The Favorite Characters Tag (original) @Leoslittlebooklife

Leoslittlebooklife The prompts for this tag are:
1. A character that you love fiercely.
2. A character that is heavily flawed but you cannot help but love
3. A character that made you laugh out loud
4. A child character that you like
5. An animal character that you love
6. A strong woman character that you like.
7. A brave character that you admire
8. A character that scares the hell out of you
9. A really mean character
10. A character that you really hate

I tag:
Juan from Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Brian from Bookish: youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYA
Sarah from Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Sonya from An Enthusiastic Reader: youtube.com/channel/UC3250HMLBuTSIveMXVJxI2w
Alex from What Page are you On:
youtube.com/channel/UCsUwugvMAROjWUpnKYSdWJw
Books mentioned:
Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life
Bernardine Evaristo - Mr Loverman
Charles Dickens - Nicolas Nickleby
Marcel Proust - Swann's Way
Robin Hobb - The Farseer Trilogy
J.K. Rowling - The Harry Potter series
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
Stephen King - Doctor Sleep
James Alan McPherson - Elbow Room
Gabriel Tallent - My Absolute Darling

updated 4 years ago

The Favorite Characters Tag (original)

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-09-17 | The prompts for this tag are:
1. A character that you love fiercely.
2. A character that is heavily flawed but you cannot help but love
3. A character that made you laugh out loud
4. A child character that you like
5. An animal character that you love
6. A strong woman character that you like.
7. A brave character that you admire
8. A character that scares the hell out of you
9. A really mean character
10. A character that you really hate

I tag:
Juan from Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Brian from Bookish: youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYA
Sarah from Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Sonya from An Enthusiastic Reader: youtube.com/channel/UC3250HMLBuTSIveMXVJxI2w
Alex from What Page are you On:
youtube.com/channel/UCsUwugvMAROjWUpnKYSdWJw
Books mentioned:
Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life
Bernardine Evaristo - Mr Loverman
Charles Dickens - Nicolas Nickleby
Marcel Proust - Swann's Way
Robin Hobb - The Farseer Trilogy
J.K. Rowling - The Harry Potter series
J.R.R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings
Stephen King - Doctor Sleep
James Alan McPherson - Elbow Room
Gabriel Tallent - My Absolute Darling

4321 by Paul Auster

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Top 10 Reads of 2023

Leoslittlebooklife 2024-01-01 | Channels mentioned:

Sarah @hardcoverhearts
youtube.com/@HardcoverHearts?si=I22JmMj_qxnZoWlm

Hannah @hello, bookworm
youtube.com/@hellobookworm?si=6-L7QlhbvHpq7bkN

On rereading

Leoslittlebooklife 2023-12-14 | #ThenAndNowRereads

Book mentioned:
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh

Channels mentioned:
Hardcoverhearts: youtube.com/@HardcoverHearts?si=v3QFy4S7M6tN1GrZ

Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711?si=YWhk5GN6nuiJcH-T

November reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2023-12-04 | Books I read in November:
Day by Michael Cunningham
Hild by Nicola Griffith
The Paper Boys by D.P. Clarence
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Sula by Toni Morrison

Mentioned:
Hardcoverhearts: youtube.com/@HardcoverHearts?si=l5iAndBze9QzjsqZ

Danskireads: instagram.com/danskireads/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=MmVlMjlkMTBhMg==

Victober 2023

Leoslittlebooklife 2023-11-01 | Books mentioned:
Charles Dickens - Martin Chuzzlewit
Elizabeth Gaskell - The Grey Woman
Margaret Oliphant - Miss Marjoribanks

Channel mentioned:
@hardcoverhearts

September Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2023-10-02 | The books I read in September:
Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
The Sin of Abbe Mouret by Emile Zola
The Titus Books by Mervyn Peake
Corpus Calvin by David Swatling

Channels mentioned:
Matt's Bookaday: instagram.com/mattsbookaday
Hardcover Hearts: @HardcoverHearts

Software used:
Adobe Express
Adobe Rush

My Fantasy Collection Bookshelf Tour

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-09-10 | Channels mentioned:
Rick MacDonnell: youtube.com/c/RickMacDonnell
Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks
Chris Bookish Caudron: youtube.com/channel/UCepxs1-Q6nUS3aLZyoGiXtA
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts
Juan, Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
The Brothers Gwynn: youtube.com/c/RickMacDonnell
Dan, Weird Book Book Club: youtube.com/c/WeirdBookBookClub

