New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century | Are These Actually Good? @KierTheScrivener

Kier The Scrivener The New York Times collected 503 ballots of top books from authors and critics to make the top 100 books of the 21st Century so far. What are my thoughts? Do I think these are good books? How many have I read? My gripes.

Videos Mentioned:
100 Books I Think You Read Before You Die: youtu.be/bo9aeVdw_lQ?si=S38ErByETed7_U-b
Demon Copperhead Book Review: youtu.be/DW3hq7eObUE?si=TDC_y_2vGQf6u5aw
New York Times Best Book of 2023: youtu.be/LmycTj6gT3U?si=Ztadv65u8P9uoFvI

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New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century | Are These Actually Good?

Kier The Scrivener 2024-07-18 | The New York Times collected 503 ballots of top books from authors and critics to make the top 100 books of the 21st Century so far. What are my thoughts? Do I think these are good books? How many have I read? My gripes.

Videos Mentioned:
100 Books I Think You Read Before You Die: youtu.be/bo9aeVdw_lQ?si=S38ErByETed7_U-b
Demon Copperhead Book Review: youtu.be/DW3hq7eObUE?si=TDC_y_2vGQf6u5aw
New York Times Best Book of 2023: youtu.be/LmycTj6gT3U?si=Ztadv65u8P9uoFvI

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Victober TBR | Bronte roasting, Gaskell love and plays galore

Kier The Scrivener 2024-10-09 | Victober, baby! Complete with Charlotte Brontë roasting, Gaskell love and plays galore and Batman for good measure.

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Reading My Favourite Booktubers Favourite Books

Kier The Scrivener 2024-08-05 | I love BookTube and I love all the books I pick up because of BookTube. Here are sone of my favourite creators and some of their favourite books.

Creators:
Alicia Guzman: @aliciaguzman
Ashley (Bookish Realm): @BookishRealm
youtu.be/KK1TYBL9aKk?si=tEQHVT6gM-2VPr75
Jen Campbell: @jenvcampbell youtu.be/GphfeJt0Tso?si=vA89MLCsXqiy8xUS
Monika (Dog Eared Musings): @DogEaredMusings
youtu.be/6PD3U2j6I5Q?si=93HkB_9BDpuOsCSd
Cara (Wilde Book Garden): @WildeBookGarden
Katie (Books and Things): @katiejlumsden
youtu.be/tbV04NSezik?si=-SGCq6WeR6bTurdZ
Ariel Bissett: @ArielBissett
Books Unbound: @BooksUnbound
open.spotify.com/episode/1qfWsIHIiX0kxTyw5PTPEw?si=FN-VZwn0SxajdkuakK4r0A
Charlie Brook Reads: @CharlieBrookReads
youtu.be/9-y_QUOrpqc?si=GcSfSKPQ7aHw_lNP

Books Mentioned:
How Not To Drown In A Glass of Water – Angie Cruz
Remember –Joy Harjo
The God of Good Looks – Breanne Mc Ivor
All The Little Bird Hearts – Viktoria Lloyd-Barlow
My Brilliant Friend – Elena Ferrante
The Days of Abandonment - Elena Ferrante
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch – Melinda Taub
Barnaby Rudge – Charles Dickens
Charley’s Aunt – Brandon Thomas
Gaslight – Patrick Hamilton
Wedding Toasts I’ll Never Give– Ada Calhoun
Someday Maybe – Onyi Nwabineli

Want To Know More?
The God of Good Looks First Thoughts: youtu.be/4tFTr9g1IJA?si=BmV1nBtERHxjz60H
February Wrap Up: youtu.be/p2rvkBinQ3k?si=-A4DyPPKpMA3XGK7
March Wrap Up: youtu.be/-Rf7aBVwLt8?si=vaDDei6i8qCwl2TH
War Brides Book Review: youtu.be/qCaUUuiASj0?si=A0UQY0cE1VQODkEh

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Booker Prize Longlist Reaction

Kier The Scrivener 2024-07-31 | The Booker Season is here!!

So excited to spend the next several months obessed with these books.

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Mid Year Freak Out Tag | 2024

Kier The Scrivener 2024-07-24 | Mid Year is here (and a little passed), here are my best, worst and everything between.

