Enter the Book
Middle Grade March 2023 tbr and possibilities
updated
Buy this book here: casematepublishers.com/9781636244198/macarthurs-bloody-butchers
Brian’s channel- he’s awesome: youtube.com/@BookishTexan?si=QIyIcIZP6oABAJIC
@BookishTexan
Books mentioned and read this past month:
Burma 44
MacArthur Bloody Butchers
The hypnotist lover
Towers of Midnight
Great circle
The Accidental Tourist
Hillbilly Elegy
Books mentioned
Ireland Travel Guide
The Last Love Note Emma Grey
Empire of the Summer Moon SC Gwynne
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton
Bunches and piles and heaps oh my and Bumps Ahead by Sharon Sirrocco
amazon.com/-/he/Sharon-Sirocco/dp/1539145425
Which one?
Burma 44
Husbands and Lovers
The Lost Story
Ordinary Grace
The Lost Bookshop
Reading;
Towers of Midnight (wheel of time)
The hypnotist lover Liane Moriarty
Channel’s mentioned
Berna
@BernasBookishAdventures
Books mentioned
Rebel Yell SC Gwynne
How the Word is Passed Clint Smith
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson
Channels mentioned:
Sandy
@MsReadsAlot
Here’s what I read that was young readers
The Lost Fairy Tales - Anna James
Alcatraz and the evil librarians Brandon Sanderson
Heidi Johanna Spyri
20000 Leagues Under the Sea Sam Ita
I reflect on the legacy of Alice
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
youtube.com/@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf?si=BAt7nx5I8k-k9X8F
Books mentioned
Jane Austen:
Sanditon
The Watsons
Lady Susan
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman
The Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline
Blue Plate Books
2257 Valley Ave
Winchester VA
Alaska review: youtu.be/CmyGXJucvOA?si=D5x6XFnjThujyi0P
Alaska James Michener
The River we Remember William Kent Krueger
One Piece 1
Miss Kobayashis Dragon maid
The book of elsewhere the second spy
Gather together in my name Maya Angelou
The Gathering Storm Robert Jordon / Brandon Sanderson
Where the Mountain Meets the moon grace Lin
The little princess Antoine de saint exupery
Mr Penubras 24 hour library Robin Sloan
Jane Austen July
Sanditon Jane Austen
Lady Susan
The Watsons
Rebel Yell SC Gwynne
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman
Alaska by James Michener
June on the range
June on the Range created by @michaelk.vaughan8617
The hosts:
@unlimitedreads
@bookssongsandothermagic
@anotherbibliophilereads
@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn
@M-J
@BookTimewithElvis
@LiterateTexan
@ShawnDStandfast
@saintdonoghue
Books mentioned
Remarkably Bright creatures Shelby van pelt
Steppenwolf Herman Hesse
The Aeneid Virgil
The rainbow rail Zane grey
Riders of the purple sage zane grey
The winners Fredrik Bachman
A Suitable Boy Virkem Seth
Channels mentioned
@WellTraveledBooks l
Books mentioned:
Biography Thomas Hardy
Steppenwolf Herman Hesse
The Winners Frederik Backman
The Gathering Storm Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Desperate Remedies Thomas Hardy
Walk the Blue Fields Claire Keegan
Dubliners James Joyce
Shakespeare Bill Bryson
Night Elie Wiesel
June on the Range:
June on the Range Posse
 / @saintdonoghue
 / @shawndstandfast
 / @booktimewithelvis
 / @anotherbibliophilereads
 / @m-j
 / @criminollyblog
 / @literatetexan
 / @mysteryandmayhem-gr7nn
Books mentioned:
Rebel Yell TL Stiles
The Aeneid Virgil
Zane Grey
Channels mentioned
@BernasBookishAdventures
youtube.com/@BernasBookishAdventures?si=mckkp5FNch7PbNhH
@ellethinks
youtube.com/@ellethinks?si=f0fNP9U_Y2BXOfIg
Books mentioned:
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep HG Parry
The Book of Night Women Marlon James
Their Eyes were Watching God Nora Neale Hurston
Hester Laurie Lico Albanese
The Husbands Secret Liane Moriarty
Armandale Wilke Collins
Channel mentioned
@WellTraveledBooks
youtube.com/@WellTraveledBooks?si=IW-IrNKzRtc_oiN2
Misery May
