Remembered ReadsApologies for some odd lighting and two awkward edits in this one.
Stats discussed & timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Goodreads defaults 02:05 Storygraph defaults 05:55 What non-reading media did I consume in 2022? 08:33 Country & original language & gender 14:59 Agatha Christie, the most important stat 16:10 Slideshow of books read
2022 Reading Statistics 📊 Page counts! Languages! Formats! And Agatha Christie percentages!Remembered Reads2023-01-30 | Apologies for some odd lighting and two awkward edits in this one.
Stats discussed & timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:29 Goodreads defaults 02:05 Storygraph defaults 05:55 What non-reading media did I consume in 2022? 08:33 Country & original language & gender 14:59 Agatha Christie, the most important stat 16:10 Slideshow of books read
In memory of Janelle, a wonderful MMM host who passed away in 2023: Check out her channel to find some great recommendations and read a book in her honour. Janelle - youtube.com/@TooFondofBooksJH
March Mystery Madness Prompts for 2024 1. Dressed to the Nines (Formal dress on the cover) 2. 999 (British Mystery) 3. 9 Lives (Cat on the cover) 4. 911 (First Responder Story like Firefighter or EMT) 5. One for Janelle 6. Nine Patch (Quilt on the cover) 7. Nine in Title or on the Cover 8. 9th in series 9. Any other 9 (Any tie-in with 9 such as page count, year published, number of chapters, etc.)
In memory of Janelle, a wonderful MMM host who passed away in 2023: Check out her channel to find some great recommendations and read a book in her honour. Janelle - youtube.com/@TooFondofBooksJH
March Mystery Madness Prompts for 2024 1. Dressed to the Nines (Formal dress on the cover) 2. 999 (British Mystery) 3. 9 Lives (Cat on the cover) 4. 911 (First Responder Story like Firefighter or EMT) 5. One for Janelle 6. Nine Patch (Quilt on the cover) 7. Nine in Title or on the Cover 8. 9th in series 9. Any other 9 (Any tie-in with 9 such as page count, year published, number of chapters, etc.)
Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsFun with Translation (Fiction & Nonfiction), the Politics & Humour of Television & a PlayRemembered Reads2023-08-25 | Books discussed: Dancing on Ropes by Anna Aslanyan The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi Burn It Down : Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood by Maureen Ryan Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby A Soldier’s Play by Charles Fuller
Channel mentioned: @AlwaysDoing
#FridayReads on an actual Friday for once!
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Books discussed: Sandy Hook: An American Tragedy and the Battle for Truth by Elizabeth Williamson His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation by Linda Villarosa The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong
I talk about An Immense World and His Name is George Floyd in more depth in my Quarterfinals video: youtube.com/watch?v=FsxNwK97iAw
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Questions: 1. Best book you’ve read so far. 2. Best sequel you've read so far. 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. 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry. 11. Book that made you happy. 12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year. 13. Favourite video you have done so far 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?
Books mentioned: From Nowhere to Nowhere by Bekim Sejranović, translated by Will Firth The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty Turkish Kaleidoscope: Fractured Lives in a Time of Violence by Jenny White & Ergün Gündüz As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh The World and All That It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong Twists of Fate by Paco Roca, translated by Erica Mena
Album mentioned: The World and All It Holds by Damir Imamović
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This tag was created by @materiagrix and I was tagged by @BookishTexan Tagging: @AnnNovella and @Rainierbooks
The prompts: -Give me your own definition of reading or use this: "Reading is the act of interpretation of symbols that systematically put together in a certain sequence, allow the reader to extract meaning from them in an active form of creation that can develop into complex narratives." -Given your chosen definition, are reading and interpretation the same thing? If not, In what do they differ? -Are there any practices that you consider reading but that would fit that or other definitions of reading? -Is there an ideal reading experience for you? What is it? Is there a book that represents it? -If there is such thing as an ideal reading experience, it follows that there is a scale of value to reading. What is at the bottom? -Is there a book on that bottom that you love or enjoyed as much as those on the top? -Is reading as the art of associating symbols and creating meaning out of them, a predecessor of language, or does it come after as a consequence of those languages? -Is everything that can be read/with meaning a language? -Mention a few languages that defy the conventional conception of what a language is. Could a book be written in any of those languages? -If you could boundlessly read/understand the meaning in one of those languages. Which one would it be? Why?
