Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
My good friend Pat created this original tag in celebration of reaching 2000 subscribers on YouTube! Let's celebrate!
Pat's video @BookChatWithPat8668
youtube.com/watch?v=S66WU5BhEsA
and her video about The Catcher in the Rye
youtube.com/watch?v=L2uNpBXLHJ0
The Prompts
JOY
“Let’s be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”--Marcel Proust
1. Name an author whose books bring you joy, or discuss a specific book that made you feel joyful.
2. Discuss something about booktube that you find joyful.
FRIENDSHIP
“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”-- L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables.
3. Discuss a book that focuses primarily on friendship.
LAUGHTER
“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”--Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
4. Discuss an author or a specific book that makes you laugh.
COMMUNITY
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.-–Herman Melville.
5. Discuss a book where the idea of community is important
6. Discuss a communal reading experience that you have had.
GRATITUDE
“I can no other answer make, but thanks, and thanks.” –William Shakespeare, Twelfth
Night.
7. Name a book in which a character demonstrates real gratitude, or name a book that left you feeling a sense of gratitude.
AND FINALLY,
8. Tag others to spread a sense of joy and gratitude.
Books Mentioned:
Still Life by Sarah Winman
The Stromness Dinner by Peter Benson
The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle by Matt Cain
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
All Yours by Claudia Pineiro
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
My good friend Pat created this original tag in celebration of reaching 2000 subscribers on YouTube! Let's celebrate!
Pat's video @BookChatWithPat8668
youtube.com/watch?v=S66WU5BhEsA
and her video about The Catcher in the Rye
youtube.com/watch?v=L2uNpBXLHJ0
The Prompts
JOY
“Let’s be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”--Marcel Proust
1. Name an author whose books bring you joy, or discuss a specific book that made you feel joyful.
2. Discuss something about booktube that you find joyful.
FRIENDSHIP
“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It’s splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”-- L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables.
3. Discuss a book that focuses primarily on friendship.
LAUGHTER
“There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”--Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
4. Discuss an author or a specific book that makes you laugh.
COMMUNITY
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.-–Herman Melville.
5. Discuss a book where the idea of community is important
6. Discuss a communal reading experience that you have had.
GRATITUDE
“I can no other answer make, but thanks, and thanks.” –William Shakespeare, Twelfth
Night.
7. Name a book in which a character demonstrates real gratitude, or name a book that left you feeling a sense of gratitude.
AND FINALLY,
8. Tag others to spread a sense of joy and gratitude.
Books Mentioned:
Still Life by Sarah Winman
The Stromness Dinner by Peter Benson
The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle by Matt Cain
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession
Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
All Yours by Claudia Pineiro
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