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@GemofBooks
youtu.be/8yzFh9TPMEY?si=Uq_j5W_NXf8hWv4i
Books
Storms gathering Robert Jordan Brandon Sanderson
Desperate Remedies Thomas Hardy
Biography Thomas Hardy
Steppenwolf Herman Hesse
Books mentioned
The Vixens Frank YERBY
The portrait of a lady Henry James
Infinite Country Patricia Engels
Knife of Dreams Robert Jordan
The Mountain Between Us Charles Martin
Discrimination and Disparity Thomas Sowell
Books mentioned
A Thousand Spendid Suns Khalid Hosseini
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson
The Traveling Cat Chronicles Hiro Awikawa
Under a Flaming Sky Daniel Brown
The Strangers Haddix
Tau Zero Poul Anderson
A Rule Against Murder Louise Penny
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skool
Lost in a Good Book Jasper Fforde
The Big Over East Jasper Fforde
The Day of the Truffids John Wyndham
Animal Farm George Orwell
Wide Sargasso Sea Jean Rhys
Darling Girls Sally Hepworth
A Bigger Table John Javlovitz
Channel’s mentioned:
@BernasBookishAdventures youtube.com/@BernasBookishAdventures?si=QQadZ7LVT25IcJjE
@ellethinks youtube.com/@BernasBookishAdventures?si=QQadZ7LVT25IcJjE
@OverlyAverageBen youtube.com/@OverlyAverageBen?si=f012KNW67jU91-Rz
Books mentioned:
The Vixens Frank Yerby
If Cats Disappeared from this World Genki Kawamura
The Husbands Secret Liane Moriarty
Their Eyes were Watching God ZORA Neale Hurston
The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep HG Parry
Armadale Wilke Collins
Infinite Country Patricia Engel
The Mountain Between Us Charles Martin
discrimination and Disparities Thomas Sowell
Books mentioned:
Knife of Dreams Robert Jordan
A Suitable Boy Virkem Seth
A Portrait of a Lady Henry James
Other Words for Home Jasmine Warga
Robinson Cursoe Daniel Defoe
Death of a Naturalist Seamus Heaney
Lindy’s channel youtube.com/@lindysmagpiereads?si=Tk1daW9LLGY_kAYg
@BookwormAdventureGirl
Middle Grade March
MGM HOSTS:
@LifeBetweenWords1
@BooksAndJams
@OnTheMiddleShelf
Fierce Women Readathon
Welcome to this exciting readathonwhere we aim to celebrate amazing woman for #internationalwomensday
Amazing hosts -
Julie @Bookishtravels1
• Readathon
Sandy - @MsReadsAlot
• Readathon Announcement...
Shelly -
@Shellyish
Group read book - Violeta by Isabel Allende
Prompts -
Pick a book by a fierce female author
Choose a book with a strong female protagonist
Highlight your favourite charecters from this readathon
Discover a book by an up and coming female author
Read a book that explores the bonds of female friendship
Read a book based upon a mythical charecter
Books mentioned
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver
Odepus The King Sophocles
Daisy Miller Henry James
Ulysses James Joyce
Vanderbilt TL Stiles
A Heart in a Body in the World Deb Caeretti
Violet Isabel Allende
Roxie and the Hooligans
pax journey home Sara Pennypacker
Video mentioned
youtu.be/u9cfZq83kwo?si=Eg3-gGwqqHdI_9Pr
Channel’s mentioned
@MsReadsAlot Sandy
Book’s mention
The Women Kristin Hannah
Metamorphosis Publius Ovidius Naso
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hennessy
Be the You you Mean to Be Dolly Chugh
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander
Addicted to You Krista and Becca Richie
Flatshare Beth OLeary
None of this is True Lisa Jewell
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Channel’s mentioned Book of Night Women review
@GemofBooks youtu.be/5g6lvfGRlL0?si=gNU477jNpVyIR7fB
Books mentioned
Violeta Isabel Allende
Daisy Miller Henry James
Maya Angelou
Knife of Dreams Robert Jordan
Pax Returns Home Sara Pennypacker
Words for Home Jasmine Warga
Grace Lin
Alias Grace
The Book of Night Women
Hester
A Heart in a Body in the World
His video: youtu.be/WVYQ5fNeLwI?si=RCc-YTfRii0VdvtJ
My annoyed rant review: youtu.be/u9cfZq83kwo?si=7RLjcoSVSmXRB5SR
Questions:
