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✨ stuff mentioned ✨
Taemin, move dance practice...for if you really want to see what walking is supposed to look like - youtu.be/_cAskH1PtmQ
🤓 Nonfiction Book Club 🤓
The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity, by Lewis Raven Wallace - bookshop.org/a/6319/9780226589176
January 9th, 2021 at 5 pm ET
[Other Places to Find Me/My Work]
Twitter: twitter.com/okidoki_boki
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Newsletter: okidokiboki.substack.com
host - Crash Course Organic Chemistry: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtONguuhLdVmq0HTKS0jksS4
writer - Journey to the Microcosmos: youtube.com/microcosmos
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com
✨ stuff mentioned ✨
Taemin, move dance practice...for if you really want to see what walking is supposed to look like - youtu.be/_cAskH1PtmQ
🤓 Nonfiction Book Club 🤓
The View from Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity, by Lewis Raven Wallace - bookshop.org/a/6319/9780226589176
January 9th, 2021 at 5 pm ET
[Other Places to Find Me/My Work]
Twitter: twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: instagram.com/okidokiboki
Newsletter: okidokiboki.substack.com
host - Crash Course Organic Chemistry: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtONguuhLdVmq0HTKS0jksS4
writer - Journey to the Microcosmos: youtube.com/microcosmos
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com
![Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll | REVIEW
Some topics covered in this review:
-Different types of narrator unlikability
-When plot twists make you reevaluate a book unfavorably
-The (almost) inevitable flatness of side characters in first person POV books
-How pacing can redeem any number of frustrations
[Other places to find me]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Goodreads: okidokiboki
www.debokic.com Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll | REVIEW](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gJg6DotgizQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![Microbes, freelance life, and a mini book haul | Nonfiction November Vlog Part 1
Warning: no books were finished in the making of this video (but thats what part 2 is for)
[Books Mentioned]
The Tangled Tree, by David Quammen - https://amzn.to/2sO6k5T
Inferior, by Angela Saini - https://amzn.to/33Sq5pR
Superior, by Angela Saini - https://amzn.to/2ORBWQv
Empire of Sand, by Tasha Suri - https://amzn.to/2LrNHuO
Catch and Kill, by Ronan Farrow - https://amzn.to/2LqCk6F
She Said, by Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey - https://amzn.to/34Tjr3S
Note: the above are amazon affiliate links, I may earn a small commission based on qualifying purchases
[Other Places to Find Me]
Contact form: www.debokic.com
Twitter: okidoki_boki
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Newsletter: okidokiboki.substack.com Microbes, freelance life, and a mini book haul | Nonfiction November Vlog Part 1](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gsqdBBFFR3Y/mqdefault.jpg)
![February Wrap-Up & TBR | Monthly Wrap-Up
My wrap-up of an unfortunate reading rut, and my currently reading/TBR pile that Im hoping will help me get out of the rut this month.
[Works Mentioned]
DNF
Act Like It, by Lucy Parker
Private Politics, by Emma Barry
Tycoon, by Joanna Shupe
Meh
Mogul, by Joanna Shupe
Love
All the Birds in the Sky, by Charlie Jane Anders
Currently reading/TBR
A Study in Scarlet Women, by Sherry Thomas
The Vegetarian, by Han Kang
Lady Snowblood series, written by Kazuo Koike and illustrated by Kazuo Kamimura
[Other places to find me]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Goodreads: okidokiboki
www.debokic.com February Wrap-Up & TBR | Monthly Wrap-Up](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/guRORAWWExs/mqdefault.jpg)
![the horror heroines who got me through summer | the year of the witching + mexican gothic review
im currently binging hannibal (nbc), and now Im missing these books and their more thought-out female characters
[Books Mentioned] (note: the following include affiliate links)
The Year of the Witching, by Alexis Henderson - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780593099605
Mexican Gothic, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780525620785
Next Nonfiction Book Club Discussion
I Contain Multitudes, by Ed Yong
livestream - September 12, 2020 at 5 pm ET
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com
[Other Places to Find Me]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okidokiboki/
Newsletter: https://okidokiboki.substack.com/
#booktube #bookreviews the horror heroines who got me through summer | the year of the witching + mexican gothic review](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hA3K7c4PbNw/mqdefault.jpg)
![my (very late) thoughts on the 2021 nonfiction booktube prize
lets pretend im months late so that i could come in with all this hindsight
For more information on the 2022 booktube prize and how to sign up to be a judge: https://youtu.be/I4j5kN3L-FA
⏳ timestamps ⏳
00:00 - Intro
02:49 - Our Bodies, Their Battlefields/Caste
12:41 - Red Comet/The Dead are Arising
21:13 - Inferno/After the Last Border
📚 the books! (links are bookshop affiliate links) 📚
Our Bodies, Their Battlefields, by Christina Lamb - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9781501199172
Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780593230251
Red Comet, by Heather Clark - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780307961167
The Dead are Arising, by Les Payne and Tamara Payne - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9781631491665
Inferno, by Catherine Cho - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9781250623713
After the Last Border - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780525559153
🤓 Nonfiction Book Club 🤓
Consumed, by Aja Barber: https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9781538709849
December 11th at 5 pm ET
For updates: https://nonfictionbookclub.substack.com/
[Other Places to Find Me/My Work]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okidokiboki/
Newsletter: https://okidokiboki.substack.com/
host - Crash Course Organic Chemistry: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtONguuhLdVmq0HTKS0jksS4
writer - Journey to the Microcosmos: https://www.youtube.com/microcosmos
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com my (very late) thoughts on the 2021 nonfiction booktube prize](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hDosPPOxPiw/mqdefault.jpg)
![My 2019 Resolution (+ Q & A announcement!) | NOT MY THESIS #28
Leave your questions about all things grad school, science, and whatever else you want to know in the comments!
