Thats So Poe | Review | Ducks [CC] @ThatsSoPoe | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Recently I picked up Ducks, Kate Beaton’s memoir of her time working in the oil sands, and found it to be such a great book. Let me share with you why I think it’s so worth a read!
BOOKS MENTIONED
Ducks by Kate Beaton
goodreads.com/book/show/59069071-ducks
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
goodreads.com/book/show/10767466-hark-a-vagrant
CONTENT WARNINGS
Ducks: workplace harassment, sexual harassment, rape, depression, drug abuse, injury, death
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Recently I picked up Ducks, Kate Beaton’s memoir of her time working in the oil sands, and found it to be such a great book. Let me share with you why I think it’s so worth a read!
BOOKS MENTIONED
Ducks by Kate Beaton
goodreads.com/book/show/59069071-ducks
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
goodreads.com/book/show/10767466-hark-a-vagrant
CONTENT WARNINGS
Ducks: workplace harassment, sexual harassment, rape, depression, drug abuse, injury, death
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe
![Review | Ducks [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T39shd_rBng/hqdefault.jpg "Review | Ducks [CC]
Recently I picked up Ducks, Kate Beaton’s memoir of her time working in the oil sands, and found it to be such a great book. Let me share with you why I think it’s so worth a read!
BOOKS MENTIONED
Ducks by Kate Beaton
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59069071-ducks
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10767466-hark-a-vagrant
CONTENT WARNINGS
Ducks: workplace harassment, sexual harassment, rape, depression, drug abuse, injury, death
CONNECT WITH ME
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12431045-that-s-so-poe")
![Review | Ma and Me [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TqwcASyEyag/hqdefault.jpg "Review | Ma and Me [CC]
I recently read Ma and Me, which is such a fantastic memoir about Putsata Reang’s life and her relationship with her mother. Let me tell you all about why you should pick this up!
BOOKS MENTIONED
Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58772754-ma-and-me
CONTENT WARNINGS
Ma and Me: war, death, death of a family member, displacement, illness, child abuse, domestic abuse, toxic family relationships, homophobia, trauma, PTSD, suicidal ideation
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![2022 Reads | Week 47 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U4LTf3tLodU/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 47 [CC]
This week I picked up a few kid’s books, and tried quite a few romances for Lovember.
TIMESTAMPS
0:16 Yasmin the Detective
1:24 Garlic and the Vampire
2:22 The Roommate Risk
4:09 Saffron Alley
5:47 Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage
7:32 Twice a Quinceañera
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Alice @TheBookCastle
BOOKS MENTIONED
Yasmin the Detective by Saadia Faruqi, Hatem Aly (Illustrator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60898765-yasmin-the-detective
Garlic and the Vampire by Bree Paulsen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56470362-garlic-and-the-vampire
The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57963881-the-roommate-risk
Saffron Alley by A.J. Demas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56632501-saffron-alley
Sword Dance by A.J. Demas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51856712-sword-dance
Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage by Lydia San Andres
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59818448-compromised-into-a-scandalous-marriage
Twice a Quinceañera by Yamile Saied Méndez
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59684674-twice-a-quincea-era
CONTENT WARNINGS
Yasmin the Detective: (none)
Garlic and the Vampire: xenophobia, bullying, anxiety
The Roommate Risk: trauma, child abandonment, death of a family member, grief, anxiety
Saffron Alley: injury, murder, queerphobia, trauma, domestic abuse
Compromised into a Scandalous Marriage: abusive family
Twice a Quinceañera: toxic family relationships, death of a family member, illness
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![Tag | #ReadBannedBooks2022 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V2aarzf_4sQ/hqdefault.jpg "Tag | #ReadBannedBooks2022 [CC]
I saw the #ReadBannedBooks2022 tag, and couldn’t help but make a list of my top 10 books that have been banned or challenged in the past few years! These are all favorites and books I’d highly recommend you give a try.
TAG VIDEOS
Original Tag by Brian @ Bookish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_jFGB4EuVE
Tag by Wendy @ BookNerdTV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_pDYG9vfW0
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E25XviBDXUU
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oazc7k92_jA
Series Review | Track series by Jason Reynolds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ0W36zGze8
Review | Clap When You Land
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3pQJ_1FN9U
Review | Last Night at the Telegraph Club
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dhyml-Q_dI
BOOKS MENTIONED
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25489625-between-the-world-and-me
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6792458-the-new-jim-crow
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34506912-the-prince-and-the-dressmaker
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/395021.Persepolis
Maus by Art Spiegelman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15196.Maus_I
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29936927-the-best-we-could-do
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20821284-brown-girl-dreaming
Ghost by Jason Reynolds
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28954126-ghost
Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52516332-clap-when-you-land
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35224992-last-night-at-the-telegraph-club
OTHER THINGS MENTIONED
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks
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![2022 Reads | Week 11 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WzlFte4pEXo/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 11 [CC]
This week I read a bunch of small things, all of which were pretty good, even if not favorites.
