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I promised that during the next snowfall, I would reread Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton—a book I read when I was seventeen years old and have hated for nearly forty years. Five inches of snow and an evening devoted to reading gave me a chance to revise my opinion. Did I change my mind? Well…
Book discussed: Edith Wharton’s ETHAN FROME
Booktuber mentioned: @Shellyish
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I promised that during the next snowfall, I would reread Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton—a book I read when I was seventeen years old and have hated for nearly forty years. Five inches of snow and an evening devoted to reading gave me a chance to revise my opinion. Did I change my mind? Well…
Book discussed: Edith Wharton’s ETHAN FROME
Booktuber mentioned: @Shellyish
SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL:
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Kofi tip jar: ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Or use the Super Thanks button right under each YouTube video
READ MY BOOK:
Unspeakable amzn.to/47HdMh7
FIND ME ELSEWHERE:
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Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
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![The IN or OUT Book Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PJYjvVosxu0/hqdefault.jpg "The IN or OUT Book Tag [CC]
In which I celebrate Tag Tuesday by answering the questions put together by Rick MacDonnell in his original In or Out Tag.
Original tag by @RickMacDonnell
https://youtu.be/Yv8NmNelKm0
I tag these great channels:
@WildeBookGarden
Larry Has Opinions
https://www.youtube.com/c/LarryHasOpinions
MsReads a Lot
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnhAfq9Y2HXxuRWYMXI65Xw
AJ Dunn Reads and Writes
https://www.youtube.com/c/ajdunnreadsandwrites
Hufflepuff Discovery
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSbyQz-7rEMmvC2ZEhU78uw
Aaron Facer
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkdTobDqTyibxtImtdAPDXQ
Prompts:
1. Reading the Last Page First
2. Enemies to Lovers
3. Dream Sequences
4. Love Triangles
5. Cracked Spines
6. Back to My Small Town
7. Monsters Are Regular People
8. No Paragraph Breaks
9. Multi-Generational Sagas
10. Re-Reading
11. Artificial Intelligence
12. Drop Caps
13. Happy Endings
14. Plot Points that Only Converge at the End
15. Detailed Magic Systems
16. Classic Fantasy Races
17. Unreliable Narrators
18. Evil Protagonists
19. The Chosen One
20. When the Protagonist Dies
21. Really Long Chapters
22. French Flaps
23. Deckled Edges
24. Signed Copies by the Author
25. Dog-Earing Pages
26. Chapter Titles Instead of Numbers
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![Jane Austen at Home…in the US South? #JaneAustenJuly #FaulknerinAugust [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Pr89Uth__tg/hqdefault.jpg "Jane Austen at Home…in the US South? #JaneAustenJuly #FaulknerinAugust [CC]
In which I mourn the end of Jane Austen July and celebrate the beginning of Faulkner in August by answering Tilly’s excellent tag questions.
The Jane Austen at Home Tag was created by Tilly at Tillys Shelf
https://youtu.be/TEh_fKA6dc0
More Tilly:
The first in the On the Victorians series: https://youtu.be/Yr911r1OXp0
A Highbury Reading Project: https://youtu.be/-TZ-BkOn8z0
I was tagged by @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
https://youtu.be/J2z1dJJfOAI
My performance of “Why I Live at the PO”:
https://youtu.be/bZmb4hEnGV4
Booktubers mentioned:
Greg @SupposedlyFun
(and very briefly Brian @BookishTexan
and Alan at Big Hard Books and Classics)
#JaneAustenJuly2021
#FaulknerinAugust2021
Books and Authors (all of whom are white southerners):
Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
Tobacco Road by Erskine Caldwell
“Why I Live at the P.O.” by Eudora Welty
Delta Wedding by Eudora Welty
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Flannery O’Connor
The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron
(Nicely paired with William Styrons Nat Turner: Ten Black Writers Respond)
Scarlet Sister Mary by Julia Peterkin
Sanctuary by William Faulkner
Prompts:
Start by tagging someone who is participating in Jane Austen July!
1. Mansfield Park: “The grandeur of the house astonished, but could not console her.” – Name a grand book (that may or may not have been difficult to read!)
2. Barton Cottage: “In comparison of Norland, it was poor and small indeed!” Name a book about a household in difficult circumstances.