July-August Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-08-22 | Channels mentioned:
Emily, Novelle Novels: youtube.com/channel/UCKGfL1R_P0xEeEDxNlCoVeg
Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks/?hl=nl
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts
Rick MacDonnell: youtube.com/c/RickMacDonnell
Just Juan Reader’s video about The Neverending Story: youtu.be/yIaKSgBLg1w

Books mentioned:
Maggie O’Farrell - Instructions for a Heatwave
Ernest Hemingway - The Complete Short Stories
Kim Leine - Prophets of the Eternal Fjord
Carsten Jensen - We, the Drowned
Henrik Pontoppidan - Lucky Per
Anita Brookner - A Private View
Anita Brookner - Incidents in the Rue Laugier
Joan Carol Oates - Breathe
Terry Brooks - The Black Elfstone
Terry Brooks - The Skaar Invasion
Rabih Alameddine - An Unnecessary Woman
Gerbrand Bakker - Knecht, Alleen
Michael Ende - The Neverending Story
Pierce Brown - Golden Son

May-June Reads and TBR

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-07-15 | Channels mentioned:
Jesper, covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks?utm_medium=copy_link
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts
Rick MacDonnell: youtube.com/c/RickMacDonnell
AJ Dunn: youtube.com/c/AJDunnReadsandWrites
Emily, Novelle Novels: youtube.com/channel/UCKGfL1R_P0xEeEDxNlCoVeg

Books mentioned:
Carter Sickels - The Prettiest Star
Sam Hawke - City of Lies
Anita Brookner - A Family Romance
Levi Huxton - The Lodger, That Summer
Richard Russo - Nobody’s Fool
Justin Deabler - Lone Stars
Micah Nemerever - These Violent Delights
Paul Mendez - Rainbow Milk
Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray - The Personal Librarian
Jonathan Lee - The Great Mistake
Nadia Afifi - The Sentient
Maggie O’Farrell - Instructions for a Heatwave
Terry Brooks - The Black Elfstone

April Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-04-30 | Channels mentioned:
Jimmy, The Fantasy Nuttwork's review of War of the Flowers: youtu.be/pARbrK7E26E
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts
Kim, Middle of the Book March's review of Greenwood: youtu.be/Bz1C4foi6gM
Rick MacDonnell: youtube.com/c/RickMacDonnell
Christian, Lost in Discovery: youtube.com/c/LostinDiscovery

Books mentioned:
Michael Christie - Greenwood
Anita Brookner - A Closed Eye
Cristos Tsiolkas - Barracuda
Alice Adams - Superior Women
Brandon Sanderson - The Final Empire
Tad Williams - The War of the Flowers

March Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-03-28 | Channels mentioned:
Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks?igshid=1oafljdhvovgq
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts' video about Brief Lives:
youtu.be/H6Q_c_3LxnU

Books mentioned:
Zak Salih - Let's get back to the party
Anita Brookner - Brief Lives
Kazuo Ishiguro - Klara and the Sun
Teddy Wayne - Apartment
Joe Abercrombie Before they were hanged
Joe Abercrombie - Last Argument of Kings

Black History Month / February Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-03-01 | Channels mentioned:
Emily, Novelle Novels: youtube.com/channel/UCKGfL1R_P0xEeEDxNlCoVeg
Alisha Maharaj: instagram.com/amaharaj0816?igshid=19qpe44cywueb
Juan, Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Rick MacDonnell: youtube.com/c/RickMacDonnell
Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks?igshid=nbsrxvuvyysb

Books mentioned:
Leonard Pitts, Jr. - Grant Park
Nella Larsen - Quicksand
Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
Bryan Washington - Lot
Alexis Henderson - The Year of the Witching
Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself
Dustin Nguyen & Jeff Lemire - Tin Stars
Philippe Besson - Lie With Me

January Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-02-03 | Channels mentioned:
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks/?hl=nl

Books mentioned:
Tom Spanbauer - In the City of Shy Hunters
Edna Ferber - So Big
De'Shawn Charles Winslow - In West Mills
Alex Pheby - Mordew
Tomasz Jedrowski - Swimming in the Dark
Anita Brookner - Lewis Percy
Honore de Balzac - Lost Illusions

