What Type of Book Deserves to Win Literary Prizes? The Case of Less (A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive) Supposedly Fun 2024-10-18 | What Type of Book Deserves to Win Literary Prizes? The Case of Less (A Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive)
Book Haul Revisit for October 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-10-17 | How have I done with reading the books I hauled over the last five Octobers? Let's see what I've read, what I still want to read, and what I got rid of. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/LFKIFJgDNuw Last Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo My Pulitzer Reaction This Year: youtu.be/C_ne3mYSSbQ The Power of the Dog: Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/ATFqNKY8QXQ PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.October 2023: youtu.be/38yS6mxTzUQ The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell By Shattered Shell, Sy Montgomery Loved and Missed, Susie Boyt In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life, Amy Schneider Roman Stories, Jhumpa Lahiri Love and Summer, William Trevor The Barrytown Trilogy (The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van), Roddy Doyle October 2022: youtu.be/gTgO0uZRs6c The Sheep Queen, Thomas Savage La Bastarda, Trifonia Melibea Obono (translated by Lawrence Schimel) Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver Liberation Day: Stories, George Saunders October 2021: youtu.be/SP4HBhiCZ50 Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World, Benjamin Alire SáenzHarlem Shuffle, Colson WhiteheadPlease Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes, Phoebe RobinsonMonster in the Middle, Tiphanie YaniqueA Dutiful Boy: A Memoir of Secrets, Lies, and Family Love, Mohsin ZaidiSankofa, Chibundu OnuzoThe Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles Book Haul for October 2020: youtube.com/watch?v=vO_vqO7HSCs Love, by Toni MorrisonThe Secret Lives of Church Ladies, by Deesha PhilyawLeave the World Behind, by Rumaan AlamWhatever Happened to Interracial Love? by Kathleen Collins Book Haul for October 2019: youtube.com/watch?v=libp6vhXNNU&t=2s Rebecca, Daphne Du MaurierNothing to See Here, Kevin WilsonThe Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi CoatesImaginary Friend, Stephen ChboskyFind Me, André AcimanA Ladder to the Sky, John BoyneDucks, Newburyport, Lucy EllmannBelonging: A German Reckons with History and Home, Nora KrugMy Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Dont Trust Nobel Odds, Giller Shortlist, and More Supposedly Fun 2024-10-12 | In this Friday Reads, I talk about the book I finished this week, the two I have ongoing, why Nobel Prize odds aren't really helpful, the Giller Prize shortlist, and more. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Shop At Matter’s Website: shopatmatter.com The Article About the Giller Controversy: lithub.com/20-canadian-authors-have-withdrawn-from-the-giller-prizeAn Update About the Giller Controversy: lithub.com/the-giller-prize-has-dropped-the-scotiabank-name-but-not-the-money My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun Further Viewing 🎥 My Nobel Prize Reaction: youtu.be/h5zE2HGzxJk Reading Wrap-Up for September: youtu.be/iU3mF0OJg3A My Friday Reads Featuring the Giller Prize Longlist: youtu.be/jnfCK4DUXCE National Book Award Finalists for Fiction: youtu.be/dxJL_isewx4 Last Year’s Nobel Prize Reaction: youtu.be/5N5sqqK3MEY Book Haul for September: youtu.be/LFKIFJgDNuw Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/xg2onHtttv4 Jump to the Friday Reads: 19:44 Titles Mentioned 📚 The Vegetarian (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101906118 What I Know About You, Éric Chacour: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781552454855 Curiosities, Anne Fleming Prairie Edge, Conor Kerr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781517917234 Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865 Peacocks of Instagram, Deepa Rajagopalan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781487012403 Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097 Real Life, Brandon Taylor: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525538899 Luster, Raven Leilani: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250798671 All This Could Be Different, Sarah Thankam Mathews: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593489147 Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593133491 Fleishman Is in Trouble, Taffy Brodesser-Akner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525510895 The Burrow, Melanie Cheng: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030867 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Nobel Prize for Literature Winner Reaction 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-10-11 | South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature, and I’m excited about it! Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Han Kang’s Nobel Prize Page: nobelprize.org/prizes/literature The Nobel Prize’s Guide to Han Kang’s Books: nobelprize.org/what-to-read-han-kang/?_ga=2.123212683.1254629017.1728575564-1414448305.1726874266 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Year’s Nobel Prize Reaction (Jon Fosse): youtu.be/5N5sqqK3MEY The 2022 Reaction (Annie Ernaux): youtu.be/43pKp4YuXeU The 2021 Reaction (Abdulrazak Gurnah): youtu.be/Ln_h1J-RhJ4 The 2020 Reaction (Louise Glück): youtu.be/uYycf6UmotY The 2019 Reaction (Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke): youtu.be/BS1qqfs3XTk My Pulitzer Prize Video About Beloved: youtu.be/TzlTdLCqjAs My Video About the Pulitzer Prize and How It Could Improve: youtu.be/hA_H6x9soCU Time Stamps ⏰ Why This Is (Potentially) Significant: 01:59 Who Is Han Kang? 17:12 A Guide to Han Kang’s Books: 25:46 Titles Mentioned 📚 The Vegetarian (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101906118 Greek Lessons (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593595442 Human Acts (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101906743 The White Book (translated by Deborah Smith): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525573067 We Do Not Part (translated by E Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593595459 Other Titles Mentioned 📕 Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781400078776 The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679731726 Beloved, Toni Morrison: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781400033416 Morning and Evening, Jon Fosse (translated by Damion Searls): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781628975529 Happening, Annie Ernaux (translated by Tanya Leslie): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781609809485 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk (translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525541349 Afterlives, Abdulrazak Gurnah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593541890 Poems 1962-2012, Louise Glück: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374534097 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Reading Wrap-Up for September 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-10-08 | Joel joins to talk about the books we read in September while Teddy is adorable. We also talk a little about Portland and what we’ll read in October. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Wrap-Up: youtu.be/m56eie5BoDw The NY Times’ Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far): youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk My Friday Reads Discussing Bel Canto: youtu.be/5A8NQv_D3e4 Jump to the Reading Wrap-Up: 06:31 Titles Mentioned 📚 Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250250469 Labyrinth of Ice, Buddy Levy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250782069 House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318 Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205 Mooncakes, Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781620109731 Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715 Don’t Cry For Me, Daniel Black: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781335449351 Isaac’s Song, Daniel Black: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781335090416 Maid, Stephanie Land: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316505093 Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720 Franny, the Queen of Provincetown, John Preston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781551521909 The Sleeping Car Porter, Suzette Mayr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781552454589 The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679734772 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061711299 Suicide Notes, Michael Thomas Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062845511 Nicked, M.T. Anderson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593701607 Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704370 Just For the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431 Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704394 Desert Echoes, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063339637 Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062839374 Only This Beautiful Moment, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039384 The Chandler Legacies, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039339 Olivia, Dorothy Strachey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143134404 The Trees Grew Because I Bled There, Eric LaRocca: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781803363776 Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097 Realm of Ice and Sky, Buddy Levy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250289186 Christine, Stephen King: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668018071 The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060530945 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Exciting Book Happenings Supposedly Fun 2024-10-05 | I finished three books this week AND had some amazing book experiences in Portland. Plus, Teddy and Joel make an adorable cameo. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun Further Viewing 🎥 National Book Award Finalists for Fiction: youtu.be/dxJL_isewx4 Last Year’s Nobel Prize Reaction: youtu.be/5N5sqqK3MEY My Short from Powell’s: youtube.com/shorts/5_29hTTK7Vk?feature=share Book Haul for September: youtu.be/LFKIFJgDNuw Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc Book Haul Revisit for September: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/6Jh1i1esZ0I Jump to the Friday Reads: 19:44 Titles Mentioned 📚 The Mighty Red, Louise Erdrich: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063277052 Our Evenings, Alan Hollinghurst: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593243060 Black Woods, Blue Sky, Eowyn Ivey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593231029 The Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316175661 The Trees Grew Because I Bled There, Eric LaRocca: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781803363776 Brightly Shining, Ingvild Rishøi (translated by Caroline Waight): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802163493 Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158741 Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101 Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
National Book Award for Fiction 2024 Finalist Reaction Supposedly Fun 2024-10-04 | The shortlist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction is here! What made the cut, and what might win? Let's talk about it. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 The NBA Website: nationalbook.org/awards2024 Further Viewing 🎥 My Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo Last Year’s Winner Reaction: youtu.be/iqeZPh5WsZI My Booker Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc The Finalists 📚 Ghostroots, Pemi Aguda: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324065852 Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 All Fours, Miranda July: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593190265 My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841 Other Titles From the Longlist 📕 The Most, Jessica Anthony: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316576376 Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097 Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521 Yr Dead, Sam Sax: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781952119996 Rejection, Tony Tulathimutte: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063337879 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
I Finally Went to Powell’s #Books! Supposedly Fun 2024-10-02 | Powell's has been on my #bookstore bucket list for AGES, and I finally got there! It was worth the wait.
