Sluggish Reader
The Warden by Anthony Trollope gave me anxiety
updated
1:51 Artful
11:44 A Separate Peace
20:46 The Storm We Made
33:06 What am I reading now??
== Books mentioned ==
Artful - Ali Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/15811569-artful
Hotel World - Ali Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/123036.Hotel_World
How to be both - Ali Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/20439328-how-to-be-both
A Separate Peace - John Knowles
goodreads.com/book/show/5152.A_Separate_Peace
The Storm We Made - Vanessa Chan
goodreads.com/book/show/60211228-the-storm-we-made
The New Wilderness - Diane Cook
goodreads.com/book/show/48836769-the-new-wilderness
The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (transl. Archibald Colquhoun)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
The Year of the Hare - Arto Paasilinna (transl. Herbert Lomas)
goodreads.com/book/show/8856774-the-year-of-the-hare
Framed! in September hosts:
@bouquinsbooks
@lindysmagpiereads
@anotherbibliophilereads
@HannahsBooks
@heathergregg9975
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The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (transl. Archibald Colquhoun)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
The Storm We Made - Vanessa Chan
goodreads.com/book/show/60211228
The Year of the Hare - Arto Paasilinna (transl. Herbert Lomas)
goodreads.com/book/show/8856774
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0:39 L.A. Woman
11:31 Your Name Shall Be Tanga
19:13 Journeys Through Shadows
30:55 What I'm currently reading now
== Books mentioned ==
L.A. Woman - Eve Babitz
goodreads.com/book/show/25987030-l-a-woman
Your Name Shall Be Tanga - Calixthe Beyala (transl. Marjolijn de Jager)
goodreads.com/book/show/443718.Your_Name_Shall_Be_Tanga
Journeys Through Shadows - Dewi Anggraeni
goodreads.com/book/show/1474899.Journeys_Through_Shadows
The New Wilderness - Diane Cook
goodreads.com/book/show/48836769-the-new-wilderness
The Storm We Made - Vanessa Chan
goodreads.com/book/show/60211228-the-storm-we-made
The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (transl. Archibald Colquhoun)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
Artful - Ali Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/15811569-artful
Reading for Framed! in September (and also because it's Ali Smith, duh)
Framed! in September hosts:
@bouquinsbooks
@lindysmagpiereads
@anotherbibliophilereads
@HannahsBooks
@heathergregg9975
#shortyseptember hosts: (I did not do any of the prompts lolz)
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers
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Tag created by @HarrietRosie13
I was tagged by @JessBookgirlTV
Prompts:
1. What do you study/what is your job?
2. What is your favorite social media?
3. If you had another channel what would it be about?
4. Do you play an instrument?
5. What hobbies do you have other than reading?
6. Favorite TV shows
7. What got you into reading?
8. What are your favorite and least favorite genres?
9. What books define your childhood?
10. Tell us an interesting fact about you?
I'm tagging everyone!!
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== Books mentioned ==
Charlotte Temple - Susanna Rowson
goodreads.com/book/show/597694.Charlotte_Temple
Faggots - Larry Kramer
goodreads.com/book/show/109395.Faggots
Aurora Leigh - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
goodreads.com/book/show/817993.Aurora_Leigh
The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford
goodreads.com/book/show/835458.The_Pursuit_of_Love
News from the City of the Sun - Isabel Colegate
goodreads.com/book/show/6743559-news-from-the-city-of-the-sun
Kiss of the Spider Woman - Manuel Puig (transl. Thomas Colchie)
goodreads.com/book/show/588242.Kiss_of_the_Spider_Woman
The Invoice - Jonas Karlsson (transl. Neil Smith)
goodreads.com/book/show/27245980-the-invoice
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
goodreads.com/book/show/937105.Lolly_Willowes
Treacle Walker - Alan Garner
goodreads.com/book/show/58205835-treacle-walker
Palace of the Peacock - Wilson Harris
goodreads.com/book/show/56227359-palace-of-the-peacock
The Five Wounds - Kirstin Valdez Quade
goodreads.com/book/show/58085285-the-five-wounds
recommended by @JyotsnaS
Build Your House Around My Body - Violet Kupersmith
goodreads.com/book/show/55656269-build-your-house-around-my-body
Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China (a.k.a
Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up) - Xiaolu Guo
goodreads.com/book/show/34496930-nine-continents
My Battle of Hastings: Chronicle of a Year by the Sea - Xiaolu Guo
goodreads.com/book/show/201608579-my-battle-of-hastings
Of Women and Salt - Gabriela Garcia
goodreads.com/book/show/53138197-of-women-and-salt
The Impostor - Javier Cercas (transl. Frank Wynne)
goodreads.com/book/show/37929874-the-impostor
Leica Format - Daša Drndić (transl. Celia Hawkesworth)
goodreads.com/book/show/58111468-leica-format
Trieste - Daša Drndić (transl. Ellen-Elias Bursać)
goodreads.com/book/show/11812200-trieste
God Help the Child - Toni Morrison
goodreads.com/book/show/23602473-god-help-the-child
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1:12 Hell of a Book
13:19 Moo
27:14 My book haul from Dokusho
33:07 What I'm currently reading now
== Books mentioned ==
Hell of a Book - Jason Mott
goodreads.com/book/show/56020518-hell-of-a-book
Moo - Jane Smiley
goodreads.com/book/show/1141856.Moo
Some Luck - Jane Smiley
goodreads.com/book/show/20587777-some-luck
Fatelessness - Imre Kertész (transl. Tim Wilkinson)
goodreads.com/book/show/318335.Fatelessness
No-No Boy - John Okada
goodreads.com/book/show/129910.No_No_Boy
The Life of Hunger - Amélie Nothomb (transl. Adriana Hunter)
goodreads.com/book/show/845711.The_Life_of_Hunger
The Book of Proper Names - Amélie Nothomb (transl. Shaun Whiteside)
goodreads.com/book/show/1003801.The_Book_of_Proper_Names
The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (transl. Archibald Colquhoun)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
L.A. Woman - Eve Babitz
goodreads.com/book/show/25987030-l-a-woman
Your Name Shall Be Tanga - Calixthe Beyala (transl. Marjolijn de Jager)
goodreads.com/book/show/443718.Your_Name_Shall_Be_Tanga
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4:51 Eleven Kinds of Loneliness
13:04 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
19:32 What I'm currently reading...
