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In which I consider the role of books and reading in my life as I answer “The Books and Life Tag” created by Steve Donoghue.
Tag created by @saintdonoghue
The prompts:
1. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a normal person and 10 being the late Harold Bloom, how much are books and reading a part of your life?
2. Where does your personal library stand right now in relation to the rest of your life? Do you have more books now than you ever have? Fewer? How has your library changed?
3. Take a mental step back and ask yourself: what is the most likely first bookish impression a newcomer would have in your home?
4. How often (if ever, gulp) do you clean or re-organize your books?
5. On average, how many books do you acquire in a given week?
6. What song is your current ear-worm?
7. What percentage of your self-control do you retain in a well-stocked bookshop?
8. Do you ever feel the need to take a break from books? If so, what form does it take?
9. When you meet a new person, how long does it take you to bring up books?
10. Have you given any thought/made any provisions for your personal library after you croak?
11. Are you known among your friends & loved ones for your weird and probably unhealthy relationship with books?
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In which I consider the role of books and reading in my life as I answer “The Books and Life Tag” created by Steve Donoghue.
Tag created by @saintdonoghue
The prompts:
1. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a normal person and 10 being the late Harold Bloom, how much are books and reading a part of your life?
2. Where does your personal library stand right now in relation to the rest of your life? Do you have more books now than you ever have? Fewer? How has your library changed?
3. Take a mental step back and ask yourself: what is the most likely first bookish impression a newcomer would have in your home?
4. How often (if ever, gulp) do you clean or re-organize your books?
5. On average, how many books do you acquire in a given week?
6. What song is your current ear-worm?
7. What percentage of your self-control do you retain in a well-stocked bookshop?
8. Do you ever feel the need to take a break from books? If so, what form does it take?
9. When you meet a new person, how long does it take you to bring up books?
10. Have you given any thought/made any provisions for your personal library after you croak?
11. Are you known among your friends & loved ones for your weird and probably unhealthy relationship with books?
Buy me a cup of tea? ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
![Night Two of Hannahs Book-ukkah: The Books and Life Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/olLIwIFK_1U/hqdefault.jpg "Night Two of Hannahs Book-ukkah: The Books and Life Tag [CC]
In which I consider the role of books and reading in my life as I answer “The Books and Life Tag” created by Steve Donoghue.
Tag created by @saintdonoghue
The prompts:
1. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a normal person and 10 being the late Harold Bloom, how much are books and reading a part of your life?
2. Where does your personal library stand right now in relation to the rest of your life? Do you have more books now than you ever have? Fewer? How has your library changed?
3. Take a mental step back and ask yourself: what is the most likely first bookish impression a newcomer would have in your home?
4. How often (if ever, gulp) do you clean or re-organize your books?
5. On average, how many books do you acquire in a given week?
6. What song is your current ear-worm?
7. What percentage of your self-control do you retain in a well-stocked bookshop?
8. Do you ever feel the need to take a break from books? If so, what form does it take?
9. When you meet a new person, how long does it take you to bring up books?
10. Have you given any thought/made any provisions for your personal library after you croak?
11. Are you known among your friends & loved ones for your weird and probably unhealthy relationship with books?
Buy me a cup of tea? https://ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![Reads and Rambles, 24 March 2021 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pPdaORWhvjc/hqdefault.jpg "Reads and Rambles, 24 March 2021 [CC]
In which I talk about what has been flying around my neighborhood this week as well as what has been on my reading docket.
David Attenborough on cicadas:
Cicada life cycles: https://youtu.be/tjLiWy2nT7U
Periodic cicadas: https://youtu.be/EWr8fzUz-Yw
Magazines and Newspapers:
Poets & Writers
New York Times Book Review
Books Mentioned:
John Keats: Poetry, Life & Landscapes by Suzie Grogan
Keats’ Odes: A Lover’s Discourse, by Anahid Nersessian
Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph by Lucasta Miller
My readings of Flannery OConnor:
A Good Man is Hard to Find: https://youtu.be/cnorf958HFU
Everything That Rises Must Converge: https://youtu.be/gMx5kqalxgE
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Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![The Last Ten Books Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qbVe3mEP1pg/hqdefault.jpg "The Last Ten Books Tag [CC]
In which I yet again celebrate Tag Tuesday a bit late—this time by answering the Last 10 Books Tag, created by Mark Nash and refurbished by Rainer at Ranierbooks. #tagtuesday #thelasttenbookstag
Original Tag (2018) @MarcNash
https://youtu.be/NceXJtp3Dcc
Refurbished Tag (2021) Rainer at Rainierbooks:
https://youtu.be/kS0ky5fzQok
I mention and tag these booktubers:
(Ros at Scallydandling about the Books:
https://youtu.be/rroEDl4byxI)
@TootightLautrec
@saintdonoghue
Sarah @HardcoverHearts
@MarcNash
Alan @bighardbooks770
Kim at Middle of the Book March: https://www.youtube.com/c/MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
Courtney Ferriter
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6f2IQ2BSjJT0xXiVfba2Yg
Books mentioned:
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Warden by Anthony Trollope
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Great Escapes from Detroit by Joseph O’Malley
The Unquiet Englishman by Richard Greene
All the President’s Men by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren
Bhagavad Gita
Eudora Welty
With Roots in Heaven by Tirzah Firestone
Life on the Fringes by Haviva Ner-David
Down by the Riverside by Charles Joyner
The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Ex Libris by Anne Fadiman
Apple of my Eye by Helene Hanff
Letter from New York by Helene Hanff
My review of The Unquiet Englishman by Richard Greene:
ttps://openlettersreview.com/posts/the-unquiet-englishman-a-life-of-graham-greene-by-richard-greene
The 10 questions:
1) The last book you didn’t finish?
2) The last book you re-read?
3) The last book you bought
4) The last book you said you read but didn’t?
5) The last book you wrote in the margins of?
6) The last book you had signed?
7) The last book you lost?
8) The last book you had to replace?
9) The last book you had an argument over?
10) The last book you couldn’t get hold of?
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Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![Reads and Rambles: 4 July 2021 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rnDQ97uOkR4/hqdefault.jpg "Reads and Rambles: 4 July 2021 [CC]
In which I ramble even more than usual mostly about only vaguely bookish topics.
Booktubers mentioned:
Brian @BookishTexan
@saintdonoghue
Tootight Lautrec: https://www.youtube.com/c/TootightLautrec
Abe’s winning banjo playing:
https://youtu.be/lTYf2J8vL4U
Has Steve Read It? The Next Generation:
https://youtu.be/kTxBtmakTmw
Brian’s Critical Race Theory discussion:
https://youtu.be/KYy_W14acQc
Ethics and Book Reviewing with Christopher Hitchens, Francine Prose, John Leonard, etc.: https://youtu.be/bQfCn6i-ENE
Time Stamps:
01:30 Kicking off #JaneAustenJuly: Sense and Sensibility
02:20 Lupin and diagetic music (apologies for my atrocious French)
03:10 Abe’s music
04:15 Star Trek (for Steve Donoghue)
05:37 Celebratory Tea
06:08 Walking in the Gardens
07:56 Little Free Library
08:38 Yarn Bombing
09:04 National Gallery of Art
11:45 Critical Race Theory
12:47 Ethics in Book Reviewing
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
