Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar | Recent love stories: Sophie Kinsella & Marjan Kamali [CC] @bethannebruninga-socolar | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 18 hours ago.
And by "recent" I mean books I actually read in December and January... These were both very enjoyable books that I recommend!
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And by "recent" I mean books I actually read in December and January... These were both very enjoyable books that I recommend!
Find me elsewhere and say hi:
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Twitter: twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
![Recent love stories: Sophie Kinsella & Marjan Kamali [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xB_CAUsK73k/hqdefault.jpg "Recent love stories: Sophie Kinsella & Marjan Kamali [CC]
And by recent I mean books I actually read in December and January... These were both very enjoyable books that I recommend!
Find me elsewhere and say hi:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Thriller review - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xPUJAQcKI_c/hqdefault.jpg "Thriller review - Home Before Dark by Riley Sager [CC]
First part spoiler-free, then spoilers abound! (See time stamps below.) Because yes, yes I am the jerk who will point out things that are slightly unbelievable in an excellent paranormal thriller.
Time stamps
0:00 Intro!
0:45 Spoiler-free review
5:14 Snarkity snark snark (SPOILERS)
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![Queer Book Box: We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xX_7FAhqWx4/hqdefault.jpg "Queer Book Box: We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman [CC]
Another one from the Queer Book Box, delivered direct to my doorstep! And I totally forgot in this video to mention that there is also an interesting commentary on art - art imitating life, or life imitating art - that we see both on the part of the filmmaker the main character befriends, and in the work of the main characters arch rival, Tara Jean Slater. Theres a lot to unpack in this book!!
Queer Book Box website: https://www.queerbookbox.com/
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![Review - The Home Place by J. Drew Lanham [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xnHbIKAsZf0/hqdefault.jpg "Review - The Home Place by J. Drew Lanham [CC]
The Home Place by J. Drew Lanham was the February book selection for the book naturalists book club, co-organized by Heidi and Doris. The March selection is Ecology of a Cracker Childhood by Janisse Ray.
Links to their channels:
My Reading Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Hu8QftxWk
all D books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIUd11Ux5dXkADUynY-4MCA/featured
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/bethannebs")
![Midyear Book Freakout Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yHymxvcUnTQ/hqdefault.jpg "Midyear Book Freakout Tag [CC]
Prompts and time stamps:
0:00 Intro babble
0:43 1. Best book you’ve read this year.
2:09 2. Best sequel you’ve read so far
2:31 3. New release you haven’t read yet but want to
3:31 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year
3:58 5. Biggest disappointment
4:26 6. Biggest surprise
7:11 7. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)
7:20 8. Newest fictional crush
7:20 9. Newest favorite character
7:51 10. Book that made you cry
8:07 11. Book that made you happy
8:33 12. Most beautiful book you’ve bought so far this year (or received)
9:01 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Booktube channels mentioned:
S.D. Huston: https://www.youtube.com/c/SDHuston
Margaret Pinard: https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard
John @ Hey Yall Listen Up: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeyYallListenUp
Rosie Cockshutt: https://www.youtube.com/c/RosieCockshutt
Books mentioned:
The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monae
Chasing Me to My Grave by Winfred Rembert
Crossroads of Twilight by Robert Jordan
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
Blood of the Lily by S.D. Huston
Tears of the Marigold by S.D. Huston
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg
Magic Marks the Spot (#1 in The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates) by Caroline Carlson
Honors Reserve (#1 in Galaxy Mavericks) by Michael La Ronn
Cocaine Blues (#1 in Phryne Fisher murder mystery series) by Kerry Greenwood
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
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![Book haul from a Black-owned pop up! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yQo9mFXzec0/hqdefault.jpg "Book haul from a Black-owned pop up! [CC]
Book haul from Black Garnet Books, a Black woman-owned bookshop in Minneapolis, MN! You can order online or if youre local, theres a pop-up shop two days a week: https://www.blackgarnetbooks.com/
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Nonfiction review - Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yX_YOHBwgng/hqdefault.jpg "Nonfiction review - Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh [CC]
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![Friday reads - Queer Lit Readathon #7 Edition! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ymv0mIfi7Kw/hqdefault.jpg "Friday reads - Queer Lit Readathon #7 Edition! [CC]
Im participating in the 7th Queer Lit Readathon, running this week through June 12!
Links to the organizers:
Rogan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toxEMypPRXQ
Kathy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeL8iVqE2Nc
Jean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH3F8M-PVw0
Currently reading Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Saed Atshan:
https://bookshop.org/books/queer-palestine-and-the-empire-of-critique/9781503612396
I finished Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur:
https://bookshop.org/books/written-in-the-stars-9781799945123/9780063000803
My review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hivlt6jPkDo
Up next is American Fairytale by Adriana Herrera:
https://bookshop.org/books/american-fairytale-a-multicultural-romance-9781335469465/9781335469465
My review of the 1st book in the series, American Dreamer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_2aj_CTCU4
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![Nonfiction November || discovery prompt [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ywsd8HtRRwQ/hqdefault.jpg "Nonfiction November || discovery prompt [CC]
Loved and learned from Black Livingstone by Pagan Kennedy. Have you read it? Do you have suggestions for other books to read about the Congo?
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Nonfiction November TBR || Shopping my shelves, as usual [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zC6rUV30wkc/hqdefault.jpg "Nonfiction November TBR || Shopping my shelves, as usual [CC]
Olives announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63vihsyADUY
The prompts and my selections:
1) Collection -
Outer Banks Tales to Remember by Charles Harry Whedbee (https://bookshop.org/books/outer-banks-tales-to-remember/9780895870445)
2) Industry -
a book of bees by Sue Hubbell (https://bookshop.org/books/a-book-of-bees-and-how-to-keep-them/9780395883242)
3) Style -
An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles by Arthur V. Evans & Charles L. Bellamy, Photographs by Lisa Charles Watson (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/264453.An_Inordinate_Fondness_for_Beetles?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=Qe5rMK7vhe&rank=1)
4) Treatment -
Lakota America by Pekka Hämäläinen (https://bookshop.org/books/lakota-america-a-new-history-of-indigenous-power/9780300255256)
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (https://bookshop.org/books/caste-oprah-s-book-club-the-origins-of-our-discontents-9780593230251/9780593230251)
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![Review - Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zkhurolKE1o/hqdefault.jpg "Review - Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer [CC]
What a fun, light sci-fi book! 4 stars
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne! Im a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) Im an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