TIMESTAMPS
0:23 A Woman of No Importance
4:10 Sweet on the Greek
6:11 Future Science Fiction Digest #12
7:33 Eita! #001
8:45 Dancing After TEN
11:29 Oddball
12:20 The Moose of Ewenki
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Jen @ Jen Campbell
https://www.youtube.com/user/jenvcampbell
Becca @ ReadBecca
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReadBecca
BOOKS MENTIONED
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40595446-a-woman-of-no-importance
Sweet on the Greek by Talia Hibbert
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40798099-sweet-on-the-greek
Future Science Fiction Digest #12
http://future-sf.com/issues/issue-12/
Eita! #001
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58317291-eita-magazine-issue-001
Dancing After TEN by Vivian Chong, Georgia Webber (Illustrator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53174570-dancing-after-ten
Oddball by Sarah Andersen
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50898151-oddball
The Moose of Ewenki by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane, Jiu Er (Illustrator), Helen Mixter (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46015748-the-moose-of-ewenki
CONTENT WARNINGS
A Woman of No Importance: graphic & gruesome torture, injury, illness, drug abuse, war crimes, rampant sexim, ableism
Sweet on the Greek: stalking, kidnapping, gun violence, PTSD, biphobia, drunkenness
Future Science Fiction Digest #12: ableism, homophobia, child abuse, injury, death, body horror
Eita! #001: death, death of a loved one, gore, body horror, violence, injury, murder, prejudice
Dancing After TEN: illness, toxic relationships, infidelity, ableism, graphic hospital scenes
Oddball: anxiety
The Moose of Ewenki: animal injury & death, making a pet of a wild animal
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![2022 Reads | Week 44 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xnp9EM5lKFk/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 44 [CC]
This week I read some great audiobooks, plus got started on my Lovember reading.
TIMESTAMPS
0:15 Texts from Jane Eyre
2:12 The Intersectional Environmentalist
4:31 Ten Thousand Stitches
6:40 The Stand-In
BOOKS MENTIONED
Texts from Jane Eyre by Daniel M. Lavery
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20695981-texts-from-jane-eyre
The Intersectional Environmentalist by Leah Thomas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58340703-the-intersectional-environmentalist
Ten Thousand Stitches by Olivia Atwater
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60420293-ten-thousand-stitches
Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60717747-half-a-soul
The Stand-In by Lily Chu
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58961129-the-stand-in
CONTENT WARNINGS
Texts from Jane Eyre: (none)
The Intersectional Environmentalist: sexism, racism, white supremacy, colonialism, worker exploitation
Ten Thousand Stitches: poverty, worker exploitation, abuse, illness
The Stand-In: sexual harassment, illness
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![2023 Reads | Week 8 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YSmSzI3gZFk/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | Week 8 [CC]
This week I read some Japanese books, plus some romance novels!
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:15 Diary of a Void
2:22 ミウラさんの友達 (Miuras Friend)
4:13 Grumpy Fake Boyfriend
6:21 Mr. Hotshot CEO
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Becca @ReadBecca
Kazen @AlwaysDoing
BOOKS MENTIONED
Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi, David Boyd (Translator), Lucy North (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59629744-diary-of-a-void
ミウラさんの友達 (Miuras Friend) by Miri Masuda
https://amzn.asia/d/14EIR1p
Grumpy Fake Boyfriend by Jackie Lau
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39247954-grumpy-fake-boyfriend
Mr. Hotshot CEO by Jackie Lau
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40038614-mr-hotshot-ceo
CONTENT WARNINGS
Diary of a Void: sexism
ミウラさんの友達 (Miuras Friend): death of a family member
Grumpy Fake Boyfriend: toxic family relationships
Mr. Hotshot CEO: depression, suicidal ideation, negative self-talk
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![Anticipated Releases | 2022 Q4 (Oct, Nov, Dec) [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YYLhyuZlwhQ/hqdefault.jpg "Anticipated Releases | 2022 Q4 (Oct, Nov, Dec) [CC]
Here are 15 upcoming releases that I’m looking forward to in Q4 (Oct, Nov, Dec) of 2022!
