Springboard Thought | The Worst Books We Read in July 2023 @SpringboardThought | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Shelly Swearingen and I discuss the best and worst books of our reading month. On my channel, this month, the worst books are talked about.
Shelly's Channel: @Shellyish "worst" books of the month over on her channel!
There is a playlist of all of our videos together here as well: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdShDUcnZ1VFzWl0Aj77yz6ygw4lfTuum
#booktube #twomillennials #topsandflops #monthlywrapup
Shelly Swearingen and I discuss the best and worst books of our reading month. On my channel, this month, the worst books are talked about.
Shelly's Channel: @Shellyish "worst" books of the month over on her channel!
There is a playlist of all of our videos together here as well: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdShDUcnZ1VFzWl0Aj77yz6ygw4lfTuum
#booktube #twomillennials #topsandflops #monthlywrapup
![The Book Palate Tag [Original Tag]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F7pmJyys9Cs/hqdefault.jpg "The Book Palate Tag [Original Tag]
Allow me to present my first original tag!: The Book Palate Tag.
Sweet: What is a book that made you excited to read more by that author?
*Bonus Point if it also somehow exemplifies the genre you most like to read.*
Sour: What book did you initially dislike, but after a reread, you reversed your opinion on? OR: What is a book you loved at one time, but after re-reading it, have found it lacking in some way.
*Bonus Point if the book is in a genre you similarly reversed your position on.*
Bitter: What is a book that you feel is underrated, ‘attacked’ unjustly by popular or mainstream opinion, or is simply misunderstood in some way?
*Bonus Point if it is not a book anyone else has mentioned already, that you know of.*
Salty: What is a book that changed how you thought about or related to other people, or that made you realize something about yourself you were not aware of previously?
*Bonus Point if you choose multiple books, from whatever milestones in your life that feel important to you*
Optional Prompts for the Connoisseur (treat the following prompt as if they were different foods; palates vary depending on what you’re consuming. I.e. choose as many as you like):
- Sophisticated Palate: Choose a book from your favorite sub-genre or that has your favorite trope or motif. Or just go off regarding a bookish, nerdy thing you like/enjoy.
- Unrefined Palate: What is a book or genre that you consider a ‘guilty pleasure’ (though you shouldn’t feel actually guilty about reading anything, really, but hopefully you know what I mean).
- Eclectic Palate: What are the top 3+ genres you typically read or gravitate towards?
- Maturing Palate: What is a genre you’ve read little or none of, but would like to sample more? What book, if any, prompted this?
Books mentioned in the order they appear:
Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by Megan Gail Coles. My review: https://medium.com/springboard-thought/why-you-should-read-small-game-hunting-at-the-local-coward-gun-club-62eee8e927db
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3416417496
No One Here Gets Out Alive by Danny Sugerman, Jerry Hopkins
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3628735322
For Love of the Game by Michael Shaara
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3289373058
Red Spider White Web by Misha Nogha
https://consumingcyberpunk.com/blog/2017/11/25/subterranean-rage-red-spider-white-web
buy in the U.S: http://www.wordcraftoforegon.com/speculative.html
Beyond Cyberpunk: New Critical Perspectives by Graham J. Murphy (Editor), Sherryl Vint (Editor)
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1991797310
The Flatshare by Beth OLeary
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4118669735
People I tag:
Beating around the Books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC61bA8SxHgoE9O9JgAQouQw
Marc Nash: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdw
Bookish: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYA
MsReads A lot: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnhAfq9Y2HXxuRWYMXI65Xw
Scallydandling about the books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g
Bob The Bookerer: https://www.youtube.com/c/BobTheBookerer
Shawn The Book Maniac: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXA
Photo Credit: https://www.pexels.com/photo/top-view-of-table-set-up-for-christmas-dinner-5779181/
https://www.pexels.com/photo/pile-of-books-on-hand-2228557/")