== Books mentioned ==
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness - Richard Yates
goodreads.com/book/show/3361110-eleven-kinds-of-loneliness
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby (transl. Jeremy Leggatt)
goodreads.com/book/show/1878692.The_Diving_Bell_and_the_Butterfly
L.A. Woman - Eve Babitz
goodreads.com/book/show/25987030-l-a-woman
Moo - Jane Smiley
goodreads.com/book/show/1141856.Moo
The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (transl. Archibald Colquhoun)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
Hell of a Book - Jason Mott
goodreads.com/book/show/56020518-hell-of-a-book
Braised Pork - An Yu
goodreads.com/book/show/55836517-braised-pork
Frankenstein in Baghdad - Ahmed Saadawi (transl. Jonathan Wright)
goodreads.com/book/show/41434809-frankenstein-in-baghdad
Elle - Philippe Djian (transl. Michael Katims)
goodreads.com/book/show/34723004-elle
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0:00 Intro~~
0:49 Purge
12:08 Les Enfants Terribles
20:00 Miss Chopsticks
33:13 What I'm currently reading...
== Books mentioned ==
Purge - Sofi Oksanen (transl. Lola Rogers)
goodreads.com/book/show/40966544-purge
Les Enfants Terribles - Jean Cocteau (transl. Rosamond Lehmann)
goodreads.com/book/show/11819160-les-enfants-terribles
Miss Chopsticks - Xinran (transl. Esther Tyldesley)
goodreads.com/book/show/7095496-miss-chopsticks
Moo - Jane Smiley
goodreads.com/book/show/1141856.Moo
The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (transl. Archibald Colquhoun)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
L.A. Woman - Eve Babitz
goodreads.com/book/show/25987030-l-a-woman
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness - Richard Yates
goodreads.com/book/show/3361110-eleven-kinds-of-loneliness
Hell of a Book - Jason Mott
goodreads.com/book/show/56020518-hell-of-a-book
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I was tagged by @davidnovakreadspoetry
youtube.com/watch?v=NsUPu_WTGkY
#tagtuesday
1. What for you makes a good book?
2. What are you currently reading?
3. What's the last book you didn't finish and why?
4. What obscure book do you wish other people would read?
5. What's the longest book you've ever read?
6. If you could have a dinner party with five fictional characters, who would they be?
7. Five books you'd want if stranded on a desert island.
8. One book you could not put down.
9. Five books or authors you will never read.
10. If you were to write a book, what would it be about?
11. Tag some people.
@PageTurnersWithKatja
@heathereads
@deadlizardreads1937
@sarah-roadworthy
@JennieJohnston
== Books mentioned ==
Moo - Jane Smiley
goodreads.com/book/show/1141856.Moo
L.A. Woman - Eve Babitz
goodreads.com/book/show/25987030-l-a-woman
Miss Chopsticks - Xinran (transl. Esther Tyldesley)
goodreads.com/book/show/7095496-miss-chopsticks
The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (transl. Archibald Colquhoun)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness - Richard Yates
goodreads.com/book/show/3361110-eleven-kinds-of-loneliness
Beloved - Toni Morrison
goodreads.com/book/show/6149.Beloved
Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar (transl. Grace Frick)
goodreads.com/book/show/12172.Memoirs_of_Hadrian
The Wandering - Intan Paramaditha (transl. Stephen J. Epstein)
goodreads.com/book/show/46158533-the-wandering
Mood Indigo - Boris Vian (transl. Stanley Chapman)
goodreads.com/book/show/18332486-mood-indigo
The Last Quarter of the Moon - Chi Zijian (transl. Bruce Humes)
goodreads.com/book/show/15798211-the-last-quarter-of-the-moon?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_23
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy (I forgot who translated the version I read lol)
goodreads.com/book/show/15823480-anna-karenina
Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
goodreads.com/book/show/31463.Far_From_the_Madding_Crowd
The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington
goodreads.com/book/show/46987.The_Hearing_Trumpet
Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
goodreads.com/book/show/581811.Valley_of_the_Dolls
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0:41 Frankenstein in Baghdad
7:08 Elle
16:48 The Idiot
31:38 Other books I'm currently reading...
