Hannahs Books | #Victober Week One [CC] @HannahsBooks | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
In which I share what I am reading, what I am drinking, what I am knitting, etc. during Victober--where we celebrate all things Victorian. #Victober2021
***WHAT I AM DRINKING:
Harney and Sons harney.com
I am drinking the blend VICTORIAN LONDON FOG out of my Penguin Press Mug
***WHAT I AM READING:
DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot
Essay about George Eliot’s looks: newyorker.com/books/page-turner/george-eliots-ugly-beauty
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope
(I also briefly mention some books I will talk about soon, but there is no detail or evaluation her in this video)
***WHAT I AM KNITTING:
Simple asymmetric dark-red-and-navy striped shawl
STUDY HALL SHAWL which I hope to deliver to its recipient in just a couple of weeks
***BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED:
@takingteawithcatherine
@shawnbreathesbooks
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
Cara @WildeBookGarden
@katehowereads
@saintdonoghue
Jordan Parsons: youtu.be/UQCdXy0Psww
Buy me a cup of tea? ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
In which I share what I am reading, what I am drinking, what I am knitting, etc. during Victober--where we celebrate all things Victorian. #Victober2021
***WHAT I AM DRINKING:
Harney and Sons harney.com
I am drinking the blend VICTORIAN LONDON FOG out of my Penguin Press Mug
***WHAT I AM READING:
DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot
Essay about George Eliot’s looks: newyorker.com/books/page-turner/george-eliots-ugly-beauty
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope
(I also briefly mention some books I will talk about soon, but there is no detail or evaluation her in this video)
***WHAT I AM KNITTING:
Simple asymmetric dark-red-and-navy striped shawl
STUDY HALL SHAWL which I hope to deliver to its recipient in just a couple of weeks
***BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED:
@takingteawithcatherine
@shawnbreathesbooks
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
Cara @WildeBookGarden
@katehowereads
@saintdonoghue
Jordan Parsons: youtu.be/UQCdXy0Psww
Buy me a cup of tea? ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
![#Victober Week One [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3JAxqn9Td8U/hqdefault.jpg "#Victober Week One [CC]
In which I share what I am reading, what I am drinking, what I am knitting, etc. during Victober where we celebrate all things Victorian. #Victober2021
***WHAT I AM DRINKING:
Harney and Sons https://www.harney.com/
I am drinking the blend VICTORIAN LONDON FOG out of my Penguin Press Mug
***WHAT I AM READING:
DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot
Essay about George Eliot’s looks: https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/george-eliots-ugly-beauty
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope
(I also briefly mention some books I will talk about soon, but there is no detail or evaluation her in this video)
***WHAT I AM KNITTING:
Simple asymmetric dark-red-and-navy striped shawl
STUDY HALL SHAWL which I hope to deliver to its recipient in just a couple of weeks
***BOOKTUBERS MENTIONED:
@takingteawithcatherine
@shawnbreathesbooks
Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@brittabohlerthesecondshelf
Cara @WildeBookGarden
@katehowereads
@saintdonoghue
Jordan Parsons: https://youtu.be/UQCdXy0Psww
Buy me a cup of tea? https://ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![Jane Austen July TBR 2021 #JaneAustenJuly [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3zLrojqAL9A/hqdefault.jpg "Jane Austen July TBR 2021 #JaneAustenJuly [CC]
In which I consider what to read during Jane Austen July 2021. #JaneAustenJuly #JaneAustenJuly2021
Hosts of Jane Austen July:
Katie @katiejlumsden
Marissa @BlatantlyBookish
Claudia @SpinstersLibrary
Books and Films:
Austen’s Sense and Sensibility
Austen’s Letters
Miss Austin by Gill Hornsby
Jane and Dorothy: A True Tale of Sense and Sensibility by Marian Veveer
Dorothy Wordsworth’s Letters
The Ballad of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Life by Frances WIlson
Two screen adaptations of Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen July Challenges:
1. Read one of Jane Austen’s six novels
2. Read something by Jane Austen that is not one of her main six novels
3. Read a non-fiction work about Jane Austen or her time
4. Read a retelling of a Jane Austen book
5. Read a book by a contemporary of Jane Austen
6. Watch a direct screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
7. Watch a modern screen adaptation of a Jane Austen book
Buy me a cup of tea? https://ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
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Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![War… and Peace? Putin, Tolstoy, and Ilya Kaminsky [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4NoBwFQEMS4/hqdefault.jpg "War… and Peace? Putin, Tolstoy, and Ilya Kaminsky [CC]
In which I ponder Leo Tolstoys War and Peace, Azar Nafisis forthcoming Read Dangerously, Ilya Kaminskys Deaf Republic and his amazing poem We Were Happy During the War, and the situation in Ukraine.
Tolstoy Together by Yiyun Li
Yiyun Lis 85-day reading schedule (with the correct day numbers but not the actual dates well be following):
https://apublicspace.org/news/detail/tolstoy-together-2021
0:00 The current situation in Ukraine as it relates to War and Peace
2:02 Azar Nafisi and the process of reading dangerously
5:25 Ilya Kaminskys We Were Happy During the War
Buy me a cup of tea? https://ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1 (not active)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![Faulkner in August Booktube Tag #FaulknerInAugust2021 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8VgemqfzS48/hqdefault.jpg "Faulkner in August Booktube Tag #FaulknerInAugust2021 [CC]
In which I celebrate Tag Tuesday, Faulkner in August, and the memory of Ronald McDonald.
Tag created by Alan at Big Hard Books and Classics
https://youtu.be/1UXDGLV4zZk
My essay:
“As I Lay Trying: Learning to Read Faulkner in the Age of Black Lives Matter”
www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/features/as-i-lay-trying
Booktube discussion of the book Unspeakable:
https://youtu.be/EKTP-eigg9s
Booktubers mentioned:
Brian @Bookish
@Shawn the Book Maniac
Books mentioned:
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
This Will All Be Over Soon by Cecily Strong
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Unspeakable by Susan Burch and Hannah Joyner
The Prompts:
3) Yoknapatawpha county: What county do you live in and what does its name mean?
1) Benjy in The Sound and the Fury is the ultimate unreliable narrator. Name another/your favorite unreliable narrator.
4) As I Lay Dying: Tell us about a book that draws upon Death or Bereavement.
2) The Sound and the Fury: Jason IV is the ultimate unlikable character. Name another/your favorite villain.
6) Light in August: Name a book that made you furious or describes that intensity.
4a) Absalom was a son of David who rebelled again his father. Name a rebellious character from the bible.
5) What is your favorite Faulkner novel and why?
7) Extra credit: What was Faulkners nannys name and why is this significant?
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