1. Do publishers ever do things that you find annoying? Share an example.
2. Have you ever been annoyed by a spoiler? Even something as simple as someone else telling you there's a great twist?
3. Have you ever been annoyed by what discovered in a Little Free Library, a book sale or used bookstore? Tell us what you found and why it was so annoying.
4. When it comes to short story collections, are you annoyed if there's a novella in the middle of the collection?
5. Deckled edges: beautiful or annoying?
6. Other people's annotations in a used book or library book: Annoying or are you OK with it?
7. If there's a series or a collection of certain kinds of books (like an imprint) and changes are made, are you annoyed or OK with it? If yes, give us an example.
8. Do the decisions of characters in a novel every annoy you? Share the book and what decisions you found annoying.
9. Are you ever annoyed by how someone organizes their books? What do you find annoying?
10. Share something bookish that you find annoying,
11. Tag other people!
Other great tags of this tag:
@readandre-read
Angelia youtu.be/ABgxUEboVYw?si=kAk7L3W0Sae5_nZ1
@TheGrapeJellyLibrary
Flo youtu.be/7_BzDoCkCG8?si=NxCrnPLKv8gjkUfP
@ellethinks
Elle youtu.be/fxG7RBy3QHo?si=XHXkWxu-aeSgRT9x
@HannahsBooks
Hannah youtu.be/WuJpLKkVsCs?si=SOpq9jx-d54msxcV
@BookishTexan
Brian youtu.be/o7XxBiMrJlY?si=STp0hR8ymNWxXCzp
The Women by Kristin Hannah
Channel mentioned @BooksCauseInsomnia
Www.brandonsanderson.com
Free ebook!! dragonsteelbooks.com/products/long-chills-and-case-dough-ebook
- a bookish tribute to international women’s day 😍
Hosts:
@Bookishtravels1 Julie
@MsReadsAlot Sandy
@Shellyish Shelly
Group read: Violeta Isabel Allende
Discord
discord.gg/JXdxVzWA
Prompts:
"Pick a book by a fierce female author."
"Choose a book with a strong female protagonist."
"Highlight your favorite female characters from the readathon."
"Discover a book by an up-and-coming female author."
"Read a book that explores the bonds of female friendship."
"Read a book based on a female mythical character."