Friday Reads: A DNF, a Fave, and a Meh Supposedly Fun 2024-09-28 | It was an interesting reading week that yielded a DNF, a book I enjoyed a great deal, and another that was just meh. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun Further Viewing 🎥 Book Haul for September: youtu.be/LFKIFJgDNuw Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc The National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo Book Haul Revisit for September: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/0Dc09Tihq_Y Jump to the Friday Reads: 07:42 Titles Mentioned 📚 Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704370 Just For the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431 Say You’ll Remember Me, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538759196 Yours Truly, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704394 Olivia, Dorothy Strachey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143134404 Call Me By Your Name, Andre Aciman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780312426781 Desert Echoes, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063339637 Like a Love Story, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062839374 Only This Beautiful Moment, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039384 The Chandler Legacies, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039339 Go Tell It On the Mountain, James Baldwin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780375701870 Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Book Haul for September 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-09-26 | Come see what books I hauled in the month of September and let me know if you've read any in the comments. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y This Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo My Friday Reads Discussing Angela’s Ashes: youtu.be/uOBOiuFzXEo My Friday Reads Discussing Montana 1948: youtu.be/jnfCK4DUXCE Books Hauled 📚 The Restaurant of Lost Recipes, Hisashi Kashiwai (translated by Jesse Kirkwood): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593717790 Delinquents and Other Escape Attempts, Nick Rees Gardner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781960593030 Misinterpretation, Ledia Xhoga: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030805 Teacher Man, Frank McCourt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780743243780 Gentlemen and Players, Joanne Harris: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060559151 Blonde Roots, Bernardine Evaristo: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781594484346 Justice, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310927 Other Titles Mentioned 📕 The Kamogawa Food Detectives, Hisashi Kashiwai (translated by Jesse Kirkwood): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593717714 Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781953534187 Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030553 Knockemstiff, Donald Ray Pollock: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780767928304 Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684842677 Chocolat, Joanne Harris: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780140282030 Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802156983 Mr. Loverman, Bernardine Evaristo: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781617752728 Montana 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613 Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158741 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Books As Therapy Supposedly Fun 2024-09-21 | It was an unexpectedly difficult reading week, but a book with surprising therapeutic value got me through it. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov The Trailer for Small Things Like These: youtu.be/Nqwn5Y_Y4xs?si=MWi7rOJLGJAXkV5o Further Viewing 🎥 Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction: youtu.be/TwvWiwNAGFc The National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo Book Haul Revisit for September: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y The Best Short Novels and Novellas: youtu.be/3MmMm0tf_5g Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/5A8NQv_D3e4 Jump to the Friday Reads: 07:57 Titles Mentioned 📚 Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802158741 Foster, Claire Keegan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160140 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061711299 Nicked, M.T. Anderson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593701607 Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704370 Olivia, Dorothy Strachey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143134404 Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Book Math at Work! #Books Supposedly Fun 2024-09-20 | This is what we call book math for library shelf maintenance.
Booker Prize Shortlist Reaction 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-09-16 | Let’s look at the books that made it onto the Booker Prize’s 2024 shortlist. What are the surprises? What might win? Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 The Booker Website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024 Further Viewing 🎥 My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k Last Year’s Booker Winner Reaction: youtu.be/qP-WwW_vgfw National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo Is the Pulitzer Prize in Trouble? youtu.be/hA_H6x9soCU The Shortlist 📚 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347 Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543 Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521 Stone Yard Devotional, Charlotte WoodHeld, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865 Longlisted Titles We Say Goodbye To 📕 Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256 Wild Houses, Colin Barrett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160942 This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393635041 Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031 Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612 My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841 Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Predicting the Booker Shortlist & More Supposedly Fun 2024-09-14 | I read four books this week and have two more well underway--plus, I'll take a guess at what might be on the shortlist for the Booker Prize next week. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Channel Recommendation 🍿 Bob the Bookerer: youtube.com/@BobTheBookerer Roro Reads: youtube.com/@rororeads Further Viewing 🎥 The National Book Award for Fiction Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/e50214njhDo My Video About Potential Pulitzer Changes: youtu.be/hA_H6x9soCU Book Haul Revisit for September: youtu.be/YvZ4e8gQXpo My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y The Best Short Novels and Novellas: youtu.be/3MmMm0tf_5g Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/jnfCK4DUXCE Jump to the Friday Reads: 14:16 Titles Mentioned 📚 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031 My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841 Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256 This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393635041 Stone Yard Devotional, Charlotte Wood Wild Houses, Colin Barrett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160942 Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865 Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521 Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612 Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543 The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347 Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101 Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715 Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593466490 Franny, the Queen of Provincetown, John Preston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781551521909 The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679734772 Nicked, M.T. Anderson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593701607 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061711299 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
National Book Award for Fiction 2024 Longlist Reaction Supposedly Fun 2024-09-13 | The Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction is here! Come hear about the books that made the cut, what might make the shortlist/win, and what got left out. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 The National Book Award’s Website: nationalbook.org/2024-national-book-awards-longlist-for-fiction Further Viewing 🎥 Last Year’s Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/6Iy7CI_0GrU Last Year’s Winner Reaction: youtu.be/iqeZPh5WsZI My Video About Potential Pulitzer Changes: youtu.be/hA_H6x9soCU My Booker Prize Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k The NY Times’ Best Books of 2024 So Far: youtu.be/pnU9-cC8biQ Time’s Best Books of 2024 So Far: youtu.be/8SeAxeMp0Xc My Most Anticipated Books of Late 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0 Time Stamps ⏰ Skip to the Longlisted Titles: 07:07 Skip to the Omissions: 35:04 Skip to the Shortlist Prediction: 36:43 The Longlist 📚 Ghostroots, Pemi Aguda: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324065852 Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619 The Most, Jessica Anthony: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316576376 Catalina, Karla Cornejo Villavicencio: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593449097 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 All Fours, Miranda July: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593190265 Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521 My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841 Yr Dead, Sam Sax: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781952119996 Rejection, Tony Tulathimutte: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063337879 Other Titles Mentioned 📕 The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781949199734 Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256 Headshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101 Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031 Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030553 Real Americans, Rachel Khong: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537251 Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593133491 Small Rain, Garth Greenwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374279547 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Book Collecting Tips #books Supposedly Fun 2024-09-11 | People always wonder if collecting all the Pulitzer winners for Fiction was expensive. Here’s how I did it!
