Laura Frey
Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag
updated
Here's a summary of her Brontë project: instagram.com/p/CFzr6NoAk86
Here's my definitive ranking. What's yours?
1. Wuthering Heights
2. Villette
3. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
4. Jane Eyre
5. Shirley
6. Agnes Frey
7. The Professor
More info on the Calendar here: hingstonandolsen.com
Working on some short reviews over on reading-in-bed.com!
More info on the calendar, and daily bonus material, on Hingston and Olsen's website: hingstonandolsen.com
Henry kindly waived his appearance fee. If you hadn't heard, he's now a professional actor (watch to the end, he has the most dramatic line) youtu.be/hcEUdwKR2c4
Here's a link to the very first SSAC videos we did, when Henry was only 3! youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsPjneAiOokaKH_ZZ-coOhYjmPAlZHM7H
No promise of daily videos but we'll do our best. Check out #ssac2019 for more calendar stuff.
The book that gave me a hangover was Lie With Me
I am still reading Ducks, Newburyport (page 700ish of 1000)
I am still listening to The Age of Surveillance Capitalism (12 of 24 hours left)
I am alternating between Jia Tolentino's Trick Mirror and Rachel Cusk's Coventry. After this video, I read Cusk's essay about her teenage daughters called "Lions on Leashes" and it was brilliant, I mean, the title alone!
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Happy Friday Reads and may your book hangovers be short lived!
A brief history of Novellas in November: reading-in-bed.com/2018/10/28/a-brief-history-of-novellas-in-november
While I was busy disavowing ownership of Novellas in November, I forgot to tell you who did start it: Rick from Another Book Vlog... pardon me, Rick from Another Kick at the CanLit, and he is taking Canadian novella recommendations if you have any! youtube.com/watch?v=7EKMYcJNIHc&t=30s
My TBR:
Dinner by César Aira, translated by Katherine Silver
The Seamstress and the Wind by César Aira, translated by Rosalie Knecht
Lie With Me by Philippe Besson, translated by Molly Ringwald
The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell
Saudade by Suneeta Peres Da Costa
ʔbédayine by Kaitlyn Purcell
#NovNov and #NovellasinNovember wherever you get your hashtags!
I realized after filming that I've got books here from Glass Bookshop, Chapters, Audrey's, and Wee Book Inn, which pretty much covers it for Edmonton book buying options...
Also covering #novellasinnovember and #victober options!
Glass Bookshop: glassbookshop.com/shop and on Instagram
Books:
Ducks, Newburyport
The Poor Clare by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue
Echolocation by Karen Hofmann
Coventry by Rachel Cusk
bédayine by Kaitlynne Purcell
Not sponsored!
Not endorsed by my children!
btw how *do* those "family" vloggers and influencers get their children to perform on camera all day?
Books mentioned:
Dream Sequence by Adam Foulds
Reproduction by Ian Williams
Days by Moonlight by Andre Alexis
Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles
The Bibliotherapist on Dream Sequence (she hated it!) youtube.com/watch?v=5pvM6DmzyzQ
I read The Woman Who Stole My Life by Marian Keyes as part of #ArcsofShame. This is barely a review; I recorded an actual review but does anyone really need 20 minutes of me ranting about a book from 2014? I think not? Enjoy this mini-rant!
This video is dedicated to Rachel, who is also ashamed of how many arcs she has, though I don't think any of hers were five years old. See: paceamorelibri.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/i-have-too-many-arcs-an-emergency-readathon
Also check out Steve: youtube.com/watch?v=pKYN9icFXP8
--THE QUESTIONS--
1. What is your average monthly budget for books?
2. What's the most you've ever spent in a bookstore?
3. Are you willing to pay full price for a brand new release, or will you wait until you have a coupon or there's a sale?
4. Would you rather buy one new book or several less expensive used copies?
5. What do you think is a reasonable price for a new hardback book? A paperback? An eBook?
6. Is a signed book worth more to you? How about a first edition?
7. What is your most valuable book (sentimental or actual value)?
8. Will you pay more for a cover or edition you like better?
9. What physical characteristics does a good quality book have?
10. If you won the lottery, what bookish things would you do with the money?
BONUS: Give us an image (actual or mental) of your dream home library!