Channel’s mentioned
@MsReadsAlot
Books mentioned
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander
The Person You Mean to Be Dolly Chugh
The Flatshare Beth OLeary
Addicted to You Krista and Becca Richie
Life After Life Kate Atkinson
Books mentioned
Crime and Punishment Ffodor Doskyefsky
A Personal Odessey Thomas Sowell
On a night of a thousand stars
As Long as the Lemon trees Grow
Crossroads of Twilight Robert Jordan
Fellowship Point
An Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde
The Exiles
Books mentioned:
Galveston JG Nagle
Empire of Sun and Moon SC Gwynne
Rebel Yell SC Gwynne
Running with the Buffalos
How the Word is Passed Clint Smith
Martin Luther Eric Metaxas
How to be an AntiRacist Ibram Kendi
Seven Who Fought
Long Journey Back Home Emmanuel Nabieu
Time Travel Garner
Discrimination and Disparities Thomas Sowell
Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess Leaf
Begin Again Eddie Glaube
I am I am I am Maggie OFarrell
My Name is Red Orhan Pamuk
Snow Orhan Pamuk
Strangers in Budapest Keener
Danube Claudio Magris
White Fragility
100 African Americans Who Shaped American History
A Browsers Book of Texas History Jent
Race Against Time Jerry Mitchell
Pilgrimage of a Soul Heuertz
The Devil's Backbone Daniels
Catching the Light Jo Harjo
The Lost Girls of Ireland O Leary
Islands of Abandonment
Doing Good Better Willaim Macaskill
The Bullfighter checks her makeup Susan Orlean
Penguin the Magpie Cameron Bloom
World History for young readers
Mandela
Margaret Thacher
Dinner with the President
Talking to Myself Studs Terkel
Shakespeare Bill Bryson
A Heart in a Body in the World Caletti
Bright Precious Thing Gail Caldwell
The Fact of a Body
The Accidental Fame and lack of fortune of West Tennessee's David Crockett- Scott Williams
The First Tycoon- Cornelius Vanderbilt TJ Stiles
My Life Bill Clinton
A Promised Land Barack Obama
A World Transformed George Bush
Books mentioned:
Three Wishes Liane Moriarty
The Mountain Between Us Charles Martin
Alaska James Michener
Orphan Train Christina Bakerklein
The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Dead Letters Caite DolanLeach
Before the Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Walk the Blue Fields Claire Keegan
If We were Villians ML Rio
The Echo of Old Books Barbara Davis
If We were Grown Ups Anne Tyler
Mrs Everything Jennifer Weiner
The Poe Shadow Matthew Pearl
The Eight Detective Alex Pavesi
The Lies that Bind Emily Griffin
I Found You Lisa Jewell
To Brew or Not to Brew Joyce Tremel
Hide and Seek
Jack and Jill James Patterson
The Searcher Tana French
The Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler
The Underground Railroad Coleson Whitehead
The Jazz Bird Craig Holden
Eisteins Dream Alan Lightman
Lost Children Archive Valeria Luiselli
Mr Pemras 24 hour bookstore Robin Sloan
The Dollhouse Fiona Davis
A Wedding in December Anita Shreve
Bury Your Dead Louise Penny
When I am Old I shall wear purple
Saturday Ian McEwan
Mood Tide Dawn Clifion Tripp
The Celestine Prophecy James Redfield
Dry Neal Shusterman
The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton
The Secret History Donna Tartt
the Cold Millions Jess Walter
If Cats Disappeared from the World Genki Kawamura
The Book of Night Women Marlon James
The Vanishing Act of Esme lennox Maggie OFarrell
the Husband's Secret Liane Loriarty
Books mentioned
Poems EB White
Alias Grace Margaret Atwood
Armadale wilke Collins
Ulysses James Joyce
Atlas Shrugged Ayn Rand
Forward the Foundation Isaac Asimov
The Mabinogion
The Red Pony John Steinbeck
Books v cigarettes George Orwell
Night Elie Wiesel
A day no pigs woul die Peck
Maya Angelo
A Raisin in the Sun
Sophoceles oedipus the king
The color purple Alice Walker
Robert Frost poems
Book of Poetry
A Circle of Quiet Madeline l engle
Wives and Daughters Elizabeth Gaskell
Their eyes were watching God Hurston
The River Between ngugi wa thiongo
Daisy Miller
Dylan Thomas works
News from Nowhere Morris
Steffenwolf herman hesse
East of eden John Steinbeck
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman
Light in August Faulkner
Utopia Thomas more
The Little Prince Antoine de saint exupery
Metamorphosis Ovid
The Lonely Londoners Sam Selton