== Books mentioned ==
Frankenstein in Baghdad - Ahmed Saadawi (transl. Jonathan Wright)
goodreads.com/book/show/41434809-frankenstein-in-baghdad
Elle - Philippe Djian (transl. Michael Katims)
goodreads.com/book/show/34723004-elle
The Idiot - Elif Batuman
goodreads.com/book/show/30962053-the-idiot
Either/Or - Elif Batuman
goodreads.com/book/show/58890783-either-or
Purge - Sofi Oksanen (transl. Lola Rogers)
goodreads.com/book/show/40966544-purge
Moo - Jane Smiley
goodreads.com/book/show/1141856.Moo
L.A. Woman - Eve Babitz
goodreads.com/book/show/25987030-l-a-woman
Miss Chopsticks - Xinran (transl. Esther Tyldesley)
goodreads.com/book/show/7095496-miss-chopsticks
The Leopard - Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (transl. Archibald Colquhoun)
goodreads.com/book/show/1320341.The_Leopard
Eleven Kinds of Loneliness - Richard Yates
goodreads.com/book/show/3361110-eleven-kinds-of-loneliness
Revolutionary Road - Richard Yates
goodreads.com/book/show/48328.Revolutionary_Road
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1:00 The Accidental Malay
8:40 Braised Pork
16:53 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
29:29 Books I'm currently reading!
== Books mentioned ==
The Accidental Malay - Karina Robles Bahrin
goodreads.com/book/show/60622285-the-accidental-malay
Braised Pork - An Yu
goodreads.com/book/show/55836517-braised-pork
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney
goodreads.com/book/show/25110957-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers
Moo - Jane Smiley
goodreads.com/book/show/1141856.Moo
The Idiot - Elif Batuman
goodreads.com/book/show/30962053-the-idiot
Purge - Sofi Oksanen (transl. Lola Rogers)
goodreads.com/book/show/40966544-purge
Elle - Philippe Djian (transl. Michael Katims)
goodreads.com/book/show/34723004-elle
Frankenstein in Baghdad - Ahmed Saadawi (transl. Jonathan Wright)
goodreads.com/book/show/41434809-frankenstein-in-baghdad
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0:00 Hi!
1:05 The Passenger
8:30 The House of Ulloa
18:55 Intimacies
31:11 what I'm currently reading...
== Books mentioned ==
The Passenger - Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz (transl. Philip Boehm)
goodreads.com/book/show/58960396-the-passenger
Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
goodreads.com/book/show/277397.Ellen_Foster
The House of Ulloa - Emilia Pardo Bazán (transl. Paul O'Prey & Lucia Graves)
goodreads.com/book/show/29777059-the-house-of-ulloa
Intimacies - Katie Kitamura
goodreads.com/book/show/59539686-intimacies
Moo - Jane Smiley
goodreads.com/book/show/1141856.Moo
The Idiot - Elif Batuman
goodreads.com/book/show/30962053-the-idiot
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - Jack Finney
goodreads.com/book/show/25110957-invasion-of-the-body-snatchers
Frankenstein in Baghdad - Ahmed Saadawi (transl. Jonathan Wright)
goodreads.com/book/show/41434809-frankenstein-in-baghdad
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1:11 Love in the Big City
10:01 Idol, Burning
15:45 Ellen Foster
== Books mentioned ==
Love in the Big City - Sang Young Park (transl. Anton Hur)
goodreads.com/book/show/61022863-love-in-the-big-city
Idol, Burning - Rin Usami (transl. Asa Yoneda; illus. Leslie Hung)
goodreads.com/book/show/63326140-idol-burning
Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
goodreads.com/book/show/277397.Ellen_Foster
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0:00 Hello
3:44 We the Survivors
11:04 Celestial Bodies
20:24 Valley of the Dolls
== Books mentioned ==
We the Survivors - Tash Aw
goodreads.com/book/show/43239355-we-the-survivors
The Harmony Silk Factory - Tash Aw
goodreads.com/book/show/239897.The_Harmony_Silk_Factory
Celestial Bodies - Jokha Alharthi (transl. Marilyn Booth)
goodreads.com/book/show/39653535-celestial-bodies
Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
goodreads.com/book/show/11194221-valley-of-the-dolls
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== Books mentioned ==
The Hummingbird - Sandro Veronesi (transl. Elena Pala)
goodreads.com/book/show/60616148-the-hummingbird
Stoner - John Williams
goodreads.com/book/show/166997.Stoner
The Spa Decameron - Fay Weldon
goodreads.com/book/show/2213029.The_Spa_Decameron
The Outsider - Albert Camus (transl. Joseph Laredo)
goodreads.com/book/show/35654909-the-outsider
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== Books mentioned ==
The Temple House Vanishing - Rachel Donohue
goodreads.com/book/show/58945185-the-temple-house-vanishing
The Faces - Tove Ditlevsen (transl. Tiina Nunnally)
goodreads.com/book/show/57845081-the-faces
The Great Godden - Meg Rosoff
goodreads.com/book/show/54826888-the-great-godden
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The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington
goodreads.com/book/show/680370.The_Hearing_Trumpet
Buddy read with Shannon @ThatsSoPoe
Indelicacy - Amina Cain
goodreads.com/book/show/52960846-indelicacy
Buddy read with @bilbobryan
Excellent Women - Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/2696574-excellent-women
Buddy read with Marilyn @MarilynMayaMendoza
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Speak - Laurie Halse Anderson
goodreads.com/book/show/39280538-speak
The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
goodreads.com/book/show/2187.Middlesex
== CW ==
Speak: sexual violence, bullying, depression
The Virgin Suicides: suicide / self-harm, domestic abuse, drug abuse, mental illness
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== Booktubers mentioned ==
Sarah @sarah-roadworthy
Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
Shawn @shawnbreathesbooks
I forgot to mention it in the video, but Marilyn of @MarilynMayaMendoza has also mentioned Barbara Pym recently.