Note on Q5 since I was babbling: I meant that, even if the price dropped on new books and more people bought more books, it's possible that profits for publishers wouldn't go up. You'd need to reach a certain threshold of sales to make up for the drop in price per unit. Price elasticity, etc.
I'm being lazy and tagging ALL OF YOU
Original by Mel's Bookland Adventures (1973): youtube.com/watch?v=ggcX9jX5FmY
Goodreads list of 200 most popular books published in 2000: goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/2000
1999 by Eric Karl Anderson: youtube.com/watch?v=8GdF78GlyvA
1983 by Memento Mori: youtube.com/watch?v=HHD2IfBR44Y
My review of Kelly Oxford's book which gets into the link to Atonement: reading-in-bed.com/2013/06/12/everythings-perfect-when-youre-a-liar-by-kelly-oxford
My deep dive into 2000 prize winners (and exposé of Franzen Blaming): reading-in-bed.com/2017/02/01/franzen-blaming
I tag: all of you. Anyone done 1980 yet? That would have been my second choice!
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist
Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrente
The Little Fox of Mayerville by Éric Mathieu
The Woman Who Stole my Life by Marian Keyes
All my 20 Books of Summer reviews are on the blog. Forgot to mention, my review is The Road just went up: http://reading-in-bed.com/2019/08/27/the-road-by-cormac-mccarthy
Women in Translation top 100 books: http://biblibio.blogspot.com/2019/08/witmonth-day-26-100-best-books-by-women.html?m=1
ARC readathon: wp.me/p7XLFC-2mt
WhatKamilReads: youtu.be/8ZhMnH0629k
Remembered Reads: youtu.be/81cRzi5w6TY
Questions:
1. How do you define literary fiction?
2. Name a literary fiction novel with a brilliant character study
3. Name a literary fiction novel that has experimental or unique writing
4. Name a literary fiction novel with an interesting structure
5. Name a literary fiction novel that explores social themes
6. Name a literary fiction novel that explores the human condition
7. Name a brilliant literary-hybrid genre novel
8. What genre do you wish was mixed with literary fiction more?
Check out the blog post version for notes on question 1, which I stumbled over here! reading-in-bed.com/2019/08/12/literary-fiction-book-tag
And note that this tag has made the jump to book blogs - see some suggested links below. Book blog and booktube cross-pollination is important!
I was tagged by:
Another Book Vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=_B_BWWQDz1A
What Page Are You On: youtube.com/watch?v=jqsVCQYc_fM&t=1s
Eric Karl Anderson: youtube.com/watch?v=zSp1J50C7ec
pace, amore, libri: paceamorelibri.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/the-literary-fiction-book-tag
Books mentioned (I did classic and contemporary answer for most questions):
Villette by Charlotte Bronte
All of Anakana Shofield's books, particularly Bina
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
Moby-Dick
Wuthering Heights
Cecelia
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
Infinite Jest
Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
War and Peace
Flights by Olga Tokarczuk
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Stuff mentioned:
Colm Toibin got roasted on Twitter: twitter.com/IrishLitTimes/status/1152935051618918400
Jay Shay has not done this tag, but in his reading vlog, he mentioned a book called Equipment for Living by Michael Robbins, which gave me the word "consolation". He was talking about poetry, not lit fic! 8 minute mark here: youtube.com/watch?v=wLIHsYAITV8 (and he can consider himself tagged!)
