MoonyReadsByStarlight | Would You Read It? Challenge [CC] @moonyreadsbystarlight | Uploaded September 2021 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
I am Bek (they/them) and here is the Would You Read It Challenge! I've got a mix of genres -- YA fiction, literary fiction, nonfiction, and even some poetry.
Original (EtTuBrody): youtube.com/watch?v=ggbjgeom4VU&t=0s&ab_channel=Ettu%2CBrody%3F
PerpetualPages: youtube.com/watch?v=t21cqjpLHhE&t
THE RULES
The idea behind the #WouldYouReadItChallenge is first impressions of a book based on the opening line. Would you read this book based on the first sentence?
- Pick a selection of books (can be a specific genre, age range, one from each shelf, etc)
- Read the first sentence of each book aloud or display it onscreen. Do not describe the plot.
- At the end of the video, share which books' opening lines intrigued or entertained you the most, and ask your viewers the same!
I am Tagging:
She Wants the Diction: youtube.com/c/SheWantstheDiction
ode to books: youtube.com/channel/UCGBsQDsSscb78PATShJv--w
Jen the Librarian: youtube.com/c/JentheLibrarianreads
Weston Hearts Words: youtube.com/channel/UCRmIKH0CFOA10YeM6D5SGeQ
Books Mentioned:
Bastards of the Reagan Era by Reginald Dwayne Betts
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism edited by Daisy Hernandez and Busrah Rehman
The Death of VIvek Oji by Alwaeke Emezi
Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters
Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg
Femme in Public by Alok Vaid-Menon
"Illness as Metaphor" by Susan Sontag
The Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue by Leslie Feinberg
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
A Year Without a Name by Cyrus Grace Dunham
Important Links:
Support survivors of anti-Asian hate crimes: twitter.com/RedCanarySong/status/1372990146170253318
First Nations COVID Fund: firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund
BLM: supportblackwomen.carrd.co
Help Black and trans people: intransitive.org
marshap.org
blacktranstravelfund.com
tgijp.org
Social Media:
Instagram: instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight
Twitter: twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com
I am Bek (they/them) and here is the Would You Read It Challenge! I've got a mix of genres -- YA fiction, literary fiction, nonfiction, and even some poetry.
Original (EtTuBrody): youtube.com/watch?v=ggbjgeom4VU&t=0s&ab_channel=Ettu%2CBrody%3F
PerpetualPages: youtube.com/watch?v=t21cqjpLHhE&t
THE RULES
The idea behind the #WouldYouReadItChallenge is first impressions of a book based on the opening line. Would you read this book based on the first sentence?
- Pick a selection of books (can be a specific genre, age range, one from each shelf, etc)
- Read the first sentence of each book aloud or display it onscreen. Do not describe the plot.
- At the end of the video, share which books' opening lines intrigued or entertained you the most, and ask your viewers the same!
I am Tagging:
She Wants the Diction: youtube.com/c/SheWantstheDiction
ode to books: youtube.com/channel/UCGBsQDsSscb78PATShJv--w
Jen the Librarian: youtube.com/c/JentheLibrarianreads
Weston Hearts Words: youtube.com/channel/UCRmIKH0CFOA10YeM6D5SGeQ
Books Mentioned:
Bastards of the Reagan Era by Reginald Dwayne Betts
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism edited by Daisy Hernandez and Busrah Rehman
The Death of VIvek Oji by Alwaeke Emezi
Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters
Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg
Femme in Public by Alok Vaid-Menon
"Illness as Metaphor" by Susan Sontag
The Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue by Leslie Feinberg
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
A Year Without a Name by Cyrus Grace Dunham
Important Links:
Support survivors of anti-Asian hate crimes: twitter.com/RedCanarySong/status/1372990146170253318
First Nations COVID Fund: firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund
BLM: supportblackwomen.carrd.co
Help Black and trans people: intransitive.org
marshap.org
blacktranstravelfund.com
tgijp.org
Social Media:
Instagram: instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight
Twitter: twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com
![Would You Read It? Challenge [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Yk4EXovZc3A/hqdefault.jpg "Would You Read It? Challenge [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and here is the Would You Read It Challenge! Ive got a mix of genres YA fiction, literary fiction, nonfiction, and even some poetry.
Original (EtTuBrody): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggbjgeom4VU&t=0s&ab_channel=Ettu%2CBrody%3F
PerpetualPages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t21cqjpLHhE&t
THE RULES
The idea behind the #WouldYouReadItChallenge is first impressions of a book based on the opening line. Would you read this book based on the first sentence?