== Books mentioned ==
Some Tame Gazelle - Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/178572.Some_Tame_Gazelle
A Glass of Blessings - Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/226971.A_Glass_of_Blessings
No Fond Return of Love - Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/178567.No_Fond_Return_of_Love
Excellent Women - Barbara Pym
goodreads.com/book/show/178565.Excellent_Women
My Ántonia - Willa Cather
goodreads.com/book/show/17150.My_ntonia
The Go-Between - L.P. Hartley
goodreads.com/book/show/258079.The_Go_Between
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== Books mentioned ==
The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
goodreads.com/book/show/10956.The_Virgin_Suicides
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History - Kassia St. Clair
goodreads.com/book/show/43862307-the-golden-thread
The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington
goodreads.com/book/show/46987.The_Hearing_Trumpet
Unknown Soldiers - Väinö Linna (transl. Liesl Yamaguchi)
goodreads.com/book/show/26192817-unknown-soldiers
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What are *YOUR* plans?
Also include possible #RememberDecember TBRs
an event hosted by
@AnnNovella
@bouquinsbooks
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@aaronfacer
@CriminOllyBlog
@MsReadsAlot
@Shellyish
== Books mentioned ==
Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
goodreads.com/book/show/581811.Valley_of_the_Dolls
The Spa Decameron - Fay Weldon
goodreads.com/book/show/1089464.The_Spa_Decameron
The Decameron - Giovanni Boccaccio
goodreads.com/book/show/51799.The_Decameron
Beloved - Toni Morrison
goodreads.com/book/show/6149.Beloved
The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison
goodreads.com/book/show/11337.The_Bluest_Eye
The Wandering - Intan Paramaditha (transl. Stephen J. Epstein)
goodreads.com/book/show/46158533-the-wandering
Apple & Knife - Intan Paramaditha (transl. Stephen J. Epstein)
goodreads.com/book/show/37804129-apple-and-knife
My video: youtu.be/rZBiSRf2u3Y
Memoirs of Hadrian - Marguerite Yourcenar (transl. Grace Frick)
goodreads.com/book/show/12172.Memoirs_of_Hadrian
Fear of Flying - Erica Jong
goodreads.com/book/show/9654.Fear_of_Flying
The Hearing Trumpet - Leonora Carrington
goodreads.com/book/show/46987.The_Hearing_Trumpet
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Claire of the Sea Light - Edwidge Danticat
goodreads.com/book/show/16280051-claire-of-the-sea-light
My Cat Yugoslavia - Pajtim Statovci (transl. David Hackston)
goodreads.com/book/show/34875448-my-cat-yugoslavia
Recommended by Meredith of @binchickenbookz !!
Bolla - Pajtim Statovci (transl. David Hackston)
goodreads.com/book/show/55842786-bolla
The Heart of the Dog - Mikhail Bulgakov (transl. Michael Glenny)
goodreads.com/book/show/6535413-the-heart-of-a-dog
The Master and Margarita - Mikhail Bulgakov
goodreads.com/book/show/117833.The_Master_and_Margarita
== CW ==
Claire of the Sea Light: murder, death, sexism, domestic abuse
My Cat Yugoslavia: homophobia, displacement, racism, sexism, animal cruelty, violence, war, death, domestic abuse
The Heart of the Dog: animal cruelty
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0:00 Hello!