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
The Ring of Nibelung Richard Wagner
On the Road Jack Kerouac
The Portrait of a Lady Henry James
Heidi Johanna Spyri
The fall of numenor JRR Tolkien
Thanks ❤️
Channels mentioned:
@GloriaZThompson
@BooksCauseInsomnia
@GemofBooks
Books mentioned:
Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer
On Juneteenth Annette Gordon Reed
What the Wind Knows Amy Harmon
Elantris Brandon Sanderson
Tress and the Emerald Sea Brandon Sanderson
Dune Frank Herbert
11/22/63 Stephen King
This Tender Land William Kent Kruger
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara
Passing Nella Larsen
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
A Radical Act of Free Magic HG Parry
The Rights of Magicians HG Parry
The Labyrinth of the Spirits Luiz Ramos Zafon
The Shadow of the Wind Luiz Ramos Zafon
Channel’s mentioned
@BandysBooks
@anotherbibliophilereads
Book’s mentioned
The Sunlit Man Brandon Sanderson
This Tender Land William Kent Kruger
The Awakening Kate Chopin
Noopiming Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
The call of Chuthulu HP Lovecraft
Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambrose
Crossroads of Twlight Robert Jordan
Crime and Punishment Fyndor Dostoyevsky
Channels mentioned
Nonfiction November @abookolive
Books mentioned
Fraud: courage undaunted Stephen Ambrose
Capital: White House diaries Jimmy Carter
Display: Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer
Web: delete that John Crist
26 Marathons Meb Keflezighi
Crying in H Mart Michele Zauner
Be the Bridge Tasha Morrison
Play Stuart Brown
Channel’s mentioned:
@anotherbibliophilereads youtu.be/5CcTocvZges?si=mus7sI-2IyoTD1qq
Chuthulu Christmas
@BrandysBooks61316 youtu.be/5CcTocvZges?si=mus7sI-2IyoTD1qq
Book’s mentioned:
The Awakening Kate Chopin
The chuthulu mythos HP Lovecraft
The Sunlit Man Brandon Sanderson
Noopiming Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Crossroads of Twilight Robert Jordan (WOT)
This Tender Land William Kent Krueger
Vote:
A personal odyssey- Thomas Sowell
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Zoulfa Katouh
The Cruelest Month Louise Penny
Bluebird Bluebird Attica Locke
The Eyre Affair Jasper afforded
The Exiles Christina Baker Kline
Channels mentioned:
@reddotreads2693 Nikki
Books mentioned:
Siddhartha Herman Hesse
Steppenwolf Herman Hesse
The Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler
The Dead Secret Wilke Collins
The Woman in White Wilke Collins
The Bookwanderers Anna James
Sci fi and fantasy read this month:
youtu.be/oMgtZI5FZc0?si=ZmxVo9vb5IUikVaH
1. How do you practice kindness in your day to day life?
2. What is the kindest thing that’s happened to you on booktube?
3. Who, in your opinion, is one of the kindest booktubers out there?
4. What is a book that’s reminded you to be more kind?
5. Can you think of a fiction book (of any genre) that focuses on themes of kindness?
6. How do you think you could make booktube a kinder place? (Both individually and as a community)
7. Say some kind words about one of your favorite booktube channels.
8. Share a new of small booktube channel!
9. Tag some friends to spread some kindness.
Channels mentioned:
@Shellyish
@saintdonoghue
@BooksCauseInsomnia
@RachaelsReadingNook
@teacupthestoryteller
@ITCamefromthePage
Books mentioned:
The Broken Road Peggy Wallace Kennedy
Pax Sara Pennypacker
The Bible
Video of my top nonfiction all time:
youtu.be/ubZxvzMnNiI?si=nd7y56VMspt_iqCs
Tag:
@spreadbookjoy
@GemofBooks
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
The first men in the moon HG Wells
The Invisible man H G Wells
The Time Machine HG Wells
The Illustrated Man Ray Bradbury
I was tagged by @ellethinks
youtu.be/zvf0PWhXEiA?si=ocHKUzAKGAeD4CVw
Try to be fast and on topic. There can always be exceptions and "it depends" explanations, but go for the gut reaction to the prompt in general terms, pick either Hot or Not.
A - Audiobooks
B - Bildungsroman. Dealing with a person's formative years or spiritual education.
C - Children's Books
D - Digital
E - Experimental
F - Fantasy
G - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
I - Inspirational
J - Journalism
K - Kitsch. Has a popular or sentimental appeal.