Black History Month | February tbr

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-01-30 | Channels mentioned:
Emily, Novelle Novels: youtube.com/channel/UCKGfL1R_P0xEeEDxNlCoVeg
Juan, Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks/?hl=nl
Rick MacDonnell: youtube.com/channel/UCLNaTaVTDsNSBqi2X2M5nSw

Books mentioned:
Nella Larsen - Quicksand
Bryan Washington - Lot
Leonard Pitts jr. - Grant Park
Alexis Henderson - The Year of the Witching
Philippe Besson - Lie With Me
Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself
Marcel Proust - In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
Anita Brookner - Brief Lives
Descender - Dustin Nguyen

BookTube Spin #1 - my list of 20 books #TheBookTubeSpin #BookTubeSpin1

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-01-26 | Rick MacDonnel's video: youtu.be/kGujr-dBMVw

Channels mentioned:
Jaclyn, Six Minutes For Me: youtube.com/c/SixMinutesForMe
Juan, Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Seji, The Artisan Geek: youtu.be/kGujr-dBMVw
Oly Bliss: instagram.com/olybliss?igshid=bxfse2vriw0g

My list:
1 Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward
2 Grant Park by Leonard Pitts Jr.
3 Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
4 Lot by Brian Washington
5 Quicksand by Nella Larsen
6 Real Life by Brandon Taylor
7 The Loop by Ben Oliver
8 Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
9 The Binding by Bridget Collins
10 March by Geraldine Brooks
11 Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
12 Listening to Billie by Alice Adams
13 The Prime of Miss Jean Brody by Muriel Spark
14 The Breaking Point by Daphne du Maurier
15 Before I forget by Leonard Pitts Jr.
16 Wicked by Gregory Maguire
17 The Moor's Account by Laila Lalami
18 An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
19 March by Geraldine Brooks
20 Hyperion by Dan Simmons

A Native Book Swap

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-01-21 | Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks?igshid=1es2m3msv2hkr

Books mentioned:
Kim Leine - The Prophets of Eternal Fjord / Profeterne i Evighedsfjorden
Peter Buwalda - Bonita Avenue

The Second Sex | Introduction

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-01-14 | What does Simone de Beauvoir say in the introduction to her 1949 book The Second Sex?

Reading Simone de Beauvoir in 2021

Leoslittlebooklife 2021-01-10 | Sarah's video about Simone de Beauvoir's first volume of her memoirs: youtu.be/oP0um5beiks
Hannah's Books: youtube.com/c/HannahsBooks

Books mentioned:
Simone de Beauvoir - The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir - The Coming of Age
Simone de Beauvoir - The Inseparables

January picks for my 2021 reading projects

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-12-30 | Books mentioned:
Tom Spanbauer - In the City of Shy Hunters
Honoré de Balzac - Lost Illusions
De'Shawn Charles Winslow - In West Mills
Edna Ferber - So Big
Sean Russell - The One Kingdom
Alex Pheby - Mordew
Tomasz Jedrowski - Swimming in the Dark
Charles Finch - The Fleet Street Murders

Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks/?hl=nl
Kate Howe: youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w

Top 10 Reads of 2020

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-12-30 | Channels mentioned:
Didi, Brown Girl Reading: youtube.com/user/frenchiedee
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts
Kate Howe: youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w
Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks
Erik, Lonesome reader: youtube.com/c/EricKarlAnderson
Erik Karl Anderson's 3-part interview with Joyce Carol Oates:
Part 1: youtu.be/jr-9AcFdSJ0
Part 2: youtu.be/seOEYkMYjtI
Part 3: youtu.be/gkXsoe6ieKY

December Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-12-29 | Channels mentioned:
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Jesper, Covertalks: instagram.com/covertalks/?hl=nl

Books mentioned:
Anita Brookner - Latecomers
Ali Smith - Autumn
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend
Don Carpenter - Hard Rain Falling

Seasons Greetings!

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-12-26 | ...

The 66 books I read this year that did not make it to my Top 10 of 2020

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-12-18 | ...

