bookishsophiawho knew i'd revisit tahereh mafi? AND enjoy it?? not me!!
also i tried to upload a movie commentary but it's in copyright claim purgatory rn will it every be released idk stay tuned but i recorded and uploaded this instead so i can still put something out
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BOOK REVIEW: A VERY LARGE EXPANSE OF SEA BY TAHEREH MAFIbookishsophia2019-07-16 | who knew i'd revisit tahereh mafi? AND enjoy it?? not me!!
also i tried to upload a movie commentary but it's in copyright claim purgatory rn will it every be released idk stay tuned but i recorded and uploaded this instead so i can still put something out
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i wanted to put closed captions but youtube hasn't uploaded the automatic ones yet... unsure what's going on there. the mess just gets messier. [update: CC uploaded!! as of 1/3/2021]
oh boy... here is the documentation of my first week going through camp nanowrimo july 2020. the rollercoaster of motivation has been quite the ride. will i give up? likely. nevertheless, she persisted ??
nanowrimo website: nanowrimo.org if you have an account, please leave your username in the comments and i'll add you!!! 🤪
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CONTACT LEGISLATORS/GOVT OFFICIALS: - Email template (opens your mail app!) to Minnesota officials (George Floyd): tinyurl.com/emailforfloyd - Email template (opens your mail app!) to Louisville officials (Breonna Taylor): tinyurl.com/ycha6nuu - Note: if you’re opening the email templates on an iPhone, click “allow” and then hit the Safari button. It should open a pre-written email for you where you just have to add your name and location. - Text “JUSTICE” To 668366 - Text “FLOYD” To 55156 - Call (612) 673-2100 (Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey) - Call (612) 348-5550 (Minnesota District Attorney Mike Freeman) - Other ways to contact govt: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#text
(I maxed the character count so the books don't have links. SORRY!!) TA-NEHISI COATES: - Between the World and Me - We Were Eight Years in Power - The Beautiful Struggle - The Water Dancer
CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: - Americanah - Half of a Yellow Sun - Purple Hisbiscus - The Thing Around Your Neck
NON-FICTION BOOK RECS: - The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander - White Rage by Carol Anderson - So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Iluo - How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi - When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele (by cofounders of BLM!) - Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge - anything by James Baldwin
FICTION BOOK RECS: - anything by Toni Morrison - Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston - Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid - The Sellout by Paul Beatty - The Color Purple by Alice Walker - An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
BLACK VOICE YA BOOKS: - You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson - The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta - A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow - A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown - All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani
I didn’t mention it in this video but one of Joy M.’s suggestions was to donate the Adsense revenue of this video (and other BLM-related videos I make) to the cause. I will be doing this, but I also want to recognize that the words outweigh the actual action. Adsense revenue for my videos is usually around ~$4-5, so I know it’s not much, but whatever amount this makes, I am more than happy to donate it.
FIND ME ELSEWHERE: email: thebookbasement[at]yahoo[dot]com twitter: http://twitter.com/thebookbasement instagram: @bookishsophia goodreads: http://goodreads.com/thebookbasementBEACH READ BY EMILY HENRYbookishsophia2020-06-03 | nothing much to say in this review except that i liked this book a lot :-) but i want to say something about escapism, which i mentioned in the video but thought more about while i was editing this. it is an absolute privilege to try and find spaces that help you feel comfort, because many people right now can't find any comfort anywhere. in every corner, there are structures and systems that have failed them, have been designed to exclude them, have the single intention of keeping them in the margins. i wanted to upload this review because it's a book i enjoyed and i wanted to recognize that, but i also don't want this to suggest that what's happening in the US can be or should be ignored in favor of fun fiction. if you are able to find peace in literature or other forms of creative media, i hope you can find that, but i also know that it's not possible for everyone. please know that i have been reading and learning and donating (at first, to the minnesota freedom fund, and then to the black visions collective), and even that is not enough, because until there is justice, there is no peace.
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hope y'all are staying safe and healthy in quarantine!
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ANIMATION USED: youtube.com/watch?v=X2s6wAodD8ARANKING POPULAR YA BOOKSbookishsophia2020-02-27 | i am sick and miserable! i hope you are not! this is me attempting to feel productive on a day in which i absolutely want to dig myself a hole and lie in it until my head stops wanting to burst!
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me: don't watch this if you don't want to be offended! people who know they're going to be offended: guess i'll keep watching!FOLK OF THE AIR SERIES REVIEW BY HOLLY BLACKbookishsophia2020-01-25 | anyone else obsessed with tiktok???
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Music provided by Audio Library youtu.be/_HBkeCg4G6QFAVORITES OF 2019 (books! films! music!)bookishsophia2019-12-31 | sorry i am illiterate and only read 0.5 books this year... so pls enjoy hearing about films i watched and music i jammed out to in 2019 as well :-)
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MUSIC USED: Summer Moments by Del soundcloud.com/del-sound Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by Audio Library youtu.be/_HBkeCg4G6QREVISITING THE LIGHTNING THIEF & THE SEA OF MONSTERSbookishsophia2019-07-09 | watch this slowly become a movie commentary channel. ALSO sorry for this WONKY lighting. the sun was really testing me
MUSIC USED: Summer Moments by Del soundcloud.com/del-sound Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by Audio Library youtu.be/_HBkeCg4G6QBOOK REVIEW: RED, WHITE, AND ROYAL BLUE BY CASEY MCQUISTONbookishsophia2019-07-05 | red, white, blue is in the sky summer's in the air and, baby, heaven's in your eyes
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the tag questions: 1. Do you have a book with deckled edges? 2. Do you have a book with 3 or more people on the cover? 3. Do you have a book based on another fictional story? 4. Do you have a book with a title 10 letters long? 5. Do you have a book with a title that starts and ends with the same letter? 6. Do you have a mass market paperback book? 7. Do you have a book written by an author using a pen name? 8. Do you have a book with a character's name in the title? 9. Do you have a book with 2 maps in it? 10. Do you have a book that was turned into a TV show? 11. Do you have a book written by someone who is originally famous for something else? (celebrity/athlete/politician/tv personality...) 12. Do you have a book with a clock on the cover? 13. Do you have a poetry book? 14. Do you have a book with an award stamp on it? 15. Do you have a book written by an author with the same initials as you? 16. Do you have a book of short stories? 17. Do you have a book that is between 500-510 pages long? 18. Do you have a book that was turned into a movie? 19. Do you have a graphic novel? 20. Do you have a book written by 2 or more authors?
MUSIC USED: Summer Moments by Del soundcloud.com/del-sound Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by Audio Library youtu.be/_HBkeCg4G6QBOOK REVIEW: SOMEWHERE ONLY WE KNOW BY MAURENE GOObookishsophia2019-06-10 | my 3 brain cells throughout this entire video: ~blackpink in your areA~
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i filmed this in early may and waited to edit/upload it until june when i had more time, for the 0.2 people wondering about the timeline of this!!
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MUSIC USED: Summer Moments by Del soundcloud.com/del-sound Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Music provided by Audio Library youtu.be/_HBkeCg4G6QBOOK REVIEW: WHAT IF ITS US BY BECKY ALBERTALLI AND ADAM SILVERAbookishsophia2018-12-14 | (p!nk voice) WHAT ABOUT US???? becky and adam: that's not the fr*cking title of the book
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how many people are gonna put cassandra clare or sjm on their listBOOK REVIEW: STRANGE THE DREAMER BY LAINI TAYLORbookishsophia2018-10-23 | pls ignore my ratty ponytail
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