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Review | Other Words for Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVt_QN135sM
Review | The Empress of Salt and Fortune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBEOyYvmiM4
Review | When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cMwtuLspvM
Review | Donut Fall in Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZZRMEVph4
BOOKS MENTIONED
A Rover’s Story by Jasmine Warga
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60091384-a-rover-s-story
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35398627-other-words-for-home
Where We Come From by John Coy, Shannon Gibney, Sun Yung Shin, Diane Wilson, Dion MBD (Illustrator)
(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59867334-where-we-come-from
Nikhil Out Loud by Maulik Pancholy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60141378-nikhil-out-loud
The Best at It by Maulik Pancholy
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40779647-the-best-at-it
Season of Love by Helena Greer
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60383010-season-of-love
Into the Riverlands (singing hills #3) by Nghi Vo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59807976-into-the-riverlands
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51190882-the-empress-of-salt-and-fortune
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53265678-when-the-tiger-came-down-the-mountain
The White Mosque by Sofia Samatar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56241377-the-white-mosque
The Stand-Up Groomsman by Jackie Lau
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60097416-the-stand-up-groomsman
Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53417713-donut-fall-in-love
The Best of World SF Vol.2, ed. Lavie Tidhar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60182639-the-best-of-world-sf
The Best of World SF Vol.1, ed. Lavie Tidhar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54954651-the-best-of-world-sf-volume-1
Dislocations by Sylvia Molloy, Jennifer Croft (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60843125-dislocations
I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Sehee, Anton Hur (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59808426-i-want-to-die-but-i-want-to-eat-tteokbokki
The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On by Franny Choi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60147181-the-world-keeps-ending-and-the-world-goes-on
To the North / Al norte by León Salvatierra, Javier O. Huerta (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60661129-to-the-north-al-norte
Africa Risen, eds. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki, Zelda Knight
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59807971-africa-risen
A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60528669-a-pros-and-cons-list-for-strong-feelings
How to Turn Into a Bird by María José Ferrada, Elizabeth Bryer (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60583991-how-to-turn-into-a-bird
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![2021 Reads | Week 48 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_MLni-ldGg/hqdefault.jpg "2021 Reads | Week 48 [CC]
This week I read some good books, including one that’s been on my TBR forever, and DNF’d one book.
TIMESTAMPS
0:22 The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: racism, sexism
4:03 Someone to Cherish
7:44 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
12:06 This Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: Picturing the Promise by the National Museum of African American History and Culture
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6384613-the-scurlock-studio-and-black-washington
Someone to Cherish by Mary Balogh
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55287856-someone-to-cherish
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6437061-the-hundred-thousand-kingdoms
This Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36660586-this-green-and-pleasant-land
CONTENT WARNINGS
The Scurlock Studio and Black Washington: racism, sexism
Someone to Cherish: PTSD, depression, injury, illness, emotionally abusive relationships
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms: violence, torture, injury, illness, murder, death of a family member, incest, slavery, loss of bodily autonomy
This Green and Pleasant Land by Ayisha Malik: illness, death of a family member
CONNECT WITH ME
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![2022 Reads | Week 12 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ym6M2RfXhAk/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 12 [CC]
This week I finished up a couple of books I’ve been reading for the past few months, plus read a bunch of mysteries.
TIMESTAMPS
0:15 The Warmth of Other Suns
3:55 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
5:28 The Man Who Died Twice
6:20 Sword Dance
7:44 Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination
9:20 The Widows of Malabar Hill
MARCH MYSTERY MADNESS
https://linktr.ee/MarchMysteryMadness
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Wendy @ BookNerdTV
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD8LRLWUOOnUGqxNE-cWUZw
Rincey @ rincey reads
https://www.youtube.com/c/rinceyreadss
Rachel @ Kalanadi
https://www.youtube.com/c/Kalanadi
Meonicorn @ The Bookish Land
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBookishLand
BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
The Bookish Land | Edogawa Ranpo 江戸川乱歩・Japanese Mystery Recommendation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWxHvNY3FWo
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Reading Vlog | March Mystery Madness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8H1TVeRgXM
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8171378-the-warmth-of-other-suns
White Rage by Carol Anderson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26073085-white-rage
Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2141948.Goodbye_Mr_Chips
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55457493-the-man-who-died-twice
The Thursday Murder Club
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46000520-the-thursday-murder-club
Sword Dance by A.J. Demas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51856712-sword-dance
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, James B. Harris (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196150.Japanese_Tales_of_Mystery_Imagination
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133064-the-widows-of-malabar-hill
CONTENT WARNINGS
The Warmth of Other Suns: racism, lynchings & hate crimes, murder, injury, illness, infidelity, worker exploitation
Goodbye, Mr. Chips: illness, injury, death, war
The Man Who Died Twice: murder, illness, violence, injury, trauma, infidelity
Sword Dance: injury, torture, violence, murder, sexism, gender essentialism
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination: ableism, voyeurism, stalking, non-consensual touching, ageism, murder, fat-phobia, amputation, infidelity, manipulation, gun violence, drug addiction, suicide, train/car accident, swimming accident, gaslighting
The Widows of Malabar Hill: sexism
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