L - Library
M - Mystery
N - Non-Fiction
O - Omnibus
P - Poetry
Q - Quests. When the protagonist goes on a quest physical or spiritual.
R - Romance
S - Science Fiction
T - Translation. Books translated from one language into another.
U - Übermensch. The superman or the extraordinary human. Characters who can everything.
V - Victorian. Literature from 1837 to 1901.
W - Western
X - X Rated
Y - Young Adult
Z - Zeitgeist. Spirit or mood of the times.
Want to try book of the month with first book $5??
app.bookofthemonth.com/referCode?referCode=zy84xphbxz
Influencers:
@sugarcoated mystic
@LochsLibrary youtu.be/0HPbl03Q7Ls?si=mjO-fYEERdV9E_qa
@OverlyAverageBen youtube.com/@OverlyAverageBen?si=Rm4I-9qTYk_8xt_L
@aaronfacer youtu.be/oacD5dAryxQ?si=pSN0IFypDrYsgkSp
@GemofBooks youtu.be/5g6lvfGRlL0?si=zBZAK97fsI6FYXQe
@readingwithavengeance youtube.com/@readingwithavengeance?si=ZdJBf1J_0u4N1Qt7
@reddotreads2693 youtube.com/@reddotreads2693?si=wAWebJm11NSqpY4H
@GloriaZThompson youtube.com/@GloriaZThompson?si=Vdadk_n7q0fA-oJh
@abookolive youtube.com/@abookolive?si=KaSXhlNoZSh2evcJ
Books mentioned:
Dinner with the Presidents Alex Prudhomme
Addicted Krista and Becca Richie
If Cats Disappeared from the World Genki Kamamura
News from Nowhere William Morris
The Mabinogion
Rebel Yell SC Gwynne
Empire of the Summer Moon SC Gwynne
The Book of Night Women Marlon James
The Last Bookshop in London Madeline Martin
The Searcher Tana French
Channel’s mentioned:
@reddotreads2693
@johnbcrist youtube.com/@johnbcrist?si=JEZX9JztLfllzfhI
John Crist bucees: https://m.facebook.com/johnbcrist/videos/the-time-i-visited-buccees/133577917529755
Books mentioned:
Delete That John Crist
The Bookwanderers Anna James
Parable of the Sower Octavia Butler
Siddhartha Herman Hesse
The White House Diary Jimmy Carter
Braiding Sweetgrass Kimmerer
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow Zoulfa Katouh
26 Marathons Meb Keflezight
A Personal Odessey Thomas Sowell
Undaunted Courage Stephen Ambrose
Chapterhouse Dune Frank Hebert
A Radical Act of Free Magic HG Parry
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
Winters Heart Robert Jordan
The Time Travelers Wife Audrey Neffenneggar
Nalas World Dean Nickelson
Killers of the Flower Moon David Grann
Tales of terror and Supernatural Wilkie Collins
The House of Seven Gables Nathaniel Hawthorn
Review A Radical Act of Free Magic: youtu.be/gwvc9qxNmow?si=T7Rvc2-CcXBGiyGJ
Also the Declaration of the Rights of Magicians by HG Parry
Review of Declaration: youtu.be/Bu95BZYAARQ?si=NI2Ov_2fQqrQzeJg
Any thoughts on these books?
Books mentioned:
I am I am I am Maggie oferrell
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox Maggie OFerrell
The Marriage Portrait Maggie OFerrell
Hester Laurie Lico Albanese
Chilean Poet Alejandro Zambra
The Measure Nikki Erlick
My Life Bill Clinton
The Husbands Secret Liane Moriarty
The Secret History Donna Tartt
Books vs Cigarettes George Orwell
The Red Pony John Steinbeck
Dune house of Corrine Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson
Dune house of Harkonnen
The Millions Jess Walter
The Accidental Tourist Anne Tyler
Back When we were grownups Anne Tyler
Galveston PG Nagle
My Name is Red Orhan Pamuk
The Great Circle Maggie Shipstead