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| Series Review | The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells @ThatsSoPoe | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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Series Review | The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells @ThatsSoPoe
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Sush and I got tagged to do this video, and we ended up having a lot to say!
BOOKTUBER TAG VIDEOS
Original tag by Gunpowder, Fiction & Plot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuynyN67WI4
I was tagged by Jen @ Remembered Reads
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY1n6mJa2Jk
And Sush was tagged by Becca @ ReadBecca
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6AhVWVLxgU
TAG PROMPTS
1. Tag folks.
2. How do you know you’ve just finished a good book? Is it a thinking or a feeling response?
3. When you begin to form your review/rating - what is the first question you ask yourself?
4. Do you do star ratings? Why? Why not?
a. If YES
i. Explain your star rating system – what does a good book get in your rating system?
ii. Is your star rating consistent? ie. are all your 5 star books better than all your 4 star books?
b. If NO
i. What language do you use to convey the quality of a book in your reviews?
ii. Does this form an informal rating or ranking?
5. Do you believe every book has its perfect reader? Does this contradict the idea that a book can be “bad”?
6. What book that you hated have you recommended?
7. What makes a book good, bad or great by your evaluation?
8. When evaluating the quality of a book do you have specific criteria or aspects of the book, such as character development, that you consider? Does this change if you are writing an in-depth review vs. just thinking about the book for enjoyment?
9. Do you consider star ratings or ave. ratings when choosing books to read/add to your TBR?
10. Who on BookTube; does reliable and interesting reviews of books that you know you can use to decide if a book is for you or not. What makes their reviews so good?
11. Does that/those booktuber(s) use different language than you to evaluate and review the overall quality of a book?
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Jen @ Remembered Reads
https://www.youtube.com/c/RememberedReads
Becca @ ReadBecca
https://www.youtube.com/c/ReadBecca
Rachel @ Kalanadi
https://www.youtube.com/c/Kalanadi
Cynthia @ BookWhimsy
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWyPRQsOqX3Rf0kXwoSRb7w
Kristen @ Kristenelle - SFF Reader
https://www.youtube.com/user/kristenlaveck
Njeri @ ONYX Pages
https://www.youtube.com/c/ONYXPages
MY PREVIOUS BOOKTUBE VIDEOS MENTIONED
Review | Uncanny Magazine Issue #24: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz1hmp_I34w
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41302953-the-witness-for-the-dead
The Anthropocene Reviewed by John Green
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55145261-the-anthropocene-reviewed
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51777605-the-office-of-historical-corrections
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44436221-interior-chinatown
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43301353-the-space-between-worlds
“The Pill” by Meg Elison in Big Girl
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53052208-big-girl
The Wheel of Time series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/41526-the-wheel-of-time
Penric and Desdemona series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/183152-penric-and-desdemona-publication-order
Uncanny Magazine Issue #24: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41546530-uncanny-magazine-issue-24
Ender’s Shadow by Orson Scott Card
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9532.Ender_s_Shadow
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/375802.Ender_s_Game
The Deep by Rivers Solomon with Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42201962-the-deep
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36546128-the-haunting-of-tram-car-015
“Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom” by Ted Chiang in Exhalation
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41160292-exhalation
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I recently read Signal to Noise and loved it so much! Here I talk about what made it such a great read.
MY OTHER SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA BOOK REVIEWS
Review | Mexican Gothic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYDOaXYUbbs
Review | Prime Meridian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6FQbqybm_8
Review | The Return of the Sorceress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrkq0Zhk0cg
Review | This Strange Way of Dying
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=210hSq-u8_M
Review | Untamed Shore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuupqvd5w7I
BOOKS MENTIONED
Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609306-signal-to-noise
CONTENT WARNINGS
Signal to Noise: parental alcoholism, toxic family relationships, bullying, violence, injury, illness, infidelity
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Here I revisit 15 books that were on my anticipated releases list from Q2 (Apr, May, Jun) of 2022 to see what I loved, what I DNFd, what Ive lost interest in, and what I still need to pick up.
BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED
Cynthia @bookwhimsy
BOOKS MENTIONED
High Spirits by Camille Gomera-Tavarez
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57912352-high-spirits
A Duet for Home by Karina Yan Glaser
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58312060-a-duet-for-home
Woman, Eat Me Whole by Ama Asantewa Diaka
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58079461-woman-eat-me-whole
Sanctuary by Andi C. Buchanan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59684041-sanctuary
Forbidden City by Vanessa Hua
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58621983-forbidden-city
Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57127277-kaikeyi
Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54102727-siren-queen
The One Who Loves You the Most by Medina
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58739417-the-one-who-loves-you-the-most
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalia Sylvester
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54101798-breathe-and-count-back-from-ten
The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58951004-the-women-s-house-of-detention
We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies by Tsering Yangzom Lama
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58532200-we-measure-the-earth-with-our-bodies
Ma and Me by Putsata Reang
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58772754-ma-and-me
Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58587145-woman-of-light
The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58724898-the-grief-of-stones
The Witness for the Dead by Katherine Addison
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41302953-the-witness-for-the-dead
The Dawnhounds by Sascha Stronach
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59366249-the-dawnhounds
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