Books discussed & Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:38 Paradise Falls: The True Story of an Environmental Catastrophe by Keith O'Brien 03:42 His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice by Robert Samuels 05:33 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong 08:06 Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships by Nina Totenberg 10:27 How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future by Maria Ressa 12:39 We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland by Fintan O'Toole 16:00 Rankings 18:20 Outro
Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsRecent Reads: Poetry, Short Stories, Humour, Book Clubs & MoreRemembered Reads2023-05-26 | Books discussed & time stamps: 00:00 Classics & Company reads Memoirs of Hadrian 00:52 Milk & Mocha: Our Little Happiness by Melani Sie 02:12 How to Stay Productive When the World Is Ending: Productivity, Burnout, and Why Everyone Needs to Relax More Except You from Reductress 03:48 When the Night Agrees to Speak to Me by Ananda Devi, translated by Kazim Ali 05:33 Staying Right Here by Usman Hameedi 06:57 Knot Body by Eli Tareq El Bechelany-Lynch 08:19 Their Haunted Nights by Allyson Jeleyne 10:23 A Walk in the Night and Other Stories by Alex la Guma 13:42 As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh 16:47 Outro
Memoirs of Hadrian readalong from #Classics&Company (hosted by @MicahCummins & @AnnNovella ) - Discord: discord.gg/xxpXRXawUQ
Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsPoetry on Exile, Comics on Depression, Autofiction on Dementia, Books-in-Books & MemoirsRemembered Reads2023-05-02 | Books discussed: Everything Is OK by Debbie Tung Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone? by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Jeffrey Sacks The Applicant by Nazlı Koca Dislocations by Sylvia Molloy, translated by Jennifer Croft The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph by Oksana Masters The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan by Christina Lamb
Also Mentioned: Book Love, Quiet Girl in a Noisy World, Happily Ever After by Debbie Tung In the Presence of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Sinan Antoon Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali, translated by Alexander Dawe Boys in Zinc/Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich, translated by Sergio Rapetti
Readathon account: For both #PeopleApril and the #DisabilityReadathon we have Everything is OK & The Hard Parts
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Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsRecent Reads: Pet Nation, Lose Your Mother, The Ugly LawsRemembered Reads2023-03-13 | Books discussed & timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:15 Pet Nation: The Inside Story of How Companion Animals Are Transforming Our Homes, Culture, and Economy by Mark Cushing 05:21 Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route by Saidiya Hartman 10:32 The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public by Susan Schweik 13:53 Outro
Book mentioned in passing: Return: Why We Go Back to Where We Come From by Kamal Al-Solaylee
This year's #MarchMysteryMadness theme is Spring Cleaning. The prompts are: Lather (ex: Read about a detective who is "cleaning up") Rinse (ex: Read something on the cozier side of things or read a classic mystery) Repeat (ex: Reread a book or read a book by an author you've read before)
But as always, no pressure to read on the theme or across the prompts. If it's a mystery, it counts! :)
Questions: Prompts: 1) What you read: how has your taste in books evolved? 2) How you read: has the format of your reading changed much? 3) How much you read: do you read more/less than previously? When do you read? Has how often you read changed? 4) How has Booktube changed you as a reader? 5) Tag some people!
Books mentioned: Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanet Khan Reckless: Follow Me Down by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips Dreadfulwater by Thomas King A World of Curiosities: A Novel by Louise Penny The Last Taxi Ride by AX Ahmad Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie, narrated by David Suchet
This year's #MarchMysteryMadness theme is Spring Cleaning. The prompts are: Lather (ex: Read about a detective who is "cleaning up") Rinse (ex: Read something on the cozier side of things or read a classic mystery) Repeat (ex: Reread a book or read a book by an author you've read before)
But as always, no pressure to read on the theme or across the prompts. If it's a mystery, it counts! :)
The question: What are some awesome literary places you have traveled to?
Books mentioned: Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery The Quiet American by Graham Greene The Lover by Marguerite Duras Henry V by WIllian Shakespeare
#TagTuesday on a Wednesday, anyone?
