Uploaded June 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Original tag by Jennie Johnston:
youtu.be/7bniAP2-bPs
I was tagged by Shawn the Book Maniac:
youtu.be/jD5eMByRwiA
Amplify Tag Prompts:
1. Select an essay, poem, novel excerpt or speech by a person of colour or from a marginalized voice
2. Tell us about the author/s
3. Tell us why you chose this piece
4. Read the piece.
5. Tag some white Booktubers
(All are welcome to do this tag.)
Books mentioned:
Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
2018
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
by James Daschuk
I tag:
Anyone who opened this description box and would like to amplify the voice of a black creator.
(Video #314)
Original tag by Jennie Johnston:
youtu.be/7bniAP2-bPs
I was tagged by Shawn the Book Maniac:
youtu.be/jD5eMByRwiA
Amplify Tag Prompts:
1. Select an essay, poem, novel excerpt or speech by a person of colour or from a marginalized voice
2. Tell us about the author/s
3. Tell us why you chose this piece
4. Read the piece.
5. Tag some white Booktubers
(All are welcome to do this tag.)
Books mentioned:
Washington Black
by Esi Edugyan
2018
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
by James Daschuk
I tag:
Anyone who opened this description box and would like to amplify the voice of a black creator.
(Video #314)










![waffle # 3
more waffling... and I didnt even get into feeling bad for publishing negative reviews, but at the same time needing to talk about books I didnt get along with.
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Steve Donoghues Video Response: Is WANTING a Writing Career Enough?
https://youtu.be/C3o7HLAHYvM
which responds to Cam Wolfs video is WANTING a writing career enough?? Discussion:
https://youtu.be/tEpyEaA77bo
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March of the Mammoths is a reading challenge hosted by Jason @Old Blues Chapter and Verse , Lukas @A Cruel Readers Thesis and Alex @bigalbooks. Read 800+ page books in the month, as many as you want! Or, like me and Jason, START reading a mammoth and finish later in the year.
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Book mentioned:
A Place of Greater Safety
Hilary Mantel
1992
872 pages
Black Leopard, Red Wolf
(The Dark Star Trilogy #1)
Marlon James
2019
640 pages
24hrs and some minutes long, with an amazing narrator, who sings the songs!
I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isnt a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions Ive had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text.
[I might also add that Im trying to disrupt the addictive/damaging feedback loop of positive/negative reinforcement that large social media companies building into their platforms.]
Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
https://youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
(Video 479) waffle # 3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JRbopJ69G6s/mqdefault.jpg)