Videos Mentioned:
War Brides Book Review: youtu.be/qCaUUuiASj0?si=A0UQY0cE1VQODkEh
Ordinary Human Failings Book Review: youtu.be/UH5JM8SsZQY?si=UXuRpzDypzzeGVoR

Questions:
1. How many books have you read so far?
2. What genre have you read the most?
3. Your favourite book you’ve read so far?
4. The Best sequel of the year?
5. What is the most disappointing book you’ve read so far?
6. What is the book that surprised you the most?
7. Any book that particularly impressed you with how it was written?
8.Any character you fell in love with?
9..Do you have a new favourite author or one you think might be a future favourite?
10. Do you have a new release you haven’t read yet?11. The book you are most excited for in the second half of the year?
12. Any books that made you cry?
13. What is a book you’ve started and not finished? 14. Three books you hope to read by the end of the year?

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New York Times Readers Best Books of the 21st Century | Better Than The Critics

Kier The Scrivener 2024-07-21 | We're back with the readers' choices. I was a bigger fan of this list than the original, here are some of my favourute new additions.

Readers' Choice List: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/reader-best-books-21st-century.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U0.jr94.4efFJSZedw0f&smid=url-share
My Ballot: instagram.com/p/C9lU0kRgQx-/?igsh=MW42dmh4Nmdkd2QwMw==

Videos Mentioned:
Best Books of the 21st Century Reaction: youtu.be/T-gpTgomBRg?si=Kbdh7VkhIUIAFvbf
New York Times Best Book of 2023: youtu.be/LmycTj6gT3U?si=Ztadv65u8P9uoFvI

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Jane Austen July Reading Update | Evelina, Wordsworth & Historical Fiction

Kier The Scrivener 2024-07-06 | All the books I read in the first week of Jane Austen July.

Jane Austen July TBR:
youtu.be/nAB1BBE44FA?si=lKlEsUZMPeN1ZOS1

Books Mentioned:
William Wordsworth Poetry – An Evening Walk
Evelina – Frances Burney
A Lady Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin
A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin
Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man – Violet Marsh
Mansfield Park
Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza
Mrs Wickham – Sarah Page
Castle Rackrent – Maria Edgrworth
Life's Too Short – Abby Jimenez
People on Vacation – Emily Henry
The Paradise Problem– Christina Lauren

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Jane Austen July TBR

Kier The Scrivener 2024-07-03 | Jane Austen July is here!

Videos Mentioned:
My Favourite Jane Austen Podcasts: youtu.be/I5k9GMhvyAA?si=eFgPv9P6P8W50azs

Books Mentioned:
Sense and Sensibility
Persuasion
Mansfield Park
The Watsons
A Lady Guide to Fortune Hunting by Sophie Irwin
A Lady’s Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin
Lady Charlotte Always Gets Her Man – Violet Marsh
Queen of Exiles by Vanessa Riley (Haiti 1810)
Reputation by Lex Croucher
Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza
Once Persuaded, Twice Shy – Melodie Edwards
The Jane Austen Society – Natalie Jenner
The Jane Austen Book Club – Karen Joy Fowler
Mrs Wickham – Sarah Page
The Regency Years: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Byron
Jane Austen’s Table
Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things by Paula Byrne
Evelina – Frances Burney
Castle Rackrent – Maria Edgrworth
Regency Etiquette – A Lady of Distinction
School of Scandal
The Rivals
The Trouble with Mrs Montgomery Hurst – @katiejlumsden
Tempest Toast by Robertson Davies
All’s Well by Mona Awad
Emily of New Moon
Divine Might by Natalie Haynes

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Classics, Hockey & A Little Book Haul | Reading Vlog

Kier The Scrivener 2024-06-30 | Join me on the last week of June where I talk lots, mostly about books but also hockey, musicals and my strong feelings about Richard III and Canadian weather.

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Womens Prize Winner Reaction | 2024

Kier The Scrivener 2024-06-13 | The winners of the Wonen's Prizes for Fiction and Nonfiction are here!

Videos:

Brotherless Night Wins Carol Shields: youtu.be/drCmENsqed4?si=slMyCpHlZYEP8Sdv

Women's Prize Longlist Reading Vlog: youtu.be/wl2tllMZlOM?si=5x_BlG3a5ANsqHfC

Women's Prize for Fiction Reviews: youtu.be/iUvuT_L4ppQ?si=OigRyPLUg1Mj9GjQ

Nonfiction Shortlist Discussion: youtu.be/l2cNn3ieAr8?si=AsP8NbZ8KqHHAd_a

Fiction Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/GYwUTgP-fDA?si=8dSUOmz8TjM-DE8f

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Reading Update | Romcoms, Shakespeare & Dark Academia

Kier The Scrivener 2024-06-08 | In the first days of June, I read 11 book: a mix of romcoms, classics, thrillers and fantasy and I saw some wonderful Shakespeare so let's chat.