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Books mentioned: I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé by Michael Arceneaux Taksi Hikayeleri by Ergün Gündüz (Taxi Tales in English, not Taxi Stories as I say in the video) My Parents: An Introduction / This Does Not Belong to You by Aleksandar Hemon The Wars by Timothy Finley
Books discussed & timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:15 Works and Days by Hesiod, translation & introduction by A.E. Stallings 02:23 The Pianist from Syria: A Memoir by Aeham Ahmad (and others), translated by Emanuel Bergmann 05:11 Sex and Lies: True Stories of Women's Intimate Lives in the Arab World by Leïla Slimani, translated by Sophie Lewis 07:53 Forged by the Fire by Sharon M Draper 10:04 From Nowhere to Nowhere by Bekim Sejranović, translated by Will Firth 13:44 Closing thoughts
Book mentioned in passing: Crossing by Pajtim Statovci, translated by David Hackston Ton fils Huckleberry Finn by Bekim Sejranović, translated by Chloé Billon
This year's theme is Spring Cleaning. The prompts are: Lather (ex: Read about a detective who is "cleaning up") Rinse (ex: Read something on the cozier side of things or read a classic mystery) Repeat (ex: Reread a book or read a book by an author you've read before)
But as always, no pressure to read on the theme or across the prompts. If it's a mystery, it counts! :)
Books mentioned: Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene Dreadfulwater by Thomas King Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanet Khan Reckless: Follow Me Down by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips
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Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 Twitter - twitter.com/RememberedReadsTime is a Mother, They Would Never Hurt a Fly, Year of the Tiger & Keorapetse Kgositsile 🇭🇷🇿🇦🇺🇸Remembered Reads2023-01-21 | Books discussed & timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:10 Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong, narrated by the author 01:43 Keorapetse Kgositsile: Collected Poems, 1969–2018 by Keorapetse Kgositsile, edited by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers & Uhuru Phalafala 04:12 They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague by Slavenka Drakulić 08:50 Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong 12:31 Outro
Other books mentioned: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong Night Sky With Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong Endgame: The Betrayal And Fall Of Srebrenica, Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II by David Rohde The Last Refuge: A True Story of War, Survival and Life Under Siege in Srebrenica by Hasan Nuhanović Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-first Century, edited by Alice Wong
Books Discussed & timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:18 Kibogo by Scholastique Mukasonga, translated by Mark Polizzotti 03:59 Un pays pour mourir by Abdellah Taïa/ A Country for Dying translated by Emma Ramadan 06:25 If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English by Noor Naga, narrated by the author & Amin El Gamal 10:54 Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica, translated by Sarah Moses
Books mentioned: Cockroaches by Scholastique Mukasonga Spring by Leila Rafei Washes, Prays by Noor Naga Shakespeare's Othello & The Taming of the Shrew Animal Liberation by Peter Singer
1. Do you prefer metaphor or simile 2. What is the most important element in a poem for you? Form / structure, meaning / feeing, sound / alliteration, assonance, consonance etc. you can’t say all! Lol 3. What is your favorite school / movement in poetry? 4. Since we see the world through a poets eyes, Does a poet have to live an interesting life for you to like their poetry 5. How does geography play into the poets you like, or does it at all? 6. Whitman said, “To have great poets, there must be great audiences.” Bukowski said, “to have great audiences, you need great poets.” I said, “unless you have great places for these two to meet it doesn’t matter.” what’s your take? 7. Who do you think has advanced poetry the most 8. since the rise of the moderns and free from verse over the last 50 years and more currently the rise of instapoetry, what movements of poetry do you think the future holds?
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Also mentioned: Six Metres of Pavement, All Inclusive & Seven by Farzana Doctor Running Through Beijing by Xu Zechen, translated by Eric Abrahamsen Catching Fire: A Translation Diary by Daniel Hahn Ayiti by Roxanne Gay (French translation by Stanley Péan)
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Also mentioned: I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya God in Pink by Hasan Namir War/Torn by Hasan Namir Resistance by Julián Fuks, translated by Daniel Hahn Jamás el fuego nunca/Never Did the Fire by Diamela Eltit, translated by Daniel Hahn Herkunft/Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić, translated by Damion Searls Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:44 The Ugly Laws/Disability History 01:57 City of Lies/Life in Tehran 02:36 Football/Soccer Books 04:20 Balkan History Books 06:26 Peace and Its Discontents/the '90s Peace Process in Palestine 06:56 Salt Water/ Wandering Catalonia 07:39 Praying to the West/Islam in the Americas 08:38 Dog Books 11:10 Gardening Books 13:12 Catching Fire/The Process of Translation 14:33 The Future is Disabled 15:46 Ending thoughts
Books discussed & timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:32 Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II by Daniel James Brown 03:16 Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future by Elizabeth Kolbert 05:24 Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty by Patrick Radden Keefe 09:40 How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith 16:11 A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance by Hanif Abdurraqib 19:19 Chasing Me to My Grave: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, with a foreword by Bryan Stevenson by Winfred Rembert as told to Erin I. Kelly 22:39 Rankings
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Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsShort stories 🇪🇬 🇲🇰, poetic essays 🇵🇸, romance 🇺🇸 & a picture book 🇫🇷Remembered Reads2022-09-12 | Books discussed: Blaze and the Castle Cake for Bertha Daye by Claude Ponti, translated by Alyson Waters & Margot Kerlidou A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland My Husband by Rumena Bužarovska, translated by Paul Filev The Cheapest Nights by Yusuf Idris, translated by Wadida Wassef Journal of an Ordinary Grief by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Ibrahim Muhawi
Covering everything from media tie-ins, romance, spy thrillers, military historical fiction & mysteries, with an aside about the joy of trashy covers on serious books.
