Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar | Recent nonfiction: moss and migration [CC] @bethannebruninga-socolar | Uploaded April 2021 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
I read some excellent nonfiction books lately:
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves by Jason deParle
About me:
Hi, I'm Bethanne (she/her)! I'm a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) I'm an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Twitter: twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
I read some excellent nonfiction books lately:
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves by Jason deParle
About me:
Hi, I'm Bethanne (she/her)! I'm a scientist by day but I love reading anything I can get my hands on in my limited free time. :) I'm an outdoors enthusiast, cat lover, mama, millennial. I post Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays!
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Twitter: twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar
![Recent nonfiction: moss and migration [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_IGRGK-zG9U/hqdefault.jpg "Recent nonfiction: moss and migration [CC]
I read some excellent nonfiction books lately:
Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves by Jason deParle
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne (she/her)! 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!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Bookshelf tag and tour! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_Pt6QvSr2vU/hqdefault.jpg "Bookshelf tag and tour! [CC]
Let me know if youve done this tag, or will do it! Id love to watch your video.
Johns channel, Hey Yall Listen Up - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RvKmaWUzInOnrdPdbITCg/videos
Original bookshelf tag - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaLXOduHXhc
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")
![Library haul! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_gBKh0iG_Wc/hqdefault.jpg "Library haul! [CC]
6 of my hold books came available all at once, yay!
Time stamps:
1:11 - Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
2:24 - The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman
4:18 - A Cowboy to Remember by Rebekah Weatherspoon
5:10 - Do You Mind If I Cancel? by Gary Janetti
6:07 - Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
7:11 - The Puzzle of Polynesia, Sea People by Christina Thompson
Channels mentioned:
Book Hooked - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhnYg6OgiY
Always Doing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2RrDWBwRJ8
bookslikewhoa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6xju1I-SH8
Lana ExLibris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGV9ND4kfQ&t=138s
Remembered Reads - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2T_ZBucZ3o&t=489s
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")
![My BookTube Prize Quarterfinals ranking: nonfiction group C [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a4iDTx_q61A/hqdefault.jpg "My BookTube Prize Quarterfinals ranking: nonfiction group C [CC]
Books mentioned:
1) Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artists Memoir of the Jim Crow South by Winfred Rembert
2) A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib
3) All In: An Autobiography by Billie Jean King
4) Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
5) Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe
6) The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Pioneering Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine by Janice P. Nimura
Winfred Remberts amazing paintings: https://winfredrembert.com/paintings1
BookTube Prize quarterfinals results: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhKBwx-MWv4
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")
![Christmas Booktube Challenge! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aU1VscYD3_s/hqdefault.jpg "Christmas Booktube Challenge! [CC]
I watched Katie Reads&Rants do this challenge and had to join in. :)
Her video is super cute, so go check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Oef1oiFXE&t=3s
The original tag creator is Renee at TheLibrarianofAlexandria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-iYh9_qhOQ
The challenges!
- Red on cover (can be much or just a peck)
-Three on cover (does not have to be big)
- Snow on cover
- Dickens/classic
-The holiday: a romance with 2 couples
- A book you got for Christmas
- A book set during Christmas
- Diverse December, a diverse read
- Childhood fave(0-12 years)
- Agatha Christie
- Caroling, a book with disguises
- gingerbread/sweets, a book with bakingsweets
- Games & fun: a book with a betgames as a semi big plot
- Traditions: a book about traditions, new and old ones
- Fairy tale: fairytale or a fairytale retelling
- 23rd Decemberlillejulaften
a) a book that means something in your family
b) a book that is the penultimate in a series
- Choir songs: a book with a choir element
- Best of news: a non fiction from this year you loved, about an issue from 2020
- Best of entertainment: a fiction book that gave you joy this year
- Santa Lucia: a book with an angel
- Julekalender: a book in a long series aka 12 - 26 or more books(companion series count)
- Christmas party: a book set around officework
- Romjul: a book you go to for comfort
- Movies: a book you want to see adapted
- New year: a book you havent read but are very excited forhave high hopes for
Books/authors I mentioned:
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank by Lilian Jackson Braun
Catfantastic III (short story collection)
Winters Heart by Robert Jordan
Charles Dickens
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Celtic Twilight by W.B. Yeats
Christmas at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
Leaders of Color in Higher Education by Leonard A. Valverde
Harry Potter #1 & 2
Mockingjay & Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder
Spindles End by Robin McKinley
Georgette Heyer
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Danial Tatum, PhD
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
Buzz by Thor Hanson
The Bees of the World by Michener
Dragon Wing by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (The Death Gate Cycle series)
Morning Star by Pierce Brown (& the Red Rising trilogy)
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
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
Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston")
![Reading The Library Book by Susan Orlean - part 1 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bNLHREj-Sa0/hqdefault.jpg "Reading The Library Book by Susan Orlean - part 1 [CC]
I fell in love with this book right from page 1 and couldnt resist sharing! I filmed the video on Dec. 16 and have since finished the book and discussed it with book club....spoiler alert! 5-star book for me. :)
Join Margaret Pinards book club on Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/margaret_pinard/posts
The Library Book by Susan Orlean: https://bookshop.org/books/the-library-book-9781508266471/9781476740195
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")
![May reading wrap-up! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bRcir871A_4/hqdefault.jpg "May reading wrap-up! [CC]
I read 7 books in May, but 6 were for the BookTube Prize! Plus I briefly talk about 1 book I read in April and forgot to mention in my April reading wrap-up. Oops!
