Springboard Thought | The End End of the Year Tag @SpringboardThought | Uploaded January 2022 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
I was tagged by Kier [Kier The Scrivener], the original creator of the tag: youtube.com/watch?v=URhflsrIUvw&list=WL&index=1&t=1s

Questions:
1) How did you feel about this reading year? (You can choose an adjective or expand)
2) What are two phases/authors you went through this year
3) What is the book you regret not reading?
4) What is something you learned from reading this year?
5) What is a book you wished you talked about more?
6) What is a non-bookish highlight (movie, show, song, podcast, etc)
7) What is the greatest outlier in your books?
8) What book are you most excited to revisit
9) What video are you most proud of?
10) What is your favourite last line of a book?

Bonus:
11) Is there a creator or video you'd like to shout out?

Videos mentioned:
Kier's Town Called Solace review: A Town Called Solace
My own Vita Nostra review/explanation: youtube.com/watch?v=kujSi1kSFPQ&t=19s
All's Well: youtube.com/watch?v=HYHJqRGLVCg

Books Mentioned:

The Six of Crows Duology Boxed Set, Rule of Wolves
by Leigh Bardugo

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, Utopia Avenue
by David Mitchell

Stories We Tell Our Children, Three Dreams in the Key of G, A, B & E
by Marc Nash

Searching for Marilyn Monroe: Parables and other Animals
by Pae Veo

Dead Astronauts
(Borne #2)
by Jeff VanderMeer

A Passage North
by Anuk Arudpragasam

Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
(Indigenous Americas)
by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson


Movies mentioned:
Rhymes for Young Ghouls: youtube.com/watch?v=mywZ72p-UFo
The Handmaiden: youtube.com/watch?v=whldChqCsYk


Where I'm at:
You can find all of my social media here:
https://linktr.ee/frasersimons

Feel free to follow or friend me, whichever you prefer, on Goodreads:
goodreads.com/author/show/18067783.Fraser_Simons

I also write about books on Medium:
medium.com/@frasersimons/about

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