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**A few resources on Palestine and how you can help**
*Donate - https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/general
https://www.unrwausa.org/donate
*U.S. viewers, contact your representatives and demand a permanent ceasefire!
https://twitter.com/WildeBookGarden/status/1724881064949321825
*St. Martins Press boycott info - https://prismreports.org/2024/01/18/bipoc-book-creators-boycott-st-martins-press/
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/speak-up-st-martins-press
https://r4a.carrd.co/#
*News + updates - https://www.instagram.com/letstalkpalestine/
*Help Palestinian refugees: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/mxriyums_palestine_emergency_appeal?src=969461#!/
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/israel-palestine-crisis-relief-fund/
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Mentioned:
Shatterglass liveshow with @BeautifullyBookishBethany : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p26FsSXf_SA
The Blue Castle liveshow with @PageScreenTaylor @ShakespeareandSuch : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYyBW_QTQn8
Mary Margaret @246roxychic
Content Warnings:
Shatterglass: Murder, violence, grief, poverty
Lone Women: Murder, violence, grief, attempted lynching, fire
The Blue Castle: Depression, emotional neglect and abuse, alcoholism, grief, loss of child, period racial language
A Timeless Christmas: Grief
The Girl with the Dragon Heart: Grief / loss of parents
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: Fatphobia")
![April 2023 Releases [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5p7e1DoExlE/hqdefault.jpg "April 2023 Releases [CC]
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Editing this one was WAY faster thanks to grouping book covers! How did it work for yall?
2023 Anticipated Releases playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_jeZ_Fe1syXHP_g_Fe3yFfiw8yUS7RH
Mentioned:
Michelle @ThorWantsAnotherLetter")
![July 2022 Wrap Up Part 2 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6-ky_rI-jMI/hqdefault.jpg "July 2022 Wrap Up Part 2 [CC]
*Show up for reproductive justice: includes info, donation links, ways to help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WUqUomhhzf1Weub1O-o1-l_R9r_QTxJ9lFkEuPUulqo/edit
https://donations4abortion.com/
Info: https://twitter.com/bittergertrude/status/1540395097430163456
https://twitter.com/AbortionStories/status/1521859869485277184
What to do now: https://twitter.com/laurenarankin/status/1540337557690470400
Donate: https://abortionfunds.org/
*To support families of Uvalde victims: https://gofund.me/bda1a77d
*Donate to Buffalo-based orgs to ensure support gets to families: https://linktr.ee/voicebuffalo
*Contact your senator and tell them you want them to vote to pass H.R. 8 **TODAY** to require universal background checks (this has been passed by the House and needs Republican Senate votes to pass): https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/general/one_item_and_teasers/file_not_found.htm
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Help Amrita fight cancer and COVID-19: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-amrita-fight-cancer
*Help keep Lily and her family housed! https://gofund.me/9b1456a6
*Floods in Malaysia: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/malaysia-flood-relief-fund/donate/
*Philippines relief: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/super-typhoon-rai-odette-relief-fund/
*Help Shamar rebuild after BLM arrest: https://gofund.me/7ed6857c
*Vaccine equity is critical! https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1475838044318183425
Donate here: https://give.texaschildrens.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20114a?3565.donation=form1&idb=1306804834&DONATION_LEVEL_ID_SELECTED=1&df_id=3565&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=0B687312276772060E92ABE9E0D431FB&3565.donation=root
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
*Info on occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine: https://twitter.com/ctrlzahra/status/1390630200019496964
Basic overview: https://twitter.com/honeyjarhajar/status/1393599507615698944
https://twitter.com/fadelmoghrabi/status/1390802620776861706
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement, which works to end international support for Israels oppression of Palestinians: https://bdsmovement.net/
Donation links: https://buildpalestine.com/2021/05/15/trusted-organizations-to-donate-to-palestine/
***
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTVLLqe1f2o
People Mentioned:
Hana @ LinhHermione / ballgownsandbooks: https://linhhermione.wordpress.com/
Julia @ShakespeareandSuch
Mary Margaret @246roxychic
Videos/Links Mentioned:
Hanas review of Half a Soul: https://linhhermione.wordpress.com/2022/06/21/half-a-soul-review/
Content Warnings:
It Happened at the Ball:
-Just Another Quiet Night at Almacks: Smoking, sexual harassment
-Homeworld Stranger: Misogyny
-Kerygma in Waltz Time: Ableism, references to WWII, Holocaust, child neglect, antisemitism
-Dancing Banglers: Colonialism, references to: human trafficking, sex abuse of child
-A Plague of Dancers: Grief, plague
-A Borrowed Heart: Prostitution, dubious consent
-The Gown of Harmonies: Ableism
-A Waltz for May: Slavery, sexual harassment
-Sherbet on Silver: Attempted murder
-Lily and Crown: Violence, grief
A Spy in the House: Grief, xenophobia, colonialism, misogyny, murder, death of child, racism, Orientalism, references to slavery
The Eternity Code Graphic Novel: Grief, guns, hospitalization, violence, murder
Goldmayne: Physical abuse, animal abuse / beating, grief, verbal abuse
The Smoke-Scented Girl: Grief, fire, death by burning, suicidal thoughts / actions, murder, war
Half a Soul: Grief, workhouses, poverty, illness, emotional abuse, child labor, ableism
Rose in Bloom: Grief, alcoholism, loss of child, racism, xenophobia, sexism, misogyny, kissing cousins trope
Unsettled: Dementia, xenophobia, Islamophobia, miscarriage, bullying, violence, references to: terrorist attacks, domestic violence")
![🎉 A Very, VERY Late Birthday Book Haul || BookTube Birthday Week Day 6 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/63Hi9Epv0To/hqdefault.jpg "🎉 A Very, VERY Late Birthday Book Haul || BookTube Birthday Week Day 6 [CC]
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Show up for reproductive justice: includes info, donation links, ways to help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WUqUomhhzf1Weub1O-o1-l_R9r_QTxJ9lFkEuPUulqo/edit
https://donations4abortion.com/
Info: https://twitter.com/bittergertrude/status/1540395097430163456
https://twitter.com/AbortionStories/status/1521859869485277184
What to do now: https://twitter.com/laurenarankin/status/1540337557690470400
Donate: https://abortionfunds.org/
*Donate to Buffalo-based orgs to ensure support gets to families: https://linktr.ee/voicebuffalo
*Contact your senator and tell them you want them to vote to pass H.R. 8 **TODAY** to require universal background checks (this has been passed by the House and needs Republican Senate votes to pass): https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/general/one_item_and_teasers/file_not_found.htm
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Help Amrita fight cancer and COVID-19: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-amrita-fight-cancer
*Help keep Lily and her family housed! https://gofund.me/9b1456a6
*Vaccine equity is critical! https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1475838044318183425
Donate here: https://give.texaschildrens.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20114a?3565.donation=form1&idb=1306804834&DONATION_LEVEL_ID_SELECTED=1&df_id=3565&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=0B687312276772060E92ABE9E0D431FB&3565.donation=root
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
*Info on occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine: https://twitter.com/ctrlzahra/status/1390630200019496964
Basic overview: https://twitter.com/honeyjarhajar/status/1393599507615698944
https://twitter.com/fadelmoghrabi/status/1390802620776861706
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement, which works to end international support for Israels oppression of Palestinians: https://bdsmovement.net/
Donation links: https://buildpalestine.com/2021/05/15/trusted-organizations-to-donate-to-palestine/
***
Charities:
(Pakistan Flood): https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
(Jackson Water Crisis): https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
(Hurricane Ian) https://secure.americares.org/site/Donation2?27487.donation=form1&df_id=27487&utm_source=DI23I8U4&utm_medium=web&_ga=2.32907960.784062505.1666336433-1173361914.1666336431
BookTube Birthday Week Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_jeZ_Fe1szk_Mi_MS-n52nfsq4QweDJ
Mentioned:
Cozy Reader Kelly: https://www.youtube.com/c/CozyReaderKelly
Hana https://linhhermione.wordpress.com/
Huck @ Badger Reads: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHfRmajtz0dxtd4u2Hkr4ig
Yvette @ BookCave: https://www.youtube.com/c/BookCave
Kier the Scrivener: https://www.youtube.com/c/KierTheScrivener
Olivias Catastrophe: https://www.youtube.com/c/OliviasCatastrophe
Julia @ Shakespeare and Such: https://www.youtube.com/c/ShakespeareandSuch
Mariana Mas Books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jnM2d7-qxf8YjV2QwmYNA
Mary Margaret @ M.M.s Musings: https://www.youtube.com/user/246roxychic
Katie @ ASeaofTomes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Lj4hN3BmEZVaJ14_JQJng