[Other Places to Find Me]
Contact form: www.debokic.com
Twitter: okidoki_boki
Instagram: okidokiboki My 2019 Resolution (+ Q & A announcement!) | NOT MY THESIS #28](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hFJ8Gf0lmhg/mqdefault.jpg)
![Goblin | TV TALK
My latest in kdrama reiews: Goblin! Mixing together goblins and grim reapers and reincarnation and ghosts, Goblin is probably one of the most popular 2016/2017 Korean dramas. But was it really that good?
Watch Goblin on Dramafever: https://www.dramafever.com/drama/4914/Goblin%253A_The_Lonely_and_Great_God/
[Other Places to Find Me]
www.debokic.com
Twitter: okidoki_boki
Instagram: okidokiboki
Goodreads: okidokiboki Goblin | TV TALK](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hIC-1kjc7Uw/mqdefault.jpg)
![10 Year Challenge Book Tag
Rinceys Original Tag Video - https://youtu.be/kO3QOWze_Ow
Yogi With a Books 10 Year Challenge - https://youtu.be/6-akwF0LvnA
Maris review of Ninth House - https://youtu.be/bibu9wr8hCM
Jocelyns wrap-up ft. Ninth House - https://youtu.be/19BF_CdaE7Q
[Books Mentioned-Note: the following are Amazon affiliate links, if you click on them, I may earn a small commission on qualifying purchases]
The Bloody Chamber, by Angela Carter - https://amzn.to/2Tjz41s
Know My Name, by Chanel Miller - https://amzn.to/383xaGC
Dracula, by Bram Stoker - https://amzn.to/2NjtmJe
Ninth House, by Leigh Bardugo - https://amzn.to/2uJKEsD
Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel - https://amzn.to/36NfEWN
Superior, by Angela Saini - https://amzn.to/2tTCNIi
Pride and Prejudice (audiobook narrated by Rosamund Pike) - https://amzn.to/3a5hCnu
[Questions]
1. What was your favorite book in 2009?
2. What is your favorite book of 2019?
3. What was your least favorite book in 2009?
4. What was your least favorite book in 2019?
5. What is a book published in 2009 that you still want to read?
6. What is a book published in 2019 you want to get to before 2020?
7. What is a genre you used to read a lot of that you don’t read as much of anymore?
8. What is a new genre you’ve discovered since 2009?
9. What is a reading or book habit you are hoping to leave behind in this decade?
10. What is a new reading goal or habit you want to create in the upcoming decade?
[Other Places to Find Me]
Contact form: www.debokic.com
Twitter: okidoki_boki
Instagram: okidokiboki
Newsletter: okidokiboki.substack.com 10 Year Challenge Book Tag](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hm6--ggciIQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![ive got a dumb question about The Overstory | book review
yes im wearing a flower shirt to match the review
Barbara Kingsolvers NYTimes review of The Overstory - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/books/review/overstory-richard-powers.html
Victoria Baenas Bookforum review of The Overstory - https://www.bookforum.com/culture/the-overstory-by-richard-powers-19866
📚 books mentioned 📚
(note: the following includes affiliate links, if you click them i may get a small commission)
The Overstory, by Richard Powers - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9780393356687
🤓 Nonfiction Book Club 🤓
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, by Shoshana Zuboff - https://bookshop.org/a/6319/9781610395694
livestream chat: October 10, 2020 5 pm ET
hosted by https://www.youtube.com/user/SweeneySays
#booktube #bookreview #theoverstory
[Other Places to Find Me]
Twitter: https://twitter.com/okidoki_boki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/okidokiboki/
Newsletter: https://okidokiboki.substack.com/
For business inquiries: deboki.reads@gmail.com ive got a dumb question about The Overstory | book review](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iEgnRj1h8YE/mqdefault.jpg)
![A Nonfiction Book Club Announcement!
First nonfiction book club livestream will be on April 11th 5 pm ET over on Nicole’s channel. We’ll be talking about The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing, by Merve Emre.
Watch Nicole’s video here [https://youtu.be/OeUhH0mV8js]
[Other Places to Find Me]
Contact form: www.debokic.com
Twitter: okidoki_boki
Instagram: okidokiboki
Newsletter: okidokiboki.substack.com A Nonfiction Book Club Announcement!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i_moXm4wnVE/mqdefault.jpg)
![Recent Science Reads | Monsanto. CRISPR. Horns?
Its time for some more recommendations of cool science things that people have written around the internet:
I Was Lured Into Monsantos GMO Crusade. Heres What I Learned. (Undark) - http://bit.ly/undark-monsanto
The Unseen Victims of the Opioid Crisis Are Starting to Rebel (WIRED) - http://bit.ly/wired-opioid
The untold story of the ‘circle of trust’ behind the world’s first gene-edited babies (Science) - http://bit.ly/science-CRISPR
Smartphones aren’t making millennials grow horns. Here’s how to spot a bad study (PBS NewsHour) - http://bit.ly/PBS-study
For more science reading recs: okidokiboki.substack.com
[Other Places to Find Me]
Contact form: www.debokic.com
Twitter: okidoki_boki
Instagram: okidokiboki Recent Science Reads | Monsanto. CRISPR. Horns?](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j8RHqwlHFKo/mqdefault.jpg)