1:51 O Caledonia
13:32 Bone Weight and Other Stories
== Books mentioned ==
O Caledonia - Elspeth Barker
goodreads.com/book/show/60321053-o-caledonia
Buddy read with Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
Bone Weight and Other Stories - Shih-Li Kow
goodreads.com/book/show/199289096-bone-weight-and-other-stories
The Sum of Our Follies - Shih-Li Kow
goodreads.com/book/show/24335129-the-sum-of-our-follies
My video: youtu.be/CWiSvg0NRog
Ripples and Other Stories - Shih-Li Kow
goodreads.com/book/show/8050871-ripples-and-other-stories
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== TW ==
O Caledonia: murder, family neglect, abuse, bullying, animal cruelty
Bone Weight and Other Stories: homelessness, sexual violence, mental illness, homophobia, disability, ableism, death of loved ones, domestic abuse, sexism, misogyny, racism
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1:36 Despite the Falling Snow
11:08 These Violent Delights
21:22 Evil Eye
== Books mentioned ==
Despite the Falling Snow - Shamim Sarif
goodreads.com/book/show/2093070.DESPITE_THE_FALLING_SNOW_
These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong
goodreads.com/book/show/50892212-these-violent-delights
Evil Eye: Four Novellas of Love Gone Wrong - Joyce Carol Oates
goodreads.com/book/show/14928740-evil-eye
== CW ==
Despite the Falling Snow: murder, torture, alcoholism, terminal illness
These Violent Delights: murder, body horror, transphobia, sexism, racism
Evil Eye: murder, self-harm, mental illness, stalking, sexual violence / abuse, graphic violence, mental abuse
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== Books mentioned ==
At the Edge of Light - Maria Peura (transl. David Hackston)
goodreads.com/book/show/2079060.At_the_Edge_of_Light
Valley of the Dolls - Jacqueline Susann
goodreads.com/book/show/581811.Valley_of_the_Dolls
Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews
goodreads.com/book/show/43448.Flowers_in_the_Attic
Good Citizens Need Not Fear - Maria Reva
goodreads.com/book/show/45754745-good-citizens-need-not-fear
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
goodreads.com/book/show/1736739.Olive_Kitteridge
Despite the Falling Snow - Shamim Sarif
goodreads.com/book/show/2093070.DESPITE_THE_FALLING_SNOW_
High Tide - Inga Ābele (transl. Kaija Straumanis)
goodreads.com/book/show/17332712-high-tide
The Aleph - Jorge Luis Borges (transl. Andrew Hurley)
goodreads.com/book/show/58757176-the-aleph-and-other-stories
Ficciones - Jorge Luis Borges (transl. Anthony Kerrigan & Anthony Bonner)
goodreads.com/book/show/426504.Ficciones
The Answers - Catherine Lacey
goodreads.com/book/show/29939084-the-answers
Pew - Catherine Lacey
goodreads.com/book/show/51542370-pew
These Violent Delights - Chloe Gong
goodreads.com/book/show/50892212-these-violent-delights
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2:16 The Darker Face of the Earth
16:04 Cantoras
25:57 Fight Night
== Books mentioned ==
The Darker Face of the Earth - Rita Dove
goodreads.com/book/show/150318.The_Darker_Face_of_the_Earth
Cantoras - Carolina de Robertis
goodreads.com/book/show/43289181-cantoras
Recommended by Shannon @ThatsSoPoe
Fight Night - Miriam Toews
goodreads.com/book/show/56978048-fight-night
== CW ==
The Darker Face of the Earth: slavery, racism, sexism, death, murder, torture, suicide
Cantoras: homophobia, torture, forced conversion, incarceration, police abuse, murder, suicide, sexual violence
Fight Night: death of loved ones, absent parent, mental illness, religious abuse
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0:00 Hi!!
0:17 The Bitch
7:57 Look at Me
16:42 We
== Books mentioned ==
The Bitch - Pilar Quintana (transl. Lisa Dillman)
goodreads.com/book/show/49221592-the-bitch
Look at Me - Anita Brookner
goodreads.com/book/show/51916533-look-at-me
Hotel du Lac - Anita Brookner
goodreads.com/book/show/251665.Hotel_du_Lac
We - Yevgeny Zamyatin (transl. Natasha Randall)
goodreads.com/book/show/30110528-we
Also check out the channel @deadlizardreads1937
youtu.be/NQRZ0vXX0uY?si=1RMy1QjXyc1fiYwB
The Aerodrome - Rex Warner
goodreads.com/book/show/582178.The_Aerodrome
1984 - George Orwell
goodreads.com/book/show/61439040-1984
== CW ==
The Bitch: sexism, death, animal cruelty, racism / colorism, poverty, suicide
Look at Me: mental illness (depression), manipulative relationships
We: physical violence, torture, execution, lobotomy
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I focus on books that I have not read prior to this round.
I talked about Demon Copperhead, How High We Go in the Dark, and Foster in this semifinals video: youtu.be/9VvaDy2HOEU
== Books mentioned ==
Trespasses - Louise Kennedy
goodreads.com/book/show/60867683-trespasses
Young Mungo - Douglas Stuart
goodreads.com/book/show/58891551-young-mungo
Trust - Hernan Diaz
goodreads.com/book/show/58210933-trust
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
goodreads.com/book/show/60384451-demon-copperhead
How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu
goodreads.com/book/show/57850265-how-high-we-go-in-the-dark
Foster - Claire Keegan
goodreads.com/book/show/61022861-foster
== Content warnings ==
Trespasses: death of loved ones, graphic violence, murder
Young Mungo: sexual assault, alcoholism, murder, graphic physical violence, animal cruelty, parental abandonment, homophobia
Trust: terminal illness, mental illness, sexism
Demon Copperhead: domestic abuse, death, suicide, drug abuse, murder, bullying, homophobia, sexism, racism
How High We Go in the Dark: death of loved ones, terminal diseases, mercy killing
Foster: poverty, child neglect
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== Timestamps ==
0:00 Hello!
