seriela | No Friend but the Mountains - Review @seriela | Uploaded November 2019 | Updated October 2024, 20 hours ago.
References:
🗞Behrouz Boochani's release:
bbc.com/news/world-australia-50418217
🎬Writing is an act of resistance (Youtube video):
youtube.com/watch?v=sZCPsS5Ais0
THERE ARE MANY MORE VIDEOS ABOUT BEHROUZ BOOCHANI ON YT.
Booktubers mentioned -
Veronica @ Vee's Reads & Rambles:
youtube.com/channel/UCz7MqdD3VDMVCmUGwTETCdQ
Jaclyn @ Six Minutes for Me: (with more links)
First mention - youtube.com/watch?v=RXTNhNmzm98
Review - youtube.com/watch?v=TKHeukyDySA
'Njeri @ ONYX Pages:
youtube.com/channel/UC_reNHCI5mUeKGbvkN2_bTA
Kazen @ Always Doing:
youtube.com/watch?v=FslC_up59H0&t=330s
Amy @ Amygetslit:
youtube.com/channel/UCk5Uzi016DUwgdEPxwreCYQ
BOOKS:
📚A Letter from Manus Island:
goodreads.com/book/show/41642894-a-letter-from-manus-island?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PvchIY0lTm&rank=1
📚No Friend but the Mountains:
goodreads.com/book/show/39284186-no-friend-but-the-mountains?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5yYgIfxZs2&rank=1
📚The Natural Way of Things:
goodreads.com/book/show/25876358-the-natural-way-of-things?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=05NauKS8AH&rank=1
#NonfictionNovember19 #Aussielit
References:
🗞Behrouz Boochani's release:
bbc.com/news/world-australia-50418217
🎬Writing is an act of resistance (Youtube video):
youtube.com/watch?v=sZCPsS5Ais0
THERE ARE MANY MORE VIDEOS ABOUT BEHROUZ BOOCHANI ON YT.
Booktubers mentioned -
Veronica @ Vee's Reads & Rambles:
youtube.com/channel/UCz7MqdD3VDMVCmUGwTETCdQ
Jaclyn @ Six Minutes for Me: (with more links)
First mention - youtube.com/watch?v=RXTNhNmzm98
Review - youtube.com/watch?v=TKHeukyDySA
'Njeri @ ONYX Pages:
youtube.com/channel/UC_reNHCI5mUeKGbvkN2_bTA
Kazen @ Always Doing:
youtube.com/watch?v=FslC_up59H0&t=330s
Amy @ Amygetslit:
youtube.com/channel/UCk5Uzi016DUwgdEPxwreCYQ
BOOKS:
📚A Letter from Manus Island:
goodreads.com/book/show/41642894-a-letter-from-manus-island?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=PvchIY0lTm&rank=1
📚No Friend but the Mountains:
goodreads.com/book/show/39284186-no-friend-but-the-mountains?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=5yYgIfxZs2&rank=1
📚The Natural Way of Things:
goodreads.com/book/show/25876358-the-natural-way-of-things?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=05NauKS8AH&rank=1
#NonfictionNovember19 #Aussielit
![Intimidating TBR Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8JSanQmdsgs/hqdefault.jpg "Intimidating TBR Tag [CC]
My TBR love is so great, I left out two prompts!
Thank you, Kazen, for tagging me.
And I tag YOU!
Kazen at Always Doings version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7bnAGYtyag
Cara at Wilde Book Gardens version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiRzRfmnObU
Thanks, Cara, for directing me to Mariana Quesadas version!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1eP0QmjVrU
The Questions
#1: A book on your TBR pile that you havent finished
#2: A book you just havent had the time to read
#3: A book you havent read because its a sequel
#4: A book you havent read because its brand new
#5: A book by an author you read previously but didnt really like
#6: A book on your TBR pile that youre just not in the mood to read
#7: A book on your TBR pile that you havent read because its enormous
#8: A book on your TBR you bought because of the cover
#9: The book on your TBR you find the most intimidating
MENTIONED:
The Booktube Prize:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ7b0I3aVG8&t=355s
A Year of Toni Morrison at Hannahs Books:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DX-S_AzBSU&t=11s
2020 Asian Readathon at readwithcindy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qweYGWPAmWU&t=7s
Maybe Midrash Playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hkf1HP-PVk&list=PLQR7MV0gwHp1AEkUs4O3iyAMptbpikU25
The BookTubers Reading Chunksters For Charity Challenge
hosted by Alan at The Book Traveller:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TB1hh9zDZM&t=175s
#PuertoRico")
![#KwanzaaReflectAThon 2019 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8V0bQ77kWAI/hqdefault.jpg "#KwanzaaReflectAThon 2019 [CC]
A Puerto Rican reflection for this Third #KwanzaaReflectAThon hosted by Njeri @ ONYX Pages. Habari gani?
CHANNELS MENTIONED:
Njeri @ ONYX Pagess announcement video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV64ZME1-iQ
Kathy Trithardts version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TigTile55VA&lc=z224s3ppzuj1tzmdiacdp4352ow0s05dypuvnimdaipw03c010c.1577530367446209
THE PROMPTS:
1. Umoja: Unity. A book that centred the upliftment of African-descended folks.
2. Kujichagulia: Self-Determination: A book with an African-descended LGBTQ character who inspired you b/c they were determined AF.
3. Ujima: Collective Work and Responsibility. A book in which a diverse group of characters worked together toward a goal.
4. Ujamaa: Cooperative Economics. A book that got you thinking about sharing economic resources.
5. Nia: Purpose. A book in which an African-descended character found or developed their purpose.
6. Kuumba: Creativity. A book in which an African-descended character demonstrated power through creativity
7. Imani: Faith. – A book that strengthened your faith.
Chilean feminist song gone viral (The Guardian):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5AAscy7qbI
In Puerto Rico (David Begnauds IG):
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6V314JHHY3/
 BOOKS MENTIONED:
Octavias Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23129839-octavia-s-brood?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=G8F8eAFLDc&rank=1
The Broken Earth Trilogy: The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky :
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38496769-the-broken-earth-trilogy?from_search=true&qid=SIHsVBaDtd&rank=17
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33961446-schomburg?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Wg7fw0NOQo&rank=1
Schomburg: El Hombre Que Crea Una Biblioteca:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43679853-schomburg
Diasporic Blackness: The Life and Times of Arturo Alfonso Schomburg:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34674840-diasporic-blackness?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Wvya1Ng16O&rank=1
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32951.Sister_Outsider?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=1LVQjj1X0L&rank=1
¡Negro, Negra! Afirmación y Resistencia, Memorias del Primer Congreso de Afrodecendencia en Puerto Rico (just added manually to goodreads; ISBN: 978-1-61505-362-9)
The Underground Railroad:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30555488-the-underground-railroad?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=l4TxHIcl1k&rank=1
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint LOuverture and the San Domingo Revolution:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/775985.The_Black_Jacobins?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=qJn4taX49N&rank=2
Fe En Disfraz :
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34596554-fe-en-disfraz
La Gran Ausente: la maestra Celestina Cordero Molina
(just added manually to goodreads, ISBN: 978-1-942352-19-8)
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20342617-just-mercy?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=G2qOQawWdF&rank=2
Video where I talk briefly about Just Mercy, at 1:58:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVxQBSuxyO0&t=991s
#KwanzaaReflectAThon #PuertoRico")
