Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar | Nonfiction November || movement prompt! [CC] @bethannebruninga-socolar | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Hi, folks! I chose a book about sculpture for the movement prompt. This is my quick review of what I loved about this particular book, and there's a 1-minute clip towards the end showcasing some of the beautiful works of art I read about. I hope you enjoy it!
About me:
Hi, I'm Bethanne! I'm a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) I'm an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Hi, folks! I chose a book about sculpture for the movement prompt. This is my quick review of what I loved about this particular book, and there's a 1-minute clip towards the end showcasing some of the beautiful works of art I read about. I hope you enjoy it!
About me:
Hi, I'm Bethanne! I'm a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) I'm an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
![Nonfiction November || movement prompt! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YzukXCOaN6g/hqdefault.jpg "Nonfiction November || movement prompt! [CC]
Hi, folks! I chose a book about sculpture for the movement prompt. This is my quick review of what I loved about this particular book, and theres a 1-minute clip towards the end showcasing some of the beautiful works of art I read about. I hope you enjoy it!
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/")
![Nature Nonfiction: Natures Best Hope by Douglas Tallamy [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZVkPNdhxyCE/hqdefault.jpg "Nature Nonfiction: Natures Best Hope by Douglas Tallamy [CC]
An outstanding, hopeful book about doing conservation at small scales in our backyards. I found this really inspiring!
Find me elsewhere and say hi:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![BookTube Newbie Tag! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_3YCf7qvtmE/hqdefault.jpg "BookTube Newbie Tag! [CC]
Hello, world! Im new here and thought join in on the Newbie Tag. Thanks for checking out my channel!
QUESTIONS: (& timestamps)
1.Why did you start this channel? 0:50
2.What are some fun and unique things you can bring to Booktube? 4:20
3.What are you most excited for about this new channel? 6:28
4.Why do you love reading? 6:44
5.What book or series got you into reading? 7:42
6.What questions would you ask your favourite booktubers? 11:28
7.What challenges do you think starting a booktube channel will be the hardest to overcome? 12:55
8.When did you start reading? 14:00
9.Where do you read? 14:34
10.What kind of books do you like to read? 5:39 & 16:25
Other newbie tag videos I really enjoyed:
metanarrator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGAqpjpdXt8
fictionalfates: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01ak3OJapkA&t=665s
Lost in Discovery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p7Q915fqlA
Readwithsb: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRkACLT0Cdo
bevlikesbooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqHZoXOrQ8M&t=331s
Shout out!
Spinster’s Library: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzccJ52d8ACSM2nRqkRxT7w
Music!
Sometimes It Shines by Pictures of the Floating World
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Pictures_of_the_Floating_World
About Me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. Follow me on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![#PoetryThursday - Wisława Szymborska [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_6BQ1uG0TzY/hqdefault.jpg "#PoetryThursday - Wisława Szymborska [CC]
A favorite of mine, the collection Moment (Chwila) by Wisława Szymborska, the Polish Nobel laureate. Translated by Clare Cavanagh and Stanisław Barańczak.
I shared two poems from this collection previously: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2PMAPV6CJg
Today Im sharing A Note, which you can read online here: https://informedfinalchoices.org/poems/a-note/
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![June reading wrap-up: fantasy and sci fi! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_F91Jr7oOhA/hqdefault.jpg "June reading wrap-up: fantasy and sci fi! [CC]
Yes, Im behind! No judging! :)
Books I read in June:
Blood of the Lily by S.D. Huston
The Source of Magic by Piers Anthony
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monae
The Assimilated Cubans Guide to Quantum Santeria by Carlos Hernandez
Channel mentioned:
John at Hey Yall Listen Up: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeyYallListenUp
My video talking in greater detail about the two science fiction short story collections: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Uzse9hZwYc
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![March wrap-up || March of Moderns! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Hwf6HnbmHY/hqdefault.jpg "March wrap-up || March of Moderns! [CC]
I finished 9 books total this month and I talk about 4 of those in this video. For the first half of the month, check out my mid-month wrap-up video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZkFGehrkdE
March of the Moderns organized by Margaret Pinard: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC315Rc3qIIC77BW4-lHObVw
Solo review of Not Without Laughter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsZFEANCom4&t=2s
Solo review of Ship of Magic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFsdMmfENuw
Books mentioned:
Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes
War with the Newts by Karel Capek
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb
The Cat Who Smelled a Rat by Lilian Jackson Braun
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne (she/her)! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Recent nonfiction: moss and migration [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_IGRGK-zG9U/hqdefault.jpg "Recent nonfiction: moss and migration [CC]
I read some excellent nonfiction books lately:
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves by Jason deParle
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne (she/her)! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Bookshelf tag and tour! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Pt6QvSr2vU/hqdefault.jpg "Bookshelf tag and tour! [CC]
Let me know if youve done this tag, or will do it! Id love to watch your video.