Literary Smut: youtube.com/watch?v=vsxFYdUjFiw&t=1s
Other great video versions of this tag:
Marc Nash: youtube.com/watch?v=DWE6rannXhc
Claire Reads Books: youtube.com/watch?v=G0jaYDB9teA
Beth Chats Books: youtube.com/watch?v=N0ztxs-I2Dc
Steve Donoghue (cw: rants, upper middle class Connecticut divorce): youtube.com/watch?v=XxlE_K4VnuY
Blog versions of this tag:
pace, amore, libri: paceamorelibri.wordpress.com/2019/07/30/the-literary-fiction-book-tag
Callum McLaughlin: callummclaughlin.wordpress.com/2019/08/07/the-literary-fiction-book-tag
Laura Tisdall: drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2019/08/02/the-literary-fiction-book-tag
I tag:
Peg the Book Prize Addict: youtube.com/channel/UCC4vmxzO656Ih85zOhO0abQ
Bookish North: youtube.com/channel/UCWbc5iLZ3b-9YcV7090fHyA
Hardcover Hearts: youtube.com/channel/UCGNpG_pEmpa3rmQ4obUhh4Q
Bookish Beck: bookishbeck.wordpress.com
BookerTalk: bookertalk.com
746 Books: 746books.com
See all my 20 Books of Summer review on the blog: reading-in-bed.com
Booked mentioned:
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson
Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector
The Snow Child Eowyn Ivey
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
The scientist I couldn't think of was Isaac Newton, duh!
Shout outs:
Write Reads podcast, ft. Natalie, reads Madame Victoria by Catherine Leroux: writereads.wordpress.com/2019/08/06/write-reads-63-madame-victoria-by-catherine-leroux
Hannah Tay's vlog ft. Animals as Leaders: youtube.com/watch?v=sWQpLrkmyTA&t=386s
Peg the Book Prize Addict is reading Ducks, Newburyport: youtube.com/watch?v=R_sTRUt8M6o
The vlog tag continues to make the rounds with Remembered Reads and Jay Shay: youtube.com/watch?v=iVFUFKwIwUs
youtube.com/watch?v=wLIHsYAITV8
Beer by Alley Kat (Aprikat Apricot Ale)
Books mentioned
The Prison Book Club by Ann Walmsley
LitLove's review: litlove.wordpress.com/2015/11/02/out-of-sheer-enthusiasm-the-prison-book-club
How To Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
Arlington Park by Rachel Cusk
I forgot to give a shoutout to Curious Reader, who did a great discussion about short stories, including linked short stories, like those in Arlington Park: youtube.com/watch?v=abwBp-dnao8
All my #20booksofsummer reviews are on reading-in-bed.com
If you want timely and in depth newspaper chat, go see Steve! youtube.com/watch?v=JaNfR4qNm60
This is the article about busing that I read on his recommendation: nytimes.com/2019/07/12/opinion/sunday/it-was-never-about-busing.html
These are the articles/things mentioned, mostly in The Globe and Mail and probably paywalled:
Big Audiobooks Dynamite: theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-is-sara-peterss-i-become-a-delight-to-my-enemies-the-most-audacious
Audiobooks Come of Age: theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-ian-brown-listens-in-why-audiobooks-are-back-in-a-big-way-thanks-to
Anakana Schofield's tweet: twitter.com/AnakanaSchofiel/status/1150585228735451137
How Kids' Audiobooks Bring My Family Together: theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-the-enthusiast-how-kids-audiobooks-bring-my-family-together
Review of The Wicked Tongue by Elise Levine: theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/reviews/article-the-characters-in-elise-levines-this-wicked-tongue-have-substance
Review of Mescaline: A Global History of the First Psychadelic by Mike Jay: theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/reviews/article-mike-jays-mescaline-attempts-to-look-at-spiritual-and-artistic
A Celebration of Woolf: theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-virginia-woolfs-mrs-dalloway-is-back-still-relevant-and-worthy-of
My rebuttal to Ms Devers: reading-in-bed.com/2017/02/01/franzen-blaming
See Eric Karl Anderson's video about Mrs. Dalloway here: youtube.com/watch?v=w8sZGAHVVCw
Edmonton Journal articles aren't even coming up in search, so here's the one they took from WaPo:
Review of Reckoning: The Epic Battle Against Sexual Abuse and Harassment by Linda Hirshman: washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-trailblazers-and-turning-points-along-the-road-to-metoo/2019/07/05/5a027b42-9457-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1b47227f9272
Whew! Ready for tomorrow's Globe!
