Spinsters Library | On Identity, Memoir, and Starting a Booktube Channel Aged 70 | A Chat with Marilyn Maya Mendoza [CC] @SpinstersLibrary | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 14 minutes ago.
My conversation with author, poet, and booktuber Marilyn Maya Mendoza from The Baby Boomer Booktuber. We chat about booktube, reading and writing memoir, her life as a reader, her Jewish and Puerto Rican identities, and many other things. Check out her channel here:
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My conversation with author, poet, and booktuber Marilyn Maya Mendoza from The Baby Boomer Booktuber. We chat about booktube, reading and writing memoir, her life as a reader, her Jewish and Puerto Rican identities, and many other things. Check out her channel here:
youtube.com/channel/UCeZiDCe0n2FnHtoLdUUQgDA
🐈📚My webshop for fans of classic literature and cats: shop.spinsterslibrary.com
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![On Identity, Memoir, and Starting a Booktube Channel Aged 70 | A Chat with Marilyn Maya Mendoza [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oYcbI4Bdr6g/hqdefault.jpg "On Identity, Memoir, and Starting a Booktube Channel Aged 70 | A Chat with Marilyn Maya Mendoza [CC]
My conversation with author, poet, and booktuber Marilyn Maya Mendoza from The Baby Boomer Booktuber. We chat about booktube, reading and writing memoir, her life as a reader, her Jewish and Puerto Rican identities, and many other things. Check out her channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeZiDCe0n2FnHtoLdUUQgDA
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![New author: where do you start? [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oqBpOU0Fc3w/hqdefault.jpg "New author: where do you start? [CC]
When trying out new authors, should you start with the most popular book? Should you always start with the best work or work your way up? Clearly there is no definitive answer to this literary dilemma, but here is my take on it.
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![Where to start with E.M. Forster [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/osCNzXEYurk/hqdefault.jpg "Where to start with E.M. Forster [CC]
My recommendations for novels by E.M. Forster, with particular focus on which of his books I would recommend to someone new to his work, but also a brief discussion of all six novels.
BOOKS MENTIONED (all by E.M. Forster):
Howards End
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Maurice
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A Passage to India
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Where Angels Fear to Tread
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UK: https://amzn.to/2xUTyFn *
A Room With a View
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UK: https://amzn.to/2WnEBpr *
The Longest Journey
US: https://amzn.to/2wjGJDO *
UK: https://amzn.to/3daxlTD *
LINKS:
Where to start with Jane Austen: https://youtu.be/eMw1Zw8iyEk
Where to start with Oscar Wilde: https://youtu.be/TjCfEHAzbk0
Where to start with Sherlock Holmes: https://youtu.be/NsF6ln8pyyU
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INTO HARRY POTTER? I also run a Harry Potter podcast with the title Have a Biscuit, Potter! You can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts (Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher etc), or here: https://www.haveabiscuitpotter.com
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![Classics to read in the autumn [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/owocY8--MvM/hqdefault.jpg "Classics to read in the autumn [CC]
Five recommendations for classics to read in the autumn, when the days get colder and darker.
TIMESTAMPS & BOOKS MENTIONED:
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Charlotte Bronte: Jane Eyre
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4:19
Virginia Woolf: A Room of Ones Own
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7:00
Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
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9:19
Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles
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11:54
Mary Shelley: The Last Man
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LINKS:
Seasonal classics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1SPZJREHYE5OBvhnJnDybH_pYTIRZRJ7
A Room of Ones Own by Virginia Woolf | Bookish Favourites: https://youtu.be/zUqfD7RHC2c
Reading A Room of Ones Own in a room of my own: https://youtu.be/YWKVkaW50jA
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![I havent read a book for a month [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pAnR2BN9wz4/hqdefault.jpg "I havent read a book for a month [CC]
I moved countries and stopped reading for a whole month. The two events might be related. This is a video about a reading slump.
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![What Im currently reading, watching, and making [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pBJD8oHfgRo/hqdefault.jpg "What Im currently reading, watching, and making [CC]
A little update on what Im currently reading and more. Open for links and books mentioned.
Links:
My Reading Plans for 2023: https://youtu.be/6EI2jg7iDLs
My review of The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie: https://youtu.be/i9iMIVyNau8
My review of Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy: https://youtu.be/JTZOz8THCZc
My review of The Chrysalids by John Wyndham: https://youtu.be/yCJRyoAk5uM
My review of Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier: https://youtu.be/33hC5cu9Yfk
My video with Bill about what weve been watching: https://youtu.be/Nsim6M6xd1I
My second channel all about knitting: @ClaudiasHaus
Books mentioned:
Frenchmans Creek by Daphne du Maurier
Far From The Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
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![Classics that deserve a good (!) adaptation [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qvQPSa4W-dA/hqdefault.jpg "Classics that deserve a good (!) adaptation [CC]
We all love a good adaptation of classic literature, but sometimes it does not do the original justice at all. Here are five classic books I think deserve a new, good film or TV adaptation.
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BOOKS MENTIONED:
Oscar Wilde: The Canterville Ghost
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Jane Austen: Mansfield Park
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Anne Bronte: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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UK: https://amzn.to/3whDkPA *
Dodie Smith: I Capture the Castle
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UK: https://amzn.to/3cBunZH *
Florence Dixie: Gloriana, or The Revolution of 1900
US: https://amzn.to/3vfDhm4 *
UK: https://amzn.to/3vcjNyH *
VIDEOS MENTIONED:
Face Blindness: Why I Never Recognize Anyone and How I Deal With It: https://youtu.be/Ay0JuHQ3BRU
I hated Mansfield Park, so I reread it: https://youtu.be/l7Pbx65C7vI
A Victorian Feminist Utopia | Gloriana, or The Revolution of 1900 by Florence Dixie: https://youtu.be/Y8hVXhyoLqg
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![The Trashiest Classic Book Covers On My Shelf [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rVD9NvbW2Oc/hqdefault.jpg "The Trashiest Classic Book Covers On My Shelf [CC]
A little look at the ugliest of my classic books collection.
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HERES ME JUDGING MORE CLASSIC BOOK COVERS:
Rating Increasingly Disturbing Dorian Gray Book Covers: https://youtu.be/bQth6JjgB7Q
Lets Rate Some Truly Outrageous Vintage Jane Eyre Covers: https://youtu.be/U41XiRAfQV0
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![Father, I am dissapointed... | The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton | Book Review [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/riHjdxZhyPI/hqdefault.jpg "Father, I am dissapointed... | The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton | Book Review [CC]
My review for the classic detective story collection The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, in which we solve mysteries with a catholic priest.
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LINKS:
12 Decades of Christmas Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1SPZJREHYE7-gfA1Myh7GcMIijFeBIu9
FIND ME ONLINE
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www.spinsterslibrary.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/spinsterslib
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/46554514-claudia
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spinsterslibrary/
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![6 things that surprised me about Booktube [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rk3tzaAIvms/hqdefault.jpg "6 things that surprised me about Booktube [CC]
As Spinsters Library turns three years old, I reflect a little on some of the things that surprised me about running a booktube channel.
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