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| Review | Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang @ThatsSoPoe | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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Review | Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang @ThatsSoPoe
![Revisiting Anticipated Releases | 2022 Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar) [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/giYV3auLae4/hqdefault.jpg "Revisiting Anticipated Releases | 2022 Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar) [CC]
Here I revisit 15 books that were on my anticipated releases list from Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar) of 2022 to see what I loved, what I DNFd, and what I still need to pick up.
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Rachel @Kalanadi
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Anticipated Releases | 2022 Q1 (Jan, Feb, Mar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxTuHGgWQP8
BOOKS MENTIONED
Goliath by Tochi Onyebuchi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693493-goliath
Solimar by Pam Muñoz Ryan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26031273-solimar
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43605178-maizy-chen-s-last-chance
Broken Halves of a Milky Sun by Aaiún Nin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57927177-broken-halves-of-a-milky-sun
The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58082211-the-impossible-city
A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53295896-a-comb-of-wishes
Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58679354-bitter
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38612739-pet
Golden Girl by Reem Faruqi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58210343-golden-girl
All the Horses of Iceland by Sarah Tolmie
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56300385-all-the-horses-of-iceland
Dream of the Divided Field by Yanyi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58133514-dream-of-the-divided-field
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha LaPointe
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58903070-red-paint
The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58340703-the-intersectional-environmentalist
Read Dangerously: The Subversive Power of Literature in Troubled Times by Azar Nafisi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49867396-read-dangerously
Kundo Wakes Up by Saad Z. Hossain
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693398-kundo-wakes-up
The Shame Machine: Who Profits in the New Age of Humiliation by Cathy O’Neil
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59342743-the-shame-machine
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This week I had two fantastic reads, and one not-so-great read.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:15 Mammoths at the Gates
2:23 A Little Resurrection
4:27 I Shall Wear Midnight
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Oliviah-Savannah @OliviasCatastrophe
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Review | 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
BOOKS MENTIONED
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58007996-mammoths-at-the-gates
A Little Resurrection by Selina Nwulu
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61943130-a-little-resurrection
I Shall Wear Midnight by Terry Pratchett
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34211759-i-shall-wear-midnight
CONTENT WARNINGS
Mammoths at the Gates: death, grief, self-harm
A Little Resurrection: death, death of a family member, grief, trauma, racism, police brutality, displacement
I Shall Wear Midnight: sexism, fire, injury, death, bullying, toxic family relationships
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![2023 Reads | Week 12 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iOx7fu9o-_A/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | Week 12 [CC]
This week I read some romances and picture books, plus DNF’d a book.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:14 Hen Fever
2:39 Take the Lead
5:38 Niños
7:27 Mexique
9:31 The Little Toymaker
10:31 The Map of Salt and Stars
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Kazen @AlwaysDoing
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Dual Review | María José Ferrada’s Novels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFhgeaMVV4k
BOOKS MENTIONED
Hen Fever by Olivia Waite
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66626889-hen-fever
Take the Lead by Alexis Daria
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693459-take-the-lead
Niños: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile by María José Ferrada, María Elena Valdez (Illustrator), Lawrence Schimel (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54764451
Mexique: A Refugee Story from the Spanish Civil War by María José Ferrada, Ana Penyas (Illustrator), Elisa Amado (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50376016-mexique
The Little Toymaker by Cat Min
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60420452-the-little-toymaker
The Map of Salt and Stars by Zeyn Joukhadar
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36373417-the-map-of-salt-and-stars
CONTENT WARNINGS
Hen Fever: homophobia, war, injury, death, death of a family member, trauma
Take the Lead: toxic family relationships, toxic workplace
Niños: authoritarian regime, child death
Mexique: war, family separation
The Little Toymaker: (none)
The Map of Salt and Stars: war, bombing, injury, displacement, sexual assault, death of a family member, grief
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![Anticipated Releases | 2023 Q4 (Oct, Nov, Dec) [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iXQO9Y1IiuQ/hqdefault.jpg "Anticipated Releases | 2023 Q4 (Oct, Nov, Dec) [CC]
Here are 10 upcoming releases that I’m looking forward to in Q4 (Oct, Nov, Dec) of 2023!
