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In which I discuss what I’ve been reading and thinking about during the second week of Victober. #Victober2021
***WHAT I AM DRINKING:
Harney and Sons harney.com
I am drinking the blend NEW ENGLAND BREAKFAST out of a favorite handmade mug.
This special Victober segment in inspired by Catherine @takingteawithcatherine
***WHAT I AM READING:
THE TIME MACHINE and other work by HG Wells
DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope
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Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com
In which I discuss what I’ve been reading and thinking about during the second week of Victober. #Victober2021
***WHAT I AM DRINKING:
Harney and Sons harney.com
I am drinking the blend NEW ENGLAND BREAKFAST out of a favorite handmade mug.
This special Victober segment in inspired by Catherine @takingteawithcatherine
***WHAT I AM READING:
THE TIME MACHINE and other work by HG Wells
DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope
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 Two [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/QQbC165PWp0/hqdefault.jpg "#Victober Week Two [CC]
In which I discuss what I’ve been reading and thinking about during the second week of Victober. #Victober2021
***WHAT I AM DRINKING:
Harney and Sons https://www.harney.com/
I am drinking the blend NEW ENGLAND BREAKFAST out of a favorite handmade mug.
This special Victober segment in inspired by Catherine @takingteawithcatherine
***WHAT I AM READING:
THE TIME MACHINE and other work by HG Wells
DANIEL DERONDA by George Eliot
THE WAY WE LIVE NOW by Anthony Trollope
Buy me a cup of tea? https://ko-fi.com/hannahsbooks
Voxer: hannahsbooks
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/hannahsbooks1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hannahsbooks1
Instagram: http://instagram.com/hannahsbooks1
Email: booksandyarn1@gmail.com")
![The Bar and the Bookcase Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RmuaBAL8Knk/hqdefault.jpg "The Bar and the Bookcase Tag [CC]
In which I celebrate Tag Wednesday by considering classic combinations of beautiful cocktails and delicious books.
Original tag created by Jaylen @TheBarandtheBookcase
https://youtu.be/x_Pt-JK77IE
I was tagged by Sina at Beating Around the Books
https://youtu.be/gF1rz1Ojjto
Prompts:
Old Fashioned: Historical Fiction
Sidecar: Book with a strong supporting character
Manhattan: Book set in NY
Bloody Mary: Book that scared you/messed you up
Espresso Martini: Book that kept you reading into the night
Sazerac: Book that left you disoriented
Long Island Iced Tea: Book that is doing TOO MUCH
Negroni: Book with a love triangle
Bay Breeze: Book with light, chill/heartwarming vibes
Dark and Stormy: Book that’s dark, thrilling, and menacing
Martini: Classic book
Books, Authors, and Films Mentioned:
The Scarlet Letter by Nathanial Hawthorne
Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Office of Historical Corrections by Danielle Evans
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Lillian Boxcar Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
The Life She Wished to Live: A Biography of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings by Ann McCutchan
Red Comet: The Short Life and the Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath by Heather Clark
Charlotte Bronte
Excellent Women by Barbara Pym
Barbara Pym: A Critical Biography by Anne Wyatt-Brown
The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne
Jonathan Bate
Impostures by al-Hariri and translated by Michael Cooperson
The Ballad of the Sad Café by Carson McCullers
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
The Outermost House by Henry Beston
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Young Frankenstein (film)
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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![The Ratings and Reviews Tag [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S8dDjdW5UTc/hqdefault.jpg "The Ratings and Reviews Tag [CC]
In which I celebrate the eighth night of Hanukkah (and Hannah’s Book-ukkah) by responding to the brand-new Ratings and Reviews Tag, created by Scott and Nelle at Gunpowder, Fiction and Plot.
Tag created by @GunpowderFictionPlot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuynyN67WI4&t=3s
This tag was based on a fantastic discussion they posted last week, featuring many of my favorite booktubers. I was honored to be able to participate.
Original discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIRew-qVOg
I tag:
@saintdonoghue
Brian @BookishTexan
Jen @RememberedReads
Amy @Amysdustybookshelf
@jenniferbrooks
Lukas @acruelreadersthesis5868
Prompts:
1. Tag folks.
2. How do you know you’ve just finished a good book? Is it a thinking or a feeling response?
3. When you begin to form your review/rating - what is the first question you ask yourself?
4. Do you do star ratings? Why? Why not?
a. If YES: i. Explain your star rating system – what does a good book get in your rating system? ii. Is your star rating consistent? ie. are all your 5 star books better than all your 4 star books?
b. If NO: i. What language do you use to convey the quality of a book in your reviews? ii. Does this form an informal rating or ranking?