Johns channel, Hey Yall Listen Up - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RvKmaWUzInOnrdPdbITCg/videos
Original bookshelf tag - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaLXOduHXhc
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Library haul! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gBKh0iG_Wc/hqdefault.jpg "Library haul! [CC]
6 of my hold books came available all at once, yay!
Time stamps:
1:11 - Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
2:24 - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
4:18 - A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon
5:10 - Do You Mind If I Cancel? by Gary Janetti
6:07 - Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
7:11 - The Puzzle of Polynesia, Sea People by Christina Thompson
Channels mentioned:
Book Hooked - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhnYg6OgiY
Always Doing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2RrDWBwRJ8
bookslikewhoa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6xju1I-SH8
Lana ExLibris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGV9ND4kfQ&t=138s
Remembered Reads - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2T_ZBucZ3o&t=489s
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![My BookTube Prize Quarterfinals ranking: nonfiction group C [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a4iDTx_q61A/hqdefault.jpg "My BookTube Prize Quarterfinals ranking: nonfiction group C [CC]
Books mentioned:
1) Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artists Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert
2) A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
3) All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
4) Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
5) Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
6) The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura
Winfred Remberts amazing paintings: https://winfredrembert.com/paintings1
BookTube Prize quarterfinals results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhKBwx-MWv4
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Christmas Booktube Challenge! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aU1VscYD3_s/hqdefault.jpg "Christmas Booktube Challenge! [CC]
I watched Katie Reads&Rants do this challenge and had to join in. :)
Her video is super cute, so go check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Oef1oiFXE&t=3s
The original tag creator is Renee at TheLibrarianofAlexandria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iYh9_qhOQ
The challenges!
- Red on cover (can be much or just a peck)
-Three on cover (does not have to be big)
- Snow on cover
- Dickens/classic
-The holiday: a romance with 2 couples
- A book you got for Christmas
- A book set during Christmas
- Diverse December, a diverse read
- Childhood fave(0-12 years)
- Agatha Christie
- Caroling, a book with disguises
- gingerbread/sweets, a book with bakingsweets
- Games & fun: a book with a betgames as a semi big plot
- Traditions: a book about traditions, new and old ones
- Fairy tale: fairytale or a fairytale retelling
- 23rd Decemberlillejulaften
a) a book that means something in your family
b) a book that is the penultimate in a series
- Choir songs: a book with a choir element
- Best of news: a non fiction from this year you loved, about an issue from 2020
- Best of entertainment: a fiction book that gave you joy this year
- Santa Lucia: a book with an angel
- Julekalender: a book in a long series aka 12 - 26 or more books(companion series count)
- Christmas party: a book set around officework
- Romjul: a book you go to for comfort
- Movies: a book you want to see adapted
- New year: a book you havent read but are very excited forhave high hopes for
Books/authors I mentioned:
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank by Lilian Jackson Braun
Catfantastic III (short story collection)
Winters Heart by Robert Jordan
Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Celtic Twilight by W.B. Yeats
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
Leaders of Color in Higher Education by Leonard A. Valverde
Harry Potter #1 & 2
Mockingjay & Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
Spindles End by Robin McKinley
Georgette Heyer
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Danial Tatum, PhD
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
Buzz by Thor Hanson
The Bees of the World by Michener
Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (The Death Gate Cycle series)
Morning Star by Pierce Brown (& the Red Rising trilogy)
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston")
