Bethanne Bruninga-Socolar | Spoiler-free fantasy review: Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart [CC] @bethannebruninga-socolar | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
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![Spoiler-free fantasy review: Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TKQ0OL2qKjo/hqdefault.jpg "Spoiler-free fantasy review: Witches Steeped in Gold by Ciannon Smart [CC]
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![The Philosophy of Reading Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TOyFsvxkujE/hqdefault.jpg "The Philosophy of Reading Tag [CC]
Original tag by Brandons Bookshelf: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBdn7jWT85k
The questions and time stamps:
0:00 Intro stuff
1:08 1. Whats most important...a good character, plot, or message?
2:00 2. Should one read books about ideas or opinions they disagree with?
2:56 3. As tech advances, what do you think will be the role of books?
5:13 4. How important are summaries, review, and art in your book choosing?
5:59 5. Should one ever skim or scan a book?
6:41 6. Should reading always be enjoyable?
7:29 7. Is it important to be well-read?
8:10 8. What is your book buying process?
9. What is your reading process?
8:42 10. How do you use what you read?
9:25 11. If you could download a book to your brain, would you still read?
10:20 12. What are your views on rereading a book?
10:29 13. What makes a book good?
11:11 14. What makes a book bad?
11:49 15. How do you feel about not finishing a book?
12:20 16. Should the authors personal life matter at all?
13:41 17. If you could only read one genre for the rest of time, what would it be?
13:46 18. Do you ever read a book without knowing anything about it?
14:00 19. What author, genre, series, or culture can you just not get into? Why?
15:06 20. Do you think everyone should read? Why?
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![Review - The Deep by Rivers Solomon [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TWdX7oEIsdc/hqdefault.jpg "Review - The Deep by Rivers Solomon [CC]
I LOVED this book. 5 stars, 10/10!
Recommended by Gunpowder, Fiction & Plot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdZbWyb6gVI
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!
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![Frustrating Books Tag! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U1p2pzgEE3o/hqdefault.jpg "Frustrating Books Tag! [CC]
I was tagged by Rosie Cockshutt:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J0Sl4Fq208&t=153s
Original tag by Paige at ThePMreader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhrcrsYi440
I tag Megan at Megans Reading Revelations: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmX0661Xu7mFnEttonuQDg
The questions:
00:35 1. Name a book you predicted would be five stars but wasn’t.
3:07 2. What book had a great beginning but an ending that let you down?
4:28 3. Do you have a book with a pretty cover but an ugly spine?
5:04 4. Do you have a book series that doesn’t match? Maybe some are paperback and some are hardcover, or maybe the cover designs were changed halfway through the series… Does it bother you?
6:43 5. Is there a book from your youth you can remember parts of but cannot remember the name of or find anywhere?
7:18 6. Are there any books you’re certain you’ve read but cannot remember anything about?
8:02 7. Have you ever recommended a book you love to someone and they started telling you everything they don’t like about it? Does it bother you? In other words: do your feelings get hurt when someone doesn’t love one of your favorite books?
9:07 8. What is your worst experience loaning a book to someone?
9:57 9. Show me some of your impulse buys that you’ve never read. You know the ones… the ones you bought at midnight while online shopping or when you were walking through a bookstore and the magic of all the books made you grab a few too many. And we can’t forget all those books at “such a good price” that somehow make it into our shopping bags.
10:57 10. Just to make you hate me a little bit more: How many unread books are on your shelves?
Books mentioned:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
Over the Woodward Wall by A. Deborah Baker
My review video of Over the Woodward Wall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSC3tGcKa1o&t
The Guinevere Deception by Kiersten White
My review video of How to Stop Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KizqP_ZdO3c&t
How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
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!