The Favorite Characters Tag PART 2 (original)

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-12-17 | The prompts:
1. Your favorite siblings characters
2. A favorite LGBTQ character
3. A favorite Asian character
4. A favorite Latin American character
5. A favorite African character
6. A main character with a disability (visible or invisible)
7. An over the top character
8. A favorite Victorian character
9. A not very believable character
10. A favorite fantasy character
11. Tag people!

I tag:
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Kate Howe: youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w
Emily, Novelle Novels: youtube.com/channel/UCKGfL1R_P0xEeEDxNlCoVeg
Chris Bookish Cauldron: youtube.com/channel/UCepxs1-Q6nUS3aLZyoGiXtA
Alba, Seriela: youtube.com/channel/UCpP6Rvxtg4xbHTgiEozZ3_g
Ben, Doomantidote: youtube.com/channel/UCygoDSYahMfKEwp5UWPO7IA
Peta, Comfycozyup: youtube.com/channel/UCiapSdizzoImMMgkUQcfJAQ
Jyotsna's Bookscapades: youtube.com/channel/UCVjL-Ewd6Qh63hYAX2cDDIg

Books mentioned:
Kate Atkinson - Life After Life
Kate Atkinson - A God in Ruins
John Boyne - The Heart's Invisible Furies
Rohinton Mistry - A Fine Balance
Nicole Dennis-Benn - Patsy
Tad Williams - City of Golden Shadow
David Wroblewski - The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend
Charles Dickens - David Copperfield
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Terry Brooks - Running with the Demon

Women Writers Reading Plan 2021 and Why diverse reading matters

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-12-11 | Reading Women Podcast: readingwomenpodcast.com
Jaclyn, Six Minutes for Me: youtube.com/channel/UCkDyG2740YKQ4Zo0yZDTBcw
Kendra Winchester: youtube.com/channel/UCeOsY9TGb2UitTOr-Qn5wJg
Emily, Novelle Novels: youtube.com/channel/UCKGfL1R_P0xEeEDxNlCoVeg

Books mentioned:
Julia Peterson - Scarlet Sister Mary
Carol Shields - The Stone Diaries
Alice Adams - Listening to Billie
Nancy Mitford - The Pursuit of Love
Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
Laila Lalami - The Moor's Account
Edna Ferber - So Big
Muriel Spark - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Geraldine Brooks - March
Sarah Moss - The Tidal Zone
Maggie O'Farrell - Instructions for a Heat Wave
Susanna Clarke - The Ladies of Grace Adieu

The Literary Dinner Party Tag (where things get messy)

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-12-02 | I was tagged by Hannah from Hannah's Books: youtube.com/channel/UCoZWZSc556UqWLoAQDNKLhg

Booktubers mentioned:
Juan, Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Emily, Novelle Novels: youtube.com/channel/UCKGfL1R_P0xEeEDxNlCoVeg
Charlie Brook: youtube.com/user/Picklersmum
Ben, Doomantidote: youtube.com/channel/UCygoDSYahMfKEwp5UWPO7IA
Jyotsna, Jyotsna's Bookscapades: youtube.com/channel/UCygoDSYahMfKEwp5UWPO7IA
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Roz, Scallydandling about the Books: youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g
Kim, MIDDLE of the Book March: youtube.com/channel/UCFUmSRDQPqf56PXNO5Q6lqA
Kate Howe: youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w
Russell, Ink and Paper Blog: youtube.com/channel/UCnHIesGYARon0fpRkyBGJoQ
Rick MacDonnell: youtube.com/channel/UCLNaTaVTDsNSBqi2X2M5nSw
Didi, Brown Girl Reading: youtube.com/channel/UCTq_SsIysxXwJt2I1xyU-UA
Freddie, Sluggish Reader: youtube.com/channel/UC438D_M8b6XyZBgtRaPrfkQ
Sian & Bert, PaSTORY Time: youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLg

The prompts:
1. When you are at a dinner party, do you ask people what they are currently reading? If not, why not? Have you received any great recommendations at a dinner party for a new book to read, or had an especially interesting bookish conversation there?
2. Which authors, living or dead, would you invite to a dinner party? (These invites can go out one at a time or in groups so various authors would get to meet each other.)
3. Which characters would you like to invite?
4. Have you ever wanted to invite a historical figure after reading a biography or autobiography about that person? Who would it be?
5. What would you serve at one of these parties from questions 2-4? Or perhaps, what would one of your literary guests bring if you hosted a potluck meal?
6. What is your favorite meal scene in a book (or a screen adaption of a book)?
7. Dinner parties aren’t the only times people share food and drink. Are there literary scenes you love where characters get together over brunch, afternoon tea, picnics, cocktail parties, etc.?
8. Name one of your favorite cringe-worthy dinner party scenes in a book or adaptation.
9. When the pandemic ends, what will you serve at your first dinner party or take to the first potluck you attend?
10. Which booktubers would you like to invite (ie, TAG) for this literary dinner party?

November Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-30 | I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT EAST OF EDEN WAS A BUDDY READ WITH CHARLIE BROOK!

Just Juan Reader's videos about Piranesi:
1. youtube.com/watch?v=Ev3AMpe6SDM&t=1s
2. youtube.com/watch?v=zSIXoSzwFWI&t=649s

The New Yorker article about Susanna Clarke: newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/14/susanna-clarkes-fantasy-world-of-interiors

The In Deep Conversation video series about the first five Anita Brookner novels:
1: youtube.com/watch?v=yXjKIUl9Sxw&list=PL9R2cJwBz3sGgwPMayUuI1qs41_wiGVvu&index=13&t=93s
2: youtube.com/watch?v=4Xt8SyP7o54&list=PL9R2cJwBz3sGgwPMayUuI1qs41_wiGVvu&index=14&t=245s
3: youtube.com/watch?v=lM_DEZuGLlk&list=PL9R2cJwBz3sGgwPMayUuI1qs41_wiGVvu&index=15&t=4s

Dan, Weird Book Book Club: youtube.com/channel/UCFBsV4a0F4PuJiZaPcQSHHQ

Books mentioned:
John Steinbeck - East of Eden
Susanna Clarke - Piranesi
Edward St Aubyn - Never Mind
Anita Brookner - A Friend from England
Charles Dickens - Dombey and Son

The End of the Year Book Tag

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-28 | The prompts:
➮Are there any books you started this year that you need to finish?
➮Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year?
➮Is there a new release you're still waiting for?
➮What are three books you want to read before the end of the year?
➮Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite book of the year?
➮Have you already started making reading plans for 2021?

Original tag by Ariel (video not available anymore)

Channels mentioned:
Charles Heathcote: youtube.com/channel/UCizWkND7vV5xRtybD8TNwqA
Sarah, Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Gemma, Read a Book Gem: youtube.com/channel/UCBECN43xsH6ZQ7c_UpZwKUA
Jaclyn, Six Minutes for Me: youtube.com/channel/UCkDyG2740YKQ4Zo0yZDTBcw
Kerry: youtube.com/channel/UCRWU5PJIGB0YbjBcy5pnM9g
Roz, Scallydandling about the Books: youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g
Juan, Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw

Jesper, Covertalks on Instagram: instagram.com/covertalks/?hl=nl

The Dickens Museum: dickensmuseum.com

Books mentioned:
Don Carpenter - Hard Rain Falling
Anita Brookner - Latecomers
Charles Dickens - Dombey and Son
Charles Dickens - Our Mutual Friend
Marcel Proust - In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower
Susanna Clarke - Piranesi
Ali Smith - Autumn
Lucinda Hawksley - Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey, her life, loves and impact.

The Self-Aware Reader Tag

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-25 | I was tagged by Roz from Scallydandling about the Books: youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g

Original tag by Courtney Ferriter: youtube.com/watch?v=NNKCHwVxQ2g

The prompts:
1) What most draws you in to a novel or story and makes you want to keep reading - plot, character(s), writing style, atmosphere, something else?
2) What is a convention or trope that will immediately turn you off in your reading experience with a novel or story?
3) What most appeals to you when reading nonfiction and makes you want to keep reading?
4) What is a convention or trope in nonfiction that will turn you off in your reading experience?
5) Would you say you read more for pleasure and enjoyment or more to learn and exercise your brain?
6) Which type of books are you likely to rate more highly and enjoy more overall - brain "candy" (pleasure/enjoyment) books or brain "protein" (learning/exercise) books?
7) Do you have a sense early on of whether or not the book you're reading will be a five-star read (or a book you will really like)? Has a book ever surprised you in this regard?
8) Considering books that you've rated five stars in the past (or if you don't rate them, then books you really loved), do you think you would feel the same way about them now? Why or why not?
9) Tag people.