Mentioned:
Olivia-Savannah: @OliviasCatastrophe
reading wrap up: youtu.be/U7vmTbyf_EE?si=j3bnfwmgri58CPs-

Shakespeare Journey Tag: youtu.be/yXLhwTmXUCw?si=YzU27fSjqHan5WQD

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Brotherless Night Wins The Carol Shields Prize

Kier The Scrivener 2024-05-17 | My thoughts on the winner of the Carol Shields for Fiction 2024!

Carol Shield Shortlist: youtu.be/uk8towC3ySo?si=Bfb6HxQVwac4Vdqq

Women's Prize Reviews: youtu.be/iUvuT_L4ppQ?si=OigRyPLUg1Mj9GjQ

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April Book Haul

Kier The Scrivener 2024-05-08 | All the books I bought in April 2024.

Creators Mentioned:
Cara (Wilde Book Garden) @WildeBookGarden

Videos Mentioned:
My Shakespeare Journey: youtu.be/yXLhwTmXUCw?si=2VucEc1eRToMtpsQ

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Ordinary Human Failings | Themes, Characters and Generel Greatness | Megan Nolan Book Review

Kier The Scrivener 2024-05-01 | I am so excited to share my thoughts about the excellent novel Ordinary Human Failings. I will dive into the themes, characters and events of the novel. How does alcoholism, beauty, postpartum depression affect the story? What does it mean to have hope and what does it mean to not? How does the sensationalizing of true crime affect those involved? What will a journalist do for a story?

Author Interviews:
Megan Nolan Shelfie: youtube.com/watch?v=-gQvT59Q3Yc
Megan Nolan Interview: youtube.com/watch?v=kkZJ2El9Akk

River East, River West Book Review: youtu.be/1ubn4u-zKeU?si=Q8YPxYHwa_w63N8u

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Womens Prize Shortlist Reaction

Kier The Scrivener 2024-04-24 | The shortlist is here!

Creators Mentioned:
Charlie Brook Predictions: youtu.be/J-eUNvknY4Y?si=lMisQThyR4ol--3T

Ben Reads Good Predictions: youtu.be/ArJ0sm5kC1A?si=-hVT7zg-za2urycI

Women Prize Videos:

Women's Prize Longlist Reading Vlog: youtu.be/wl2tllMZlOM?si=5x_BlG3a5ANsqHfC

Women's Prize Predictions: youtu.be/iUvuT_L4ppQ?si=OigRyPLUg1Mj9GjQ

River East, River West Book Review: youtu.be/1ubn4u-zKeU?si=Q8YPxYHwa_w63N8u
Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/-LDnp7Qdtw8?si=1T9dkQae6XqyxRG6

Nonfiction Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/l2cNn3ieAr8?si=2PqBXSTGAEtjS2aR

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Womens Prize Reviews and Shortlist Predictions

Kier The Scrivener 2024-04-21 | We are getting close to the shortlist of the Women's Prize, so let's make some guesses.

Creators Mentioned:
Camila (Haste Ye Books) @hasteyebooks
Women's Prize Reviews: youtu.be/GdLvspZFBtk?si=bNiL4ywcoCZgY_Pr

Women Prize Videos:

Women's Prize Longlist Reading Vlog: youtu.be/wl2tllMZlOM?si=5x_BlG3a5ANsqHfC

River East, River West Boom Review: youtu.be/1ubn4u-zKeU?si=Q8YPxYHwa_w63N8u
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Womens Prize Longlist Reading Vlog

Kier The Scrivener 2024-04-18 | I read ten of the sixteen books longlisted for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction. Which means I'm guaranteed to have read at least one book shortlisted. Follow my thoughts as I love, hate and predict.

