Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Hi All,
This was a response to Shawn the Book Manic's latest tag video in honour of Eric the Lonesome Reader's 40th Birthday!
I thought this lovely chap deserved celebrating because he's such a grounded thoughtful and open individual, this is a great way to wish him happy birthday on such a significant B'day.
Feel free to follow me on social media @olybliss
This is Shawn's original video:
youtube.com/watch?v=hSyV1Nd3auQ&t=1s
Check out Eric’s channel, Goodreads profile, and Lonesome Reader blog to help you come up with books for #1-3. To be absolutely clear, your choices for answers to the rest of the prompts are not limited to books Eric has read nor even to books you yourself have read yet. 1. THANKS A BUNCH: A book (or books) you first heard about from Eric’s channel or blog, or that you and he both love. 2. LOOKING FORWARD: A book (or books) you want to read because of Eric’s channel or blog. If you so desire, make a September TBR out of them! 3. TABLE TURN: A book (or books) you recommend to Eric to read. 4. ERIC. KARL. ANDERSON: A book by an author with three names. 5. EXPATRIATE LOVE: A book by and/or about an American living in the UK, or vice versa. 6. META: A book with a novelist/writer as protagonist. 7. LORDY LORDY: A book by or about a 40-year-old, and/or a book published 40 years ago, i.e., in 1978. 8. HANDLEBAR NONE: A book by or about someone with a fabulous mustache and/or beard. 9. OUT OUT BRIEF CANDLE: A book in which a birthday figures prominently. 10. MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Tag some book buddies.
Books mentioned:
The Power by Naomi Anderson
Days without End by Sebastian Barry
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Mussolini's Island by Sarah Day
A Social History of Dying Allan Kellehear
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alires Saenz
Our Story by Reg and Ron Kray
Fuc*ing Martin (Or Martin and John) by Dale Peck
1979 by Rhona Cameron
Closet Case by Robert Rodi
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
I tag
Peg the Book Prize Addict
Russell from Ink and Paper
Matthew Sciarappa
Hi All,
This was a response to Shawn the Book Manic's latest tag video in honour of Eric the Lonesome Reader's 40th Birthday!
I thought this lovely chap deserved celebrating because he's such a grounded thoughtful and open individual, this is a great way to wish him happy birthday on such a significant B'day.
Feel free to follow me on social media @olybliss
This is Shawn's original video:
youtube.com/watch?v=hSyV1Nd3auQ&t=1s
Check out Eric’s channel, Goodreads profile, and Lonesome Reader blog to help you come up with books for #1-3. To be absolutely clear, your choices for answers to the rest of the prompts are not limited to books Eric has read nor even to books you yourself have read yet. 1. THANKS A BUNCH: A book (or books) you first heard about from Eric’s channel or blog, or that you and he both love. 2. LOOKING FORWARD: A book (or books) you want to read because of Eric’s channel or blog. If you so desire, make a September TBR out of them! 3. TABLE TURN: A book (or books) you recommend to Eric to read. 4. ERIC. KARL. ANDERSON: A book by an author with three names. 5. EXPATRIATE LOVE: A book by and/or about an American living in the UK, or vice versa. 6. META: A book with a novelist/writer as protagonist. 7. LORDY LORDY: A book by or about a 40-year-old, and/or a book published 40 years ago, i.e., in 1978. 8. HANDLEBAR NONE: A book by or about someone with a fabulous mustache and/or beard. 9. OUT OUT BRIEF CANDLE: A book in which a birthday figures prominently. 10. MANY HAPPY RETURNS: Tag some book buddies.
Books mentioned:
The Power by Naomi Anderson
Days without End by Sebastian Barry
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Mussolini's Island by Sarah Day
A Social History of Dying Allan Kellehear
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alires Saenz
Our Story by Reg and Ron Kray
Fuc*ing Martin (Or Martin and John) by Dale Peck
1979 by Rhona Cameron
Closet Case by Robert Rodi
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
I tag
Peg the Book Prize Addict
Russell from Ink and Paper
Matthew Sciarappa