0:48 Agatha
10:35 Jagua Nana
15:32 The Dark Horse
== Books mentioned ==
Agatha - Anne Cathrine Bomann (transl. Caroline Waight)
goodreads.com/book/show/54899497-agatha
Jagua Nana - Cyprian Ekwensi
goodreads.com/book/show/36531613-jagua-nana
My video: youtu.be/8gaE8oRnqc8
The Dark Horse - Rumer Godden
goodreads.com/book/show/22642855-the-dark-horse
== Content warnings ==
Agatha: mental illness, terminal illness, sexual abuse
Jagua Nana: sexism, graphic physical violence, murder, suicide, sexual violence, domestic abuse, kidnapping, terminal illness
The Dark Horse: racism, colonialism, poverty, homelessness, animal abuse
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0:00 Hi!
0:14 Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
8:45 The Lying Life of Adults
16:46 A Lover's Discourse
== Books mentioned ==
Spook / Six Feet Over: Science Tackles the Afterlife - Mary Roach
goodreads.com/book/show/7350460-six-feet-over
The Lying Life of Adults - Elena Ferrante (transl. Ann Goldstein)
goodreads.com/book/show/58514302-the-lying-life-of-adults
The Neapolitan Novels - Elena Ferrante (transl. Ann Goldstein)
goodreads.com/book/show/26828169-the-neapolitan-novels
A Lover's Discourse - Xiaolu Guo
goodreads.com/book/show/52625831-a-lover-s-discourse
== Content warnings ==
Spook: death, death practices, bodily fluids
The Lying Life of Adults: body shaming, divorce, family dysfunction, death of loved ones
A Lover's Discourse: racism, poverty, abortion
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Jagua Nana - Cyprian Ekwensi
goodreads.com/book/show/36531613-jagua-nana
TW: sexism, graphic physical violence, murder, suicide, sexual violence, domestic abuse, kidnapping, terminal illness
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0:34 Song of the Silk Road
6:10 How to Pronounce Knife
10:41 A Tale Without a Name
== Books mentioned ==
Song of the Silk Road - Mingmei Yip
goodreads.com/book/show/8567279-song-of-the-silk-road
How to Pronounce Knife - Souvankham Thammavongsa
goodreads.com/book/show/58538249-how-to-pronounce-knife
A Tale Without a Name - Penelope S. Delta (transl. & illus. Mika Provata-Carlone)
goodreads.com/book/show/17415195-a-tale-without-a-name
== Content warnings ==
Song of the Silk Road: death of loved one, terminal illness, infidelity, incarceration, murder, suicide, parental abandonment, toxic relationship
How to Pronounce Knife: racism, body shaming, displacement, death, grief, infidelity, sexism
A Tale Without a Name: death, murder, war, suicide, graphic violence
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0:00 Hi!
2:09 People Like Them
11:52 Tale of the Dreamer's Son
22:59 A Double Life
== Books mentioned ==
People Like Them - Samira Sedira (transl. Lara Vergnaud)
goodreads.com/book/show/58048549-people-like-them
Tale of the Dreamer's Son - Preeta Samarasan
goodreads.com/book/show/61078192-tale-of-the-dreamer-s-son
Evening Is the Whole Day - Preeta Samarasan
goodreads.com/book/show/2154433.Evening_Is_the_Whole_Day
A Double Life - Karolina Pavlova (transl. Barbara Heldt)
goodreads.com/book/show/40244413-a-double-life
== Content warnings ==
People Like Them: murder, racism, bodily injury
Tale of the Dreamer's Son: racism, sexism, religious persecution, bullying, torture, imprisonment, suicide, homophobia, parental neglect, terrorism, murder, child abandonment
A Double Life: sexism
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#booktubeprize #booktubeprize2023
0:00 Hello
1:11 Book #6
8:25 Book #5
11:31 Book #4
18:20 Book #3
24:20 Book #2
29:38 Book #1
Books in this group are:
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
goodreads.com/book/show/60384451-demon-copperhead
How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu
goodreads.com/book/show/57850265-how-high-we-go-in-the-dark
Nightcrawling - Leila Mottley
goodreads.com/book/show/58537371-nightcrawling
Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield
goodreads.com/book/show/58659343-our-wives-under-the-sea
Carrie Soto Is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid
goodreads.com/book/show/60435878-carrie-soto-is-back
Foster - Claire Keegan
goodreads.com/book/show/61022861-foster
== Content warnings ==
Demon Copperhead: domestic abuse, death, suicide, drug abuse, murder, bullying, homophobia, sexism, racism
How High We Go in the Dark: death of loved ones, terminal diseases, mercy killing
Nightcrawling: racism, sexism, sexual violence, drug abuse, police brutality, child abandonment, bullying, physical violence, death
Our Wives Under the Sea: body horror, death of loved ones
Carrie Soto Is Back: terminal illness, death of loved ones
Foster: poverty, child neglect
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== Timestamps ==
0:00 Hello...