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Russell @InkandPaperBlog
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Series Review | The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxzAtvMRjCM
BOOKS MENTIONED
Alebrijes by Donna Barba Higuera
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/103512484-alebrijes
Lupe Wong Won’t Dance by Donna Barba Higuera
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44318533-lupe-wong-won-t-dance
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56817365-the-last-cuentista
Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/125077431-roman-stories
The Best of World SF Vol. 3 by Lavie Tidhar (ed.)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/122758087-the-best-of-world-sf-vol-3
The Best of World SF Vol. 1 by Lavie Tidhar (ed.)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54954651-the-best-of-world-sf-volume-1
The Best of World SF Vol. 2 by Lavie Tidhar (ed.)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60182639-the-best-of-world-sf
Hazardous Spirits by Anbara Salam
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96178189-hazardous-spirits
The Privilege of the Happy Ending by Kij Johnson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/123262440-the-privilege-of-the-happy-ending
The Dream-Quest of Vellitt Boe by Kij Johnson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29635545-the-dream-quest-of-vellitt-boe
The River Bank by Kij Johnson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31944834-the-river-bank
Secrets We Tell the Sea by Martha Riva Palacio Obón, Lourdes Heuer (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65215122-secrets-we-tell-the-sea
The Night Parade by Jami Nakamura Lin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/90588968-the-night-parade
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/65213543-bookshops-bonedust
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61242426-legends-lattes
The Boy from Clearwater: Book 1 by Yu Pei-Yun, Zhou Jian-Xin (Illustrator), Lin King (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75593895-the-boy-from-clearwater
System Collapse by Martha Wells
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57902784-system-collapse
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![2023 Reads | Week 51 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iqPCVQK3o7k/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | Week 51 [CC]
This week I made progress on my end of year reading list, with mixed success.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:19 No One Will Come Back for Us
2:57 The Hearing Trumpet
5:21 The Broken Kingdom
7:59 Big
9:10 Starter Villain
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Angela @LiteratureScienceAlliance
Kristen @KristenelleSFFReader
Freddie @SluggishReader
BOOKS MENTIONED
No One Will Come Back for Us by Premee Mohamed
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63058061-no-one-will-come-back-for-us-and-other-stories
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53404868-the-hearing-trumpet
The Broken Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7904453-the-broken-kingdoms
Big by Vashti Harrison
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58985031-big
Starter Villain by John Scalzi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61885029-starter-villain
CONTENT WARNINGS
No One Will Come Back for Us: death, death of a child, death of a family member, body horror, injury, loss of bodily autonomy, animal death, war, torture, trauma, cannibalism, child runaways, violence, gun violence, grief, illness, blood sacrifice, pandemic, fire
The Hearing Trumpet: sexism, ageism, toxic family relationships, violence, injury, body horror, grooming, natural disaster, death
The Broken Kingdoms: violence, injury, torture, death, death of a family member, body horror, medical experimentation, genocide, natural disaster
Big: bullying
Starter Villain: death of a family member, violence
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![2021 Reads | Week 49 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jZ_z96F5C90/hqdefault.jpg "2021 Reads | Week 49 [CC]
This week was an excellent week, filled with books I loved. Also, just a mini-update on my taking a holiday break for the next few weeks!
TIMESTAMPS
0:21 Feelings
1:58 I Remember Beirut
4:45 We Are Owed.
7:06 How to Be a Victorian
10:39 Holiday break mini-update
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Mercedes @ MercysBookishMusings
https://www.youtube.com/user/MercysBookishMusings
BOOKS MENTIONED
Feelings by Manjit Thapp
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54075292-feelings
I Remember Beirut by Zeina Abirached
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20901532-i-remember-beirut
A Game for Swallows by Zeina Abirached
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13773346-a-game-for-swallows
Le Piano Oriental by Zeina Abirached
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26720912-le-piano-oriental
We Are Owed. by Ariana Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58675291-we-are-owed
Sana Sana by Ariana Brown
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50487622-sana-sana
How to Be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20665579-how-to-be-a-victorian
CONTENT WARNINGS
Feelings: anxiety, depression
I Remember Beirut: war, bombing, refugees
We Are Owed.: racism, microaggressions, slavery, death of a family member
How to Be a Victorian: extreme poverty, starvation, illness, injury, addiction, worker exploitation
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![Reading Vlog | March Mystery Madness [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k8H1TVeRgXM/hqdefault.jpg "Reading Vlog | March Mystery Madness [CC]
Join me as I read some mystery novels for March Mystery Madness (and do a little bit of walking and cooking!).