Please note that I will be spoiling the endings of Rogue One and The English Patient in this.
Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsRecent Reads: NYC Comics, Poetry, Short Stories, Chefs of Dictators & Algerian Writers in WartimeRemembered Reads2022-08-07 | Books discussed & time stamps: 00:00 intro 00:16 Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York by Roz Chast 01:43 The Tradition by Jericho Brown, narrated by J.D. Jackson 03:30 Daylight by Roya Marsh, narrated by the author 04:38 Tainna: The Unseen Ones, Short Stories by Norma Dunning 06:29 How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks by Witold Szabłowski, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones 09:43 Algerian White by Assia Djebar, translated by David Kelley & Marjolijn De Jager
I'm having some issues with the captions, but hopefully will have that fixed soon. Apologies for the inconvenience.
And check out the official @BookTubePrize channel for the finalists. And shout-out to @Robert.Sheard for coming up with it all. #booktubeprize
Books discussed & Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:25 My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinović, translated by Celia Hawkesworth 02:52 Brickmakers by Selva Almada, translated by Annie McDermott 04:47 The Survivors by Alex Schulman, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles 07:04 The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World by Laura Imai Messina, translated by Lucy Rand 09:34 Heaven by Mieko Kawakami, translated by Sam Bett & David Boyd 11:46 Disquiet by Zülfü Livaneli, translated (and more, apparently) by Brendan Freely 13:45 Rant begins 18:07 Rankings
The prompts & timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 00:22 1. What was your first Booktube video? 01:02 2. How many books are you currently reading? 01:28 3. What were the Top 3 books you read last year? 02:45 4. How many books did you read last year? 03:01 5. How many books have you rated as 5 stars this year? 04:43 6. Do you have a reading target for this year? 05:00 Are you on track? 05:10 7. How many pages long is the book you are reading now? 06:05 Do you have a favourite number? 06:31 Last Question: Do you have a book on your shelves with a number in the title or on the cover?
Books mentioned: Jamilia by Chingiz Aitmatov, translated by James Riordan In the Presence of Absence by Mahmoud Darwish, translated by Sinan Antoon Quiet Flows the Una by Faruk Šehić, translated by Will Firth This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski, translated by Barbara Vedder & Michael Kandel Journey's End by R.C. Sherriff The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985 by James Baldwin Occupation by Julián Fuks, translated by Daniel Hahn Twists of Fate by Paco Roca, traslated by Erica Mena Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić, translated by Damion Searls Nine Alexandrias by Semezdin Mehmedinović, translated by Ammiel Alcalay
While creating the timestamps I realized that I forgot to do questions 5 and 9. Sorry!
00:00 Introduction The Prompts: 01:07 1. Before publishing her first collection of poetry in the early 60’s Margaret Atwood had several other jobs including working at summer camps. What was your first job? 01:43 2. While growing up, Margaret Atwood’s family spent several months each year living in the bush in northern Ontario. What is a survival skill that you have that would help you survive living off the grid? 02.44 3. Margaret Atwood grew up reading comic books. Do you have a favourite comic book or comic book character? 04:05 4. Margaret Atwood is not only a poet and author, she has also illustrated books and shown her creativity in so many other ways. What are some ways that you are creative? 5. Some of Margaret Atwood’s writing is inspired by myths, folktales and fairy tales. What is your favourite myth, folktale or fairy tale and why? 05:29 6. Margaret Atwood’s most well known novel is The Handmaid’s Tale. What is a task or chore you wish you had a maid or servant for? 06:01 7. The themes Margaret Atwood writes about have stayed consistent in all her writing for over 6 decades. She writes about the role of men and women in society, relationships, religion, marriage, and identity to name a few. If Atwood were to write a novel about you, what are some themes she would need to include? 06:598. Margaret Atwood has created words for her novels. She has talked about how this makes it difficult for translators of her work. Do you have a favourite word? Why is it your favourite? 9. Margaret Atwood was born in Canada and lives in Canada now, but she has also lived in other countries like the United States, England, France, Germany and Scotland. What countries have you lived in and/or what is another country you would like to live in? 07:32 10. Margaret Atwood is an advocate for caring for the earth; What is something you do to help take care of our planet? 08:02 11. Margaret Atwood is passionate about animal rights and some of her writing has included animals and reflections on animals. What is a topic that you are passionate about? 08:53 12. Margaret Atwood is supportive of new authors in a variety of ways. Who is a newer author and/or what debut novel do you wish more people knew about? 09:52 13. Tag some of your favourite booktubers.