Creators Mentioned:
Camila (Haste Ye Books) @hasteyebooks
Women's Prize Reviews: youtu.be/GdLvspZFBtk?si=bNiL4ywcoCZgY_Pr

Jen Campbell: @jenvcampbell
Booker Longlist Vlog: youtu.be/QwcbwZsyfhQ?si=E6I_NrzI_UUNMsoi

My Videos Mentioned:
River East, River West Boom Review: youtu.be/1ubn4u-zKeU?si=Q8YPxYHwa_w63N8u
Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/-LDnp7Qdtw8?si=1T9dkQae6XqyxRG6

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River East, River West | Aube Rey Lescure | Book Review | Womens Prize Shortlist

Kier The Scrivener 2024-04-16 | River East, River West is the debut novel of Aube Rey Lescure, published in January of 2024, it is currently longlisted for the Women's Prize.

In this video, I discuss race, class, addiction and heavily talk about sexual assuslt and grooming of a minor.

Books Mentioned:
River East, River West by Aube Rey Lescure
Ducks: Two Years in The Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

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Why You Should Read War Brides | Feminist Classics | Book Review

Kier The Scrivener 2024-04-13 | Marion Craig Wentworth was a playwright, poet and suffragist, her most promient play War Brides premiered in January 1915 and went on to be one of the most successful plays of that year, being adapted into a silent movie the next year. A deeply feminist play, I try to convince you to read it.

Read War Brides:
Listen: librivox.org/one-act-play-collection-004-by-various
Read: gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14602/pg14602-images.html

autographical sources: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Craig_Wentworth

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Carol Shields Shortlist Reaction

Kier The Scrivener 2024-04-11 | The Carol Shields For Fiction is a prize that celebrates writers from Canada and the U. S.

Shortlist Announcement: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2024-shortlist

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International Booker Shortlist Reaction

Kier The Scrivener 2024-04-10 | Intetnational Booker Longlist is here! Let's discuss

Announcement Video: youtu.be/i1_D2fnmPGM?si=kMA2VtFvOOAKjeHn

Videos Mentioned:
New York Notable List: youtu.be/LmycTj6gT3U?si=SeVFbcOZzWi2bjsS
January Wrap Up (Time Shelter Review): youtu.be/8LleQZZoXLI?si=nr7DvLUhRWQIoDGc

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March Wrap Up | Womens Prize, Poetry & Comics

Kier The Scrivener 2024-04-06 | All the books I read in March.

Books Mentioned:
The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch
The Other Bennet Sister – Jane Hadlow
The Wren, The Wren – Anne Enright
Trespasses – Louise Kennedy
And Then She Fell – Alicia Elliot
Pretty Boys Are Poisonous – Megan Fox
Bright Fear – Mary Jean Chan
Bittersweet – Natasha Ramoutar
One Piece – Eiichiro Oda
Nightbloom – Peace Adzo Medie
Enter Ghost – Isabella Hammad
She Hulk – Rainbow Rowell
8 Lives of A Century Old Trickster – Mirinae Lee
The Blue Beautiful World – Karen Lord
Remember –Joy Harjo, illustrator: Michaela Goade

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March Book Haul | Classics, Poetry & Fantasy

Kier The Scrivener 2024-03-31 | It's a book haul!

Flamecaster Book Review: youtu.be/a3AejLq1HuU?si=O7qesbDOf9Vb4NL0

books mentioned:
Greek Tragedies Volume 1
The Complete Euripides
Maus Volume 1
Rapture – Carol Ann Duffy
Swann – Carol Shields
Flamecaster – Cinda Williams Chima
Shadowcaster – Cinda Williams Chima
The Demon King – Cinda Williams Chima
Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine
Gothic Short Stories

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The Womens Prize Shortlist is Here and Im Bitter

Kier The Scrivener 2024-03-27 | It's here and I have thoughts

Women's Prize Website: womensprize.com/prizes/womens-prize-for-non-fiction/#:~:text=The Women's Prize for Non,across a range of fields.

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Why I Love Shakespeare | Shakespeare Journey Tag

Kier The Scrivener 2024-03-25 | I kinda like Shakespeare, sometimes, maybe.

Creators Mentioned:
Nicole @adayofsmallthings
Kelly @booksimnotreading
Jason youtu.be/RjARSqXUWCA?si=p4MxP-EB0ptFvJgZ

Stratford Festival: stratfordfestival.ca/?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Search&utm_id=Search&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwYSwBhDcARIsAOyL0fivdrpWK1Wz7l4CU4XBO5tFPcyd28B2uJwmi3T-oyAzEdpGM9Emz38aAq--EALw_wcB

Videos:
First Stratford Experience Vlog (All's Well That Ends Well): youtu.be/x6YcBtcSN3k?si=Jd9LhPxJ8txj-FLc
Hamlet & Richard III Vlog: youtu.be/bHOvpAFHz-w?si=njFskzwiLnzD5OBi
2023 Stratford Festival Lineup: youtu.be/EfeMGkUHpwk?si=eIWIi5Y9wgCUFOiJ

Questions:

What was your first experience with Shakespeare?