Books mentioned:
Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow and Thorn
N.K. Jemisin - The City We Became
John Steinbeck - East of Eden
Maurice Carlos Ruffin - We Cast a Shadow
Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens, a Life
Isabel Wilkerson - The Warmth of Other Suns
Fernando Aramburu - Homeland

I tag:
Ben, Doomantidote: youtube.com/user/doomantidote/videos
Chris Bookish Cauldron: youtube.com/channel/UCepxs1-Q6nUS3aLZyoGiXtA/videos
Hannah's Books: youtube.com/c/HannahsBooks/videos
Jyotsna's Bookscapades: youtube.com/c/JyotsnaS/videos
Doris, All D Books: youtube.com/c/JyotsnaS/videos

The Fit to Read Tag

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-22 | The prompts are:
1. Zumba- Name a twist and turny book that was fun to read.
2. CrossFit - What was the most intense book you’ve read
3. Burpees Suck - A book you hated
4. Intramural Sports - What book were you assigned to read at school but ended up liking so you couldn’t wait to read it at night
5. Running / Jogging- Name a book that follows all the standard tropes but you still enjoyed
6. Jazzersize - A book that you enjoyed that is outdated or publish long ago
7. Trampoline Class - What book do you absolutely love but Is underrated

I was tagged by Emily, Novelle Novels: youtube.com/channel/UCKGfL1R_P0xEeEDxNlCoVeg

Original tag by Sarah MG Reads: youtube.com/user/975pumpkin

I tag:
Kim, MIDDLE of the book MARCH: youtube.com/channel/UCFUmSRDQPqf56PXNO5Q6lqA
Freddie, Sluggish Reader: youtube.com/channel/UC438D_M8b6XyZBgtRaPrfkQ
Juan, Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Ben, Doomantidote: youtube.com/channel/UCygoDSYahMfKEwp5UWPO7IA

Other channel mentioned:
Kate Howe: youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w

Books mentioned:
James P. Blaylock - All the Bells on Earth
Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life
Leonard Pitts, Jr. - The Last Thing You Surrender
Emily Bronte - Wuthering Heights
Siegfried Lenz - Deutschstunde
Raymond E. Feist - Magician
Harriet Martineau - Deerbrook
Evelyn Waugh - A Handful of Dust

The Fantasy Books Project 2021

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-18 | Channels mentioned:
Juan, Just Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Rick MacDonnell: youtube.com/channel/UCLNaTaVTDsNSBqi2X2M5nSw
Oly Bliss, BookDraw: youtube.com/channel/UCOYySGFqaUKaTHDPSPA165w
Chris, Bookish Cauldron: youtube.com/channel/UCepxs1-Q6nUS3aLZyoGiXtA
Seji, The Artisan Geek: youtube.com/channel/UCamkpihJtPvMuH49D6FejEw

Books mentioned:
Guy Gavriel Kay - The Last Light of the Sun
Joe Abercrombie - The Blade Itself
Ben Oliver - Loop
Tad Williams - City of Golden Shadow
C.S. Friedman - Black Sun Rising
Gregory Maguire - Wicked
J.V. Jones - The Baker's Boy
Dan Simmons - Hyperion
Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere
Sean Russell - The One Kingdom
Alex Pheby - Mordew
Bridget Collins - The Binding

The African-American Literature Project 2021

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-17 | Channels mentioned:
Darryl Suite, dsweet_library: instagram.com/dsweet_library/?hl=nl
Didi, Brown Girl Reading: youtube.com/channel/UCTq_SsIysxXwJt2I1xyU-UA
Jaclyn, Six Minutes for Me: youtube.com/channel/UCkDyG2740YKQ4Zo0yZDTBcw
Peta, Comfycozyup: youtube.com/channel/UCiapSdizzoImMMgkUQcfJAQ

Books mentioned:
De'Shawn Charles Winslow - In West Mills
Richard Wright - Native Son
James Alan McPherson - Hue and Crime
Tayari Jones - An American Marriage
Leonard Pitts Jr. - Before I Forget
Toni Morrison - Beloved
Bryan Washington - Lot
Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad
Nella Larsen - Quicksand
Brandon Taylor - Real Life
James McBride - Deacon King Kong
Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Water Dancer

The Spooky / Scary Tag

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-14 | I was tagged by Charles Heathcote: youtu.be/Zl-8lixkAXU

Original tag by Big Hard Books & Classics: youtube.com/channel/UCBNfvf5Imc7KjiUIf4WC4Mg

Books mentioned:
Stephen King - The Stand
Stephen King - It
Thomas Mann - The Magic Mountain
Charles Dickens- Ghost Stories

The Anti TBR Tag!