Book Haul Revisit for September 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-09-10 | How many of the books hauled across the last five Septembers have I read (and how many have I unhealed)? Let’s find out! Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y Last Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w My Marriage Portrait Review (with Spoilers): youtu.be/uxneJoQrV6w The Power of the Dog Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/ATFqNKY8QXQ PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed Sue Grafton titles, any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.September 2023 Book Haul: xyoutu.be/e_tUroeQjbU The Vaster Wilds, Lauren Groff Independent People, Halldór Laxness (translated by J.A. Thompson) Disruptions, Steven Millhauser Skinned Alive: Stories, Edmund White September 2022 Book Haul: youtu.be/XtD4K_85ZPY The Marriage Portrait, Maggie O’Farrell A Country for Dying, Abdellah Taïa (translated by Emma Ramadan) Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty Heartstopper Volume 3, Alice Oseman September 2021 Haul: youtu.be/jWDvaEtppus Mayflies, Andrew O’HaganThe Power of the Dog, Thomas SavageThe Inexplicable Logic of My Life, Benjamin Alire SáenzSeptember 2020: youtube.com/watch?v=3lNHk4px_Y4&t=1s Burnt Sugar, by Avni Doshi (also published as Girl in White Cotton)Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa GyasiPiranesi, by Susannah ClarkeWinter Counts, by David Heska Wanbli WeidenSeptember 2019 Book Haul: youtube.com/watch?v=vPHLGfST9j8&t=1s Gender Queer, by Maia KobabeMy Father and Myself, by J.R. AckerlyThe Friend, Sigrid NunezBlack Light, by Kimberly King ParsonsThe Buddha in the Attic, by Julie OtsukaWild, by Cheryl StrayedDead Wake, by Erik LarsonFranny, the Queen of Provincetown, by John PrestonFinistère, Fritz PetersDown and Dirty Pictures, by Peter BiskindWish Her Safe at Home, by Stephen BenatarThe Secret History, by Donna TarttThe Chestnut Man, by Søren SveistrupMy Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Is the Pulitzer Prize in Trouble? Supposedly Fun 2024-09-08 | I've had some conversations with people who have concerns about the direction the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been taking recently, and I have some of my own. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 My Pulitzer Prize Ranking (So Far): youtu.be/oqGUQWCJEt4 What Is the Great American Novel? youtu.be/MeaLqLcDrjs The Origins of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: youtu.be/Y0twmkZ0M8o The Book That Started My Pulitzer Obsession, Interpreter of Maladies: youtu.be/OT78tG9W118 How On Earth Did Tinkers Win a Pulitzer? youtu.be/9yXxr3O_jDg The 2012 Pulitzer Controversy: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPoLess: What Type of Book Deserves to Win Book Awards? youtu.be/U-rL7ewcNwA Why Did The Netanyahus Win a Pulitzer? youtu.be/BSS6eGkWSZw How Did Trust and Demon Copperhead Tie? youtu.be/xIrKCP1kF7U Did the Pulitzer Prize Make a Mistake With Night Watch? youtu.be/ig50F7XzIow Time Stamps ⏰ The Structural Issues: 06:45 What Should the Board’s Role Be? 24:28 The Quality Issues: 27:32 Summary: 39:16 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Lots of Book Prize News! Supposedly Fun 2024-09-07 | What a big week for books! Announcements from the National Book Awards and the Giller Prize--plus all the reading I've done this week. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov The Giller Prize Longlist: gillerprize.ca/2024-finalists Giller Prize Controversy: lithub.com/20-canadian-authors-have-withdrawn-from-the-giller-prize Barbara Kingsolver’s Lifetime Achievement Award Announcement: apnews.com/article/barbara-kingsolver-national-book-award-achievement-4fdea868b4bc43d38cdcf12086d69d01# W. Paul Coates’ Lifetime Achievement Award Announcement: nationalbook.org/national-book-foundation-to-present-lifetime-achievement-to-present-lifetime-achievement-award-to-w-paul-coates Wendy Xu on Mooncakes and Disability Representation: womenwriteaboutcomics.com/2016/01/writing-disability-in-comics Further Viewing 🎥 Reading Wrap-Up for August: youtu.be/m56eie5BoDw My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y The Best Short Novels and Novellas: youtu.be/3MmMm0tf_5g Thoughts About BookTube: youtu.be/vXeXFlFAqME Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/otuX6HEQBZM Jump to the Friday Reads: 15:33 Titles Mentioned 📚 Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063251984 The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061765223 The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060852580 The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780061577079 A Way to Be Happy, Caroline Adderson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781771966221 Death By a Thousand Cuts, Shashi BhatWhat I Know About You, Éric Chacour: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781552454855 Bad Land, Corrina Chong: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781551529592 Curiosities, Anne FlemingPrairie Edge, Conor Kerr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781517917234 This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393635041 Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865 The Cure for Drowning, Loghan PaylorPeacocks of Instagram, Deepa Rajagopalan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781487012403 In Winter I Get Up At Night, Jane Urquhart: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780771051999 Real Ones, Katherena VermetteMontana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613 Justice, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310927 Mooncakes, Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781620109731 Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715 Don’t Cry For Me, Daniel Black: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781335449351 Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593466490 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Reading Wrap Up for August and September Plans Supposedly Fun 2024-09-03 | It was a great reading month, so come hear about all the books Joel and I read in August (and what we plan to read in September). Plus, Joel gets to toss a book! Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Wrap-Up: youtu.be/Mg8XCOp7i5Q Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y My Friday Reads Discussing The Lonely Girl: youtu.be/IfkT0As8Uas The Honest BookTuber Tag: youtu.be/vXeXFlFAqME My Friday Reads Discussing John Boyne: youtu.be/otuX6HEQBZM Skip the Somewhere Beyond the Sea Discussion: 12:21 Titles Mentioned 📚 Lumberjack Under the Tree, Keira Andrews: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781988260921 The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357 Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205 Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268 Singled Out: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Andrew Maraniss: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593116722 The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389 The Barkeep and the Bro, AJ Truman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798989826537 This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313 The Time of the Child, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639734207 Hot Mall Santa, AJ Truman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9798866520756 Earth, John BoyneRedemption By Fire, Andrew GreyStrengthened By Fire, Andrew GreyBurnished By Fire, Andrew GreyFurious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101972052 Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613 The Sunbearer Trials, Aiden Thomas: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250822741 Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive, Stephanie Land: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316505093 Mooncakes, Suzanne Walker, Wendy Xu, and Joamette Gil: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781620109731 Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720 The Inland Island, Josephine Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982177492 Shadow Heart, Meg Gardiner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982627522 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Gabrielle Zevin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593466490 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: A DNF, a Book Toss, and a New Favorite Supposedly Fun 2024-08-31 | This is a big week for a Friday Reads: we have book news, I toss a book, and we cover a book I DNF’ed and a book I absolutely love. Plus, the reason I’m a bad husband. Expand for more. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Kirkus Finalists: kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/finalists-for-the-2024-kirkus-prize-are-revealed Publishers Sue Over Book Bans: publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/95823-major-publishers-authors-guild-sue-over-new-florida-book-banning-law.html Channels Mentioned 🍿 Jen the Librarian: @JentheLibrarianreads Bob the Bookerer: @BobTheBookerer Roro Reads: @rororeads Further Viewing 🎥 Book Haul for August: youtu.be/JjAFyMdrC1Y Can I Predict Future Classics? youtu.be/lWtI1iIhE7g Thoughts About BookTube: youtu.be/vXeXFlFAqME Exciting Book Releases for Late 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0 Library and Bookshelf Tour 2024: youtu.be/X_yIJ0QZg_M Books That Should Be Movies: youtu.be/do1OLq97yms My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/bFTWV0aQiBQ Jump to the Friday Reads: 10:28 Titles Mentioned 📚 Elbow Room, James Alan McPherson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780449213575 Hue and Cry, James Alan McPherson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062909732 This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313 Earth, John BoyneSomewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205 The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318 Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543 Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613 Bel Canto, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060838720 Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Book Haul for August 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-08-30 | If it's the end of the month it must be book haul time! Here are all of the books I brought into my library during the month of August. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk This Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk My Deep Dive on Lonesome Dove: youtu.be/bf5tx26fKNs Titles Mentioned 📚 Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374616595 Pachinko, Min Jin Lee: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781455563920 The Friday Afternoon Club: A Family Memoir, Griffin Dunne: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593652824 All That She Carried: The Story of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, Tiya Miles: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781984855015 Montana, 1948, Larry Watson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781571310613 Kiss Her Once For Me, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982191139 As Meat Loves Salt, Maria McCann: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780156012263 The English Patient, Michael Ondaatje: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679745204 Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393352566 Moving On, Larry McMurtry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781631493492 Great Short Works, Willa Cather: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780060923761 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Can I Predict Which Recent Books Will Become Classics? Supposedly Fun 2024-08-27 | Recent discussions about the best books of the 21st century so far have me wondering which books published over the last decade will be future classics—and if it’s possible to tell. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk Readers Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs My Pulitzer Reaction for Demon Copperhead and Trust: youtu.be/OabcFdhyr9I My Favorite Books From 2023 (Featuring Love Songs of W.E.B. du Bois): youtu.be/rQgn0LqGago Titles Mentioned 📚 Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063251984 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780345804327 Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781984898876 Milkman, Anna Burns: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781644450000 Salvage the Bones, Jesmyn Ward: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781608196265 Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062060624 Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812985405 There There, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525436140 Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765 Matrix, Lauren Groff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781594634505 Trust, Hernan Diaz: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593420324 North Woods, Daniel Mason: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593597033 All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781501173219 A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihara: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780804172707 The Love Songs of W.E.B. du Bois, Honoree Fannone Jeffers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062942951 The Good Lord Bird, James McBride: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781594632785 Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101971062 The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781949199734 Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781953534187 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Thoughts About BookTube: The Honest BookTuber Tag Supposedly Fun 2024-08-25 | I thought it would be interesting to reflect on my time on BookTube and what the experience has been like by revisiting the Honest BookTuber Tag. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 My Original Version of This Tag: youtu.be/iFy4SDag8MM 15 Books I’ll (Probably) Never Read: youtu.be/1h7J_IKYoJ8 My Deep Dive About Gone With the Wind: youtu.be/7kdP568OC_Q Books That Should Be Movies: youtu.be/do1OLq97yms The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk Channels Mentioned 🍿 Lydia’s Lost the Plot’s Version: youtube.com/watch?v=fkqdhJZVOyo Shawn Breathes Books: youtube.com/@shawnbreathesbooks This tag was created by Harriet Rosie, who is no longer on BookTube. Questions: 1. Have you ever lied about reading a book?2. Have you ever avoided a book because of controversy around the content/author?3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it?4. Have you ever bought a book with no intention of reading it?5. Have you ever got caught up in booktube drama?6. Have you ever had a hate comment, and did you respond?7. Have you ever made a video just because you knew it would get views?8. If you could go back to the beginning of your channel, would you do anything differently?9. Are there any channels you wish you could be more like?10. What's something you love about your channel?My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Its Definitely Hope Supposedly Fun 2024-08-24 | That feeling I thought I had a few weeks ago? It's definitely hope. All that, plus the reading I've done this week. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Further Viewing 🎥 Library and Bookshelf Tour 2024: youtu.be/X_yIJ0QZg_M Books That Should Be Movies: youtu.be/do1OLq97yms Book Haul Revisit for August: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/68MJIycJ-L0 Jump to the Friday Reads: 15:12 Titles Mentioned 📚 This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313 Never Let Me Go, Kazoo Ishiguro: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781400078776 Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205 The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318 The Friday Afternoon Club, Griffin Dunne: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593652824 Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612 Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Library and Bookshelf Tour 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-08-20 | I've gotten some requests for a library and bookshelf tour recently, so here you go! Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 The Library Tour From 2023: youtu.be/ofrVVcGq5TA Our Colorado Independent Bookstore Tour: youtu.be/qRECTz6oQNc The 2022 Bookshelf Tour: youtu.be/bcB1P8r_Gnw My Deep Dive on Gone With the Wind: youtu.be/7kdP568OC_Q Joel’s Cookbook Collection Tour: youtu.be/DSPPWTJ9sB8 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: A Near DNF and a Winner Supposedly Fun 2024-08-17 | I finished two books this week (one only barely), and as fate would have it, they're fun to talk about together. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Further Viewing 🎥 Books That Should Be Movies: youtu.be/do1OLq97yms Reading Wrap-Up for July: youtu.be/Mg8XCOp7i5Q Book Haul Revisit for August: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/IfkT0As8Uas Titles Mentioned 📚 Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268 The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389 This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313 The Friday Afternoon Club, Griffin Dunne: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593652824 Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612 Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Books That Should Be Adapted Into Movies Supposedly Fun 2024-08-12 | Inspired by Kim from Middle of the Book March, here is a list of books I would love to see turned into movies. These are primed for adaptations! Expand for more information. 👇 Channels Mentioned 🍿 @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH's Original Video: youtube.com/watch?v=O2cqg-wkEKA Further Viewing 🎥 My Deep Dive on Less: The Power of the Dog Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/ATFqNKY8QXQ The Color Purple Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/AcCW_fgXuxA If Beale Street Could Talk Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/LJEMV0v38I4 Little Women Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/PcaXoh4BP38 Nomadland Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/e8OFrPL82ls The Shining Book vs. Movie: youtu.be/WEVs3A8P-Wc Titles Mentioned 📚 Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee, Casey Cep: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101972052 The Murder at the Vicarage, Agatha Christie: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063213920 Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286 My Ántonia, Willa Cather: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525562863 Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101965122 Tom Lake, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063327528 Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765 The House in the Cerulean Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318 The Round House, Louise Erdrich: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062065254 Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593656419 The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle, Matt Cain: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781496737755 The Bandit Queens, Parini Shroff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593498972 My Sister, the Serial Killer, Oyinkan Braithwaite: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525564201 Aristotle and Dante Dive Into the Waters of the World, Benjamin Alire Saenz: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781534496200 Fingersmith, Sarah Waters: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781573229722 Only This Beautiful Moment, Abdi Nazemian: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063039384 The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357 Kindred, Octavia Butler: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780807083697 The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland, Jim DeFede: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063005983 The Rain Heron, Robbie Arnott: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374539306 Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593499986 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812983586 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, Alison Bechdel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780618871711 Excellent Women, Barbara Pym: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143104872 Less, Andrew Sean Greer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316316132 There There, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525436140 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593422946 All the King’s Men, Robert Penn Warren: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780156012959 Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431 Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668021194 Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715 Travels With Charley, John Steinbeck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143107002 City of Thieves, David Benioff: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780452295292 Year of Wonders, Geraldine Brooks: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780142001431 The Secret History, Donna Tartt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781400031702 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: The Art of Savoring a Good Book Supposedly Fun 2024-08-10 | I may have only finished one book this week, but I am slowly working my way through a book that I am loving (and getting started on another). Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Shop at Matter’s Website: shopatmatter.com Channel Recommendation 🍿 Libraries Ireland: youtube.com/@librariesire Further Viewing 🎥 Reading Wrap-Up for July: youtu.be/Mg8XCOp7i5Q Book Haul Revisit for August: youtu.be/a9GIc36IG3w My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k My Very Large July Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/OaTQXtqECR0 Jump to the Friday Reads: 08:50 Titles Mentioned 📚 The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520 The Barracks, John McGahernThe Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357 The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389 North Woods, Daniel Mason: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593597033 Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268 Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205 This Is Happiness, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635576313 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Book Haul Revisit for August 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-08-08 | Let's see how successful my five August book hauls have been! How many books have I read, how many do I still want to read, and which books have been unhauled? Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk Last Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/93N3LvkDAAM The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs My Favorite Reads From 2020: youtu.be/MG-0gYyj6v8 PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed Sue Grafton titles, any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.August 2023 Book Haul: xyoutu.be/e_tUroeQjbU At Weddings and Wakes, Alice McDermott Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano Commonwealth, Ann Patchett The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest J. Gaines August 2022 Book Haul: youtu.be/LnyeYIf1PtE The Queens of Sarmiento Park, Camila Sosa Villada (translated by Kit Maude)The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle Nightcrawling, Leila Mottley August 2021 Book Haul: youtu.be/oyy4M-sPmXg Damnation Spring, Ash DavidsonOnce There Were Wolves, Charlotte McConaghyAfterparties: Stories, Anthony Veasna SoHeartstopper, Volume 1, Alice Oseman August 2020 Book Haul: youtu.be/18XqwPmyl8w Nervous Conditions, by Tsitsi DangarembgaThis Mournable Body, by Tsitsi DangarembgaThe Yield, Tara June WinchFilthy Beasts, by Kirkland HamillLuster, by Raven LeilaniThe Death of Vivek Oji, by Akwaeke EmeziShuggie Bain, by Douglas StuartAugust 2019 Book Haul: youtu.be/FtD1tDQKzug Girl, Woman, Other, by Bernardine EvaristoThe Song of the Loon, by Richard AmoryBlackbird, by Larry DuplechanPatience and Sarah, by Isabel MillerBecoming a Man, by Paul MonetteLittle Women, by Louisa May AlcottA Way in the World, by V.S. NaipaulBreath, Eyes, Memory, by Edwidge DanticatThe House of Mirth, by Edith WhartonOhio, by Stephen MarkleyDominicana, by Angie CruzMy Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Reading Wrap Up for July and August Plans Supposedly Fun 2024-08-06 | Joel and I had a great reading month in July! Here are all the books we read, and all the books we're hoping to read in August. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Our Favorite Reads of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs My Most Anticipated Books for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0 Our Irish Book Haul: youtu.be/IO8-CEybrY4 My Video About Josephine Johnson and Now in November: youtu.be/rx7IeJo3RlA My Friday Reads Discussing Edna O’Brien: youtu.be/OaTQXtqECR0 Titles Mentioned 📚 Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431 A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Kosoko Jackson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593334461 Four Thousand Paws: Caring for the Dogs of the Iditarod: A Veterinarian's Story, Lee Morgan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324091394 Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187 Check, Please! Book One, Ngozi Usaku: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250177964 Kiss Marry Kill, S.C. Wynne Sandwich, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063345164 The Midnight Library, Matt Haig: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525559498 The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520 We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122 The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan ParrishOne Vote for Murder, S.C. Wynne We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122 Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286 The Inland Island, Josephine Johnson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982177492 Eastbound, Maylis de Kerangal (translated by Jessica Moore): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781953861504 The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357 The House in the Cerulean Sea, T.J. Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250217318 Somewhere Beyond the Sea, T.J. Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205 The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: I Did Something Silly Supposedly Fun 2024-08-03 | It's been a big week in the book world. We got a longlist for a major book prize and we said goodbye to a literary legend. Plus, I finished two books and did something silly. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Further Viewing 🎥 My Booker Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/uA_iozA4t7k My Very Large July Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk The NY Times’ Best Books of 2023: youtu.be/mwdULZWQuU0 The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk Readers Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/gSSUhuhZRnQ Jump to the Friday Reads: 16:10 Titles Mentioned 📚 The Country Girls, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357 Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286 Eastbound, Maylis de Kerangal (translated by Jessica Moore): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781953861504 The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Booker Prize Longlist Reaction 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-07-30 | The Booker Prize Longlist is here! Let’s look at the Booker Dozen to see what made the list, what looks interesting, and what didn’t make it. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 The Booker Website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024 Further Viewing 🎥 My Friday Reads Discussing The Safekeep: youtu.be/AHJwUjLa1Hw Do I Want to Read These 2024 Releases? youtu.be/XL9kma5EDgY Exciting Upcoming Book Releases: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0 My Pulitzer Prize Reaction: youtu.be/C_ne3mYSSbQ Readers Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw Last Year’s Longlist Reaction: youtu.be/-IfW6Bl6qyg Last Year’s Winner Reaction: youtu.be/qP-WwW_vgfw The Longlist 📚 Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256 Wild Houses, Colin Barrett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802160942 Held, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593536865 Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521 This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393635041 Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031 Enlightenment, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063352612 Orbital, Samantha Harvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802161543 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347 My Friends, Hisham Mitar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812994841 Stone Yard Devotional, Charlotte WoodHeadshot, Rita Bullwinkel: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593654101 Other Titles Mentioned 📕 There There, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525436140 Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780771058820 The Flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781439142011 The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307743763 The Overstory, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393356687 The Essex Serpent, Sarah Perry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062666383 The Trees, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781644450642 The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520 Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619 Glorious Exploits, Ferdia Lennon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250893697 Praiseworthy, Alexis Wright: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780811238014 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Is This Hope? Supposedly Fun 2024-07-27 | A new week brings three finished books (!) and a strange sensation that might hopefully last? Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Further Viewing 🎥 My Very Large July Book Haul: youtu.be/klIEIxmuklk The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk Readers Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw Book Haul Revisit for July 2024: youtu.be/93N3LvkDAAM The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/zIcQme0QUDU Jump to the Friday Reads: 12:13 Titles Mentioned 📚 Olivia, Dorothy Strachey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143134404 The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520 We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122 The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan ParrishDo Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286 The History of Sound: Stories, Ben Shattuck: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593490389 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