Books mentioned:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Norma by Sofi Oksanen
The Prison Book Club by Anne Walmsley
My DNF review of The Ghost Bride: reading-in-bed.com/2019/07/12/the-ghost-bride-by-yangsze-choo-dnf-review
My emotional journey with The Road: twitter.com/LauraTFrey/status/1147731061964623872
Some Booktube reviews of The Road to check out:
Daniel Greene talks about/ruins the ending: youtube.com/watch?v=D_TYWZstT6c
climbthestacks angers the McCarthy bros: youtube.com/watch?v=EvDTg92H39E
Books mentioned:
Refuse: CanLit in Ruins
The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
Norma by Sofi Oksanen
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
All my #20booksofsummer reviews can be found on reading-in-bed.com
Books mentioned:
Little Reunions by Eileen Chang
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Refuse: CanLit in Ruins ed. Hannah McGregor, Julie Rak, and Erin Wunker
Little Reunions Book Talk at Hong Kong University: youtu.be/e2pY8Q8azMk
Marc Nash's review of Ghost Wall: youtube.com/watch?v=bzl6v23cZvo&t=1s
20 Books of Summer master post, reviews linked: reading-in-bed.com/2019/05/20/20-books-of-summer-2019
20 Books of Summer is hosted by Cathy at 746 Books: 746books.com/2019/05/19/20-books-of-summer-2019
UBC Accountable, if you're interested: http://www.ubcaccountable.com
Several of the essays are available online. Here's one by Alicia Elliot: http://open-book.ca/Columnists/CanLit-is-a-Raging-Dumpster-Fire
Adam at Memento Mori: youtube.com/watch?v=Szs8WIw_3rI&t=19s
Alex at whatpageareyouon: youtube.com/watch?v=PBVzXcyZLS0&t=14s
2018: youtube.com/watch?v=_4cQQuggQjw&t=373s
2017: youtube.com/watch?v=RZLRxeY_YIA
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2019.
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2019.
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favourite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Your favourite book-to-film adaptation this year
13. Your favourite video you filmed this year
14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
My review of Hungover: youtube.com/watch?v=6VaW1GGuHOw
My very good Vine compilation: youtube.com/watch?v=UYcNaE93eLY
My video about creeping on authors online: youtube.com/watch?v=2We_zMjeuNw
I tag:
Big Al Books: youtube.com/channel/UC9LESKAViM_Yq5kZnNZrpOA/videos
Claire Reads Books: youtube.com/channel/UCE1986mkMBPwxm-BCHDJCiQ
The Poptimist: youtube.com/channel/UC81-3TLRCZnJDg-x8mG-xZA/videos
Infinite Text: youtube.com/channel/UCrRKHixMHuf9pcon27j3wlQ
Jay Shay: youtube.com/channel/UCNcdGYQaFkx5dsr0FJMLVqg
Books mentioned
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
Little Reunions by Eileen Chang
20 Books of Summer master post on my blog:
reading-in-bed.com/2019/05/20/20-books-of-summer-2019
Shoutouts to
Infinite Text youtu.be/RK_-H7xkhe8
Big Al Books youtu.be/-NebuSMnXts
My master post is on Reading in Bed: reading-in-bed.com/2019/05/20/20-books-of-summer-2019
My first 20 Books of Summer review is, Winter Journal by Paul Auster: reading-in-bed.com/2019/06/07/winter-journal-by-paul-auster
This week:
I finished The Watch That Ends the Night by Hugh MacLennan
I started Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews and Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Next up is Little Reunions by Eileen Chang
Shout outs:
Amy at The Dusty Bookshelf. Her excellent, W. Somerset Maugh-centric Friday Reads: youtube.com/watch?v=PQQoXQLODrk&t=3s
You can read "Books and You" online: gutenberg.ca/ebooks/maughamws-booksandyou/maughamws-booksandyou-00-h.html
Adam at Memento Mori. His Mid-Year Tag: youtube.com/watch?v=Szs8WIw_3rI
Rick at Another Book Vlog. His 25 min review of A Little Life which I may watch one day: youtube.com/watch?v=vXq84DL68Hc&t=31s
Original by Tia and All the Books: youtube.com/watch?v=aUvAbMurAyM
1. Adaptation Snob: Do you always read the book before you see the movie?
2. Format Snob: You can only choose 1 format in which to read books for the rest of your life. Which one do you choose: physical books, ebooks, or audiobooks?
