Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
A little late, but book news is here!
Bookshop.org eBook information:
bookshop.org/info/ebooks
Vlog featuring A Room Above a Shop:
youtu.be/nGfF2xi4jwU?si=5WtX91q7yFiNHVer
International Booker Prize longlist reaction:
youtu.be/2x2gHFwHD0I?si=GZB2I7POURa-95hU
@rororeads review of Mickey7:
youtu.be/w2Maep0KS1U?si=VYPOLArpNatRnvwC
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00:00 Book news
08:56 Prize news
16:30 New book releases
24:13 Books on screen
25:37 Feelgood story
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π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
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#books #booktube #booknews
A little late, but book news is here!
Bookshop.org eBook information:
bookshop.org/info/ebooks
Vlog featuring A Room Above a Shop:
youtu.be/nGfF2xi4jwU?si=5WtX91q7yFiNHVer
International Booker Prize longlist reaction:
youtu.be/2x2gHFwHD0I?si=GZB2I7POURa-95hU
@rororeads review of Mickey7:
youtu.be/w2Maep0KS1U?si=VYPOLArpNatRnvwC
β
00:00 Book news
08:56 Prize news
16:30 New book releases
24:13 Books on screen
25:37 Feelgood story
β
Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: instagram.com/benreadsgood
π Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π Amazon wishlist (books that are tricky to get in a physical bookshop in the UK): amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/2PGEEC0LPHHDA
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#books #booktube #booknews
![Book haul (last one of the year)
Here are some books that Ive picked up over the last few months - let me know if there are any you would recommend I get to sooner rather than later!
Charlies Booktuber meet-up vlog:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zhmevPsNbI
Booktuber quiz livestream:
https://www.youtube.com/live/8jM82uR5lMU?si=kPSSuYvR5XHFzFqe
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Booktubers mentioned:
@katiejlumsden
@CharlieBrookReads
@BobTheBookerer
@scallydandlingaboutthebooks
@Claire_Fenby
@TheDiscoKingOfficial
Booktubers at the meet-up (who are not mentioned above):
@adayofsmallthings
@AbiofPellinor
@ameliabarlowbooks
@angesbookchatter
@ChaoticBibliophile
@CharlesHeathcote
@christinacampbellbooks
@CoynieReads
@GemofBooks
@PageTurnersWithKatja
@royreadsanything
@spreadbookjoy
@tillysshelf
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Books mentioned:
π To be added!
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00:00 York Booktuber meet-up
11:23 Brand new books
19:29 Charity shop finds
22:39 Cardiff day out
26:58 Books from publishers
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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π 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 Book haul (last one of the year)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/R3MxrtZc4_k/mqdefault.jpg)
![Recent reads // Reading wrap-up (The History of Sound, On the Calculation of Volume, and more)
Some belated book reviews! Includes translated fiction, one of my favourite books of the year, and the most recent winner of the Goldsmiths Prize.
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Books mentioned:
π We Live Here Now, by C D Rose
π ti amo, by Hanne Γrstavik (tr. Martin Aitkin)
π On the Calculation of Volume III, by Solvej Balle (tr. Sophia Hersi Smith and Jennifer Russell)
π The History of Sound, by Ben Shattuck
π A Simple Intervention, by Yael Inokai (tr. Marielle Sutherland)
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00:00 We Live Here Now
04:37 ti amo
07:09 On the Calculation of Volume III
11:49 The History of Sound
15:51 A Simple Intervention
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #readingwrapup Recent reads // Reading wrap-up (The History of Sound, On the Calculation of Volume, and more)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RkfhpK4HDWw/mqdefault.jpg)
![Japan reading vlog π
This is way, way, way overdue, but Ive finally edited all the footage from my Japan trip in May last year. It was truly one of the best holidays Ive ever been on, and watching this back is making me so nostalgic already. Obviously, the biggest issue I had before going was deciding what books to take... and I think I made the right choices!