Books mentioned: The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood Lunch With by Jan Wong Preacher by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon Wrong Side of the by Court HN Khan
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Also mentioned: My Brother's Husband by Gengoroh Tagame, translated by Anne Ishii L'Odyssée d'Hakim: De la Turquie à la Grèce by Fabien Toulmé Ce n'est pas toi que j'attendais by Fabien Toulmé
Questions: 1. Best book you’ve read so far. 2. Best sequel you've read so far. 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. 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry. 11. Book that made you happy. 12. Favourite book to film adaptation you saw this year. 13. Favourite video you have done so far 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?
Books mentioned: This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski Twists of Fate by Paco Roca Some Other War by Linda Newberry The Good Girls by Sonia Faleiro Reckless: The Ghost in You by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland Frida Kahlo and My Left Leg by Emily Rapp Black Zayd Saleem: Chasing the Dream by Hena Khan Parade's End by Ford Maddox Ford
It's a #Booktube tradition - and we're doing #TagTuesday on a Monday. ;)
Tag created by @pdxleo I was tagged by @SpringboardThought and @FullyBookedMelissa Charity mentioned: rainbowrailroad.org
Questions & timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:31 1. Tag some fabulous friends who also may want to do this tag and #standwithtranskids 00:41 2. Tell us about some books on your tbr pile featuring a trans/non-binary character or nonfiction about trans/non-binary stuff 01:33 3. Recommend a favorite book/show/movie featuring a trans/non-binary character 01:59 4. Everyone has their own journey and no one demographic is a monolith. Recommend a book with a journey (however you define that) 03:07 5. None of us knows everything – even about our own identities – especially since we’re not a monolith and each have our own journey – what is a book that taught you something either about yourself or the world around you? 04:25 6. When things are hard in the world or in our lives, sometimes we there are things we can do to help center and refocus ourselves, to bring joy, to keep us going, to keep living, resisting, being our authentically amazing selves. What are things you do to center yourself or find joy? 05:26 7. What’s your walk-on music – or your feel at home in your body music? 05:32 Musical interlude 06:21 8. Finding mentors, people of wisdom, or heroes can be another way to help us navigate life. Who are some of your mentors? Can you share something they taught you or inspired you to learn more about? 07:07 9. Who are some out trans/non-binary booktubers, instagrammers, authors, actors, etc who you’d like to shoutout? 08:58 10. What are some organizations you’d like to shout out for supporting trans kids/trans folks?
Books discussed/timestamps: 00:00 Into & Booktube Prize chat 00:29 Reckless: The Ghost in You by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips 01:57 Letter to Survivors by Gébé, translated by Edward Gauvin 04:04 Zayd Saleem, Chasing the Dream by Hena Khan with illustrations by Sally Wern Comport 07:25 Dogs by Mark Alizart, translated by Robin McKay 08:57 The Most Dammed Country in the World by Dai Qing 10:40 Solid Ivory: Memories by James Ivory, narrated by the author
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Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsRecent Reads: Essays, Memory, Genocide Memoirs & Nature WritingRemembered Reads2022-06-08 | Books mentioned: The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985 by James Baldwin Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting by Lisa Genova, narrated by the author The Democracy of Species by Robin Wall Kimmerer Night by Elie Wiesel, translated by Marion Wiesel Survivor: The triumph of an ordinary man in the Khmer Rouge genocide by Chum Mey, translated by Sim Sorya & Kimsroy Sokvisal Palestinian Walks: Notes on a Vanishing Landscape by Raja Shehadeh
#FirdayReads on Wednesday? ;)
The Price of the Ticket reading group: @AlwaysDoing @BookishTexan @bookwhimsy @seriela @radreads3269 @nashwas5761
Readathon Checklist: #Springathon - The Democracy of Species, Palestinian Walks #Asianreadathon - Survivor, Palestinian Walks
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Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsRecent Reads: Novels, Stories & Nonfiction in Translation from the Spanish (🇦🇷 🇬🇹 🇨🇺 🇪🇸)Remembered Reads2022-06-01 | Books mentioned: Fate by Jorge Consiglio, translated by Carolina Orloff & Fionn Petch Trout, Belly Up by Rodrigo Fuentes, translated by Ellen C. Jones Feebleminded by Ariana Harwicz, translated by Carolina Orloff & Annie McDermott Before Night Falls: A Memoir by Reinaldo Arenas, translated by Dolores M Koch Frank: The Story of a Forgotten Dictatorship by Ximo Abadía, translated by Esther Villardon Grande
Apologies for any sound issues today, I positioned the microphone poorly. :(
The prompts 1. What was the last book you read set in Paris? 2. What words can't be translated into English? 3. Do you have a favorite book in translation? 4. Have you read books in other languages? 5. Jules Verne studied at law school in Paris. Do you have a favorite book by Jules Verne? 6. Do you have a favorite movie set in Paris? 7. Do you have a favorite French car? 8. Have you been to Paris? When was the last time you visited Paris? 9. Do you have a favorite French Painter or a painting set in Paris? 10. Do you have a favorite French writer?