- Pick a selection of books (can be a specific genre, age range, one from each shelf, etc)
- Read the first sentence of each book aloud or display it onscreen. Do not describe the plot.
- At the end of the video, share which books opening lines intrigued or entertained you the most, and ask your viewers the same!
I am Tagging:
She Wants the Diction: https://www.youtube.com/c/SheWantstheDiction
ode to books: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGBsQDsSscb78PATShJv w
Jen the Librarian: https://www.youtube.com/c/JentheLibrarianreads
Weston Hearts Words: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRmIKH0CFOA10YeM6D5SGeQ
Books Mentioned:
Bastards of the Reagan Era by Reginald Dwayne Betts
The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Todays Feminism edited by Daisy Hernandez and Busrah Rehman
The Death of VIvek Oji by Alwaeke Emezi
Depart, Depart! by Sim Kern
Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters
Drag King Dreams by Leslie Feinberg
Femme in Public by Alok Vaid-Menon
Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag
The Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar
Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue by Leslie Feinberg
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
A Year Without a Name by Cyrus Grace Dunham
Important Links:
Support survivors of anti-Asian hate crimes: https://twitter.com/RedCanarySong/status/1372990146170253318
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
BLM: https://supportblackwomen.carrd.co/
Help Black and trans people: intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![8 Great Books of 2020 || Memoirs [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YvBunLyUi7E/hqdefault.jpg "8 Great Books of 2020 || Memoirs [CC]
My name is Bek (they/them) and these are a few of my favorite memoirs that I have read this year.
Against Me! video mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRhki-DtOr8&ab_channel=JonRobichaud
Books Mentioned:
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Confessions of Punk Rocks Most Infamous Anarchist Sellout by Laura Jane Grace
All Boys Arent Blue by George M Johnson
My Lesbian Experience with Lonliness by Nagata Kabi (and My Solo Exchange Diary)
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Just Mercy by Brian Stevenson
Important Links:
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
Philippians Relief: https://redcross.org.ph/
-About: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54759868
EndSARS: hhttps://endsars.carrd.co/
More on EndSARS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9m_W_BEmxI&ab_channel=BlackProseClub
BLM: https://supportblackwomen.carrd.co/
Help Black and trans people: intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
StoryGraph: https://beta.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![April Wrap-Up || National Poetry Month || Autism Acceptance Month || Stay At Home Reading Rush [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z6tztqf_wiA/hqdefault.jpg "April Wrap-Up || National Poetry Month || Autism Acceptance Month || Stay At Home Reading Rush [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and these are the books I read in April! I prioritized poetry, but also read some graphic novels, kid lit, general fiction, and nonfiction. I participated in the #autiereadathon and the #stayathomereadingrush.
Transcription: https://moonyreadsbystarlight.wordpress.com/2021/01/05/april-wrap-up-national-poetry-month-autism-acceptance-month-stay-at-home-reading-rush-1-may-2020/
IG post: https://www.instagram.com/p/B_bwBG5g5F2/
Books Mentioned:
How Poetry Can Change Your Heart by Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley
Take Me With You by Andrea Gibson
If Not Winter: Fragments of Sappho
Homie by Danez Smith
Dont Call Us Dead by Danez Smith
How to Cure a Ghost by Fahriha Roisin
Stanyon Street and Other Sorrows by Rod McKuen
Listen to the Warm by Rod McKuen
Voice of the Warm by Barry Alfonso
Toungbreaker by Leah Lakshimi Peipzna-Samarasinha
The Deep by Rivers Solomon (who uses they/them pronouns I messed up in the video, having their character, Yetu, at the front of my mind)
No One is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg
Nevada by Imogen Binnie
Confessions of Punk Rocks Most Notorious Sellout by Laura Jane Grace
Hearstopper by Alice Oseman
Snotgirl Vol 1
The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith
Paper Girls Vol 1
Race Matters by Cornell West
Into the Streets: A Young Persons Visual History of Protest in the United States by Marke Bieschke
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT UPs Fight Against AIDS by Deborah Gould
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony")
![Nonfiction November Reading Vlog Pt 2 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZSRyT-VEVo8/hqdefault.jpg "Nonfiction November Reading Vlog Pt 2 [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and this is the second part of what I read during #NonfictionNovember, featuring actually quite a few fiction books as well
Mentioned:
@shawnbreathesbooks (will post the video when I have the link!)
