Hannahs Books | The Short and Sweet Book Tag #TagTuesday [CC] @HannahsBooks | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
In which I talk about short books in celebration of Tag Tuesday.
The Origins of the “Short & Sweet” lists:
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
@saintdonoghue
Don’t miss Shorty September! Hosts:
Bert and Sian @pastorytime2683
Heather at Soggy ExPat Booknerd: youtu.be/blYkR1C1DcM
My video about Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You: youtu.be/5MlBcFGalcw
My Bucket List video: youtu.be/YL_fEra8m8A
My review of the Graham Green biography: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-unquiet-englishman-a-life-of-graham-greene-by-richard-greene
Buy me a cup of tea? ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
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Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
In which I talk about short books in celebration of Tag Tuesday.
The Origins of the “Short & Sweet” lists:
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
@saintdonoghue
Don’t miss Shorty September! Hosts:
Bert and Sian @pastorytime2683
Heather at Soggy ExPat Booknerd: youtu.be/blYkR1C1DcM
My video about Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You: youtu.be/5MlBcFGalcw
My Bucket List video: youtu.be/YL_fEra8m8A
My review of the Graham Green biography: openlettersreview.com/posts/the-unquiet-englishman-a-life-of-graham-greene-by-richard-greene
Buy me a cup of tea? ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
![The Short and Sweet Book Tag #TagTuesday [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2YZlskR14_U/hqdefault.jpg "The Short and Sweet Book Tag #TagTuesday [CC]
In which I talk about short books in celebration of Tag Tuesday.
The Origins of the “Short & Sweet” lists:
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
@saintdonoghue
Don’t miss Shorty September! Hosts:
Bert and Sian @pastorytime2683
Heather at Soggy ExPat Booknerd: https://youtu.be/blYkR1C1DcM
My video about Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You: https://youtu.be/5MlBcFGalcw
My Bucket List video: https://youtu.be/YL_fEra8m8A
My review of the Graham Green biography: https://openlettersreview.com/posts/the-unquiet-englishman-a-life-of-graham-greene-by-richard-greene
Buy me a cup of tea? https://ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![The B Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3AzODEV_yoQ/hqdefault.jpg "The B Tag [CC]
In which I celebrate Tag Tuesday by doing the next installment of the series of alphabet tags created by Jim at Jims Books Reading and Stuff.
Original tag was created by Jim at the channel Jims books reading & stuff https://youtu.be/5OfDzdyMoWE
@Steve Donoghue was kind enough to tag me.
Videos Mentioned: Behind the Scenes (with footage of many of my real bookshelves) https://youtu.be/u1yQmj88P00
Books Mentioned:
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Outermost House by Henry Beston
The House by the Sea by May Sarton
Low Country: A Southern Memoir by J. Nicole Jones
The Girls in the Stilt House by Kelly Mustian
The Wedding by Dorothy West
Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny Hostin
Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
34 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
Book of Samuel
The Prompts:
1. B is for Bildungsroman. Do you have a favourite bildungsroman (or coming of age story)?
2. B is for Beach (be careful how you pronounce it!). What would you recommend for a beach read? B is for Beagle, not a prompt but a chance to see our Beagle, Abby.
3. B is for Best. What is the best book you have read this year so far?
4. B is for Bookshop or Bookstore? Do you have a favourite Bookstore?
5. B is for Banned Books? Is there any book you think should be banned?
6. B is for Bible? What is your favourite book of the Bible and what trigger warnings do you think it should have?
7. B is for Bookshelf. Show me your bookshelf/bookshelves.
8. B is for Brazil. Paolo Coelhos The Alchemist has been translated into 70 languages, have you read any Paolo Coelho and if so what did you think of his book(s)?
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Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![#Victober Week One [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3JAxqn9Td8U/hqdefault.jpg "#Victober Week One [CC]
In which I share what I am reading, what I am drinking, what I am knitting, etc. during Victober where we celebrate all things Victorian. #Victober2021
***WHAT I AM DRINKING:
Harney and Sons https://www.harney.com/
I am drinking the blend VICTORIAN LONDON FOG out of my Penguin Press Mug
***WHAT I AM READING:
DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot
Essay about George Eliot’s looks: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/george-eliots-ugly-beauty
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope
(I also briefly mention some books I will talk about soon, but there is no detail or evaluation her in this video)
***WHAT I AM KNITTING:
Simple asymmetric dark-red-and-navy striped shawl
STUDY HALL SHAWL which I hope to deliver to its recipient in just a couple of weeks
***BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED:
@takingteawithcatherine
@shawnbreathesbooks
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
Cara @WildeBookGarden
@katehowereads
@saintdonoghue
Jordan Parsons: https://youtu.be/UQCdXy0Psww
Buy me a cup of tea? https://ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![Jane Austen July TBR 2021 #JaneAustenJuly [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3zLrojqAL9A/hqdefault.jpg "Jane Austen July TBR 2021 #JaneAustenJuly [CC]
In which I consider what to read during Jane Austen July 2021. #JaneAustenJuly #JaneAustenJuly2021
Hosts of Jane Austen July:
Katie @katiejlumsden
Marissa @BlatantlyBookish
Claudia @SpinstersLibrary
Books and Films:
Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
Austen’s Letters
Miss Austin by Gill Hornsby
Jane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility by Marian Veveer
Dorothy Wordsworth’s Letters
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Life by Frances WIlson
Two screen adaptations of Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen July Challenges:
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
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Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![War… and Peace? Putin, Tolstoy, and Ilya Kaminsky [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4NoBwFQEMS4/hqdefault.jpg "War… and Peace? Putin, Tolstoy, and Ilya Kaminsky [CC]
In which I ponder Leo Tolstoys War and Peace, Azar Nafisis forthcoming Read Dangerously, Ilya Kaminskys Deaf Republic and his amazing poem We Were Happy During the War, and the situation in Ukraine.
Tolstoy Together by Yiyun Li
Yiyun Lis 85-day reading schedule (with the correct day numbers but not the actual dates well be following):
https://apublicspace.org/news/detail/tolstoy-together-2021
0:00 The current situation in Ukraine as it relates to War and Peace
2:02 Azar Nafisi and the process of reading dangerously
5:25 Ilya Kaminskys We Were Happy During the War
Buy me a cup of tea? https://ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1 (not active)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
