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The What Lurks on My Kindle Tag
Michael k. Vaughan's original video:
youtu.be/-wq_A0t414s
Steve Donoghue weaponized it into a tag:
youtu.be/Ses1Pf0OZqY
CriminOlly's 100 book challenge:
youtu.be/rJ2BQlB8gxw
Mike Frost on The Emperor's Babe:
youtu.be/t6Dc50jFiyI
OH! and I was tagged after I filmed the video by Shawn the Book Maniac, here is his version of the tag:
youtu.be/DpyYApDYp8k
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The Prompts and Some Disorganized Notes:
When did you get your e-device?
2010??
How much do you use it?
A Lot. Glasses before & after & in the bath!
What tech is it?
Kindle Paperwhite 10th generation.
What DOES lurk on my Kindle?
93 Samples
Recents:
- Potiki
- A Royal Experiment (or Strange Family) - George III's really messed up family which I made the jump and now have on my kindle (AND AM ACTUALLY READING!)
- Everything & Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon
Lost in the Fog of the Past:
- Day Boy, Nice Dragons Finish Last, The Bitterwood Bible
Oldest
1) Zendegi - Greg Egan; Zendegi
2) Mozart's Blood - Louise Marley (2010); As a young soprano in the eighteenth century, Octavia Voss was bitten by a vampire patroness during a sexual tryst with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and was imbued with the essence of his astonishing musical gifts. Since then, Octavia has enjoyed several careers as a celebrated soprano, taking on new identities to disguise her ageless beauty, and acquiring an assistant and companion in Ugo, a mysterious man who possesses a secret of his own. Together they travel the world for her performances at all the great opera houses. But during a run at La Scala, Octavia draws the attention of a secret vampire hunter who will do anything to make her talents his own.
3) The Cat's Table - Michael Ondaatje (Sri Lankan born, Canadian novelist) (2011);
Longish
6) Children of Earth & Sky, Guy Gaveriel Kay; 2016; set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands—where empires and faiths collide.
7) Seveneves, Neal Stephenson, 2016, 880 p.; world ending apocolypse & then 5,000 years later, why I don't do Stephenson any more after Baroque Cycle & Anathem; though really enjoyed Cryptonomicon.
8) Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee, first of sf trilogy, supposed to be great but less enthusiasm about following books, though ratings go the other way on goodreads, 2016. Oh and I have the 2nd one Raven Stratagem!
9)The Lesser Bohemians; Eimear McBride, stream of consciousness, contem, lit fiction, lot of prizes.
10) Red Mars (Mars Trilogy Book 1) Kim Stanley Robinson, 1992, colonization of mars, terraforming, long hard sf, loved, loved, loved, Aurora - a book about how much better to save the precious planet we live on and are so uniquely evolved to flourish on
11) The Emperor's Babe, Bernardine Evaristo, 2004, recommended by Mike the Post-Post Modern Prognosticator- MIKE FROST, a historical novel in verse, never got to it, tale of forbidden love in bustling third-century London is an intoxicating cocktail of poetry, history, and fiction. Feisty, precocious Zuleika, daughter of Sudanese immigrants-made-good and restless teenage bride of a rich Roman businessman, craves passion and excitement. When she begins an affair with the emperor, Septimius Severus, she knows her life will never be the same.
14) Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates, 2017, Marilynn Monroe novel, 754 p., Eric Karl Anderson talking got me to buy it, but not to read it YET.
Probably this video of Eric's got me going, 'Top 10 Joyce Carol Oates Novels':
youtu.be/eohEVwY_AMc
16) The Catholic School, Edoardo Albinati, 2019, 1280 pages, Steve Donoghue recommended, won Strega lit prize in native Italy
17) Piranesi, Susanna Clark, 2020, intimidated by it, loved Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel.