Shops/Items:
https://doodlesandchibistore.myshopify.com/
Cant find the wax melt link! :/
https://mythologiecandles.com/
video/meme: https://twitter.com/itsmargarethall/status/1510648320762519562
art: https://www.etsy.com/listing/932755291/wicked-witch-of-the-east-bro-print?click_key=23e9459f1f0b0fa243aeb5da8e36d44bfaf5c66b%3A932755291&click_sum=a22c7df0&ref=shop_home_active_1&crt=1")
![November 2022 Wrap Up Part 3 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/69RxvcNrME0/hqdefault.jpg "November 2022 Wrap Up Part 3 [CC]
*Harper Collins Strike info: https://linktr.ee/hcpunion
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Show up for reproductive justice: includes info, donation links, ways to help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WUqUomhhzf1Weub1O-o1-l_R9r_QTxJ9lFkEuPUulqo/edit
https://donations4abortion.com/
Info: https://twitter.com/bittergertrude/status/1540395097430163456
https://twitter.com/AbortionStories/status/1521859869485277184
What to do now: https://twitter.com/laurenarankin/status/1540337557690470400
Donate: https://abortionfunds.org/
*Donate to Buffalo-based orgs to ensure support gets to families: https://linktr.ee/voicebuffalo
*Contact your senator and tell them you want them to vote to pass H.R. 8 **TODAY** to require universal background checks (this has been passed by the House and needs Republican Senate votes to pass): https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/general/one_item_and_teasers/file_not_found.htm
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Help Amrita fight cancer and COVID-19: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-amrita-fight-cancer
*Help keep Lily and her family housed! https://gofund.me/9b1456a6
*Vaccine equity is critical! https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1475838044318183425
Donate here: https://give.texaschildrens.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20114a?3565.donation=form1&idb=1306804834&DONATION_LEVEL_ID_SELECTED=1&df_id=3565&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=0B687312276772060E92ABE9E0D431FB&3565.donation=root
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
*Info on occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine: https://twitter.com/ctrlzahra/status/1390630200019496964
Basic overview: https://twitter.com/honeyjarhajar/status/1393599507615698944
https://twitter.com/fadelmoghrabi/status/1390802620776861706
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement, which works to end international support for Israels oppression of Palestinians: https://bdsmovement.net/
Donation links: https://buildpalestine.com/2021/05/15/trusted-organizations-to-donate-to-palestine/
***
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJp2aKzGjeo
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY5aAUaQblc&
Mentioned:
Olivia-Savannah @OliviasCatastrophe
Content Warnings:
The Magic Fish: Homophobia, religious abuse, war, violence, cannibalism, murder, grief, PTSD
Tigerlilja: Grief, violence, war
Ariadne: Grief, suicide, violence, animal sacrifice, death of children, misogyny
The Birchbark House: Grief, illness, loss of child, references to: forced relocation, racism
White Rose: Grief, WWII, Holocaust, execution, war, antisemitism
Jazz Owls: Racism, violence, police brutality, hate crimes, beatings")
![December 2022 Wrap Up Part 2 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6FgWoLOSenY/hqdefault.jpg "December 2022 Wrap Up Part 2 [CC]
*Harper Collins Strike: https://linktr.ee/hcpunion
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Show up for reproductive justice: includes info, donation links, ways to help: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WUqUomhhzf1Weub1O-o1-l_R9r_QTxJ9lFkEuPUulqo/edit
https://donations4abortion.com/
Info: https://twitter.com/bittergertrude/status/1540395097430163456
https://twitter.com/AbortionStories/status/1521859869485277184
What to do now: https://twitter.com/laurenarankin/status/1540337557690470400
Donate: https://abortionfunds.org/
*Donate to Buffalo-based orgs to ensure support gets to families: https://linktr.ee/voicebuffalo
*Contact your senator and tell them you want them to vote to pass H.R. 8 **TODAY** to require universal background checks (this has been passed by the House and needs Republican Senate votes to pass): https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/general/one_item_and_teasers/file_not_found.htm
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Help Amrita fight cancer and COVID-19: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-amrita-fight-cancer
*Help keep Lily and her family housed! https://gofund.me/9b1456a6
*Vaccine equity is critical! https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1475838044318183425