An Irresponsibly Large Book Haul for July 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-07-25 | I went a little crazy hauling books in July. But I'm really excited about all the stuff I got! Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/fLWL0ZpaEfo July’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/93N3LvkDAAM My Most Anticipated Book Released for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0 My Most Anticipated Book Releases for the Middle of 2024: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA Titles Mentioned 📚 Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268 The Burrow, Melanie Cheng: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030867 The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories, Zahid Rafiq: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030850 Masquerade, Mike Fu: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030843 Do Tell, Lindsay Lynch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469286 Housemates, Emma Copley Eisenberg: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593242230 There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801710 Sandwich, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063345164 The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520 Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256 Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431 The Country Girls Trilogy, Edna O’Brien: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374537357 Nocturnes For the King of Naples, Edmund White: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781946022660 The Corner of Rife and Pacific, Thomas Savage: Someone, Alice McDermott: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250888389 All We Shall Know, Donal Ryan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143131045 Strange Flowers, Donal Ryan: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143136392 House of Sand and Fog, Andre Dubus III: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393356342 The Souvenir Museum, Elizabeth McCracken: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062971258 Amy & Isabelle, Elizabeth Strout: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780375705199 Celestial Navigation, Anne Tyler: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780449911808 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: No More Reading Shame Supposedly Fun 2024-07-20 | Lots to talk about this week! From gratitude to surprises--and life lessons learned from the two books I finished. Plus, a discussion about why we should let go of the notion of "guilty pleasures." Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov The If Books Could Kill Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-books-could-kill/id1651876897 Jen the Librarian’s Library Haul: youtu.be/ymwx6632BVw?si=3T3Mlmt8SLvgZ6EU My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun Further Viewing 🎥 The NY Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk Reader Picks for the Best Books of the 21st Century: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw Book Haul Revisit for July 2024: youtu.be/93N3LvkDAAM The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/qyjYx6qw5sE Jump to the Friday Reads: 10:53 Titles Mentioned 📚 The Shipping News, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780671510053 Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431 Sandwich, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063345164 We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122 The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520 House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062909954 Laughing Boy, Oliver La Farge: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780618446728 Yellow Sun, Bright Sky: The Indian Country Stories of Oliver La FargeMy Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
New York Times Readers Pick the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: A Reaction Supposedly Fun 2024-07-19 | Following up on the list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, The New York Times asked readers to submit their own ballots. Here are the results! I'll go over the differences and similarities, and what is still missing. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 The Readers List: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/reader-best-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share The Original List: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share The Public Ballots: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/authors-top-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share Submit Your Own Ballot Here: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/vote-books-century.html?smid=url-share Further Viewing 🎥 The Original NY Times List: youtu.be/XR9ktrOhjZk The Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY The Atlantic’s Great American Novels: youtu.be/LMSkNViSOFE Time’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time: youtu.be/JhyA3mrDJB0 15 Books I’ll (Probably) Never Read: youtu.be/1h7J_IKYoJ8 My Interpreter of Maladies Video About My Pulitzer History: youtu.be/OT78tG9W118 My Video About the 2012 Pulitzer Fiasco: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPo Jump to the List: 19:10 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Book Haul Revisit for July 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-07-18 | Let's look back at my July book haul videos to see how many of the books I hauled have been read, which have been unhauled, and which might need to go. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/fLWL0ZpaEfo Last Month’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/_26DDuVsM6Q PLEASE NOTE: For the sake of timing, I have removed Sue Grafton titles, any books purchased for my Pulitzer Project, books that were gifted to me, library builders (cases where I purchased a book to complete an author collection, etc.), and books I had already read and purchased to have a copy in my library. I am only including books that I purchased for myself with the intention (or hope) of reading it sometime soon.July 2023: youtu.be/zEJyAHTn6Mk Days Without End, Sebastian Barry Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Anne Tyler O, Pioneers!, Willa CatherJuly 2022 Book Haul: youtu.be/vlfjL0MHXcU The New York Stories of Edith Wharton Our Colors, Gengoroh Tagame (translated by Anne Ishii) My Policeman, Bethan Roberts Another Country, James Baldwin Heartstopper Volume 2, Alice Oseman Heartstopper Volume 4, Alice Oseman Under the Whispering Door, T.J. KluneJuly 2021 Book Haul: youtu.be/UwWvd2buqIg After Francesco, Brian MalloyLike a Love Story, Abdi NazemianRazorblade Tears, S.A. CosbyLike Water for Chocolat, Laura EsquivelHow Much of These Hills is Gold, C. Pam ZhangThe Man with Night Sweats, Thom GunnGay Bar: Why We Went Out, Jeremy Atherton LinThere’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job, Kikuko TsumuraJuly 2020 Book Haul: youtu.be/PQwhr54JEv8 Olivia, by Dorothy StracheyThe Girl Who Wrote Loneliness, by Kyung-Sook ShinCamp, by L.C. RosenThe Cooking Gene, by Michael TwittyJuly 2019 Book Haul: youtu.be/BRA8bzNCOr0 Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae BrownAn Untamed State, Roxane GayBastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy AllisonHappiness, Aminatta FornaThree Women, Lisa TaddeoThe Far Field, Madhuri VijayThe Pervert, Remy BoydellHow We Fight For Our Lives, Saeed JonesMy Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
The New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Reaction Video Supposedly Fun 2024-07-16 | The New York Times compiled a list of the 100 best books of the century (so far) with the help of a bunch of people in the literary world. I’ll talk about what made the list, what got left out, and a bit about the background of how it was made. Expand for more information. 👇UPDATE: the readers' list of the top 100 books of the 21st century has been released. Here is my reaction to that: youtu.be/DhrJhDcUkGw Links 💻 The Full Article: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share The Public Ballots: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/authors-top-books-21st-century.html?smid=url-share Submit Your Own Ballot Here: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/vote-books-century.html?smid=url-share Further Viewing 🎥 The Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY The Atlantic’s Great American Novels: youtu.be/LMSkNViSOFE Time’s 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time: youtu.be/JhyA3mrDJB0 15 Books I’ll (Probably) Never Read: youtu.be/1h7J_IKYoJ8 My Interpreter of Maladies Video About My Pulitzer History: youtu.be/OT78tG9W118 My Video About the 2012 Pulitzer Fiasco: youtu.be/ydylVjwjCPo Jump to the List: 18:07 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Another New Favorite Supposedly Fun 2024-07-13 | I finished two books this week and have made good progress on two others. One of these books is likely to be one of my favorite reads of this year! Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov The New York Times’ 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html?utm_campaign=likeshopme Further Viewing 🎥 The 25 Best Books of the Last 25 Years: youtu.be/Nk4T561XrqY My Interpreter of Maladies Deep Dive: youtu.be/OT78tG9W118 The Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/2Uc9ay7BiWs Do I Want to Read These 2024 Releases? youtu.be/XL9kma5EDgY My Most Anticipated Book Released for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0 Reading Wrap-Up for June: youtu.be/JnJDFmlQimo Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/Opnebz5SjBI Jump to the Friday Reads: 15:53 Titles Mentioned 📚 Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780358213260 The Shipping News, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780671510053 Ironweed, William Kennedy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780140070200 Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187 Shuggie Bain, Douglas Stuart: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780802148506 Check, Please! Book One, Ngozi Usaku: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250177964 Just for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431 Sandwich, Catherine Newman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063345164 We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Do I Want to Read These Upcoming 2024 Book Releases? Supposedly Fun 2024-07-11 | I've covered the books publishing in the last half of 2024 that I am definitely looking forward to, so here are the ones that I have a little question mark attached to. Which ones are you going to read? Expand for more information. 