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-13 | The Prompts:
1. A popular book EVERYONE loves that you have no interest in reading?
2. A classic book (or author) you don’t have an interest in reading?
3. An author whose books you have no interest in reading?
3.2 A problematic author whose books you have no interest in reading? *you can combine questions 3 & 3.2 or you can answer them separately if you have an answer for both*
4. An author you have read a couple of books from & have decided their books are not for you?
5. A genre you have no interest in OR a genre you tried to get into & couldn’t?
6. A book you have bought but will never read? (this can be a book you have unhauled/returned to the library unread)
7. A series you have no interest in reading OR a series you started & have dnf’d?
8. A new release you have no interest in reading?

Original tag created by Nicole & Her Books: youtube.com/watch?v=4j_11fD44EU
I was tagged by Ben from Doomantidote: youtube.com/watch?v=0t8OukGurW8

I tag: Just:
Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1Kw
Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts
Sluggish Reader: youtube.com/channel/UC438D_M8b6XyZBgtRaPrfkQ

Books mentioned:
Lucy Ellman - Ducks, Newburyport
William Shakespeare - Hamlet
Haruki Murakami - Norwegian Wood
Haruki Murakami - Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Haruki Murakami - Men Without Women
Max Porter - Lanny
Agatha Christie - Evin Under the Sun
Steven Erikson - Malazan Book of the Fallen (series)
Robert Jordan - TheWheel of Time(series)

Chunkster Classics Quarterly 2021

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-11 | Channels mentioned:
Sarah, from Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts
Roz, from Scallydandling about the Books: youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g

Books mentioned:
Charles Dickens - Little Dorrit
Victor Hugo - Les Miserables
Honore de Balzac - Lost Illusions
Alexandre Dumas - The Count of Monte Cristo
Thomas Mann - The Magic Mountain

The 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Potentials 2021 Project

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-10 | Channels mentioned:
Juan from Just Juan Reader's video: youtube.com/watch?v=xEaYsgv7fGM&t=195s
Chris Bookish Caudron's video where he talks about Hobb's book: youtube.com/watch?v=HEJj6nrkpMM&t=15s
Rick MacDonnell's video about Kay's book: youtube.com/watch?v=wpFVIilwmNE
Sarah from Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts/featured
Didi from Brown Girl Reading: youtube.com/channel/UCTq_SsIysxXwJt2I1xyU-UA
Oly Bliss from BookDraw: youtube.com/channel/UCOYySGFqaUKaTHDPSPA165w

Books mentioned:
Jesmyn Ward - Where the Line Bleeds
Tom Spanbauer - In the City of Shy Hunters
Guy Gavriel Kay - River of Stars
Eleanor Catton - The Illuminaries
Richard Russo - Nobody's Fool
Charles Dickens - The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Leonard Pitts Jr. - Grant Park
Daphne du Maurier - The Breaking Point
Michael Christie - Greenwood
Robin Hobb - The Soldier Son Trilogy
Evelyn Waugh - Scoop
Patrick Gale - A Place Called Winter

October Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-11-03 | Books mentioned:
Virginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway
Daphne du Maurier - Don't Look Now and Other Stories
Fernando Aramburu - Homeland
N.K. Jemisin - The City We Became
Adam Mars-Jones - Box Hill
Michael Cunningham- The Hours

Movie mentioned:
The Hours, directed by Stephen Daldry

A Very Dickens Victober

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-10-31 | Books and journals mentioned:
Charles Dickens - Bleak House
Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens, A Life
Peter Ackroyd - Dickens
Donald Hawed - Who's Who in Dickens
Charles Dickens, the Lost Portrait (Philip Mould & Co)
Lucinda Hawksley - Dickens's Artistic Daughter Katey, her life, loves and impact
Household Words vol 7 (1853)
The Dickensian no.511 vol.116 part 2, Summer 2020