REREADs
19) Less, Andrew Sean Greer & Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
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I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isn't a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions I've had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text. Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
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(Video 458)
The What Lurks on My Kindle Tag
Michael k. Vaughan's original video:
youtu.be/-wq_A0t414s
Steve Donoghue weaponized it into a tag:
youtu.be/Ses1Pf0OZqY
CriminOlly's 100 book challenge:
youtu.be/rJ2BQlB8gxw
Mike Frost on The Emperor's Babe:
youtu.be/t6Dc50jFiyI
OH! and I was tagged after I filmed the video by Shawn the Book Maniac, here is his version of the tag:
youtu.be/DpyYApDYp8k
----
The Prompts and Some Disorganized Notes:
When did you get your e-device?
2010??
How much do you use it?
A Lot. Glasses before & after & in the bath!
What tech is it?
Kindle Paperwhite 10th generation.
What DOES lurk on my Kindle?
93 Samples
Recents:
- Potiki
- A Royal Experiment (or Strange Family) - George III's really messed up family which I made the jump and now have on my kindle (AND AM ACTUALLY READING!)
- Everything & Less: The Novel in the Age of Amazon
Lost in the Fog of the Past:
- Day Boy, Nice Dragons Finish Last, The Bitterwood Bible
Oldest
1) Zendegi - Greg Egan; Zendegi
2) Mozart's Blood - Louise Marley (2010); As a young soprano in the eighteenth century, Octavia Voss was bitten by a vampire patroness during a sexual tryst with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and was imbued with the essence of his astonishing musical gifts. Since then, Octavia has enjoyed several careers as a celebrated soprano, taking on new identities to disguise her ageless beauty, and acquiring an assistant and companion in Ugo, a mysterious man who possesses a secret of his own. Together they travel the world for her performances at all the great opera houses. But during a run at La Scala, Octavia draws the attention of a secret vampire hunter who will do anything to make her talents his own.
3) The Cat's Table - Michael Ondaatje (Sri Lankan born, Canadian novelist) (2011);
Longish
6) Children of Earth & Sky, Guy Gaveriel Kay; 2016; set in a world inspired by the conflicts and dramas of Renaissance Europe. Against this tumultuous backdrop the lives of men and women unfold on the borderlands—where empires and faiths collide.
7) Seveneves, Neal Stephenson, 2016, 880 p.; world ending apocolypse & then 5,000 years later, why I don't do Stephenson any more after Baroque Cycle & Anathem; though really enjoyed Cryptonomicon.
8) Ninefox Gambit, Yoon Ha Lee, first of sf trilogy, supposed to be great but less enthusiasm about following books, though ratings go the other way on goodreads, 2016. Oh and I have the 2nd one Raven Stratagem!
9)The Lesser Bohemians; Eimear McBride, stream of consciousness, contem, lit fiction, lot of prizes.
10) Red Mars (Mars Trilogy Book 1) Kim Stanley Robinson, 1992, colonization of mars, terraforming, long hard sf, loved, loved, loved, Aurora - a book about how much better to save the precious planet we live on and are so uniquely evolved to flourish on
11) The Emperor's Babe, Bernardine Evaristo, 2004, recommended by Mike the Post-Post Modern Prognosticator- MIKE FROST, a historical novel in verse, never got to it, tale of forbidden love in bustling third-century London is an intoxicating cocktail of poetry, history, and fiction. Feisty, precocious Zuleika, daughter of Sudanese immigrants-made-good and restless teenage bride of a rich Roman businessman, craves passion and excitement. When she begins an affair with the emperor, Septimius Severus, she knows her life will never be the same.
14) Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates, 2017, Marilynn Monroe novel, 754 p., Eric Karl Anderson talking got me to buy it, but not to read it YET.
Probably this video of Eric's got me going, 'Top 10 Joyce Carol Oates Novels':
youtu.be/eohEVwY_AMc
16) The Catholic School, Edoardo Albinati, 2019, 1280 pages, Steve Donoghue recommended, won Strega lit prize in native Italy
17) Piranesi, Susanna Clark, 2020, intimidated by it, loved Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel.
REREADs
19) Less, Andrew Sean Greer & Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco
---
I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isn't a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions I've had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text. Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
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(Video 458)