👇 Channel and Video Mentioned 🍿 Lou Reading Things on Palmares: youtube.com/watch?v=r2p25NxpkMg Further Viewing 🎥 My Most Anticipated Book Released for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0 Last Year’s Do I Want to Read These? youtu.be/6L-5_YRM22A The Version of This Video From Two Years Ago: youtu.be/F7gsolnbmZo Titles Mentioned 📚 Mina’s Matchbox, Yoko Ogawa: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593316085 The Unicorn Woman, Gayl Jones: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780807030035 Death at the Sign of the Rook, Kate Atkinson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385547994 Entitlement, Ruman Alaam: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593718469 Intermezzo, Sally Rooney: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374602635 Playground, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324086031 The Last Dream, Pedro Almodóvar (translated by Frank Wynne): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063349766 Absolution, Jeff VanderMeer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374616595 The City and Its Uncertain Walls, Haruki Murakami (translated by Philip Gabriel): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801970 The Voyage Home, Pat Barker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385549110 Other Titles Mentioned 📕 The Memory Police, Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781101911815 The Housekeeper and the Professor, Yoko Ogawa (translated by Stephen Snyder): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780312427801 Palmares, Gayl Jones: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780807007150 Case Histories, Kate Atkinson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316010702 Leave the World Behind, Roman Alaam: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062667649 Conversations With Friends, Sally Rooney: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780451499066 Normal People, Sally Rooney: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781984822185 The Overstory, Richard Powers: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780393356687 Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374104092 The Windup Bird Chronicles, Haruki Murakami (translated by Jay Rubin): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679775430 Regeneration, Pat Barker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780142180594 The Silence of the Girls, Pat Barker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525564102 The Women of Troy, Pat Barker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593311325 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
The Best Books of 2024 So Far Supposedly Fun 2024-07-08 | It’s time for Joel and I to run through our favorite reads from 2024 so far. We mostly cover our fiction favorites, but we also mention a nonfiction fave as well as our worst reads of the year. Expand for more information. 👇 PLEASE NOTE: There is a spoiler discussion of one of the books at the end of this video, but we provide an opportunity for those who don’t want the spoiler to stop watching before that discussion begins. Further Viewing 🎥 The 2024 Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q Our Favorite Books Last Year: youtu.be/rQgn0LqGago Last Year’s Mid-Year Favorites: youtu.be/8W7hzjn0WIg My Pulitzer Prize Deep Dive on Night Watch: youtu.be/ig50F7XzIow Titles Mentioned (Alphabetically by Author) 📚 Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668021194 All the Sinners Bleed, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250831927 Razorblade Tears, S.A. Cosby: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250252715 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593656419 Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These: A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Kosoko Jackson: bookshop.org/aJust for the Summer, Abby Jimenez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781538704431 Fellow Travelers, Thomas Mallon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307388902 The Royal Wulff Murders, Keith McCafferty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143123057 Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684842677 Amongst Women, John McGahern Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593499986 Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593243732 The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan Parrish Tom Lake, Ann Patchett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063327528 Night Watch, Jayne Anne Phillips: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780451493330 Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780743271325 Close Range: Stories, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684852225 Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030553 The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347 Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Perfect Reading Escapism Supposedly Fun 2024-07-06 | This was a perfect week to escape the real world in a good, cozy book--and thankfully, I found the perfect ways to do that. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Further Viewing 🎥 My Most Anticipated Book Released for the Rest of 2024: youtu.be/ErBRKgMUkc0 Reading Wrap-Up for June: youtu.be/JnJDFmlQimo Book Haul for June: youtu.be/fLWL0ZpaEfo The Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/AHJwUjLa1Hw Jump to the Friday Reads: 09:23 Titles Mentioned 📚 A Dash of Salt and Pepper, Kosoko Jackson: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593334461 Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187 Check, Please! Book One, Ngozi Usaku: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250177964 Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338617559 What I’d Rather Not Think About, Jente Posthuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781957363356 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
My Most Anticipated Book Releases for the Rest of 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-07-04 | There are a lot of books coming out in late summer and fall of 2024, as we head into the holiday season and the end of the year. Here are some upcoming book releases I am most excited for. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Exciting Book Releases for the Middle of 2024: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA Exciting Book Releases for Early 2024: youtu.be/aEzLcIQ61CA Last Year’s End-of-Year Anticipated Books Video: youtu.be/PGDh6u-sRm0 Titles Mentioned 📚 We Burn Daylight, Bret Anthony Johnston: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780399590122 Tell Me Everything, Elizabeth Strout: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593446096 Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593133491 The Heart in Winter, Kevin Barry: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550598 Evenings & Weekends, Oisín McKenna: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063319974 The Most, Jessica Anthony: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316576376 Mammoth, Eva Baltasar (translated by Julia Sanches): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781916751002 Highway Thirteen, Fiona McFarlane: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374606268 The Hypocrite, Jo Hamya: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593701034 There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801710 Small Rain, Garth Greenwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374279547 Creation Lake, Rachel Kushner: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781982116521 The Amendments, Niamh Mulvey: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781529079852 Somewhere Beyond the Sea, TJ Klune: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250881205 The Woman Behind the Door, Roddy Doyle: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593831687 The Mighty Red, Louise Erdrich: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063277052 The Message, Ta-Nehisi Coates: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593230381 Our Evenings, Alan HollinghurstLove Can’t Feed You, Cherry Lou Sy: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593474549 The Wood at Midwinter, Susanna Clarke: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639734481 Like Mother, Like Mother, Susan Rieger: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780525512493 The Burrow, Melanie Cheng: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030867 Time of the Child, Niall Williams: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639734207 Giant Love: Edna Ferber, Her Best-Selling Novel of Texas, and the Making of a Classic American Film, Julie Gilbert: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781524748432 The World With Its Mouth Open: Stories, Zahid Rafiq: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030850 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Reading Wrap Up for June and July Plans Supposedly Fun 2024-07-01 | Joel and I had a great reading month in June. We finished 9 books each, and also talk about our book plans for July. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Wrap-Up (With Vacation Talk): youtu.be/zkpJ9RpzvBU Exciting Upcoming Book Releases: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA My Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q Titles Mentioned 📚 The Guncle Abroad, Steven Rowley: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593540459 Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765 Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593499986 Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, Brad Gooch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062698261 In Tongues, Thomas Gratton: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374608187 Fire Exit, Morgan Talty: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781959030553 Homebody, Theo Parish: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063319585 Gator, M. Tasia The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781645675730 The Lights on Knockbridge Lane, Roan Parish Heartstopper, Volume 5, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338807486 Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338617559 Fellow Travelers, Thomas Mallon: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780307388902 The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347 Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780743271325 Close Range: Stories, Annie Proulx: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684852225 Cinema Love, Jiaming Tang: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593474334 The Intoxicating Mr. Lavelle, Neil Blackmore: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781786090997 Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187 Out At Home: The True Story of Glenn Burke, Baseball's First Openly Gay Player, Glenn Burke and Erik Sherman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780425281437 Check, Please! Volume 1, Ngozi Ukazu: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250177964 What I’d Rather Not Talk About, Jente Posthuma (translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey): bookshop.org/a/99775/9781957363356 The Coast Road, Alan Murrin: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063336520 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: A Difficult Reading Week With a Satisfying Conclusion Supposedly Fun 2024-06-29 | My reading week got off to a difficult start (I was definitely Goldibooks all the way), but it ended up with three good books finished (and one DNF). Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 Register to Vote (Or Check Your Registration Status): vote.gov Further Viewing 🎥 Book Haul for June: youtu.be/fLWL0ZpaEfo The Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q Exciting Upcoming Book Releases: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA My Pride Month Pile of Possibilities: youtu.be/bo_XDPlUfZI My Irish Book Haul: youtu.be/IO8-CEybrY4 My Deep Dive on To Kill a Mockingbird: youtu.be/HAEW7DgjkAE Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/zc43xbcvIVQ Jump to the Friday Reads: 06:35 Titles Mentioned 📚 The Breakup Lists, Adib Khorram: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593616390 The Intoxicating Mr. Lavelle, Neil Blackmore: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781786090997 The Henna Wars, Adiba Jaigirdar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781645675730 Heartstopper, Volume 5, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338807486 Heartstopper, Volume 4, Alice Oseman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781338617559 The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347 Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Book Haul for June 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-06-27 | I got some exciting new books in June, and (of course) I want to tell you all about them. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Last Month’s Book Haul: youtu.be/IO8-CEybrY4 June’s Book Haul Revisit: youtu.be/_26DDuVsM6Q My Most Anticipated Books for the Middle of 2024: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA The Atlantic’s Great American Novels: youtu.be/LMSkNViSOFE Titles Mentioned 📚 Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187 Small Rain, Garth Greenwell: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374279547 Parade, Rachel Cusk: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374610043 Dear Dickhead, Virginie Despentes (translated by Frank Wynne): bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374611613 Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Queer Histories, Diarmud Hester: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639365555 Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593469316 The Barracks, John McGahern Winter in the Blood, James Welch: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143105220 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385341004 The Mountain Lion, Jean Stafford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781590173527 The Sportswriter, Richard Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780679762102 Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812986471 A Spool of Blue Thread, Anne Tyler: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780553394399 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Friday Reads: Raves and Complaints Supposedly Fun 2024-06-22 | I finished three books this week! Two were books I loved, and the third is something I liked a lot but also have a lot of complaints about. Buckle up. Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 James Film Adaptation: bookriot.com/james-percival-everett-movie-adaptation-spielberg-waititi @shawnbreathesbooks’s Interview with Thomas Grattan: youtu.be/k1y7pRxWf4g?si=shoMYIYhLS3jrCNg Further Viewing 🎥 The Mid-Year Book Freakout: youtu.be/vpeQj31yX0Q Time’s Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/8SeAxeMp0Xc Book Haul Revisit for June 2024: youtu.be/_26DDuVsM6Q The New York Times Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/pnU9-cC8biQ Exciting Upcoming Book Releases: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA My Pride Month Pile of Possibilities: youtu.be/bo_XDPlUfZI Last Friday Reads: youtu.be/xueV0bGwwRE Jump to the Friday Reads: 06:36 Skip Over the Guncle Abroad Discussion: 26:11 Titles Mentioned 📚 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 The Guncle Abroad, Steven Rowley: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593540459 In Tongues, Thomas Gratton: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374608187 Homebody, Theo Parish: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780063319585 Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781549304002 The Safekeep, Yael van der Wouden: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668034347 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
The Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag for 2024 Supposedly Fun 2024-06-20 | If it’s June, it’s time for the mid-year book freakout tag! Let’s see how my reading year is going so far in 2024. Expand for more information. 👇 Further Viewing 🎥 Exciting Upcoming Book Releases for the Middle of 2024: youtu.be/4NW4R9IOHRA My Most Anticipated Books for 2024: youtu.be/aEzLcIQ61CA My Friday Reads Featuring Tin Man: youtu.be/xueV0bGwwRE 2023 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag: youtu.be/Z3ITIoXHMhc 2022 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag: youtu.be/vvBDFPQR76E 2021 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag: youtu.be/kekm0usffoI 2020 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag: youtu.be/AXMyvrrmdwY 2019 Mid-Year Book Freakout Tag: youtu.be/eXV7qnZtgp4 The tag originator, IsThatChami, is no longer on YouTube. The Questions 🧐🤔1. Best book you’ve read so far 2. Best sequel you've read so far3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. 5. Biggest disappointment. 6. Biggest surprise. 7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you) 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favorite character. 10. Book that made you cry (Saddest book you have read). 11. Book that made you happy. 12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year. 13. Favorite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year) 14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) 15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? Titles Mentioned (alphabetically by author’s name) 📚Room At the Top, John Braine: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781939140333 Here We Go Again, Alison Cochrun: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668021194 Erasure, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781555975999 Mrs. Quinn’s Rise to Fame, Olivia Ford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593656419 Float Up, Sing Down, Laird Hunt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781639730100 Zorrie, Laird Hunt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781635578430 Laughing Boy, Oliver La Farge: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780618446728 Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780684842677 Amongst Women, John McGahern Small Joys, Elvin James Mensah: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593499986 House Made of Dawn, N. Scott Momaday: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780062909954 Hello Beautiful, Ann Napolitano: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593243732 Wandering Stars, Tommy Orange: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593318256 Greta & Valdin, Rebecca K. Reilly: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781668028049 Hombrecito, Santiago Jose Sanchez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593542187 Frankenstein, Mary Shelley: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780143105039 Holiday Heart Strings, N.R. Walker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781923086142 To the Moon and Back, N.R. Walker: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781925886801 Tin Man, Sarah Winman: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780735218765 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
Time’s Best Books of 2024 So Far Supposedly Fun 2024-06-17 | We have another best books of the year (so far) list to look at! This one is from Time. I love these mid-year check-ins, so let's go! Expand for more information. 👇 Links 💻 The Full Article: time.com/6984306/best-books-2024-so-far Further Viewing 🎥 The New York Times’ Best Books of 2024 (So Far): youtu.be/pnU9-cC8biQ Last Year’s Mid-Year List From Time: youtu.be/BXvYIrhQVd0 Titles Mentioned 📚 There’s Always Next Year: On Basketball and Ascension, Hanif Abdurraqib: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593448793 Martyr!, Kaveh Akbar: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537619 Beautyland, Marie-Helene Bertino: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780374109288 James, Percival Everett: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780385550369 Anita de Monte Laughs Last, Xochitl Gonzalez: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781250786210 Coming Home, Brittney Griner with Michelle Burford: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593801345 Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, Leslie Jamison: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780316374880 Real Americans, Rachel Khong: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780593537251 The Book of Love, Kelly Link: bookshop.org/a/99775/9780812996586 We Loved It All: A Memory of Life, Lydia Millet: bookshop.org/a/99775/9781324073659 My Affiliate Page on Bookshop: bookshop.org/shop/supposedlyfun If you would like to support this channel, please feel free to use Super Thanks or the affiliate links to Bookshop, but please do not feel obligated. I appreciate your presence regardless. But wait, there's more!Email: supposedlyfungreg-at-gmail.comStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/supposedlyfun Instagram: instagram.com/supposedlyfunWebsite: supposedlyfun.com