3. Ship Snob: Would you date or marry a non-reader?
4. Genre Snob: You have to ditch one genre - never to be read again for the rest of your life. Which one do you ditch?
5. Uber Genre Snob: You can only choose to read from one genre for the rest of your life. Which genre do you choose?
6. Community Snob: Which genre do you think receives the most snobbery from the bookish community?
7. Snobbery Recipient: Have you ever been snubbed for something that you have been reading or for reading in general?
BONUS BOOK SNOB CONTENT: A blog post from seven years ago about being a book snob in the age of Fifty Shades: reading-in-bed.com/2012/05/08/book-snob
People I will deign to tag:
Snow White Reader
Jay Shay
Books are my Social Life
Spinster's Library
Joseph Francis Burton
Also, I finally got through Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson, thanks to Mel's Read Around the World Book Club.
Book Club Deets:
goodreads.com/group/show/214339-the-read-around-the-world-book-club
Mel's channel (where you can find her handy instructional video re. inserting book covers, btw): youtube.com/channel/UCpyooWkAk5PyjfY-ksJtv5g
CBC series announcement: cbc.ca/books/adaptation-of-eden-robinson-s-trickster-series-coming-to-cbc-tv-1.5154227
Created with Wondershare Filmora
Original: Books with Alyssa J: youtube.com/watch?v=AuIil5h-vKk
I was tagged by Ariel at She Wants the Diction: youtube.com/watch?v=59_s4hEWtpE
I tag:
Weird Book Book Club: youtube.com/channel/UCFBsV4a0F4PuJiZaPcQSHHQ
Pull Down the Moon: youtube.com/channel/UCUWTRmTfSht4t8fVJBlmV0w
Bookish North: youtube.com/channel/UCWbc5iLZ3b-9YcV7090fHyA
Another Book Vlog: youtube.com/user/SuperMacDonnell
Memento Mori: youtube.com/channel/UC6oWvnoj1O9kq0Mz_DFeIew
Here are the questions. Keep in mind, I did them in reverse order:
1. What's something nobody told you about booktube before you started your channel?
2. What is your opinion on “typical” booktube videos? (wrap-up’s, TBR’s, hauls, etc.)
3. What is an assumption you had about booktube before you joined? Was it proven to be correct, or not?
4. What is something you’ve done that has actually helped you grow your audience?
5. What is a common mistake you see new booktubers making, or one that you made?
6. What are your thoughts on working with publishers and sponsorships?
7. Do you think booktube is dying?
8. Tag your friends!
If you made it this far, check out When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong for cordless landlines, *69, and printed MapQuest directions, true early-aughts realness: youtube.com/watch?v=bq1HNTem4tw
Also:
Transparent City by Ondjaki
The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks by Igort
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson (for Mel's Read around the World Book Club, see youtube.com/watch?v=cjdqzNn1_pg)
And I'm still reading about Diderot, forgot to mention!
Here is a link to that edition of the Book Review, paywalled I'm sure: nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2019/05/05/todays-new-york-times#bookreview
Let me know: Do you read the failing New York Times? Do you subscribe? Should I keep shelling out $40 CAD (pocket change in USD, but still)?
I didn't get into it here, but I don't even always read the Book Review. My favourite sections are the front section, the "special" sections (like the Kids edition, or when they devote a whole section to a photo essay or short story) and, strangely, Business (just read about all the drama at Uber). And, like the ladies of Sex and the City many years ago, I abhor the Vows section, but read it anyway.