Donate here: https://give.texaschildrens.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app20114a?3565.donation=form1&idb=1306804834&DONATION_LEVEL_ID_SELECTED=1&df_id=3565&mfc_pref=T&NONCE_TOKEN=0B687312276772060E92ABE9E0D431FB&3565.donation=root
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
*Info on occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine: https://twitter.com/ctrlzahra/status/1390630200019496964
Basic overview: https://twitter.com/honeyjarhajar/status/1393599507615698944
https://twitter.com/fadelmoghrabi/status/1390802620776861706
Boycott, Divest, Sanctions movement, which works to end international support for Israels oppression of Palestinians: https://bdsmovement.net/
Donation links: https://buildpalestine.com/2021/05/15/trusted-organizations-to-donate-to-palestine/
***
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhzlqQQbblg&
Mentioned:
@ShakespeareandSuch
@246roxychic
@badgerreads
Content Warnings:
Over the Woodward Wall: Kidnapping, near-drowning
The Beast and the Enchantress: Ableism
Queen of the Tiles: Grief, PTSD, anxiety attacks
Magic: Grief
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Violence, murder, grief, suicide, rape, execution, torture, crucifixion, slavery, misogyny, abuse
Stolen Mayfly Bride: Violence, grief
The Wishing Thread: Grief, mental illness, references to suicidal thoughts")
![July 2023 Wrap Up Part 2 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6cdxM5-Z64A/hqdefault.jpg "July 2023 Wrap Up Part 2 [CC]
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Maui organizations to donate to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit?usp=sharing
*Donate here to help the actors/writers/etc. who are striking: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh8sULTg72s&
Mentioned:
@EarlGreyBooks @HelensBookHaven
@OliviasCatastrophe
link for The Advocates Bible: https://www.catholicsforchoice.org/advocatesbible/
Content Warnings:
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy: Grief, violence, some gore
The Lost Fairy Tales: Kidnapping
Consumed: Poverty, racism, COVID-19
House Perilous: Murder, kidnapping/imprisonment, magical control, references to racism and colonialism
The Advocates Bible: Abortion, poverty, misogyny, racism
Elatsoe: Grief, racism, racial profiling, animal death
Weve Got to Try: Racism, lynching, violence, murder, mass shooting, references to COVID-19")
![Catch-Up Wrap Up #2 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7K48ILPSjsI/hqdefault.jpg "Catch-Up Wrap Up #2 [CC]
**A few resources on Palestine and how you can help**
*https://www.instagram.com/coffeesforgaza/ boosts a different GoFundMe each week!
*Donate - https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/general
https://www.unrwausa.org/donate
*U.S. viewers, contact your representatives and demand a permanent ceasefire!
https://twitter.com/WildeBookGarden/status/1724881064949321825
*St. Martins Press boycott info - https://prismreports.org/2024/01/18/bipoc-book-creators-boycott-st-martins-press/
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/speak-up-st-martins-press
https://r4a.carrd.co/#
*News + updates - https://www.instagram.com/letstalkpalestine/
*Help Palestinian refugees: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/mxriyums_palestine_emergency_appeal?src=969461#!/
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/israel-palestine-crisis-relief-fund/
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Yep, reviewing the books I read in January 🙈
Mentioned:
West Bank Apparel: https://westbankapparel.com/
@annalisaely4298 Palestinian business video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA9ccf9Aq3o
Content Warnings:
Renascence: Grief, suicide
Have Spirit, Will Duchess: References to murder, emotional abuse
Earthdivers Vol. 1: Violence, gore, murder, references to: genocide, child murder, rape
Front Desk: Poverty, racism, violence, xenophobia, bullying
Three Keys: Family separation, xenophobia, racism, poverty
The Princess Who Flew with Dragons: Grief
Mrs. Mohr Goes Missing: Violence, murder, poisoning, period xenophobia, sexism, references to: violence, torture
Greymist Fair: Violence, murder, grief, death of children")
![March 2023 Wrap Up Part 1 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7qUgjWnYcD0/hqdefault.jpg "March 2023 Wrap Up Part 1 [CC]
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
Did BookTube Fool Me? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er6OVd6Xcno&
Collab playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4OrxGZrLrGJ-15fgKI4s4u1vqqbJWpB-
Mentioned:
Mariana @marianamasbooks
Julia @ShakespeareandSuch
Content Warnings:
Along the Saltwise Sea: Grief, references to drowning
Kind of Sort of Fine: Bullying, fatphobia, dieting, anxiety, nervous breakdown
The Spare Man: PTSD, ableism, missing animal, explosions, murder, panic attacks
