Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We shall see how many keywords I stumbled upon in this video where I opened my big dumb mouth!
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Hopefully my comments about Steve come across as affectionate! Steve Donoghue is THE Booktube treasure – and also an extremely entertaining drama queen!
His techno tribulations with live streams: youtu.be/qWtK_pLJiJQ
His triumphant return after depriving us of videos FOR A FULL DAY!!! (I almost had to go on methadone):
youtu.be/SP0T4f6X98Y
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March of the Mammoths is a reading challenge hosted by Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse , Lukas @acruelreadersthesis5868 and Alex @bigalbooksforever. Read 800+ page books in the month, as many as you want! Or, like me and Jason, START reading a mammoth and finish later in the year.
Book mentioned:
A Place of Greater Safety
Hilary Mantel
1992
872 pages
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I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isn't a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions I've had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text.
[I might also add that I'm trying to disrupt the addictive/damaging feedback loop of positive/negative reinforcement that large social media companies building into their platforms.]
Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
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(Video 477)
We shall see how many keywords I stumbled upon in this video where I opened my big dumb mouth!
***
Hopefully my comments about Steve come across as affectionate! Steve Donoghue is THE Booktube treasure – and also an extremely entertaining drama queen!
His techno tribulations with live streams: youtu.be/qWtK_pLJiJQ
His triumphant return after depriving us of videos FOR A FULL DAY!!! (I almost had to go on methadone):
youtu.be/SP0T4f6X98Y
***
March of the Mammoths is a reading challenge hosted by Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse , Lukas @acruelreadersthesis5868 and Alex @bigalbooksforever. Read 800+ page books in the month, as many as you want! Or, like me and Jason, START reading a mammoth and finish later in the year.
Book mentioned:
A Place of Greater Safety
Hilary Mantel
1992
872 pages
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I have closed my comments going forward because while I enjoy making videos, I find it difficult to communicate by text. This isn't a criticism of the many warm and welcoming interactions I've had with people on BookTube (this tiny corner of YouTube). I find social interactions very taxing, especially the tricky back and forth via text.
[I might also add that I'm trying to disrupt the addictive/damaging feedback loop of positive/negative reinforcement that large social media companies building into their platforms.]
Sorry if you wanted to leave a comment, but this is how I get to be on social media (by not being particularly social).
Here is a video of me reporting on my six-month trial without comments if you REALLY want to hear more about it:
youtu.be/g6mr4pyQ0Gg
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(Video 477)