Our route:
πTokyo
πKyoto
πOsaka (day trip from Kyoto)
πNara (day trip from Kyoto)
πMiyajima Island
πHiroshima
πTokyo
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Booktubers mentioned:
@jenvcampbell
@jenniferlovesbooks
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Books mentioned:
π Mongrel, by Hanako Footman
π Diary of a Void, by Emi Yagi (tr. by David Boyd and Lucy North)
π Confessions, by Kanae Minato (tr. by Stephen Snyder)
π In the Miso Soup, by Ryu Murakami (tr. Ralph McCarthy)
π Strange Weather in Tokyo, by Hiromi Kawakami (tr. Allison Markin Powell)
π Brotherless Night, by V V Ganeshananthan
π The Road to the Country, by Chigozie Obioma
π All the Lovers in the Night, by Mieko Kawakami (tr. Sam Bett and David Boyd)
π Strangers, by Taichi Yamada (tr. Wayne P Lammers)
π Cold Enough for Snow, by Jessica Au
π Tokyo Ueno Station, by Yu Miri (tr. Morgan Giles)
π 1Q84, by Haruki Murakami
π The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx
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Music by Stream Cafe, licensed via Ko-fi
βͺ stream cafe - cherry blossoms
link: youtu.be/ivVQYpGGvuc
website: streamcafemusic.com
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #readingvlog Japan reading vlog π](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RufKsugmelM/mqdefault.jpg)
![Books I read in October β’ Reading wrap-up
Yeah yeah yeah, were halfway through November. But here are reviews of the 4 books I read in October.
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Books mentioned:
π Ordinary Saints, by Niamh NΓ Mhaoileoin
π The Expansion Project, by Ben Pester
π The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
π Every One Still Here, by Liadan NΓ Chuinn
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00:00 Ordinary Saints
03:54 The Expansion Project
07:08 The God of Small Things
11:30 Every One Still Here
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #readingwrapup Books I read in October β’ Reading wrap-up](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SGj7ONebc58/mqdefault.jpg)
![Every book I read in 2024 (and some reading stats)
Heres the briefest of brief book reviews... for every single book I read in 2024.
All that in 20 minutes? Well, each book is only described using the same number of words as the star rating I gave the book.
Ive also included some reading stats, because I know there are some fellow stats nerds out there.
Hopefully you will find some good book recommendations among these!
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If you want to hear my more detailed take on these books, here are my wrap up, single book review, and Booker review playlists:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7OjcHWODqCH_Nr1gqtHYyID&si=6AAC9sQrowG2ZNf3
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7Mq4NBoIFl2Fd-qCXuU4tgo
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSlUBOJVTh7No_i3ZLKl0L-NOovxFJfu9&si=NoHUcjhlXdlB2-yD
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00:00 Reading stats
06:00 How the reviews work
07:53 101 book reviews
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #bookrecommendations Every book I read in 2024 (and some reading stats)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/SYXjhD9TzY8/mqdefault.jpg)
![Books I read in June β’ Reading wrap-up
Here are book reviews of the 8 novels I read in June, including quite a few Booker contenders.
I had a great reading month, with almost all of these 5 star reads, and recommended reading from me!
A couple of these appear in my Booker predictions, here:
https://youtu.be/IukHnQvxFPc?si=Nrt-0WNtK5PzDVC7
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Books mentioned in this video:
π England is Mine, by Nicholas Padamsee
π Breakdown, by Cathy Sweeney
π Headshot, by Rita Bullwinkel
π Brotherless Night, by V V Ganeshananthan
π Boy with a Black Rooster, by Stefanie vor Schulte (translated by Alexandra Roesch)
π River East, River West, by Aube Rey Lescure
π The Coast Road, by Alan Murrin
π Orbital, by Samantha Harvey
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00:00 England is Mine
04:05 Breakdown
06:09 Headshot
08:47 Brotherless Night
12:09 Boy with a Black Rooster
14:46 River East, River West
17:43 The Coast Road
19:51 Orbital
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #readingwrapup Books I read in June β’ Reading wrap-up](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Slbp3_4FiEc/mqdefault.jpg)
![I judged a book prize! π | BookTube Prize book reviews and ranking
I was very excited to have judged the Octofinals for the BookTube Prize! My thoughts on these books have been kept under lock and key since the start of February, but now the round is over I can share my book reviews and my final ranking. Im also going to see which books from my ballot progressed based on rankings from all the judges, and react to the result.
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@BookTubePrize results video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cil8UIxQN10
Original August Blue review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjN-W7NWyNI&list=PLSlUBOJVTh7OjcHWODqCH_Nr1gqtHYyID&index=6&t=322s
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Books mentioned:
π August Blue, by Deborah Levy
π The Rachel Incident, by Caroline ODonogue
π Witness, by Jamel Brinkley
π I Have Some Questions For You, by Rebecca Makkai
π Enter Ghost, by Isabella Hammad
π Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett
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00:00 The BookTube Prize
05:04 August Blue
06:07 The Rachel Incident
08:12 Witness
10:28 I Have Some Questions For You
14:23 Enter Ghost
18:40 Tom Lake
22:25 Final rankings
22:55 Reaction to results
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #booktubeprize I judged a book prize! π | BookTube Prize book reviews and ranking](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T09-Fm03WI0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Which books will make the 2026 Booker Prize longlist?