Squad: Grief, murder, violence, attempted sexual assault, eating people
The Phantom of the Opera Graphic Novel: Abuse, kidnapping, grief
History Smashers: The Mayflower: Grief, racism, anti-Native slur, references to: religious persecution, starvation
The Night Fairy: Possible ableist trope")
![GRWM + Mid Year Book Freakout Tag || 2023 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/85o5QEgTaF4/hqdefault.jpg "GRWM + Mid Year Book Freakout Tag || 2023 [CC]
*Maui organizations to donate to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-EcCQwM6Kiaet2pEdix_yGyXpYM2JIEUDJl51cDnaPM/edit?usp=sharing
*Donate here to help the actors/writers/etc. who are striking: https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
*Support victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria: https://www.charitynavigator.org/discover-charities/where-to-give/earthquakes-turkey-syria/
https://www.whitehelmets.org/en/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
@EarlGreyBooks original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gsr9FJuHzI
@IsThatChami
Mentioned:
Fairyland playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_jeZ_Fe1sxW8SQyWfW0f1_w2E94dcfS
@mynameismarines
@BeautifullyBookishBethany
@CozyReaderKelly
@ABookFiendNamedMel
@aseaoftomes
@246roxychic
discussion video on fictional crushes: https://youtu.be/hoWXvceUaIM
Beauty Reborn review: https://youtu.be/UKcvXUwtCQ8?si=0OwSBCMFC26QFS15&t=487
Wrap Up feat. The Reading List: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4w_Czp_X-A
@AlwaysDoing
@ARayofReading
Romance Reading Vlog #1: https://youtu.be/rcyIF1pW4B0
Books & Beauty playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_jeZ_Fe1syInIPRcxWobeIXcjzphWU4")
![Sleeping Spells and Dragon Scales by Wendy S. Swore || Spoiler-Free Review [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/895Aa6Kdnk4/hqdefault.jpg "Sleeping Spells and Dragon Scales by Wendy S. Swore || Spoiler-Free Review [CC]
**A few resources on Palestine and how you can help**
*https://www.instagram.com/coffeesforgaza/ boosts a different GoFundMe each week!
*Donate - https://pcrf1.app.neoncrm.com/forms/general
https://www.unrwausa.org/donate
*U.S. viewers, contact your representatives and demand a permanent ceasefire!
https://twitter.com/WildeBookGarden/status/1724881064949321825
*St. Martins Press boycott info - https://prismreports.org/2024/01/18/bipoc-book-creators-boycott-st-martins-press/
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/speak-up-st-martins-press
https://r4a.carrd.co/#
*News + updates - https://www.instagram.com/letstalkpalestine/
*Help Palestinian refugees: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/mxriyums_palestine_emergency_appeal?src=969461#!/
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/israel-palestine-crisis-relief-fund/
*Support victims of the floods in Libya: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/libya-flood-relief-fund/
*Support victims of earthquake in Morocco: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/morocco-earthquake-relief-fund/
*Floods in Pakistan: https://twitter.com/aribah_x/status/1565409594314203138
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/pakistan-flood-relief-fund-1/
*Water crisis in Jackson: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mississippirapidresponsecoalition
*Clean water for Ukraine: https://gofund.me/2d9cba35
*Info + ways to fight back against anti-gay and trans bills: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/15/politics/anti-transgender-legislation-2021/index.html
https://www.popsugar.com/news/how-to-help-trans-youth-texas-48728496
*Donate in support of Ukraine: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=9366
Support refugees from Afghanistan: https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/afghanistan
https://www.fatherly.com/news/afghan-humanitarian-aid-charities-donate/
Support refugees around the world: https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=4665
*Funds and charities to donate to in support of the Black community: https://bestlifeonline.com/charities-for-black-history-month/
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/us/charities-donations-black-history-month-iyw-trnd/index.html
*Donate to COVID relief + vaccinations worldwide: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/covax/donate
https://www.directrelief.org/emergency/coronavirus-outbreak/
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470
***
*I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review
Non-affiliated buy link: https://bookshop.org/p/books/sleeping-spells-and-dragon-scales-wendy-s-swore/20254121?ean=9781639932313
Content Warnings:
Ableism, bullying (especially via social media), near-drowning, descriptions of hospitalization")