5. Do you believe every book has its perfect reader? Does this contradict the idea that a book can be “bad”?
6. What book that you hated have you recommended?
7. What makes a book good, bad or great by your evaluation?
8. When evaluating the quality of a book do you have specific criteria or aspects of the book, such as character development, that you consider? Does this change if you are writing an in-depth review vs. just thinking about the book for enjoyment?
9. Do you consider star ratings or average ratings when choosing books to read/add to your TBR?
10. Who on BookTube does reliable and interesting reviews of books that you know you can use to decide if a book is for you or not. What makes their reviews so good?
11. Does that/those booktuber(s) use different language than you to evaluate and review the overall quality of a book?
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![ARE YOU LIKE JANE AUSTEN? #TagTuesday [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Su24X0yS3gA/hqdefault.jpg "ARE YOU LIKE JANE AUSTEN? #TagTuesday [CC]
In which I celebrate Tag Tuesday—and try to recover from William Faulkner and Thomas Hardy—by answering the clever “Are You Like Jane Austen” tag.
Tag created by Shelly Swearingen:
https://youtu.be/B23u5XMdF_E
Prompts:
1) Jane Austen was an artist and a writer. Give yourself a point if youre an artist. Give yourself an extra point if you are a writer.
2) Austen was born to a large family. She had a total of 7 siblings: one sister and six brothers. Give yourself a point if you have three or more siblings in your family.
3) Austen did not enjoy her formal education. Give yourself a point if you did not care for school.
4) Dark humor is weaved throughout Austen’s writing. Give yourself a point if you have a grim sense of humor. You must share a dark joke in order to get this point.
5) Jane broke off two engagements and died a spinster. Give yourself a point if you are single.
6) Austen experienced low periods or spells of depression. Give yourself a point if you have struggled with mental health.
7) Jane moved away from her childhood home in her 20s. Give yourself a point if you’ve lived away from your childhood hometown or region.
8) Jane was not vain. Give yourself a point if you have very little interest in vanity.
9) Hair was of little concern to Austen. Give yourself a point if you cannot be bothered with your hair.
10) Austen expressed her distaste for hot weather. Give yourself a point if you dislike the heat.
How did you score?
10-11 - The spirit of Jane Austen lives in you. She’s with you day in and day out.
9-8 - In another life Jane Austen and you could have been siblings or at least good friends. You want to spend time with one another and work to make that happen.
6-7 - You and Austen are friends. You two could enjoy a long walk in the country and chat about all of the things you all have in common.
4-5 - Though you have less in common with Jane than some, you could probably spend an afternoon with her chatting about your similarities and differences.
2-3 - You and Austen may not share much in common, but you two would be delighted to see one another at a local social gathering exchanging pleasantries on your different lives.
0-1 - You and Austen could learn a lot from one another considering how different you are. This could be shared over a cup of afternoon tea.
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![Brattle Book Haul [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Sz7w21VhFVI/hqdefault.jpg "Brattle Book Haul [CC]
In which I share the books I found at the Brattle Book Shop during my trip to Boston, as well as a few from Steve Donoghue.
My video together with @saintdonoghue: https://youtu.be/4sKGP3G-Gu0
Preview of my son’s production: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/11/7/the-winters-tale-preview/
Calling Ratty Rachel! Calling Ratty Rachel! (Please send me an email.)
Other booktubers mentioned:
Tootight Lautrec https://www.youtube.com/c/TootightLautrec
Brian @BookishTexan
Books from the Brattle:
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life by Hermione Lee
Vita: The Life of Vita Sackville-West by Victoria Glendinning
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World by Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone
Proust’s Binoculars: A Study of Memory, Time, and Recognition in A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu by Roger Shattuck
An edition of Proust’s Swann’s Way annotated by William C. Carter, hand annotated by James Connolly???
The Stories of John Cheever
Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts by Clive James
Cyril Connolly: The Life and Times of England’s Most Controversial Literary Critic by Clive Fisher
Firebrand: The Life of Horace Liveright, the Man who Changed Publishing by Tom Dardis.
Books from Steve:
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Jesus’s Son by Denis Johnson
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard
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