0:47 Girls Meets Boy
6:20 The Apology
9:43 The Divorce
== Books mentioned ==
Girl Meets Boy - Ali Smith
goodreads.com/book/show/3698676-girl-meets-boy
The Apology - V
goodreads.com/book/show/43198851-the-apology
The Divorce - César Aira (transl. Chris Andrews)
goodreads.com/book/show/55688769-the-divorce
== Content warnings ==
Girl Meets Boy: homophobia, sexism
The Apology: domestic violence, abuse, sexual violence, drug abuse
The Divorce: murder, abuse
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2:07 Notes of a Crocodile
6:52 Breathing into Marble
14:50 Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
== Books mentioned ==
Notes of a Crocodile - Qiu Miaojin (transl. Bonnie Huie)
goodreads.com/book/show/31395589-notes-of-a-crocodile
My book talk video: youtu.be/x4naLgDLlrY
Breathing into Marble - Laura Sintija Černiauskaitė (transl. Marija Marcinkute)
goodreads.com/book/show/33297800-breathing-into-marble
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash - Eka Kurniawan (transl. Annie Tucker)
goodreads.com/book/show/32491803-vengeance-is-mine-all-others-pay-cash
My book talk video: youtu.be/TZ7Ob6UyFjo
== Content warnings ==
Notes of a Crocodile: homophobia, mental illness (suicide, self-harm, depression), toxic relationships, physical abuse, violence, substance abuse
Breathing into Marble: sexual violence, murder, mental illness, death of loved ones
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash: graphic violence, sexual violence, bodily fluid / excrement, death, murder, bodily mutilation, sexism, incarceration, police brutality
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Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash - Eka Kurniawan (transl. Annie Tucker)
goodreads.com/book/show/35658247-vengeance-is-mine-all-others-pay-cash
Beauty Is A Wound - Eka Kurniawan (transl. Annie Tucker)
goodreads.com/book/show/24826361-beauty-is-a-wound
Man Tiger - Eka Kurniawan (transl. Labodalih Sembiring)
goodreads.com/book/show/23012658-man-tiger
Content warnings: graphic violence, sexual violence, bodily fluid / excrement, death, murder, bodily mutilation, sexism, incarceration, police brutality,
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goodreads.com/en/book/show/31395589
Content warnings: homophobia, mental illness (suicide, self-harm, depression), toxic relationships, physical abuse, violence, substance abuse
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0:00 Hello
1:57 To Live
13:20 A Small Place
== Books mentioned ==
To Live - Yu Hua (transl. Michael Berry)
goodreads.com/book/show/334971.To_Live
The Seventh Day - Yu Hua (transl. Allan H. Barr)
goodreads.com/book/show/22107229-the-seventh-day
A Small Place - Jamaica Kincaid
goodreads.com/book/show/924889.A_Small_Place
Mentioned Berna @BernasBookishAdventures for recommending and endorsing To Live
Misery May was a readathon in May that I didn't get to participate in on time (not even a Thomas Hardy book)!
@GemofBooks
@GunpowderFictionPlot
== CW ==
To Live: death, terminal illness, poverty, war, domestic violence, graphic violence, murder, suicide
A Small Place: racism, slavery, systemic oppression
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2:09 The End of Summer
7:40 So Long a Letter
14:10 The Orchard on Fire
== Books mentioned ==
The End of Summer - Rosamunde Pilcher
goodreads.com/book/show/856856.The_End_of_Summer
The Shell Seekers - Rosamunde Pilcher
goodreads.com/book/show/37095.The_Shell_Seekers
So Long a Letter - Mariama Bâ (transl. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
goodreads.com/book/show/151374.So_Long_a_Letter
The Orchard on Fire - Shena Mackay
goodreads.com/book/show/970684.TheOrchard_on_Fire
== Content warnings ==
The End of Summer: death of loved ones
So Long a Letter: sexism, domestic abuse, racism
The Orchard on Fire: racism, domestic abuse, sexual abuse / harassment, animal cruelty
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0:00 Hi
0:43 Regeneration
7:10 The Book of Proper Names
14:28 The Word for World Is Forest
== Books mentioned ==
Regeneration - Pat Barker
goodreads.com/book/show/3942075-regeneration
The Book of Proper Names - Amélie Nothomb (transl. Shaun Whiteside)
goodreads.com/book/show/71455.The_Book_of_Proper_Names
Fear and Trembling - Amélie Nothomb (transl. Adriana Hunter)
goodreads.com/book/show/71453.Fear_and_Trembling
The Word for World Is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin
goodreads.com/book/show/24933757-the-word-for-world-is-forest
The Left Hand of Darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
goodreads.com/book/show/18423.The_Left_Hand_of_Darkness
== Content warnings ==
Regeneration: war, death, PTSD, suicide, domestic violence, sexism, bodily mutilation
The Book of Proper Names: murder, suicide, eating disorder, bullying
The Word for World Is Forest: war, graphic violence, murder, sexual assault, displacement, colonization, genocide
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1:11 The Aerodrome
11:07 Olive, Again
15:45 Kill the Dog
== Books mentioned ==
The Aerodrome - Rex Warner
goodreads.com/book/show/31422690-the-aerodrome
Read for #MayoftheModerns , organized by @MargaretPinard
Olive, Again - Elizabeth Strout
goodreads.com/book/show/52240866-olive-again
My first finished TBR for the #mentalhealthmay readathon! - organized by @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH and @MarilynMayaMendoza
Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout
goodreads.com/book/show/1736739.Olive_Kitteridge
Kill the Dog - Alex Storm
goodreads.com/book/show/72015359-kill-the-dog
== Content warnings ==
The Aerodrome: murder, sexism, cults, death of loved ones
Olive, Again: mental illness, suicide, domestic violence, alcoholism, death of loved ones, terminal illness, drug use, sexual assault / exploitation, racism, homophobia
Kill the Dog: absent parent, worker exploitation, drug use
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Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
Marilyn @MarilynMayaMendoza
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0:20 Sergio Y.
