Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The most exciting thing that's happened to me this weekend is that Tilly @tillysshelf came to visit bringing our new cat little Loki. But of course we also found time to talk books.
This is a People April highlights conversation.
A huge thank you from me to Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks who had the idea of a readathon based on life writing of all kinds. She and I have been thrilled by how booktube has embraced this and we will definitely bring it back for a third round in 2025 so even more of us can be inspired to read biographies, memoirs, letters, diaries and more. The Discord conversations have been tremendous so thanks to everyone on there, including those who expanded my experience of the groupread I Am I Am I Am by MaggieO'Farrell. I have really enjoyed watching the responses to the This or That book tag and all the other great #peopleapril content I've seen. I wish I could link to everything!
Elisabeth has done a brilliant round up about both the groupread and the stats from the tag answers youtu.be/0RK8x4e6VZc?si=0SZKSF1eF3UxpJgT
Tilly and I mention #picturethis hosted by @spreadbookjoy and @Shellyish and the multiple People April videos by @saintdonoghue
If you want to check out many recommendations use the link to the Discord server discord.com/invite/ZTv3Z54AvJ
Books mentioned by Tilly or me:
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
Welcome To St Hell by Lewis Hancox
The Dam by David Almond and Levi Pinfold
Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
Feral by George Monbiot
Thunderclap by Laura Cummings
The Midwife's Tale by Nicky Leap and Billy Hunt
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman
Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener translated by Julia Sanches
Handle With Care by Rachael Hearson
Why She Wrote by Lauren Burke and Hannah Chapman
A Nurse in Time by Evelyn Prentis
Raising Boys Who Do Better by Uju Asiha
I Can Be A Brave Adventurer by Frances Lincoln
Letters of Note: Mothers by Shaun Usher
Missing Persons or My Grandmother's Secrets by Clair Wills
Ducks by Kate Beaton
The most exciting thing that's happened to me this weekend is that Tilly @tillysshelf came to visit bringing our new cat little Loki. But of course we also found time to talk books.
This is a People April highlights conversation.
A huge thank you from me to Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks who had the idea of a readathon based on life writing of all kinds. She and I have been thrilled by how booktube has embraced this and we will definitely bring it back for a third round in 2025 so even more of us can be inspired to read biographies, memoirs, letters, diaries and more. The Discord conversations have been tremendous so thanks to everyone on there, including those who expanded my experience of the groupread I Am I Am I Am by MaggieO'Farrell. I have really enjoyed watching the responses to the This or That book tag and all the other great #peopleapril content I've seen. I wish I could link to everything!
Elisabeth has done a brilliant round up about both the groupread and the stats from the tag answers youtu.be/0RK8x4e6VZc?si=0SZKSF1eF3UxpJgT
Tilly and I mention #picturethis hosted by @spreadbookjoy and @Shellyish and the multiple People April videos by @saintdonoghue
If you want to check out many recommendations use the link to the Discord server discord.com/invite/ZTv3Z54AvJ
Books mentioned by Tilly or me:
Strong Female Character by Fern Brady
Welcome To St Hell by Lewis Hancox
The Dam by David Almond and Levi Pinfold
Camille and the Sunflowers by Laurence Anholt
A Flat Place by Noreen Masud
Feral by George Monbiot
Thunderclap by Laura Cummings
The Midwife's Tale by Nicky Leap and Billy Hunt
The Tale of Princess Fatima, Warrior Woman
Undiscovered by Gabriela Wiener translated by Julia Sanches
Handle With Care by Rachael Hearson
Why She Wrote by Lauren Burke and Hannah Chapman
A Nurse in Time by Evelyn Prentis
Raising Boys Who Do Better by Uju Asiha
I Can Be A Brave Adventurer by Frances Lincoln
Letters of Note: Mothers by Shaun Usher
Missing Persons or My Grandmother's Secrets by Clair Wills
Ducks by Kate Beaton