Books mentioned:
Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce
Smut by Alan Bennett
The Bride Stripped Bare by Anonymous
After Claude by Iris Owens
Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
Smut by Allan Bennett
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely by Andrew S. Curran
Mouthful of Birds by Samanta Schweblin
Transparent City by Ondjaki
The Dream of the Red Chamber/Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin
My review of Love in the New Millennium: reading-in-bed.com/2019/04/25/how-weird-is-too-weird-commentary-on-random-pages-from-love-in-the-new-millennium-by-can-xue
Tootight Lautrec at This Be the Verse: youtube.com/channel/UC-taaEAgvYTL87ZN3LOSaoA
Michael at Knowledge Lost: youtube.com/channel/UCzC7rydHkubgMjmz_v9Zg1w
Meonicorn at The Bookish Land: youtube.com/channel/UC5XL_GfMwk-lY1gOz3rElUg
Canada Reads is over! David Chariandy didn't win, but he did win the Windham Campbell Prize, and a whole lot of $USD: http://windhamcampbell.org/2019/winner/david-chariandy
The Women's Prize is... happening. Akwaeke Emezi is longlisted for Freshwater. Here's one of the judges, on their inclusion in the longlist: theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/04/non-binary-writer-womens-fiction-longlist-akwaeke-emezi-gender-politics
I said no one is mad, but someone's a little mad: independent.co.uk/voices/trans-author-womens-fiction-prize-a8810681.html\
The Man Booker International Prize shortlist has been released, and people are mad about that, too! Tony's Reading List on The Pine Islands (read the comments): tonysreadinglist.wordpress.com/2019/04/04/die-kieferninseln-the-pine-islands-by-marion-poschmann-review-mbip-2019-number-7
And Eric, who is much more positive... and got to go to the after party! youtube.com/watch?v=7K8poCP10kM
The Best Translated Book Award longlist has been announced. Check out one judge's account of what it takes to judge a literary prize (spreadsheets, emoticons, and stacks and stacks of books): http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/2018/12/11/adams-sexy-post-btba-2019/
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou
Love Me Back by Merrit Tierce
Birthday Girl by Penelope Douglas
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely by Andrew S. Curran
The Order of the Day by Éric Vuillard
Juan's review of The Little Friend: youtube.com/watch?v=MAOU9MYvmfU&t=1s
Smutathon: youtube.com/watch?v=a_DrqHu94WY&t=384s
Steve's review of Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely: openlettersreview.com/open-letters-review/diderot-and-the-art-of-thinking-freely-by-andrew-s-curran
Canada Reads info: cbc.ca/books/canadareads
Peg's contribution: youtube.com/watch?v=Iis9UBOqDV8
Articles mentioned:
"Why CBC's Canada Reads is Bad for Literature" in The Globe and Mail: theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-why-canada-reads-is-bad-for-literature
"Canada Reads and the gender gap" on Sharon Bala's blog: http://sharonbala.com/blog/2018/3/24/canada-reads
"No Country for Old Books: in Canadian Notes and Queries: http://notesandqueries.ca/essays/canadareads-brianbusby
In its final chapter, Bishop-Stall finally starts asking tough existential questions about hangovers... then he shares a cure.
**In the video, I misspoke about one of the ingredients. NAC is for liver function, not digestion.**
I'm writing this at 8:00 am of the morning after the night before, and I'm tired, but other than that... nothing. No headache, no nausea, no dry mouth, no brain fog, no existential dread. When I got out of bed, I fully braced myself for that woozy, headachey, searing first taste of hungover hell, but it didn't happen.
Is it a miracle? A placebo effect? A delayed reaction? Try it out for yourself - I talk through it in the video, and you can read a list of ingredients here: thrillist.com/drink/nation/how-to-prevent-a-hangover-tips-shaughnessy-bishop-stall
By the way, I spent the night before at Blues on Whyte, watching an amazing blues band, Wild T and the Spirit. They are on tour in Alberta, BC and Ontario this spring and you should check them out: http://www.wildt.ca/shows.html
I was not tagged that I know of, I'm just testing a new microphone, let me know how it sounds!
This tag is four years old so I don't think I need to tag anyone at this point...