MARCH MYSTERY MADNESS
https://linktr.ee/MarchMysteryMadness
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Kazen @ Always Doing
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlwaysDoing
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
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35133064-the-widows-of-malabar-hill
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
CONTENT WARNINGS
The Widows of Malabar Hill: sexism
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
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![2022 Reads | Week 2 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kIJSWSob-R0/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 2 [CC]
This week I read so many fantastic books, all of which I would highly recommend!
TIMESTAMPS
0:16 Donut Fall in Love
1:20 For the Love of April French
4:33 FIYAH issue # 17
5:42 Poppies of Iraq
7:50 Hilda series
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Kazen @ Always Doing
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlwaysDoing
Cynthia @ BookWhimsy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWyPRQsOqX3Rf0kXwoSRb7w
Jen @ Remembered Reads
https://www.youtube.com/c/RememberedReads
BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Always Doing | For the Love of April French: Spoiler-free Review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s4eMgjgerI
BOOKS MENTIONED
Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53417713-donut-fall-in-love
For the Love of April French by Penny Aimes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56129469-for-the-love-of-april-french
FIYAH issue # 17, edited by DaVaun Sanders
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56775333-fiyah-magazine-of-black-speculative-fiction-issue-17
Poppies of Iraq by Brigitte Findakly (Author, Colorist), Lewis Trondheim (Author, Illustrator), Helge Dascher (Translator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34437811-poppies-of-iraq
Hilda and the Midnight Giant by Luke Pearson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13022038-hilda-and-the-midnight-giant
Hilda and the Bird Parade by Luke Pearson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16057353-hilda-and-the-bird-parade
Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18527982-hilda-and-the-black-hound
CONTENT WARNINGS
Donut Fall in Love: death of a family member, grief, postpartum depression, racism
For the Love of April French: transphobia, misgendering, anxiety, toxic relationships, explicit BDSM play
FIYAH issue # 17: classism, grief, death of a family member, anxiety, violence, homophobia, slavery, torture, explosion, death
Poppies of Iraq: war, injury, death, dictatorships, religious extremism, violence, political oppression, displacement
Hilda and the Midnight Giant: (none)
Hilda and the Bird Parade animal cruelty, injury, getting lost
Hilda and the Black Hound: displacement
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![Review | Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kVPk64cdolA/hqdefault.jpg "Review | Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute [CC]
Talia Hibbert, one of my favorite romance authors, recently released her first YA romance, and I’m here to tell you how wonderful it ended up being!
BOOKS MENTIONED
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57370115-highly-suspicious-and-unfairly-cute
CONTENT WARNINGS
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute: anxiety, OCD, absent parent, injury
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![2023 Reads | Week 31 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kYmpwMRx8x8/hqdefault.jpg "2023 Reads | Week 31 [CC]
This week I finished a fantastic buddy read, plus a great sci-fi thriller.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:16 Drinking from Graveyard Wells
2:11 The Spare Man
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Kristen @KristenelleSFFReader
Angela @LiteratureScienceAlliance
Becca @ReadBecca
BOOKS MENTIONED
Drinking from Graveyard Wells by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60789179-drinking-from-graveyard-wells
The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55077658-the-spare-man
The Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette Kowal
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52381417-the-relentless-moon
CONTENT WARNINGS
Drinking from Graveyard Wells: violence, injury, death, death of a family member, animal death, mass murder, colonialism, body horror, grief, displacement, worker exploitation, child soldiers, poverty, child sexual abuse, rape, genital mutilation, generational trauma, drowning, gun violence, dictatorship, racism, sexism, alcoholism
The Spare Man: injury, trauma, PTSD, murder, police brutality, kidnapping, addiction, sexism, ableism
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![2022 Reads | Week 29 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l3me3vMz4ao/hqdefault.jpg "2022 Reads | Week 29 [CC]
This week was an excellent reading week filled with books I loved!
TIMESTAMPS
0:16 The Black Panther Party
2:43 Make, Sew and Mend
4:24 Siren Queen
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Cynthia @bookwhimsy
Bernadette @bernadettebanner
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson (Illustrator)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53163683-the-black-panther-party
Make, Sew and Mend by Bernadette Banner
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57693333-make-sew-and-mend
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54102727-siren-queen
CONTENT WARNINGS
The Black Panther Party: politice brutality, mob violence, imprisonment, injury, death/murder, drug abuse, racism
Make, Sew and Mend: (none)
Siren Queen: child neglect/sexual abuse, grooming, homophobia, worker exploitation, sexual abuse, toxic relationships, fire, injury
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