7:19 Saman
12:01 Bad Girls
#transgirlapril organized by
@CestKevvie
@WillowTalksBooks
== Books mentioned ==
Sergio Y. - Alexandre Vidal Porto (transl. Alex Ladd)
goodreads.com/book/show/52873710-sergio-y
Saman - Ayu Utami (transl. Pamela Allen)
goodreads.com/book/show/1337759.Saman
My book talk video: youtu.be/TAJABCHuqx4
Bad Girls / The Queens of Sarmiento Park - Camila Sosa Villada (transl. Kit Maude)
goodreads.com/book/show/59237338-bad-girls
My book talk video: youtu.be/EY7iKjFE5N0
Other booktuber mentioned:
@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
== Trigger warnings ==
Sergio Y.: transphobia, murder, loss of loved ones
Saman: Sexism, racism, child abuse, murder, sexual assault, torture, confinement, graphic violence, bodily mutilation, blood, miscarriage, poverty
Bad Girls: child abandonment, child abuse, domestic violence, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, graphic violence, murder, death, AIDS, suicide, mental illness, sexual violence, persecution against sex workers, poverty, bodily fluids, drug abuse, alcoholism, police brutality, extreme bullying and harassment
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goodreads.com/book/show/59237338-bad-girls
I read this in April as part of #transgirlapril organized by @CestKevvie and @WillowTalksBooks
Trigger warnings:
child abandonment, child abuse, domestic violence, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, graphic violence, murder, death, AIDS, suicide, mental illness, sexual violence, persecution against sex workers, poverty, bodily fluids, drug abuse, alcoholism, police brutality, extreme bullying and harassment
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goodreads.com/book/show/1337759.Saman
== Trigger warnings ==
Sexism, racism, child abuse, murder, sexual assault, torture, confinement, graphic violence, bodily mutilation, blood, miscarriage, poverty
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0:44 The Other Black Girl
8:54 Rice
18:01 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
== Books Mentioned ==
The Other Black Girl - Zakiya Dalila Harris
goodreads.com/book/show/58427704-the-other-black-girl
Rice - Su Tong (transl. Howard Goldblatt)
goodreads.com/book/show/2677481-rice
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time - Yasutaka Tsutsui (trans. David Karashima)
goodreads.com/book/show/9663940-the-girl-who-leapt-through-time
== Trigger Warnings ==
The Other Black Girl: racism, cultism
Rice: famine, poverty, displacement, murder, death, sexual assault, torture, graphic violence, severe diseases, bodily fluid, body mutilation, animal cruelty, sexism, ableism, suicide, war, alcoholism, domestic violence, abuse
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time: death, disturbing imagery, bodily mutilation
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0:00 Hello
0:53 Memory and Oblivion
6:45 On the Banks of the Mayyazhi
12:52 Flowers in the Attic
== Books mentioned ==
Memory and Oblivion - Wang Zhousheng (transl. Tony Blishen)
goodreads.com/book/show/21869869-memory-and-oblivion
On the Banks of the Mayyazhi - M. Mukundan (transl. Gita Krishnankutty)
goodreads.com/book/show/1324400.On_The_Banks_Of_The_Mayyazhi
Read in honor of #LitwithIndianLit organized by @SantReads
Flowers in the Attic - V.C. Andrews
goodreads.com/book/show/10001098-flowers-in-the-attic
== Trigger warnings ==
Memory and Oblivion: death, terminal illness, mental illness (self-harm, suicide), graphic physical violence
On the Banks of the Mayyazhi: death, war, racism, sexism, suicide, murder, graphic physical violence, sexual assault
Flowers in the Attic: domestic abuse, graphic violence, animal cruelty, sexual assault, incest, murder, suicide
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0:11 Village of Stone
5:30 The Concubine
11:11 Mãn
15:50 Random unrelated stuff
== Books mentioned ==
Village of Stone - Xiaolu Guo (transl. Cindy Carter)
goodreads.com/book/show/894055.Village_of_Stone
The Concubine - Elechi Amadi
goodreads.com/book/show/1199163.The_Concubine
Mãn - Kim Thúy (transl. Sheila Fischman)
goodreads.com/book/show/23163769-m-n
== Trigger warnings ==
Village of Stone: sexual abuse, abortion, suicide, deaths, kidnapping, illness
The Concubine: death, illness, mental illness, violence, sexism
Mãn: war, death, domestic abuse, violence
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Far from the Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
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== TW ==
Far from the Madding Crowd: death, sexism, murder
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