marlowe)Spare Change - Robert B. Parker (PI: Sunny Randall)Time To Murder and Create - Lawrence Block (PI: Matt Scudder)PI July Cohosts:@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn @saintdonoghue @michaelk.vaughan8617 @royreadsanything @GhostReadersintheSky @BookTimewithElvis @Bookishtravels @ObscureBookAdventures @InfiniteText and me.My voxer id: AlansReads#PIJuly #PrivateEyeJuly #books #booktube
Poetry Thursday - War Poets Joyce Barton & Sarah Churchill Alans Reads 2025-07-02 | #warpoetry #poetrythursday
Book Mail Alans Reads 2025-07-02 | My good friend Debs @RaynorReadsStuff sent me some books in the mail.Please go and check out her channel.#bookmail #booktube #secondworldwar #ww2
Investigating Stephen King For PI July Alans Reads 2025-07-01 | Some suggestions for #PIJuly from author Stephen King #PIJuly #PrivateeyeJuly #books #booksrecommendations #booktube #stephenking
Hurricanes, Tornadoes & Blizzards, Oh My! Tag Alans Reads 2025-06-30 | This tag was created by Michelle @LiteraryMichelle2025 and I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 The Prompts: 1) How do you think an extreme weather event such as a hurricane, tornado or blizzard impacts the plot of a book? 2) Name a book you’ve enjoyed where some type of natural disaster OR storm played a role in the story. 3) Have YOU ever experienced a weather event that had a lasting impact on you or was a memorable time in your life? 4) What is your favourite type of book to curl up with while a storm is raging outside? Thriller? Romance? Memoir? 5) Name a book character you’ve enjoyed who had to overcome or endure a weather-related hardship? 6) If YOU were told to evacuate your home, which 3 books are in your “go bag” and why? 7) If you were writing a novel and had to use one of the following: hurricane, blizzard, tornado or wildfire in the story - which do you choose and why? 8) Is there a book on your current TBR that features some type of inclement weather or natural disaster? 9) Tag some friends! I tag:@Adventures_in_Literature @Bookishtravels @BeyondBooks-wt5il @MustReadMore @DrCrankyPantsReads #booktags #tagtuesday #booktube
Reading Week 28-06-25 Alans Reads 2025-06-27 | The books that I've been reading this week and am considering for the reading event Private Eye In JulyBooks mentioned:Original Sin - P D JamesBlood Grove - Walter MoselyA Cold Day In Paradise, North of Nowhere, Winter of the Wolf Moon, The Hunting Wind, Ice Run - Steve Hamilton.#books #booktube #reading #privateeyejuly #privateeyeinjuly
Poetry Thursday War Poets Emily Orr & Inez Quilter Alans Reads 2025-06-25 | #poetrythursday #warpoetry
The First Date Booktag Alans Reads 2025-06-23 | This is a brand new, original tag created by Marlicia @marlicia_muses and by Tahlia @tahlia__nerds_out .I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 Marlicia said the following about this tag: "This original, as far as we can tell, book tag was inspired by my husband's suggestions, that Tahlia and I used to brainstorm. Did you ever think of choosing a book as analogous to a first date...with all its suspense and excitement? Yes? No?" Prompts: 1. What books do you regret buying? 2. Do you dnf books? Why or why not? At what point do you dnf if you do/how much time do you generally invest before dnfing? 3. Is there a book you did not want to come to an end/couldn’t put down? 4. Have you experienced withdrawal after finishing a specific book (not wanted to move on to other characters, wanted to reread the whole book or sections of it again immediately after finishing, etc.)? 5. What keeps you invested in a book? 6. What prompts you to pick up a book (cover, blurb on the back of the book, etc.)? 7. Do you keep finished books to reread or do you unhaul them? 8. Who or what do you trust most for book recommendations? 8.5 (Bonus Question):Would you ever pick up a book and read it without knowing anything about it, or conversely, let someone else choose your book for you? (Blind date? LOL) 9. Tag others I tag:@Bookishtravels @TheGreatLiteraryRabbitHole @DrCrankyPantsReads @MustReadMore books #booktuber #booktubecommunity #booktube #tbr #reading #wrapup #readingvlogs #booktalk #booktags #startreading #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecs
Private Eye In July Announcement Video Alans Reads 2025-06-23 | Announcing a reading event for July reading Private Eye / Private Investigator fiction.A private investigator is someone who seeks clients, accepts pay for their services, and is not a member of an official law enforcement agency.There are two prompts for this years event:1. Read any P.I. story written from the '20s to the '60s.2. Read any P.I. story written from the '70s till now. The Cohosts:@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn @saintdonoghue @michaelk.vaughan8617 @royreadsanything @GhostReadersintheSky @BookTimewithElvis @Bookishtravels @ObscureBookAdventures @InfiniteText and me.#privateeyeinjuly #bookevent #booktube #privateeye #privateinvestigator #books
Top 10 Books of the Year So Far (Midsummer 2025) Alans Reads 2025-06-21 | My ten favourite books of the year so far as at Midsummer.Books mentioned:Eclipse - Alan MooreheadA Natural History of Empty Lots - Christopher BrownDracula - Bram StokerThe Gardens At Rousham - Francis HamelA Nature Diary - Richard AdamsDevices and Desires - P D JamesTimes Echo - Jeremy EichlerGhost Story - Peter StraubSketches for Friends - Edward ArdizonneThe Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas#books #topten #booktube #bookrecommendations
Reading Week 21st June 2025 - A Week Where Not Much Has Been Read Alans Reads 2025-06-20 | The books that I've been reading this week. Books mentioned:The Nazis: A Warning From History - Laurence ReesThe Virago Book of Women's War Poetry and Verse - Ed. By Catherine Reilly#readingweek #readingupdate #warpoetry
Poetry Thursday: Nina MacDonald and Edith Nesbit Alans Reads 2025-06-18 | Another poetry Thursday based on female war poets. This time it is the relatively well known Edith Nesbit and the less well known Nina Macdonald.Poems read:Sing A Song of War Time - Nina MacdonaldThe Fields of Flanders - Edith Nesbit#poetry #poetrythursday #booktubecommunity #booktube
6 Book Recommendations on Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism and Fascism Alans Reads 2025-06-15 | A list of book recommendations to help better understand the causes of and issues around authoritarianism, totalitarianism and fascism.Books mentioned:Berlin Diaries - Williams L ShirerThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich - William L ShirerThe Nazis: A Warning From History - Laurence ReesOn Freedom - Tmothy SnyderOn Tyranny - Timothy SnyderAutocracy Inc - Anne ApplebaumOther channels mentioned: Greg @anotherbibliophilereads his original video is here: youtube.com/watch?v=WD8rPU9IQOc&t=4s #authoritarianawareness#authoritarianawarenessthursday#bookrecommendations #books #booktube
Reading Week 14-06-2025 Alans Reads 2025-06-13 | The books that I've been reading this week. Books mentioned:The Ox Bow Incident - Walter Van Tilburg ClarkTrue Grit - Charles PortisThe Winter King - Bernard CornwellRiding the Outlaw Trail - Simon Casson & Richard AdamsonThe Virago Book of Women's War Poetry & Verse - ed. by Catherine ReillyOther channels mentioned: @BookTimewithElvis books #booktuber #booktubecommunity #booktube #tbr #reading #wrapup #readingvlogs #booktalk #startreading #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecs
Poetry Thursday - Sybil Bristowe and Philip Johnson (John Stanley Purvis) Alans Reads 2025-06-12 | You can find more about Sybil Bristowe here: femalewarpoets.blogspot.com/2021/01/sibyl-bristowe-1870-1954-british-poet.htmland Philip Johnson (John Stanley Purvis) here: steyningmuseum.org.uk/wp/steyning-museum/history-2/the-steyning-poem#warpoetry #poetrythursday #booktuber #booktalk #startreading #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecs
101 Days of Summer Book Tag Alans Reads 2025-06-10 | The 101 Days of Summer TagThis is a brand new, original tag created by Duane @TheReadingRoom1972 . I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 Duane says that he has created the 101 Days of Summer Tag to celebrate the tropes of Summer! Have fun! The Prompts:1. BBQ Time: Pick a favourite author. They are inviting you to a BBQ to announce their newest work. What do you hope they are announcing? What are you bringing to share? 2. Road Trip: Pick a real world setting from a recent (or not so recent) read. Where would that road trip take you? 3. Camping: Do you rough it? Say, tent and a sleeping bag. Or do you require amenities. Will you read more than usual? 4. Festivals: You're attending a Booktube festival where dressing as your one of your favourite literary character is the only requirement. Who do you go dressed as and why? 5. Slice of Life: What is something others may consider simple or mundane but is something you can't see a summer without? 6. Scary Story: Which author would you invite to go camping with you knowing you would want to hear the scariest story they can tell around the camp fire? 7. First Love/Summer Crush: A romantic interest during the summer months often leads to a bittersweet ending or a lasting impact. Which do you prefer to read? How does the age of the characters affect this opinion? 8. Nostalgia: What book or books instil in you an overwhelming sense of summer nostalgia? (They don't necessarily have to take place during summer, but rather, they somehow are attached to summer for you.) 9. Summer Stories: What is a book (or books) you would recommend where the summer time is the primary focus? 10. Don’t forget to tag your Booktube friends!I tag:@Bookishtravels @TheGreatLiteraryRabbitHole @spreadbookjoy @DrCrankyPantsReads #books #booktag #booktuber #booktubecommunity #booktube #booktalk #booktags #startreading #bookrecommendations #bookrecs