Books mentioned:
Phantom Planet by Michael La Ronn
Knife of Dreams by Robert Jordan
Channels mentioned:
John at Hey Yall Listen Up: https://www.youtube.com/c/HeyYallListenUp
Margaret Pinard: https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard
Check out my BookTube Prize quarterfinals video for short reviews of those books:
Chasing Me to My Grave by Winfred Rembert
A Little Devil in America by Hanif Abdurraqib
All In by Billie Jean King
Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Doctors Blackwell by Janice P. Nimura")
![Nonfiction: Pesticides, a Love Story by Michelle Mart [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bhNLM2vrAlE/hqdefault.jpg "Nonfiction: Pesticides, a Love Story by Michelle Mart [CC]
A cultural history of the American embrace of pesticides during the 20th century. Well-researched, well-written, and an overall fascinating read!
Buy the book: https://bookshop.org/p/books/pesticides-a-love-story-america-s-enduring-embrace-of-dangerous-chemicals-michelle-mart/10169342?ean=9780700621286
Find me elsewhere and say hi!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Story Graph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bethannereadsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![January TBR! Buddy reads and book clubs [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c6oLJXJiv2w/hqdefault.jpg "January TBR! Buddy reads and book clubs [CC]
I think Im kicking off the year pretty well this month! What are you reading? :)
Channels and reading groups mentioned:
Down Memory Jane - Jane Austen readalong
organizers:
em likes books - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9n6Tzbqqek
elenathegreat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MicW0VW514I
Lily Eleanor Reads - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asC3Yw7tSlc
Megans Reading Revelations - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjuAw803dR4
Monique Chambers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smZgdi0A6Ks
Book Naturalists Book Club
My Reading Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzC2ki7nfaM
all D books - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdv8RxyZgwM
Books mentioned:
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - 0:44
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 2:01
Persuasion by Jane Austen - 2:15
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson - 2:32
Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer - 3:01
Florida by Lauren Groff - 3:49
World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil - 5:00
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")
![The Bookish Superhero Tag - am I actually a villain?? [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cTwOl1K2rg8/hqdefault.jpg "The Bookish Superhero Tag - am I actually a villain?? [CC]
In which I disclose my true nature as a supervillain, mwahahahaha!
Original tag (and super fun video!) by Barb and Isabella at the font*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVa_AJAntE4
I was tagged by Ros at Scallydandling about the books (awesome video!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L1fzynyEkA&t=159s
Questions & time stamps:
1. We are all special and unique - what are your unique special powers? 00:25
2. Every superhero needs a nemesis. Name your bookish enemy. What is your kryptonite? 04:16
3. If you could wish for any super power what could it be? 06:30
4. By day you are mild-mannered Clark Kent. What do you do when you arent being a bookish superhero? 00:50 & 6:57 (briefly)
5. Mwah ha ha... Name your favourite bookish villain. 07:08 & 07:48
6. Defenders of the Earth unite! Which bookish superhero would you collaborate with? 10:01
7. Tag others! Be sure to share your super powered tag with at least one small booktuber. 11:30
I tag:
Jess at Jess the Book Freak: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOqPBNOy1Rz9-p0qcioskmQ
Mary and Joe at Book Buds: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrj6tJF-3E2OsjyQXiygZZA
Amy at AStar Reads: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdnGJA8k5eKBACkiZZ4J7w
Laura at The Reading Mushroom: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsB7NmmHKaVQjK3KaRgTg5Q
Dani (did I spell your name right??) at Literary Lion: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrfpagcHfhWN5CcwHgN_wMA
About me:
Hi, Im Bethanne (she/her)! 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!
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beepunstings
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bethannereadsbooks/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