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![Romance review: Accidentally in Love trilogy by Nicole Falls [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UIgiHS7w08o/hqdefault.jpg "Romance review: Accidentally in Love trilogy by Nicole Falls [CC]
Nicole Falls youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/NicoleFalls
Buy Accidentally in Love trilogy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077L7VNPJ?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1646662281&sr=8-1
Black Authortube Readathon announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wF9G0-ySjrc
Margarets TBR for the Black Authortuber Readathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQSWWXSyF4I
Check out Margarets homepage where you can set a reminder for the Black Authortuber Readathon wrap-up live on March 15th, 10pm Eastern, 7pm Pacific: https://www.youtube.com/c/MargaretPinard/featured
S.D. Hustons channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/SDHuston
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![Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Vloaf86oScA/hqdefault.jpg "Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel [CC]
WELL. I filmed this video in April, I believe...and now here I am posting it at the very end of June. Enjoy!
Also, adding to the list of things I didnt like about this book, I also dont like the title. :)
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![Tenure-track Tuesdays: a life update! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Wa8UxbdkpT0/hqdefault.jpg "Tenure-track Tuesdays: a life update! [CC]
What Ive been up to lately: some life upheaval that got in the way of reading and BookTube-ing. :)
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![Review - kids books about space! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y7joD_vW_ac/hqdefault.jpg "Review - kids books about space! [CC]
Quick review of 2 kids books about space that...well, they drive me a little bit crazy. My almost-three-year old LOVES them, though! And thats what counts, I guess. :)
Book links:
8 Spinning Planets by Brian James, illus. by Russell Benfanti - https://www.amazon.com/Eight-Spinning-Planets-Brian-James/dp/0545235170/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=8+spinning+planets&qid=1601869774&sr=8-1
Our Solar System by Peter and Connie Roop - https://bookshop.org/books/our-solar-system-volume-1/9781454914181
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 thoughts on my own books every Tuesday, with posts about kids books on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month. Follow me on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4779183-bethanne-bruninga-socolar")
![Reading stats: 1st quarter 2021! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YTcFSJx6luo/hqdefault.jpg "Reading stats: 1st quarter 2021! [CC]
A bit of navel-gazing as I think about how my reading is going so far this year. Note that the percentages in some of my graphs are off a teeny tiny bit because I recorded this on April 5th but didnt add the graphs until April 14th, and so they reflect an extra book or two...
Link to my 2020 overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7b-QwmYp6fQ
I make my graphs using the Book Riot reading log:
Book Riot reading log: https://bookriot.com/2021-reading-log/
Overall idea for presenting quarterly stats with graphs taken from Josh at Joshs Bookish Voyage, an AMAZING channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_AL_AmWFPwo64h-f0UuHzw
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!
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![What the F*ck Are You??? Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y_IYYwHiEvA/hqdefault.jpg "What the F*ck Are You??? Tag [CC]
Original by Kevvie at Cest Kevvie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LukHBEtLZOs
Prompts and time stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:56 1. What the fuck is your name? Does it have any meaning?
2:07 2. What the fuck is your gender?
2:11 3. What the fuck are your pronouns?
2:21 4. What the fuck is your ethnicity?
3:06 5. What the fuck is your sexuality? Why?
3:55 6. What the fuck do you do besides Booktube?
5:02 7. What the fuck other identities do you claim?
Mom - 5:02
Scientist - 6:36
Reader - 9:27
Ally - 9:45
Redhead - 10:33
East Coaster - 11:31
Cat lover/cat person - 12:40
13:26 8. How the fuck do your identities influence what you choose to read?
14:38 9. Who the fuck do you tag?
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![Debriefing by Susan Sontag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yczk-UZssHc/hqdefault.jpg "Debriefing by Susan Sontag [CC]
This one was a bust for me. Cant win em all!
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![March of the Moderns || Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YsZFEANCom4/hqdefault.jpg "March of the Moderns || Not Without Laughter by Langston Hughes [CC]
My first completed book for March of the Moderns, created by Margaret Pinard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0uzlaGJk3U&t=1s
Another review of Not Without Laughter by Comfycozyup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCzyOPCPQ0w
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")