3. Hartfield: “I believe few married women are half as much mistress of their husband’s house as I am of Hartfield.” – Name a book that you feel entirely the mistress (or master) of.
4. Fullerton: “Now, there was nothing so charming to her imagination as the unpretending comfort of a well-connected parsonage, something like Fullerton.” Name a book containing a contented family.
5. Rosings Park: “He declared he might almost have supposed himself in the small summer breakfast parlour at Rosings; a comparison that did not at first convey much gratification.” Name a book that other books are constantly being compared to.
6. HMS Sloop the Asp: “Quite worn out and broken up. I was the last man who commanded her.” Show us a book that is looking the worse for wear.
7. Northanger Abbey: “An abbey! Yes, it was delightful to be really in an abbey! But she doubted, as she looked round the room, whether anything within her observation would have given her the consciousness.” Name a book that wasn’t as creepy or dramatic as you thought it would be.
8. Portsmouth: “The smallness of the house and thinness of the walls brought everything so close to her, that, added to the fatigue of her journey, and all her recent agitation, she hardly knew how to bear it.” Name a book that disappointed you when you revisited it.
9. Kellynch Hall: “Principal seat: Kellynch Hall, in the county of Somerset.” Name a book from your “ancestral home.”
10. Pemberley: “They had now entered a beautiful walk by the side of the water, and every step was bringing forward a nobler fall of ground.” Name a book that you are ready to dive into. Bonus question: Which of these households would you most like to live in?
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![#Victober Week Two [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QQbC165PWp0/hqdefault.jpg "#Victober Week Two [CC]
In which I discuss what I’ve been reading and thinking about during the second week of Victober. #Victober2021
***WHAT I AM DRINKING:
Harney and Sons https://www.harney.com/
I am drinking the blend NEW ENGLAND BREAKFAST out of a favorite handmade mug.
This special Victober segment in inspired by Catherine @takingteawithcatherine
***WHAT I AM READING:
THE TIME MACHINE and other work by HG Wells
DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope
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![The Bar and the Bookcase Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RmuaBAL8Knk/hqdefault.jpg "The Bar and the Bookcase Tag [CC]
In which I celebrate Tag Wednesday by considering classic combinations of beautiful cocktails and delicious books.
Original tag created by Jaylen @TheBarandtheBookcase
https://youtu.be/x_Pt-JK77IE
I was tagged by Sina at Beating Around the Books
https://youtu.be/gF1rz1Ojjto
Prompts:
Old Fashioned: Historical Fiction
Sidecar: Book with a strong supporting character
Manhattan: Book set in NY
Bloody Mary: Book that scared you/messed you up
Espresso Martini: Book that kept you reading into the night
Sazerac: Book that left you disoriented
Long Island Iced Tea: Book that is doing TOO MUCH
Negroni: Book with a love triangle
Bay Breeze: Book with light, chill/heartwarming vibes
Dark and Stormy: Book that’s dark, thrilling, and menacing
Martini: Classic book
Books, Authors, and Films Mentioned:
The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne
Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Lillian Boxcar Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Life She Wished to Live: A Biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings by Ann McCutchan
Red Comet: The Short Life and the Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
Charlotte Bronte
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Barbara Pym: A Critical Biography by Anne Wyatt-Brown
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne
Jonathan Bate
Impostures by al-Hariri and translated by Michael Cooperson
The Ballad of the Sad Café by Carson McCullers
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
The Outermost House by Henry Beston
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Young Frankenstein (film)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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![The Ratings and Reviews Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S8dDjdW5UTc/hqdefault.jpg "The Ratings and Reviews Tag [CC]
In which I celebrate the eighth night of Hanukkah (and Hannah’s Book-ukkah) by responding to the brand-new Ratings and Reviews Tag, created by Scott and Nelle at Gunpowder, Fiction and Plot.
Tag created by @GunpowderFictionPlot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuynyN67WI4&t=3s
This tag was based on a fantastic discussion they posted last week, featuring many of my favorite booktubers. I was honored to be able to participate.
Original discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIRew-qVOg
I tag:
@saintdonoghue
Brian @BookishTexan
Jen @RememberedReads
Amy @Amysdustybookshelf
@jenniferbrooks
Lukas @acruelreadersthesis5868
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 average 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?
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