Other mentions:
Philip Mould & Company: www.philipmould.com
The Charles Dickens Museums: www.dickensmuseum.com

#victober

Black History Month UK and September Reads

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-10-08 | Channel mentioned:
Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts

Books mentioned:
Malorie Blackman - Noughts & Crosses
Anita Brookner - A Misalliance
Marcel Proust- The Way by Swann
Stephen King - The Stand
Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life
Guy Gavriel Kay - Children of Earth and Sky

BookTube Prize Winner reaction #booktubeprize

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-10-03 | Books mentioned:
Lanny by Max Porter
Women Talking by Miriam Toews
The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Miriam Toews
10 Minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak
A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

The winner announcement video:
My review of A Single Tread and Lanny: youtube.com/watch?v=NIjTDMoWHE0&t=4s
My review of Women Talking and 10 minutes, 38 Seconds in this Strange World: youtube.com/watch?v=mAvHmImm1Pk&t=69s

Announcing The Fate of Jane Moore : a Victober Choose our Own Adventure

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-10-01 | Listen to the story on Kate Howe's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5w

The participants are:
Emily “Novelle Novels”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKGf...
Carolyn “Carolyn Marie Reads” https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKX6...
Mary “Happily Ever Esch”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjQU...
Christy Luis “Dostoevsky in Space”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5vx...
Libby Stephenson
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5qB...
Angie “Literary Labors”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt1X...
Ros “Scallydandling About Books”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-l...
Dani “Spenelli Speaks”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA8y...
Rainey “Rainey Day Reads”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCldX...
Claudia “Spinster’s Libary”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzcc...
Katie “Books and Things”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNBg...
Kate “The Novel Nomad”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Tw...
Becky Cosgrove
Bethany Davis
Jess “Dickens and Docks”
https://www.instagram.com/dickens.and...
Leo “A Little Book Life”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-FE...
Naomi “Naomi’s Bookshelf”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO0W...
Katie “Reading When I Can”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCas8...
Petra “Petra U.”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMKz...
Charles “Charles Heathcote”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCizW...
Meghan “Meghan the Story Girl”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ci...
Tori “Hufflepuff Discovery”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSby...
Jennifer Brooks
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh...

My Victober tbr: Dickens!

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-09-30 | Channel mentioned:
Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/c/HardcoverHearts

Books and periodicals mentioned:
Charles Dickens - Bleak House
Peter Ackroyd - Dickens
Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens : a Life
Household Words : a weekly journal vol. 7 (1853)
The Dickensian vol. 116 (2020)

The Book Reviewers Tag

Leoslittlebooklife 2020-09-27 | The prompts:
1) Where do you post your book reviews outside of BookTube e.g. Goodreads, social media, retailers, blogs etc..?
2) What is your star rating system?
3) Convince me to read a favourite book of yours in no more than 5 words.
4) Which book was the hardest to review and why?
5) Are there any books you won't review or give a star rating to out of principle?
Viewing Reviews
6) A book you really want to read has terrible reviews, do you still read it?
7) Where do you view book reviews outside of BookTube and what is your preferred format e.g. short/long, video/print etc...?
8) At what point do you view reviews of a book you are reading (before, during or after) and do you seek out reviews similar to your own or opposing?
Stand Out From The Crowd:
9) Which book have you read with the lowest rating on Goodreads that you loved?
10) Which book have you read with the highest rating on Goodreads that you hated?

Original video by Read A Book Gem: youtube.com/watch?v=T82FQl7Z-1o
Charlie's take on the tag: youtube.com/watch?v=uPITK8pNh1s&t=338s

Bookish's review video of An Heir to Murder: youtu.be/jswsgTL0W4g
My review video of Our Doris: youtu.be/hdlFoPL9YtE

I tag:
Jyotsna's Bookscapades: youtube.com/c/JyotsnaS
Supposedly Fun: youtube.com/channel/UCOYmDxkNFwDmuTrGfqJtIaA
Cathie Grimm: youtube.com/user/rand8man

Books mentioned:
Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life
Miriam Toews - Women Talking
Alice Adams - Medicine Men
Andrea Lawlor - Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl