The Bookish Land | Most Disappointing Books of 2023 ๐ฅบ Aka Books I Wanted To Love @TheBookishLand | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 51 minutes ago.
Hi friends, this is an end of the year special ๐ Please note this visoe is only talking about my personal experience, and it doesnโt neccessary means these books are not good, just means they are not for me.
Which book did you want to love but couldnโt in 2023?
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Hi friends, this is an end of the year special ๐ Please note this visoe is only talking about my personal experience, and it doesnโt neccessary means these books are not good, just means they are not for me.
Which book did you want to love but couldnโt in 2023?
โ LETโS BE FRIENDS
โ Website: thebookishland.com
โ Art Website: meoniarts.com
โ Instagram: instagram.com/meonicorn
โ Threads: threads.net/@meonicorn
โ Goodreads: bit.ly/2XLpeJV
![Ranking Womens Prize for Fiction โจ 2022 Shortlist Reviews | The Bookish Land [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QJvegE-Q6aQ/hqdefault.jpg "Ranking Womens Prize for Fiction โจ 2022 Shortlist Reviews | The Bookish Land [cc]
[cc] Hi friends! I read all the books on the shortlist of Womens Prize for Fiction for this year ๐ Lets talk about them!
โ Shortlist for Womens Prize for Fiction 2022
โ https://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/features/features/announcing-the-2022-womens-prize-shortlist
โ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
โ Webpage (ALL THE INFO): https://bit.ly/3rAQSF1
โ Season Two Announcement: https://youtu.be/8PiMQFdxmvk
โ Discord server: https://discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
โ Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
โ Sri Lanka Reading Recommendations: https://youtu.be/fLVKOSsft8Y
โ TAJIKISTAN RESOURCES: https://www.thebookishland.com/blog/2022/5/20/tajikistan-reading-resources
โ Reading updates for The Making of Asian America: https://bit.ly/3wjgcS2
โ LETโS BE FRIENDS
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โ TIMESTAMP
00:00 overview
00:42 No.6
03:32 No.5
06:24 No.4
08:26 No.3
10:22 No.2
13:12 No.1
15:30 Summary & Prediction")
![Big Late Summer Book Haul (with big books!) | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QjUYoSFtT04/hqdefault.jpg "Big Late Summer Book Haul (with big books!) | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]
[cc] Happy reading! xx
โ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
โ Webpage (ALL THE INFO) : https://bit.ly/3rAQSF1
โ Season Two Announcement: https://youtu.be/8PiMQFdxmvk
โ Discord server: https://discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
โ Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
โ LETโS BE FRIENDS
โ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
โ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meonicorn
โ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
โ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
โ BOOKS MENTIONED
โ Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke
โ The Little House
by Nakajima Kyouko
โ Notes on Nationalism
by George Orwel
โ 2666
by Roberto Bolzaรฑo
โ Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
โ Palmares
by Gaul Jones
โ Elena Knows
by Claudia Piรฑeiro
โ Cold Enough for Snow
by Jessica Au
โ Blood of the Dawn
by Claudia Salazar Jimรฉnez
โ Sexograohies
by Gabriela Wiener
โ Parable of the Sower
by Octivia E Butler
โ Parable of the Talents
by Octivia E Butler
โ Station Eleven
by Emily Mandel
โ The Way of Kings** by Brandon Sanderson
โ Ulysses by James Joyce")
![3 Translated Fiction to Kick Start the Year ๐ฑ The First Reading Vlog of 2024 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Qk7e3hTsU4I/hqdefault.jpg "3 Translated Fiction to Kick Start the Year ๐ฑ The First Reading Vlog of 2024 [CC]
[CC] Lets start the year by reading some interesting translated fiction ๐
โ BOOKS MENTIONED
โ The Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector
translated by Benjamin Moser
โ The Halfway House by Guillermo Rosales
translated by Anna Kushner
โ The Adventures of China Iron by Gabriela Cabezรณn Cรกmara
translated by Fiona Mackintosh, Iona Macintyre
โ [JP] ็ตๅฉใใใฃใฆใๆฌๅฝใงใใ by ่ฅๆจๆฐๅ
โ LETโS BE FRIENDS
โ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
โ Art Website: https://www.meoniarts.com/
โ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
โ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@meonicorn
โ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
โ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 TBR and plans
04:00 fish and museum
04:20 tragic ending of day 1
06:55 museum recap
08:14 update (the hour of the star)
14:14 cook with me
15:05 hike
15:55 home project
17:32 update (halfway house)
21:35 arting
22:35 last update")
![Stories for Summer ๐ Book Recommendations | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RCibFeRgX20/hqdefault.jpg "Stories for Summer ๐ Book Recommendations | The Bookish Land 2022 [cc]
[cc] Hi friends :) Its been a while since I sat down and make a video, all is well here, I just got a bit busy in my offline life, and I hope you are doing well! Today Im back with a summer reads recommendations, hope you like these books ๐
โ FROM AND ABOUT ASIA READING PROJECT
โ Webpage (ALL THE INFO) : https://bit.ly/3rAQSF1
โ Season Two Announcement: https://youtu.be/8PiMQFdxmvk
โ Discord server: https://discord.gg/vAebuNqGPm
โ Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2tzFCjs38cS8qzRnH_rS-yjlpwZw_u5z
โ LETโS BE FRIENDS
โ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
โ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meonicorn
โ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
โ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
โ BOOKS AND DOCUMENTARY MENTIONED
โ The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
by Joanna Cannon
โ Mary Jane
by Jessica Anya Blau
โ Beautiful World, Where Are You
by Sally Rooney
โ My Year of Rest and Relaxation
by Ottessa Moshfegh
โ My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You Sheโs Sorry
by Fredrik Backman
translated by Henning Koch
โ Funny Boy
by Shyam Selvadurai.
โ My Brilliant Friend
by Elena Ferrante
translated by Ann Goldstein
โ NOW IN SRI LANKA
โ 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis: https://bit.ly/3mZeYHm
โ What the Crisis in Sri Lanka Means for the World: https://bit.ly/3zFOeU1
โ You Need to Know Whatโs Happening in Sri Lanka Right Now: https://bit.ly/3tH8YXA
โ Sri Lanka healthcare on verge of collapse in economic crisis: https://bbc.in/3OnIxhG
โ Ongoing Sri Lanka nonprofit programs: https://bit.ly/3y2bPx3
โ TIMESTAMP
00:00 happy summer
01:16 The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
03:03 Mary Jane
05:03 Beautiful World, Where Are You
07:26 My Year of Rest and Relaxation
09:10 My grandmother Asked Me to Tell You Sheโs Sorry
10:44 Funny Boy
12:16 My Brilliant Friend")
![The One Where I Lost My Ability to Critique Books - Reading Vlog | The Bookish Land 2023 [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RktaHaWxMpw/hqdefault.jpg "The One Where I Lost My Ability to Critique Books - Reading Vlog | The Bookish Land 2023 [cc]
[cc] Hi friends, thanks for joining me on this journey where I started to question my ability to critique books...
โ LETโS BE FRIENDS
โ Website: https://www.thebookishland.com/
โ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Meonicorn
โ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meonicorn/
โ Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2XLpeJV
โ BOOKS MENTIONED
โ Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
by Patrick Radden Keefe
โ The Marcies
by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
โ Parable of the Sower
by Octavia E Butler
โ I Who Have Never Known Men
by Jacqueline Harpman
translated by Ros Schwartz
โ TIME STAMPS
00:00 vlog tbr
04:48 nervous moment
05:40 update one
16:25 update two
18:45 update three and the questioning started
23:55 final update")