Its Booker season baby! In this video, Im sharing my Booker Prize 2026 longlist predictions and discussing which novels are most likely to make the cut.
Lets hope its more successful than last year...
For more information on the eligibility window change, see my video here:
https://youtu.be/iWdx8Lhu26A?si=4lBiwxo9MMC_nku-
Video correction: Valeria Luiselli has previously been longlisted, not shortlisted.
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Books mentioned:
Youll have to watch and see π
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00:00 Intro and eligibility
04:21 Judges
05:37 The Formula
08:30 The Orwells
11:48 Its all Greek to me
14:46 Number 10 North
18:12 Borderline
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2026:
https://youtu.be/i50Tr4zRexg
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/3717542a-a44b-452b-bbc1-046ae5ec8fab
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
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π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
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#books #booktube #bookerprize Which books will make the 2026 Booker Prize longlist?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T63Z6_54sQg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Books I read in January β’ Reading wrap-up
Hello! Ive had a great start to my reading year, and I hope you have too. Hopefully youll find some great reading recommendations in my reviews of seven of the books I read in January.
To see my reviews of the other five books I havent reviewed here, check out my vlog from earlier in the month:
https://youtu.be/nGfF2xi4jwU?si=8uQDSyMuXeDZHaRr
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Creators mentioned:
@nathansnook
@leenanorms
@SavidgeReads and @louisesavidgemuses4135 (Savidge Prompts)
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Books mentioned:
π Elena Knows, by Claudia PiΓ±eiro (tr. Frances Riddle)
π Birding, by Rose Ruane
π Cloud Cuckoo Land, by Anthony Doerr
π The Gathering, by Anne Enright
π The Gallopers, by Jon Ransom
π The Wedding People, by Alison Esbach
π Cassandra at the Wedding, by Dorothy Baker
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00:00 January reflections
03:18 Elena Knows
06:57 Birding
11:27 Cloud Cuckoo Land
15:35 The Gathering
19:21 The Gallopers
23:26 The Wedding People
28:36 Cassandra at the Wedding
31:57 Goals and challenges
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2025:
https://youtu.be/sl6NEuMRXF4
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #readingwrapup Books I read in January β’ Reading wrap-up](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UL9sqA6domI/mqdefault.jpg)
![Books I read in May β’ Reading wrap-up
Here are book reviews of the 7 novels I read in May.
Cuddy, by Benjamin Myers review:
https://youtu.be/fYdgk0Q2CGg?si=57HJAaX1F5EKyilI
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Books mentioned in this video:
π Home Fire, by Kamila Shamsie
π Mongrel, by Hanako Footman
π Diary of a Void, by Emi Yagi (translated by David Boyd and Lucy North)
π Confessions, by Kanae Minato (translated by Stephen Snyder)
π In the Miso Soup, by Ryu Murakami (translated by Ralph McCarthy)
π Strange Weather in Tokyo, by Hiromi Kawakami (translated by Allison Markin Powell)
π The Offing, by Benjamin Myers
π Cuddy, by Benjamin Myers
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00:00 Home Fire
03:20 Mongrel
05:37 Diary of a Void
07:03 Confessions
09:58 In the Miso Soup
12:24 Strange Weather in Tokyo
14:11 The Offing
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #readingwrapup Books I read in May β’ Reading wrap-up](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UaK9uMi2vwg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Reading wrap-up β’ 9 book reviews (including Giovanniβs Room, Vivek Oji and Kick the Latch)
Some absolute corkers for you here, and some definite reading recommendations from me!
And yes, I say ooh Im going to do mini book reviews and then proceed to make the video just as long as every other reading wrap-up π«
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Creators mentioned:
@kiranreader
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Books mentioned:
π Giovannis Room, by James Baldwin
π The Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke Emezi
π Kick the Latch, by Kathryn Scanlan
π Goodlord, by Ella Frears
π There There, by Tommy Orange
π Amma, by Saraid de Silva*
π Stories from the Tenants Downstairs, by Sidik Fofana
π Placeholders, by James Roseman*
π I Died at Fallow Hall, by Bonnie Burke-Patel*
*gifted by publisher
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Thank you so much for watching.
π Join the Read Good Challenge 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HI4eJcfdG8U
βοΈ Email: benreadsgood[at]gmail.com
πΈ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benreadsgood/
π Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/benreadsgood
π 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 #readingwrapup Reading wrap-up β’ 9 book reviews (including Giovanniβs Room, Vivek Oji and Kick the Latch)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UnQk1g51Vm4/mqdefault.jpg)