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Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsRecent Reads: Brazilian Modernism, Soviet-Kyrgyz Theatre, Emperors & Concentration CampsRemembered Reads2022-05-01 | Books mentioned: A Cup of Rage by Raduan Nassar, translated by Stefan Tobler The Ascent of Mount Fuji: A Play by Chingiz Aitmatov & Kaltai Mukhamedzhanov, translated by Nicholas Bethell Conversations With Stalin by Milovan Đilas, translated by Michael Petrovich The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuściński, translated by William R. Brand & Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski, translated by Barbara Vedder
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Find me here: Instagram - instagram.com/rememberedreads GoodReads - goodreads.com/user/show/251821 StoryGraph - app.thestorygraph.com/profile/remembered_readsRecent Reads: Bengali Poetry, Senegal 1980, Belgium 1914, Japan 1955, Bosnia 1992Remembered Reads2022-04-23 | Books mentioned: Acrobat by Nabaneeta Dev Sen, translated by Nandana Dev Sen So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ, translated by Modupé Bodé-Thomas A Woman's Experiences In The Great War by Louise Mack Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms by Fumiyo Kouno, translated by The Tenth Circle of Hell: A Memoir of Life in the Death Camps of Bosnia by Rezak Hukanović, translated by Ammiel Alcalay & Midhat Ridjanović
I neglected to film any pages from Town of Evening Calm, but if you're curious, @LiterallyGraphic did a full flip through here: youtube.com/watch?v=TCggISRAGQg
Only one day late with the #FridayReads this week! ;)
1.“I just fell out of bed, found out what key I had dreamed it in… and I played it”, Paul McCartney (about “Yesterday”). A book that you dreamed about or that inspired one of your dreams. 2.“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, John Lennon A book that talks about drugs or that was written under the influence of drugs. 3.“We thought we'd be really big in Liverpool”, Ringo Starr. A book about someone who had far more success than what they expected, or a book that was much more successful than what the author expected. 4.“Sitting on a cornflake / waiting for the van to come”, John Lennon. A surreal book (or a book with some surreal elements) that you enjoyed. 5. The White Album. A book you loved that: a. has a minimalist cover, or b. is written in a minimalist style. 6. "Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter / Here comes the sun”, George Harrison. A book of poetry that you found uplifting. 7. A day in the life. An experimental book that’s very uncommon for its content or format, and yet it works well. 8. "Over half of Americans who are 45 and older attribute the Beatles’ split to Yoko Ono". A book about a woman (or, if you can’t think of one, a man) who is unjustly blamed or accused of something. 9.“Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns / And calls me on and on across the universe “, John Lennon. A book that opened your mind and made you think of the universe in a new way, either physically or spiritually. 10. “Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be”, Paul McCartney. A book that you found very powerful and moving despite its apparent simplicity.
Miss Marple's Last Cases: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation The Pale Horse: A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation The £199 Adventure by Agatha Christie, adapted by Mike Stott, acted by Richard Griffiths, Chris Langham & Rebecca Front Yellow Iris: A Short Story by Agatha Christie, narrated by Hugh Fraser The Flower Master by Sujata Massey When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole Jessica Blandy - Volume 1: Remember Enola Gay by Dufaux & Renaud, translated by Blood Tally (Valkyrie Collections #2) by Brian McClellan