Has reading a Shakespeare play ever brought you to tears?

Any people that have played a significant role?

A favourite book or film about Shakespeare?

Which character most resembles you?

Which play would you most like to see performed in a theatre?

What actor would you most like to see perform Shakespeare?

Deliver your favourite speech or soliloquy?

Do you have any Shakespeare play that intimidates you?

What tips would you give to intimidated readers?

Which is your favourite Shakespeare play?

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Best Nonfiction Books of 2023

Kier The Scrivener 2024-03-20 | My favourite nonfiction books of 2023

Books Mentioned:
Ducks: Two Years In The Oil Sands
Underground Railroad: Next Stop Toronto
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Pandora’s Jar
84 Charing Cross Road
Truth Telling
Agatha Christie: An Elusive Woman
Jane Austen At Home
The Talk
A Fatal Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum

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Do I Read The Books I Buy? February Book Haul Revisit

Kier The Scrivener 2024-03-12 | looking back on the book hauls of old

Videos Mentioned:
Passed Classics 100 Years in Solitude Liveshow: youtube.com/live/49nUakSDZBQ?si=u_-xR0W0sCdgs-uN

Books Mentioned:
Agnes Grey – Anne Bronte
Tenant of Wildfell Hall –Anne Bronte
A Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
I Know Why The Caged Birds Sing
Reading Lolita in Tehran

2019:
Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens
Pickwick Papers - Charles Dickens
Five Little Pigs - Agatha Christie
Fullmetal Alchemist
Death Note
50 Great Stories

2020:
Miss Marvel Vol 7-11 - G. Willow Wilson

2021:
Rage of Dragons - Evan Winter
The Romance of Arthur
Turtles All The Way Down - John Green

2023:
Bliss and Other Stories - Katherine Mansfield
Winesburg, Ohio - Sherwood Anderson

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February Wrap Up

Kier The Scrivener 2024-03-08 | February was full of reading slumps but I still read some really great books on the reccommendations of some really great booktubers.

depression and creativity video: youtu.be/4tFTr9g1IJA?si=Pw5TmuFHCt_FVGA4

Creators Mentioned:
Ashley @BookishRealm
Books Unbound @BooksUnbound
Leonie @TheBookLeo
Charlotte @CoynieReads
The Art Assignment @theartassignment

Favourite Art Assignment Videos:
Better Know The Starry Night: youtu.be/oz908BHg55Y?si=R-lwKZldbFqK8Lty
The Myth of The Tortured Artist: youtu.be/rv5-O-jP2i8?si=HXBwg8maaq-xodKK
The Two Fridas:
youtu.be/Vigep1nYT6o?si=Pi-Xoiut6c9PREBq
Art That Was Never Finished:
youtu.be/-VDVo9akCiQ?si=MEGwif4FYjjycJdP

Books Mentioned:
The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The God of Good Looks by Breanne Mc Ivor
The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya
Art Matters by Neil Gaiman
Love Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood
Somebody Give This Heart A Pen by Sophia Thakur
Wearing My Mother's Heart by Sophia Thakur
You Are An Artist by Sarah Urist Green

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Womens Prize for Fiction Longlist Reaction

Kier The Scrivener 2024-03-06 | The Book Prize Season is open! We have the Women's Prize for Fiction and it is an absolute delight!

Women's Prize Website: womensprize.com/prizes/womens-prize-for-fiction

Announcement Video: youtu.be/OUcG2Ok_kKU?si=0rautAcfovN0xheh

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February Book Haul 📚

Kier The Scrivener 2024-02-28 | All the books I bought/received in February 2024

Creators Mentioned:
Greg (Supposedly Fun): Fanny Herself Review youtu.be/SIxum56nUBM?si=wsd7ZFCGJMou9rxJ

Books Mentioned:

Nightcrawling –Leila Mottley
The Velveteen Rabbit – Margery Williams
Turn My Mourning Into Dancing – Henri Nouwen
The Raven Boys – Maggie Stiefvater
So Big – Edna Ferber
Fanny Herself – Edna Ferber

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Creativity and Depression | lets talk about consistency, poetry, and book recs

Kier The Scrivener 2024-02-16 | What's the best way to get some hope? Books, poems and more books.