1. What do you study/what is your job?
2. What is your favorite social media channel?
3. If you had another channel what would it be about?
4. Do you play any instruments?
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!
The Little Friend by Donna Tartt (read some scathing reviews here goodreads.com/book/show/775346.The_Little_Friend)
Hungover by Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall (I forgot to talk about my hangover remedies! A favourite when I was young was straight Clamato... until I drank some too fast one morning...)
How to Disappear: Notes on invisibility in a time of transparency by Akiko Busch (read an excerpt here: nytimes.com/2015/02/08/opinion/sunday/how-to-be-invisible.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock)
TOPS
The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon
The Collected Short Stories of Jean Rhys
My (Not So) Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
FLOPS
What If This Were Enough by Heather Havrilesky
The Child Finder by Rene Denfeld
Cunt by Inga Muscio
FURTHER RANTING ABOUT CUNT
I somehow forgot to talk about the entire basis for Muscio's alternative healthcare... preferences. She believes that women should avoid any healthcare interventions that are created or administered by men, which is to say, pretty much all western medicine. Again, I know she has a point - there are plenty of examples of products designed FOR women BY men that lead to shitty outcomes. HOWEVER there needs to be some middle ground here.
I also forgot to mention that her advice for birth control is to, in order of preference:
1. Be a lesbian
2. Be celibate
3. If you MUST be penetrated by a man, make him wear a condom
Which is, on the one hand, ridiculous advice, but on the other, one of them is actually my preferred method right now (I'll let you guess which).
Thank you for listening to me rant and sorry for getting so (probably way too) personal...
While reading Schadenfreude, A Love Story by Rebecca Schuman, I did a little light Googling to find out who her d-list celeb ex was. Then I fell down an online rabbit hole, and didn't like what I found.
Here's the LitHub article where she goes off on Goodreads reviewers: lithub.com/i-made-a-mistake-in-my-book-and-the-internet-went-nuts
You can do your own creepy Googling to find the rest of it!
I blog at reading-in-bed.com
I'm off social media so talk to me in the comments of at lauratfrey at gmail
Schadenfreude, A Love Story by Rebecca Schuman
Nudge by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler
Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James
Black Leopard Red Wolf on Bookmarks: https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/all/black-leopard-red-wolf/
My blog is reading-in-bed.com
I'm off social media so you'll have to talk to me in the comments or email me at lauratfrey at gmail!
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My traditional reading wrap up: reading-in-bed.com/2018/12/20/2018-year-in-review
My internet break: reading-in-bed.com/2018/12/15/taking-a-break-from-the-internet
The tag:
1) The longest book you read this year and the book that took you the longest to finish.
2. A book you read in 2018 that was outside of your comfort zone.
3. How many books did you re-read in 2018?
4. Favorite re-read of 2018.
5. A book you read for the first time in 2018 that you look forward to re-reading in the future.
6. Favorite single short story or novella that you read in 2018.
7. Mass Appeal: A book you liked and would recommend to a wide variety of readers.
8. Specialized Appeal: A book you liked but would be hesitant to recommend to just anyone.
9. Reflect on your year as a bookish content creator (goals met, good/bad memories, favorite videos you made, etc).
10. Tag some fellow bookish content creators.
I tag:
That's What She Read
Another Book Vlog
Marc Nash
Tootight Lautrec
An Enthusiastic Reader
Peg the Book Prize Addict
Brown Girl Reading
Anne Logan
See you in spring 2019!
Check out Anne's channel "ivereadthis blog"
(Sorry, having trouble copying links!)
And sorry for the whining!
mhpbooks.com/what-we-talk-about-when-were-talking-about-suzanne-rivecca-talking-about-mary-gaitskill
In other news, I'm cooking a meal from Michael Smith's Family Meals, and finished the Dec/Jan issue of Bookforum.
More on the Short Story Advent Calendar here: hingstonandolsen.com/2018
Apologies to Seth Fried (that's "freed") for the poor pronounciation. As a Frey (that's "fry") I feel his pain. And I liked the story!
Day 2 Story is revealed and I read a very "get off my lawn" passage from The Name of the Rose.