Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 minute ago
Loved doing this BookTube tag last year, and when I saw @charlottemolloy and @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf had done this this year I couldn't resist.
Consider yourself tagged if you'd like to join in - either in the comments or in a video of your own!
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Tag started by @ArielBissett
Questions:
1.Are there any books you've started this year that you still need to finish?
2. Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year?
3. Is there a new release you're still waiting for?
4. What are three books you want to read before the end of the year?
5. Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite book of the year?
6. Have you already started making reading plans for next year?
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Books mentioned:
๐ This Ragged Grace, by Octavia Bright
๐ Blackouts, by Justin Torres
๐ Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
๐ North Woods, by Daniel Mason
๐ Loot, by Tania James
๐ The Portrait of a Mirror, by A. Natasha Joukovsky
๐ Study for Obedience, by Sarah Bernstein
๐ Playground, by Richard Powers
๐ Private Rites, by Julia Armfield
๐ Day, by Michael Cunningham
๐ Martyr!, by Kaveh Akbar
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ If you enjoyed this video, give it a like!
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#books #booktube #tag
Loved doing this BookTube tag last year, and when I saw @charlottemolloy and @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf had done this this year I couldn't resist.
Consider yourself tagged if you'd like to join in - either in the comments or in a video of your own!
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Tag started by @ArielBissett
Questions:
1.Are there any books you've started this year that you still need to finish?
2. Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year?
3. Is there a new release you're still waiting for?
4. What are three books you want to read before the end of the year?
5. Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite book of the year?
6. Have you already started making reading plans for next year?
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Books mentioned:
๐ This Ragged Grace, by Octavia Bright
๐ Blackouts, by Justin Torres
๐ Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
๐ North Woods, by Daniel Mason
๐ Loot, by Tania James
๐ The Portrait of a Mirror, by A. Natasha Joukovsky
๐ Study for Obedience, by Sarah Bernstein
๐ Playground, by Richard Powers
๐ Private Rites, by Julia Armfield
๐ Day, by Michael Cunningham
๐ Martyr!, by Kaveh Akbar
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ If you enjoyed this video, give it a like!
๐น Subscribe to my channel for a new video each week
โ๏ธ Get in touch at benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #tag
![Olympics book recommendations (even if you donโt like sports)
The Olympics is here again! Two weeks of high drama across hundreds of sports that dont usually grace our screens. I love it, but I know its not for everyone. That said, its fun to read something thematically aligned to whats going on in the world, so here are some book recommendations that feature sports, but which you can enjoy whether youre a sports fan or not.
My full review of Headshot is in this video:
https://youtu.be/Slbp3_4FiEc?si=AOrpi1KsGmZt5WRt
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Books mentioned:
๐ The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach
๐ Godwin, by Joseph ONeill
๐ Carrie Soto is Back, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
๐ Grimmish, by Michael Winkler
๐ Chlorine, by Jade Song
๐ Stephen Florida, by Gabe Habash
๐ Kick the Latch, by Kathryn Scanlan
๐ Headshot, by Rita Bullwinkel
๐ Western Lane, by Chetna Maroo
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
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๐ Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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![Some books I read this summer โข 6 book reviews
Is it a wrap up? Are these book reviews? Well, yes and yes. But its also not my usual wrap-up as I left out a bunch of things I read in July. Dont worry, Ill get to them soon. But here is a mixture of reading recommendations... and a few unpopular opinions on much-hyped books.
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Creators mentioned:
@louisesavidgemuses4135
@SavidgeReads
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Books mentioned in this video:
๐ Greta and Valdin, by Rebecca K (not R!) Reilly
๐ Evenings and Weekends, by Oisรญn McKenna
๐ First Love, by Gwendoline Riley
๐ Monstrilio, by Gerardo Sรกmano Cรณrdova (apologies for pronouncing Gerardo wrong in the video)
๐ Anyones Ghost, by August Thompson
๐ Goodnight Tokyo, by Atsuhiro Yoshida (translated by Haydn Trowell)
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00:00 Summer reading
01:35 Greta and Valdin
04:50 Evenings and Weekends
07:19 First Love
10:55 Monstrilio
13:47 Anyones Ghost
16:24 Goodnight Tokyo
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Thank you so much for watching.
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๐ Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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![Book hauls: are they really that bad?
Some people love book hauls and take away lots of reading recommendations, others hate them. So lets have a chat about it.
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Creators mentioned:
@alanaestelle2076
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
โ๏ธ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
๐ธ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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๐ Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #bookhaul
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![I read Britney Spearsโ memoir and it broke my heart
Heres my book review of Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me, which I think it is a fascinating portrait of a public figure we feel like we know so well, but is only now able to tell her side of the story.
I dont think there are too many spoilers here, I dont really mention anything that hasnt been widely reported on already, but be warned some of the topics mentioned are very heavy. I dont discuss these in detail but I do mention them in passing.