Books Mentioned:
The Anthropocene Reviewed
Anne of Green Gables
The Blue Castle
The Lottery and Other Stories
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
The Raven Boys
Nevermoor
An Ember In The Ashes
The Demon King
The God of Good Looks
My Dark Vanessa
Beartown

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January Wrap Up

Kier The Scrivener 2024-02-08 | My January Wrap Up ☕️📚

Videos Mentioned:
Classics To Read in 2024:
Circe Review: youtu.be/gPXy5zkjibM?si=a-BEKkld6OrPXG2G
Song of Achilles Reading Vlog: youtu.be/q2NS6T1FiQs?si=5jmH1HCGUw7tJbrZ

Maintenance Phase: open.spotify.com/show/3rDR8CfpIEMpITG2UC3w5W?si=xuzGJGMTQ-2Yjyxse3xMpA
Morgan Harper Nicols Instagram: instagram.com/morganharpernichols?igsh=NWp5MDhnMWhmbmpl

Books Mentioned:
Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope
Shirley by Charlotte Bronte
Galatea by Madeline Miller
Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
Lovely War by Julie Berry
Foul Heart Huntsman by Chloe Gong
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong
You Just Need To Lose Weight by Aubrey Gordon
How Far You've Come by Morgan Harper Nichols
Local Man by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs
Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov
There Was A Party For Langston by Jason Reynolds

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February TBR 📚 Books I Want To Read Soon ☕️

Kier The Scrivener 2024-02-04 | The books I hope to read in February 📚☕️

Creators Mentioned:

Casually Comics: @CasuallyComics
She Hulk: youtu.be/l-C5-aCFy2A?si=0IKezF6o3SCun3we

WithCindy: @withcindy
2023 In Review: youtu.be/-PBNCBtLXPs?si=V2biDMRvj4hX1dSF

Books Mentioned:
Emily of New Moon
Poor Things — Alasdair Gray
The Eustace Diamonds
The Other History of The DC Universe
She Hulk Vol 1 & 2
Redemptor – Jordan Ifueko
Tremor – Teju Cole
Remember Us – Jacqueline Woodson
The Man in The Brown Suit –Agatha Christie
Eastbound — Maylis de Kerangal
Western Lane — Chetna Maroo
Clap When You Land – Elizabeth Acevedo
The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts
The Wren, The Wren – Anne Enright
Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear

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Do I Read The Books I Buy? | January Book Haul Revisit

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-30 | Creators Mentioned:
Greg (Supposedly Fun): youtube.com/@SupposedlyFun?si=aCG-cVRilFd-wCM-
Cara (Wilde Book Garden): youtube.com/@WildeBookGarden?si=xoz5GAIsrmbQ6DK4

Books Mentioned:

The Gray Wolf Throne– Cinda Williams Chima
Women In Classic Literature Anthology
The Awakening - Kate Chopin
Walden - Henry David Thoreau
Mere Christianity - C. S. Lewis
Four Loves - C. S. Lewis
Fathers and Sons - Ivan Turgenev
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White
Sherwood - Megan Spooner
A Face Like Glass - Frances Hardinge
Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson
The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
Wild Beauty - Anna Marie McLemore
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas - Machado de Assisi
Aphra Behn Plays
In The Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
The Vegetarian - Han Kang
Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado
Bodymap - Leah Lakschmi Samarasinha

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January Book Haul ☕️📖

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-27 | The books I bought in January ☕️📖

book haul:

The Office of Historical Corrections
Disappearing Moon Cafe
Incidents in the Rue Laugier – Anita Brookner
The Scarlet Letter
A Grief Observed – C. S. Lewis
Underpainter– Jane Urquhart
Severance – Ling Ma
Three Plays– Anton Chekhov

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Worst Books of 2023 | The Bad, The Mediocre, The Problematic

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-24 | The worst and most disappointing books of 2023.

