My Vlogmas Hall of Shame / The Vlogmas Tag O through S Marian Ryan 2019-12-25 | In which I get down to finishing my exceedingly slow version of the Vlogmas Tag. I do the prompts for the letters O through S, from the Vlogmas Tag, created by Shawn the Book Maniac and Britta Böhler, and talk mothersOriginal tag videos: Shawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0Bul...Britta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BlRz...Books discussed or shown:Great Expectations by Charles DickensHow the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas CahillAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtDubliners by James JoyceNight Shift by Stephen King Collected Stories of John CheeverFranny and Zoey by J.D. SalingerNine Stories by J. D. SalingerCelestial Navigation by Anne TylerConstellations by Sinead GleesonFind me elsewhere:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3... Twitter: twitter.com/marianryanese Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianconne... Website: marianryan.me
L is for LGBQT: The Slower Vlogmas Tag Marian Ryan 2019-12-09 | I do the prompt for the letter L, from the Vlogmas Tag, created by Shawn the Book Maniac and Britta Böhler, and talk mothersOriginal tag videos: Shawn: youtube.com/watch?v=Z0BulmflknQ&t=1sBritta: youtube.com/watch?v=6BlRz2PqxTs&t=1sStop by Jay Shay's anti-Vlogmas videos. Check out his tea manifesto: youtube.com/watch?v=OSjTkSR7VqI&lc=z22uujgw3pazgbfmlacdp431lrbpbp2lre031ks00zpw03c010cBOOKS DISCUSSED:Are You My Mother? by Alison BechdelAre You My Mother by P. D. EastmanFind me elsewhere:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3... Twitter: twitter.com/marianryanese Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianconne... Website: marianryan.me
V is for Voyage: The Slower Vlogmas Tag Marian Ryan 2019-12-08 | In which I do the first prompt in the Vlogmas Tag, created by Shawn the Book Maniac and Britta Böhler.Their original tag videos:Shawn: youtube.com/watch?v=Z0BulmflknQBritta: youtube.com/watch?v=6BlRz2PqxTsAlso mentioned:Jay Shay: youtube.com/watch?v=Njsg-nJmjbMCheck out Jay's pleasingly chill Vlogmas videos!SociaL Too lazy to post right now.Book rec: The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel Mendelsohn
Sunday Sentence, November 10, 2019 Marian Ryan 2019-11-10 | In which I read this Lydia Davis story in a far too serious tone of voice."The Outing," from the collection Break It Down. Also in The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis.
Sunday Sentence / November 3, 2019 Marian Ryan 2019-11-03 | From the opening paragraphs of Janet Frame's novel Faces in the Water.Frame was institutionalized for eight years at several mental hospitals in her native New Zealand, at first voluntarily. She received many rounds of ECT and insulin shock therapy for a diagnosis of schizophrenia, seemingly dubious. She was scheduled for a lobotomy that was canceled after her book of stories won a literary prize.
Sunday Sentence - October 27, 2019 Marian Ryan 2019-10-27 | "The Rosary" by Alexander Chee can also be found on the New Yorker website.Me around the interwebs:T: @marianryaneseIG: @marianconnellyryanGR: Marian RyanWebsite: marianryan.me
Sunday Sentence, August 25, 2019 Marian Ryan 2019-08-26 | *ILLUSTRATION OF FLANNERY O’CONNOR BY GREG RUTH for Slate*In which I read from the opening paragraph of Flannery O’Connor’s story “Good Country People.”Found in her collection A Good Man Is Hard to Find.I heart Flannery. I reviewed her Prayer Journal for Slate several years ago.Get in touch:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3... Twitter: twitter.com/marianryanese Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianconne... Website: marianryan.me
Sunday Sentence, August 4 Marian Ryan 2019-08-06 | Keeping a toe in with a Sunday Sentence. Coming to you on a Monday natch.Text from The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia by Marin Sardy: goodreads.com/book/show/41135958-the-edge-of-every-daySunday Sentence inaugurated by Shawn the Book Maniac: youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA
Midyear Book Freakout Tag Marian Ryan 2019-07-03 | I was tagged by Alex from whatpageareyouon: youtube.com/watch?v=PBVzXcyZLS0#Fuckathon Announcement from Noria Reads: youtube.com/watch?v=6lypysK_Rlw&t=1sOther channels mentioned:Shawn the Book Maniac: youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA/feedPost Postmodern Poetry Prognosticator: youtube.com/channel/UCIpCR4WiYw5L8nh8vpXgnaARashmika Likes Books: youtube.com/channel/UClXHEEND39mAu1UUg8KtsWgQuestions:1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2019.Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2019. Nada3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.The Edge of Every Day by Marin Sardy4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead5. Biggest disappointment.Country Girl by Edna O'Brien6. Biggest surprise.In the Country by Mia Alvar7. Favourite new author.W. G. Sebald, The Emigrants8. Newest fictional crush.Attila from Happiness by Aminatta Forna9. Newest favourite character.Wee Sisters in Milkman by Anna Burns10. Book that made you cry.Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward11. Book that made you happy.Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year.Zip13. Favourite video you have done so far this year.Bupkis14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received).The Friend by Sigrid Nunez15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?All the Lives We Ever Lived by Katharine SmythThe Round House by Louise ErdrichDear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun LiLost in the City by Edward P. JonesHuman Acts by Han KangGet in touch:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/marianconne...Website: marianryan.meHonored Guest by Joy Williams
Reading Women Month Plans & Progress Marian Ryan 2019-06-17 | Reading Women Month announcement video on Kendra Winchester's channel:youtube.com/watch?v=hzgryNSUaNc&t=129sReading Women podcast: readingwomenpodcast.comBooks mentioned:After Henry, by Joan DidionThe Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan DidionIn the Country, by Mia AlvarBrown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline WoodsonFreshwater, by Akwaeke EmeziThe Year of Yes, by Shonda RhimesWishful Drinking, by Carrie FIsherThe Red Parts, by Maggie NelsonLet's be social:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/marianconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
Short Stories on BookTube Tag Marian Ryan 2019-06-12 | I'm sorry I forgot to credit the tag creators!The Short Stories on Booktube Tag was created by the fine folks at Literary Gladiators:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPD7...I tag:Sonya @ an enthusiastic readerAlex @whatpageareyouonWina @WinaWondersWriters/story collections mentioned:Flannery O'Connor collections:A Good Man Is Hard to FindEverything That Rises Must ConvergeComplete StoriesGeorge Saunders:PastoraliaLorrie Moore:Like LifeBirds of AmericaKrys Lee:Drifting HouseYiyun Li:A Thousand Years of Good PrayersEmerald Girl, Gold BoyJohn Cheever:Collected StoriesLydia Davis:Collected StoriesAlice Munro:Selected StoriesDeepak Unnikrishnan:Temporary PeopleEdward P. Jones:Lost in the CityAunt Hagar's ChildrenAndrea Barrett:Ship Fever and Other StoriesServants of the MapArchangel
YourReadershipTag Marian Ryan 2019-06-06 | Thank you to Elisabeth at Bookish North for tagging me:youtube.com/watch?v=a8W9dm0noDwETA 6/11/2019: Recently it came out that Adrian Fort of Stripped Cover Lit has sexually harassed women BookTubers on social media including YouTube comments and DMs elsewhere. Dalton Gentry has since left Stripped Cover Lit and Adrian has acknowledged his actions, but I do not endorse the channel and the viewer should be aware of the behavior.The Your Readership Tag was created by Dalton at Stripped Cover Lit: youtube.com/watch?v=sqkQDpDpwBg&list=PL7VZYQNe84uIvUFNm0dURIxC0uM7HGv-y&index=10Let's be social:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
Ten BookTuber Personalities Tag Marian Ryan 2019-06-01 | [Weird lighting - blaming the sun for this one.]Ten BookTuber Personalities TagThis tag was created by Alan Moreton:youtube.com/watch?v=RJlz0jotvzkI was tagged by Brian at Bookish:youtube.com/watch?v=63z8ag3LYhY&t=213sBookTubers discussed/tagged:Alicia at Pretty Brown Eye Reader:youtube.com/channel/UCdXA0kXgLIwcCjZ92LIChZwMeonicorn at The Bookish Land:youtube.com/channel/UC5XL_GfMwk-lY1gOz3rElUgShawn the Book Maniac:youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXARick at Another Book Vlog:youtube.com/user/SuperMacDonnellJaclyn at Six Minutes for Me:youtube.com/user/jaclynlindsaysmithSaajid from Books Are My Social Life:youtube.com/channel/UCJWQahxmBl81gKs-OBls2BwEarnestly Eston:youtube.com/channel/UCYV5B1jOdZ6-rChfFuKnxeQLeo at A Little Book Life:youtube.com/channel/UC-FEiOwoPLd1RWQzEvEoyIAWina Wonders:youtube.com/user/queenofeuphoriaJen from Remembered Reads:youtube.com/channel/UCpslOZdjsglmXfq1AfPJ2dAChrissy from The Return Cart:youtube.com/channel/UCehTDcZint3ehv7QDvxLHxwKaren from Runwright Reads:youtube.com/user/facebookdivaRachel Mauro:youtube.com/channel/UCNTauh2jfQRvW4lzwgOVE8AAndrea of Infinite Text:youtube.com/channel/UCrRKHixMHuf9pcon27j3wlQLet's be social: Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
Recent & Current Reads May 19, 2019 / I Ramble On Marian Ryan 2019-05-20 | Because this is a long one, I've listed time stamps below for specific books. Also the audio is a bit crappy until the second book.Books discussed, with time stamps::15 Gwendoline Riley – First Love (novel)7:18 Michael Ondaatje – Running in the Family (memoir)10:27 Toni Morrison – Song of Solomon (novel)14:45 Disability Incarcerated (academic essays) – edited by Liat Ben-Moshe, Chris Chapman, and Allyson Carey19:05 The Emigrants – W. G. Sebald (novel)22:43 The Friend – Sigrid Nunez (novel)25:23 Lucia – Alex Pheby (novel)27:24 Jane: A Murder – Maggie Nelson (hybrid memoir/poetry)Find me elsewere:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