Heres @jack_edwards video on ghostwriting, if you want to dive more deeply into that topic:
https://youtu.be/c6mGnXnSVo8
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00:00 intro
00:35 on my radar (what it means to me)
01:39 its britney bitch... or is it? (ghostwriting)
06:16 born to make you happy (early life)
08:19 not a girl, not yet a woman (relationships)
11:47 overprotected (conservatorship)
13:35 her prerogative (justice)
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![Books I read in October | Reading wrap-up
5 books this month - back to my usual speed after racing through all of that prize reading ๐
If youd like to enter my giveaway, details on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CzBMdZfrDo4/
Heres the podcast episode where Jaylen from @TheBarandtheBookcase interviews Justin Torres about Blackouts - a really great listen:
https://youtu.be/qlZvBZFMv5w
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Books mentioned in this video:
๐ The Fraud, by Zadie Smith
๐ Dinosaurs, by Lydia Millet
๐ Blackouts, by Justin Torres
๐ Between Dog and Wolf, by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry
๐ The Factory, by Hiroko Oyamada (translated by David Boyd)
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00:00 Giveaway
01:08 The Fraud
05:12 Dinosaurs
08:07 Blackouts
12:18 Between Dog and Wolf
14:40 The Factory
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๐ธ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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![I ranked the 2023 Booker Prize longlist from worst to best (and predicted the shortlist)
I finished!!!! I read all the books on the longlist, so Ive ranked them from worst to best, and the top six make up my dream shortlist. Ill also take a peep at what the shortlist would be if it was decided by Goodreads reviews, and guess what I think the judges will pick.
If youd like to see my more in-depth reviews of all the books on the longlist, check them out below.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/nx2caL3ekGM
Part 2: https://youtu.be/AW5O3gq61g0
Part 3: https://youtu.be/zfUGToe0FVE
Part 4: Will be uploaded soon!
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Books mentioned
๐ The House of Doors, by Tan Twan Eng
๐ This Other Eden, by Paul Harding
๐ The Bee Sting, by Paul Murray
๐ In Ascension, by Martin MacInnes
๐ If I Survive You, by Jonathan Escoffery
๐ Study for Obedience, by Sarah Bernstein
๐ How to Build a Boat, by Elaine Feeney
๐ Old Gods Time, by Sebastian Barry
๐ A Spell of Good Things, by Ayรฒbรกmi Adรฉbรกyรฒ
๐ Pearl, by Siรขn Hughes
๐ Western Lane, by Chetna Maroo
๐ Prophet Song, by Paul Lynch
๐ All the Little Bird-Hearts, by Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
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00:00 Longlist thoughts
01:52 Format breakdown
02:36 Ranking
09:42 Goodreads shortlist
11:30 Judges shortlist prediction
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ If you enjoyed this video, give it a like!
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โ๏ธ Get in touch at benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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![Three library books, honestly reviewed
Some books I got from my library, and reviews telling you what I thought of them!
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Books mentioned:
๐ Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamott
๐ One of Us, by Elizabeth Day
๐ The Book of Guilt, by Catherine Chidgey
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00:00 My local library
02:02 Bird by Bird
04:50 One of Us
09:43 The Book of Guilt
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Thank you so much for watching.
๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
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๐ Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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![Books I read in November | Reading wrap-up
Last reading wrap-up of the year, with 7 books to tell you about. Most of them are quick reads as Ive been poorly with a cold lately (still trying to shift it!) but some really great reads in here that Id heartily recommend.
Heres my full review of Britney Spears memoir The Woman in Me:
https://youtu.be/ctAUT75AhzY
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Books mentioned in this video:
๐ Clear, by Carys Davies (released in January, thank you to Granta for the eARC)
๐ The Woman in Me, by Britney Spears
๐ Heartstopper Volume 4, by Alice Oseman
๐ Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, by Satoshi Yagisawa (translated from Japanese by Eric Ozawa)
๐ Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
๐ Upgrade, by Blake Crouch
๐ Aliss at the Fire, by Jon Fosse (translated from Norwegian by Damion Searls)
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00:00 Intro
01:15 Clear
03:20 The Woman in Me
03:56 Heartstopper Volume 4
06:00 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
08:44 Flowers for Algernon
11:33 Upgrade
13:45 Aliss at the Fire
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๐ธ Follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
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![Predicting the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ๐ฎ
On 6 May 2024 well find out (completely out of the blue!) which book has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and and which books were the finalists. Its a shot in the dark to predict, but last year I got it right. I dont expect to repeat that, but lets give it a go!
Greg from @SupposedlyFunโs prediction video:
https://youtu.be/zrpP6XEQOlQ?si=0qlMe2bhbC0IQ3Ky
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Books mentioned:
Youll have to watch and see ๐
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00:00 Intro and eligibility rules
02:48 Frontrunners
04:57 Wildcards
08:12 A Recent Favourite
09:50 The One (I Hope) That Got Away...
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๐ Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
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๐ Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #pulitzerprize Predicting the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ๐ฎ](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/eElRr7bDMQA/mqdefault.jpg)