Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The New and Improved B Tag
Created by Jim of @jimsbooksreadingandstuff youtube.com/watch?v=ucJYVabeA3g
Tagged by Kelly from @booksimnotreading youtube.com/watch?v=C3kNGMtUZ8s&pp=2AYB
The Prompts:
1. B is for Bildungsroman. Do you have a favorite bildungsroman (or coming of age story)? Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
2. B is for Book-to-Screen. What's your favorite (or least favorite!) book-to-screen adaptation? The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Remains of the Day directed by James Ivory
3. B is for Best. What is the best book you have read this year so far? Nonfiction: Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts; fiction: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (?); poetry: Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima
4. B is for Boring. What's a book you found boring but are glad you finished? Lie with Me by Philippe Besson
5. B is for Borrowed. Do you prefer borrowing books or buying them? What's the last book you borrowed? From another person: The Grass Harp by Truman Capote; from the library: Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy
6. B is for Bookshop or Bookstore? Do you have a Favorite Bookstore? The Mad Dog and the Pilgrim
My video on The Mad Dog and the Pilgrim: youtube.com/watch?v=PcxtXsSQjgE&pp=ygUbdGhlIG1hZCBkb2cgYW5kIHRoZSBwaWxncmlt
7. B is for Badass. Who's the most badass character you've read about recently? Shane by Jack Schaefer
8. B is for Booktube. Give a shoutout to a Booktuber who inspires you. Hannah of @HannahsBooks
Finally Tag some People
Books discussed:
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century by Dorothy Roberts
- Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima
- Lie with Me by Phillipe Besson (trans. Molly Ringwald)
- Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy
- The Grass Harp by Truman Capote
- Shane by Jack Schaefer
Films discussed or mentioned:
- The Remains of the Day (dir. James Ivory)
- The Searchers (dir. John Ford)
- Shane (dir. George Stevens)
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
The New and Improved B Tag
Created by Jim of @jimsbooksreadingandstuff youtube.com/watch?v=ucJYVabeA3g
Tagged by Kelly from @booksimnotreading youtube.com/watch?v=C3kNGMtUZ8s&pp=2AYB
The Prompts:
1. B is for Bildungsroman. Do you have a favorite bildungsroman (or coming of age story)? Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
2. B is for Book-to-Screen. What's your favorite (or least favorite!) book-to-screen adaptation? The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro and The Remains of the Day directed by James Ivory
3. B is for Best. What is the best book you have read this year so far? Nonfiction: Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts; fiction: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (?); poetry: Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima
4. B is for Boring. What's a book you found boring but are glad you finished? Lie with Me by Philippe Besson
5. B is for Borrowed. Do you prefer borrowing books or buying them? What's the last book you borrowed? From another person: The Grass Harp by Truman Capote; from the library: Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy
6. B is for Bookshop or Bookstore? Do you have a Favorite Bookstore? The Mad Dog and the Pilgrim
My video on The Mad Dog and the Pilgrim: youtube.com/watch?v=PcxtXsSQjgE&pp=ygUbdGhlIG1hZCBkb2cgYW5kIHRoZSBwaWxncmlt
7. B is for Badass. Who's the most badass character you've read about recently? Shane by Jack Schaefer
8. B is for Booktube. Give a shoutout to a Booktuber who inspires you. Hannah of @HannahsBooks
Finally Tag some People
Books discussed:
- Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
- The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-first Century by Dorothy Roberts
- Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima
- Lie with Me by Phillipe Besson (trans. Molly Ringwald)
- Our Andromeda by Brenda Shaughnessy
- The Grass Harp by Truman Capote
- Shane by Jack Schaefer
Films discussed or mentioned:
- The Remains of the Day (dir. James Ivory)
- The Searchers (dir. John Ford)
- Shane (dir. George Stevens)
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