Videos Mentioned:
Jane Austen July Vlog: youtu.be/sOBsArn9qNc?si=j6c5BjviBBNaoWWB

Walden Reading Vlog: youtu.be/kgQlOWcR6QA?si=9VB90fymANoy6-mt

Demon Copperhead Review: youtu.be/DW3hq7eObUE?si=UNuD6d_G5JWN44MT

Dog of The North Vlog: youtu.be/ED4JeCY1lXs?si=aSO3bFw2yMROAvmi

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Book Haul | Classics, Poetry, Short Stories

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-20 | The books I bought in November and December in 2023.

Videos Mentioned:
Jen Campbell: youtube.com/@jenvcampbell?si=UtEdLzBQPHS1TaJU

Classics I Want To Read in 2024: youtu.be/ecklT7K0mD4?si=REr34oNuhMZdvEpu
Worst Books of 2023 (upcoming)

Books Mentioned:
Hungry Hill - Daphne du Maurier
The House on The Strand - Daphne du Maurier
My Cousin Rachel - Daphne du Maurier
Cinder - Marissa Meyer
Sonnets From The Portuguese - Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit - Jen Campbell
The Waste Land – T. S. Eliot
Italian Short Stories
Anne of Avonlea - L. M. Montgomery

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My Favourite Middle Grade and Childrens Books | 2023

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-18 | This year I am dividing my favourites into four categories: classics, nonfiction, children's/middle grade and '21st century fiction' (literary fiction, fantasy, historical fiction). This is my children's and midfle grade list ☺️

Books Mentioned:
Little Women
Frizzy
Inheritance
Harbour Me
The Light Princess
The Little Book of Brontës
How The Grinch Stole Christmas
The Lorax
The Foot Book
Starfish
Yes We Can: Asian Americans Who Shaped This Country (Kelly Yang)
Something, Someday (Amanda Gormam)
Velveteen Rabbit

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Classics I Want to Read in 2024

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-13 | Videos Mentioned:
My Favourite Classics of 2023: youtu.be/jLLANUJTBMk?si=2GJsNTZcPz-hG6vR
I Interview Ruth Marie Paterson: youtube.com/watch?v=X9l2vvr9lss&t=1054s

Books Mentioned:
Phineas Finn
Eustace Diamonds
Hedda Gabler
The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas
Great Expectations/ Bleak House (Dickens)
An Agatha Christie (Brown Suit)
Childhood, Youth & Dependency
The Woodlanders/ Return of The Native
An Atwood (Dancing Girls/Handmaid’s)
Parable of The Sower
Four Feathers (Mason, 1902)
The Longest Journey / Passage To India
The Invisible Man (Ellison)
Death Comes For The Archbishop
The Trial–Franz Kafka
Tempest Tost (1951), Canadian
A Man of Property – John Galsworthy
The Waste Land
Daphne du Maurier
Shirley / Bronte
Wives and Daughters
The Secret Garden
The House of Mirth
An L. M. Montgomery (Emily)

2024 Big Books:
Phineas Finn (752)
Bleak House (1071)
Invisible Man (581)
War and Peace (1392)
The Portrait of A Lady (797)
Shirley (624)
Les Misérables (1463)

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2024 READING GOALS

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-11 | My dreams, hopes and plans for 2024 🗒📚✔️

Monthly Checklist:
A Canadian Book
A 20th Century Classic
A Pre 1900s Classic
Poetry, Play or Short Story Collection
A Graphic Novel or SFF Novel
A Young Adult/Middle Grade Book
A Nonfiction Book
An Owned Book

100 Books for The Year:
25 Classics (three international classics)
20 Canadian Novels
10 Nonfiction
5 Middle Grade Novels
5 Picture Books
3 Translated Fiction
10 Graphic Novels
5 Science Fiction
5 Fantasy
3 Plays
5 Poetry Collection
4 Books Published Before 1800

Participate in Giller, Carol Shields, Booker and Women’s
Finish 100 Years in Books (20th Century)
Read A Book From 6 Continents

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My Favourite Classics of 2023

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-06 | My favourite classics read in 2023

Books Mentioned:
Metamorphosis
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
North and South
Whose Names Are Unknown
New Grub Street
Can You Forgive Her?
A Room With A View
The Small House At Allington
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
The Forbidden Notebook
Oliver Twist
A Christmas Carol
The Light Princess
Doctor Thorne
Mary Barton
A Woman of No Importance

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#bestbooks #classics #endoftheyear

Best Books of 2023

Kier The Scrivener 2024-01-04 | My favourite books of 2023 excluding classics, nonfiction and childrens which will be their own lists.