The Ten Books Tag: Scribd Edition Marian Ryan 2019-05-10 | Wherein I talk about the last 10 books I saved on Scribd. The original tag is from Shawn the Book Maniac: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFF...Review of House of Impossible Beauties on Luxurious Blu's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr1Dq...Other channels mentioned:Biblio Atlas: youtube.com/channel/UC5f-alvnwyH_GqvsSAflJcwSpinster's Library: youtube.com/channel/UCzccJ52d8ACSM2nRqkRxT7wBooks mentioned:Red Clocks by Leni ZumasWatership Down by RIchard AdamsWe Are Not Ourselves by Matthew ThomasDie Ausgewanderten by W.G. Sebald (German original of The Emigrants)House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph CassaraOhio by Stephen MarkleyNotre-Dame de Paris: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, Trans. Joseph SturrockFrench New Wave by Chris WiegandThe Only Story by Julian Barnes1984 by George OrwellA radically unusual male-dominated list!Let's be social:Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/3055585-marianTwitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me Wherein I talk about the last 10 books I saved on Scribd. The original tag is from Shawn the Book Maniac: youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXAReview of House of Impossible Beauties on Luxurious Blu's channel: youtube.com/watch?v=Hr1DqzgKBAABooks mentioned:Red Clocks by Leni ZumasWatership Down by RIchard AdamsWe Are Not Ourselves by Matthew ThomasDie Ausgewanderten by W.G. Sebald (German original of The Emigrants)House of Impossible Beauties by Joseph CassaraOhio by Stephen MarkleyNotre-Dame de Paris: The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo, Trans. Joseph SturrockFrench New Wave by Chris WiegandThe Only Story by Julian Barnes1984 by George OrwellA radically unusual male-dominated list!Let's be social:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
AuthorTube in the TrenchesTag Marian Ryan 2019-04-27 | Original tag from Adrian at Stripped Cover Lit:youtube.com/watch?v=esYzj_5vkgULet's be social:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
Book Haul April 2019 / Nonfiction-heavy Marian Ryan 2019-04-16 | Talking about the books I've acquired so far in 2019.Let's be social:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
Berlin Slideshow + Vlog, April 6 & 7, 2019 / Basic is the word Marian Ryan 2019-04-10 | Little reading got done but we walked a fair bit around the government district and our old neighborhood of Bötzowviertal in Prenzlauer Berg. I did buy one book. Might do a haul video of my purchases for the year to date.Find me elsewhere:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanPrivate editing @ Reedsy: reedsy.com/marian-ryanWebsite: marianryan.me
Nosy Librarian Tag Part 1 Marian Ryan 2019-03-30 | Thanks to Robert at Barter Hordes for tagging me:youtube.com/channel/UC6iRWkir3_DKmdnIliZT6cwETA 6/11/2019: Recently it came out that Adrian Fort of Stripped Cover Lit has sexually harassed women BookTubers on social media including YouTube comments and DMs elsewhere. Dalton Gentry has since left Stripped Cover Lit and Adrian has acknowledged his actions, but I do not endorse the channel and the viewer should be aware of the behavior.Stripped Cover Lit created the original tag:youtube.com/channel/UCzUPWU_SqbUvZw1pyi-ZVegFind me elsewhere:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
#TheIrishReadathon TBR & Recs / Better Late than Never Marian Ryan 2019-03-25 | I finally finish editing my Irish Readathon video!#TheIrishReadathon is hosted by:Aoife at Fred Weasley Died Laughingyoutube.com/watch?v=3j_FbjqI7iQ&t=8sElaine at Elaine Howlinyoutube.com/watch?v=l_ZF1lkiJgcLeanne at Leanne Roseyoutube.com/watch?v=RrTv4HcG9aw15 Great Irish Writers You've Probably Never Read:lithub.com/15-great-irish-writers-youve-probably-never-read-but-should"Waste Disposal," short story by Neil Bristow:irishtimes.com/culture/books/hennessy-new-irish-writing-march-2018-s-winning-story-1.3442111"Honeycomb," short story by Neil Bristow:thenottinghamreview.com/issue-7/neil-bristow-honeycomb"Blue Hills and Chalk Bones," longform personal essay by Sinead Gleeson:granta.com/blue-hills-chalk-bone"Hook," flash fiction by Danielle McLaughlin:newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/hook"Andy Warhol," short story by Keith Ridgway:https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0509/961237-stinging-fly-20-andy-warhol-by-keith-ridgway/Let's be social:Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3...Twitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
Booktube Newbie Tag Marian Ryan 2019-03-10 | My very first Booktube video. Happy to join in!The original Booktube Newbie Tag, by Brenda C, is over here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZMdn...Accessibility: Transcript is enabled for this video.Let's be social:Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/3055585-marianTwitter: twitter.com/marianryaneseInstagram: instagram.com/mconnellyryanWebsite: marianryan.me