Pre-Announcement Video For A Dickens At Christmas Alans Reads 2025-06-10 | Would you like to read some Charles Dickens? Would you be interested in being part of 'A Dickens At Christmas 2025'?I know it's a bit early to be talking about the 'C' word but:A Dickens At Christmas is about reading a work of Charles Dickens between December 1st and Twelfth Night (January 6th).This year I am planning to read The Pickwick Papers, and perhaps doing so as a group read if there is anyone else interested, but any Dickens novel, short story, or work would count.If you don't want to read a full Dickens work you could watch a movie adaptation or play.If you are interested let me know by dropping me a message on Voxer (alansreads) or send me an email (link on my profile page on YouTube) or leave a comment below.Merry Dickensmas!Last years A Dickens At Christmas Playlist is here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPi9WXspkE8CXlYKG5FgmlexMCpfsLeLMbooks #booktuber #booktubecommunity #booktube #readingvlogs #booktalk #booktags #startreading #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecs
The Sods Law Tag Alans Reads 2025-06-09 | This is an original tag created by Duncan @backawayfromthedonkey and I was tagged by Gavin @GenreBooks23 Wikipedia says:"Sod's law, a British culture axiom, states that "if something can go wrong, it will". The law sometimes has a corollary: that the misfortune will happen at "the worst possible time" (Finagle's law). The term is commonly used in the United Kingdom (while in many parts of North America the phrase "Murphy's law" is more popular)."Prompts:1/The video you spend the most time on and are most proud of is likely to get the least views, - Name that Video.2/ The Video that you had the most disasters putting together.3/In opposite to prompt 1 the video you threw together off the cuff with minimal work is the one that gets the most views - Name a Video.4/Don't believe the hype - The book you were really excited for and looking forward to that was a let down for you.5/The book you're excited to read but every time you try to read it something happens and you end up reading something else instead.6/A Booktube event you keep meaning to participate in, but events mean you never do.7/A book you've ended up with multiple copies because you didn't think you had it.8/The video you have been trying to get together for the longest time that you just never get around to because of events.9/ Book you keep trying to buy but is never around or other things thwart your ability to buy.10/Tag someone:I tag:@DrCrankyPantsReads @RaynorReadsStuff @Bookishtravels @BookTimewithElvis @CGRatedBooks @TheGreatLiteraryRabbitHole #books #booktuber #booktubecommunity #booktube #reading #booktalk #booktags #startreading
Book Haul War Poets, Artists & Journalists Alans Reads 2025-06-09 | A recent haul of some books by or about War Poets, Artists or Journalists.Books mentioned:The Virago Book of Women's War Poetry and Verse - Ed. By Catherine ReillyThe Testament of Youth - Vera BrittainShadows of War - Ed. By Anne PowellA Crisis of Brilliance - David Boyd HaycockAmerican Women Report World War 1 - Ed. by Chris DubbsFred A Farrell, Glasgow's War Artist#warartist #warpoetry #warjournalism #books #booktuber #booktubecommunity #booktube #tbr #reading #booktalk #startreading
Reading Week 07-06-2025 - Star Trek, Vicars, June on the Range, Mairget, War Poets Alans Reads 2025-06-06 | The books that I've been reading this week, including:The Captains Daughter - Peter DavidShepherd of Another Flock - David WilbourneMaigret and the Old People - Georges SimenonRiding the Outlaw Trail - Simon Casson & Richard AdamsonThe Virago Book of Women's War Poetry & Verse - ed. by Catherine Reilly#books #booktuber #booktubecommunity #booktube #tbr #reading #wrapup #readingvlogs #booktalk #booktags #startreading #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecs
Poetry Thursday - War Poet - Marian Allen (1892 - 1953) Alans Reads 2025-06-04 | #books #booktuber #booktube #tbr #reading #warpoetry #poetry #poetrythursday #readingvlogs #booktalk #startreading #bookreview #bookrecommendations #bookrecs
Are TBRs Fun or Not Tag Alans Reads 2025-06-03 | This tag was created by Candy @TheGreatLiteraryRabbitHole and I was tagged by Debs @RaynorReadsStuff Here are the prompts:1: How many books are currently or normally on your Tbr?2: How do you chose tbr books and have you ever gamified your tbr, e.g. prompt jars, tbr games? 3: Do you have reading areas of focus to chose books for? If yes how many?4: Does a tbr help you focus?5: Do you suffer from the book noise of a tbr?6: Do you give your tbr a time limit and does a tbr make you stress about reading quick enough? 7: Do you have “rebellion syndrome” not wanting to read a book because you put it on your tbr and now feel you have to read it?8: Do you keep books on your tbr until they are read or swap the tbr around regularly?9: Have you ever “killed a book” by having it on your tbr too long? 10: Do you have a tick list for your tbr to tick off books as you read them? 11: What one change do you think would help your tbr be more fun? 12: Final conclusion…..TBR’S fun or not? And tag people#books #booktube #tbr #reading #booktags