Videos Mentioned:
The Swimmers Book Review: youtu.be/PSNn0Fkt_So?si=7QBtlJ_ZXrQ4gDP9
Wandering Souls/Stone Blind Reading Vlog: youtu.be/ED4JeCY1lXs?si=1kFEAOnE80m2MLEg
When Were Sisters Wins The Carol Shields Prize: youtu.be/HVm7WtItl40?si=9zqlKZyLswBaypQ4

Books Mentioned:
Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
The Other Bennet Sister by Jane Hadlow
The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Mysteries of Thorn Manor by Margaret Rogerson
The River of Silver by S. A. Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by S. A. Chakraborty
Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes
Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes
When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Ashgar
The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin

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Most Anticipated Books of 2024

Kier The Scrivener 2023-12-23 | The 2024 Releases I am most excited for.

Divine Might – Natalie Haymes (January 2)

Mislaid in Parts Unknown–Seanan McGuire (January 9th)

Martyr!– Kaveh Akbar (January 23)

Projections– S. E. Porter (February 13)

Anita de Monte Laughs The Last–Xochitl Gonzalez (March 5th)

The Great Divide — Cristina Henriquez (March 5)

James – Percival Elliot (March 19)

Song of The Huntress–Lucy Holland (March 21st)

There’s Always This Year – Hanif Abdurraqib (March 26)

Heavenly Tyrant—Xiran Jay Zhao (April 29)

Mirrored Heavens — Rebecca Roanhorse (June 4, 2024)

Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow-Jessica Townsend(September 10)

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Weekly Reads | Knocking off Big Victorian Classics ☕️

Kier The Scrivener 2023-12-18 | Weekly Reads ☕️📚

books mentioned:
Can You Forgive Her?
New Grub Street
Garlic and The Vampire
Nevermoor
You Are Eating An Orange
Family Lore

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Music: For When It Rains
Musician: Juan_Sanchez_Music
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Weekly Reads | Classics, Favourite Authors and Gothic Fiction

Kier The Scrivener 2023-12-11 | All the books I read this week

Creators Mentioned:
Katie @katiejlumsden
Christmas Carol Stave I: youtu.be/qC6PKhjDK94?si=og9_fy3OD2lXXP3P

Greg @SupposedlyFun
The Talk (Friday Reads): youtu.be/J9p6GCmti0g?si=jganK3tdfDw7RbCg

Books Mentioned:
A Christmas Carol
The Talk – Darrin Bell
The Last Tale of The Flower Bride
The Buddha In The Attic
If I Come Softly
The Return of The Soldier
Jane and Prudence
Excellent Women
Eating An Orange.
The Edible Woman
How Far You Have Come
Can Your Forgive Her?
Night On The Living Rez
Garlic and The Vampire

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Victober Reading Vlog | Gaskell, Trollope and Wilde

Kier The Scrivener 2023-12-08 | A long chatty Victober Vlog

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100 Notable Books – New York Times Best Books

Kier The Scrivener 2023-12-04 | The End of The Year book lists and best of the bests are out. What have we read? What have we not? what do we want to read? What do we want to avoid?

The List: google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=nytimes.com/article/best-books.html&ved=2ahUKEwia_Yq2mfWCAxUPm2oFHbhlCmcQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw2KAzq723_mwNgtLYbEhy4r

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Books To Read Before The End Of The Year | December TBR

Kier The Scrivener 2023-12-02 | Somehow December is already here, so let's read some books before the end of year.

Books Mentioned:
A Fatal Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Bartleby, The Scrivener
The Little Books of Little Brontës
Gothic Tales
The Last Tale of The Flower Bride
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
Creature
Can You Forgive Her?
Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit
North Woods
The Talk
The Return of The Soldier
Family Lore
Foul Heart Huntsman
The Watsons
The Heart Is Lonely Hunter
How Far You'ce Come
Mere Christianity

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Booker Prize Final Thoughts & Predictions 🏆

Kier The Scrivener 2023-11-25 | The Booker Prize is almost here, so let's talk about my final thoughts and predictions.

Booker Prize Page: thebookerprizes.com

Giller Prize Reviews and Predictions: youtu.be/quQUb59aQq8?si=pyX05WQC21elhGiG
Giller Prize Winner Reaction: youtu.be/lIzP-dTEeWY?si=JhNVicX4MYpfjgqO

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