@FundieFridays
Time Stamps:
00:16 Palestine by Joe Sacco
07:30 Woman in Me by Britney Spears (also musings about potential overlap with Jill Duggars book)
14:29 Booktube watching and crochet b-roll (ft. PerpetualPages and PaSTORY Time)
14:55 reading update ft. Counting the Cost and A Minor Chorus
20:12 Minor holiday redecorating
21:26 Kitten cuddles
21:37 Unfamiliars by Haley Newsome and starting Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol 1
25:10 CAT
25:18 Reading update
25:28 Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol 1 by Itaru Kinoshita
26:52 A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt
29:25 update/question The Martyrdom of Collins Catch The Bear by Gerry Spence
33:36 Counting the Cost by Jill Duggar
35:01 Earth Keeper by N Scot Momaday
36:32: starting The Skin and Its Girl
38:10 Men in the Sun by Ghassan Kanafani
Educate yourself, contact your representatives, and support Palestinians where you can: https://decolonizepalestine.com/
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
More: https://linktr.ee/moonyreads")
![July TBR | F*ckathon and Transathon [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Zk_59QGzkHs/hqdefault.jpg "July TBR | F*ckathon and Transathon [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and this is what I plan on reading in the month of July. I am participating in one readalong and two readathons. I will be reading nonfiction, young adult, historical fiction, poetry, manga, and even adult romance.
Help Black trans women:
https://www.change.org/p/reinstate-laws-that-protect-lgbt-people-s-right-to-healthcare
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/trump-admin-to-dismantle-trans-rights-tell-them-no?source=twitter&
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
BLM links:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Stamped Readalong Host: https://www.instagram.com/melanatedreader/
Creators/Videos Mentioned:
Bex (A Party for Lola): https://twitter.com/thebookishbex
Mina Reads (Being Hospitable): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuq86LnSbs4
BowtiesAndBooks (Naamah): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfAlJyTjmE4&
Sage Reads (Naamah): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v URgOlKJxMI
Transmission Ep with Alex Myer: http://www.jacksonbird.cool/single-post/2018/10/18/Trans-People-in-the-American-Revolution-Alex-Myers
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony")
![Reading Vlog | Finishing My 8th Book in 7 Days! [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZyPUj3ZKO90/hqdefault.jpg "Reading Vlog | Finishing My 8th Book in 7 Days! [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and this is the last vlog of the week! In this book I finish volume 1 of Saga, and start the first Dark Crystal novel and The Source of Self-Regard. Also, lots of rambling, including some discussion on readathons.
Mentioned:
Heartathon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-KegEmFx_o&t
Fuckathon: https://twitter.com/theFuckAThon
CrutchesAndSpice (disability blog post mentioned): https://crutchesandspice.com/2020/07/26/how-to-properly-celebrate-a-civil-rights-law-during-a-pandemic-in-which-its-subjects-were-left-to-die-the-americans-with-disabilities-act/
Disability and Books article: https://bookriot.com/30th-anniversary-ada-books/
Music from BenSound
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
Help Black trans women:
https://www.change.org/p/boris-johnson-more-protection-for-black-trans-women-uk?recruiter=false&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf_combo_share_abi&recruited_by_id=41cca640-cb4e-11ea-b9eb-3902259fcef6
https://www.change.org/p/ron-desantis-justice-for-bree-black?recruiter=1019320520&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=5187f980-0890-11ea-90a5-83b14c36b2fa
intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
BLM links:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![Current Reads and End of November TBR || Tome Topple, Transathon, and Queer Lit Readathon [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_HSTIIayO8A/hqdefault.jpg "Current Reads and End of November TBR || Tome Topple, Transathon, and Queer Lit Readathon [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and this is what I will be reading throughout the end of November. I was also going to mention that the books not on a specific TBR this half of the month but are closer to the top of my priority list that I havent started quite yet and those are: Real Life by Brandon Taylor (which was in my library haul) and Our History is the Future by Nick Estes (which is on my Indigathon TBR).
Tome Topple: https://twitter.com/Tome_Topple
Transathon: https://twitter.com/transathon
Queer Lit Readathon: https://twitter.com/queer_lit
Books Mentioned:
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavincencio
Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
How To Survive a Plague by David France
Moving Politics by Deborah Gould
Surpassing Certainty by Janet Mock
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Naamah by Sarah Blake
Tinderbox by Robert Feiseler
The Wicked and The Divine Vol 1 by Kieron Gillen
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
Important Links:
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
Philippians Relief: https://redcross.org.ph/
-About: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54759868
EndSARS: hhttps://endsars.carrd.co/
More on EndSARS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9m_W_BEmxI&ab_channel=BlackProseClub
BLM: https://supportblackwomen.carrd.co/
Help Black and trans people: intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
StoryGraph: https://beta.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![Reading Vlog Part 2 || More Cats and Reading feat. Cemetery Boys Unboxing [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_kq4wWcsxJk/hqdefault.jpg "Reading Vlog Part 2 || More Cats and Reading feat. Cemetery Boys Unboxing [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and this is the second half of my week. In this vlog, I read Esperanza Rising. I also talk a lot about my cat and get her back from the vet. I also get the package for Cemetery Boys that includes lots of Halloween goods.
Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLNORi-eZf8
People Mentioned:
aqueerbooknook: https://www.instagram.com/aqueerbooknook/
Books Mentioned:
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Working Towards Whiteness by David Roediger
White by Law by Ian Haney Lopez
Music from BenSound
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
BLM:
https://www.standwithbre.com/
https://justiceforbreonna.org/
https://supportblackwomen.carrd.co/
intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
StoryGraph: https://beta.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![Frankenbook Challenge | Using Questionable Science to Make Every Story Gay | Monsterathon 2020 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aVjl60R2kMQ/hqdefault.jpg "Frankenbook Challenge | Using Questionable Science to Make Every Story Gay | Monsterathon 2020 [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and in this video, we are following Dr. Frankensteins footsteps with the less morally dubious instructions laid out by the hosts of the Monsterathon. Watch me struggle with math and fight a number generator to find books, then piece them together to make a new story. Will I use this crime against science to make stories gayer? (Of course I do).
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=297iOdWZfMQ&t
Monsterathon: https://twitter.com/monsterathon
Book 1: Head (Main Character)
Book 2: Body (Plot)
Book 3&4: Arms (Side Characters)
Book 5: Leg 1 (Modivation
Book 6: Leg 2 (Antagonist)
Book 7: Clothes (Cover)
First Nations COVID Fund: https://www.firstnations.org/covid-19-emergency-response-fund/
Ways to Donate for CA Fires: https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/21/northern-california-wildfires-how-to-help-fire-victims-and-fire-fighters/
Help Black trans women:
intransitive.org
https://marshap.org/
https://www.blacktranstravelfund.com/
http://www.tgijp.org/
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![May Wrap-Up [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bJWFovSI_kk/hqdefault.jpg "May Wrap-Up [CC]
I am Bek (they/them) and here is my slightly belated May wrap-up.
Adris A Lady for a Duke Wrap-up: https://youtu.be/rnRHyKMWtR8?t=965
Summer Sons StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/d32b7d38-97c0-4177-8f65-62926c170906
Time Stamps:
00:47 Melt with You by Jennifer Dugan
03:59 Kids Books (Knight Owl and Stella Brings the Family
04:58 The Sprite and the Gardener
06:10 I am Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
08:01 Summer Sons
11:23 Perks of Being a Wallflower
14:25 Cursed fanfic
18:23 Partly read books
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
More: https://linktr.ee/moonyreads
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
![May was for Graphic Novels, Apparently || May Wrap Up [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bQlnN__wk6Y/hqdefault.jpg "May was for Graphic Novels, Apparently || May Wrap Up [CC]
My name is Bek (they/them) and this is what I read for the month of May! I participated in a number of readathons. I didnt get to as many books as I wanted to, but I did still get to quite a few graphic novels, one nonfiction, and I got to finish a fiction book and start a few nonfiction.
Transcription: https://moonyreadsbystarlight.wordpress.com/2021/01/20/may-was-for-graphic-novels-apparently-may-wrap-up-6-june-2020/
More discussion of Skim that some may deem spoiler-ey 6:54-7:45
Links from the Intro. These are a good start to learning and helping, but should NOT be where you stop. Learning can be difficult and emotional, but if we put in the work, we can make our world a better place (see the second video for info bubbling up or effervescence of justice).
Links about recent events and Black history:
BLM documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgFI0phqRIY
BLM founders TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbicAmaXYtM
Racism and Headlines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZgkjEdMbSw
Kimberle Crenshaw TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOe5-UsQ2o
Carol Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBYUET24K1c
Trevor Noah, recent events: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4amCfVbA_c
BowtiesAndBooks, recent events and booktube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v Q1AiQ1LAD0
The Novel Lush, recent events and booktube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18-zjiHfklE
TEDx Black History: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb04xj7LS34
Ghost Reader Black history series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KYdJrCWy-c&list=PLsIsR6zxiaWoC3-zq9KFXB_SdmEHIkwMe
Race/Racism Book Recs:
Noria Reads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sWNpeb_WDE&t=9s
Ghost Reader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umEUGDhReKE
ThatDisneyChk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqnipCEamkg
LEFT ON READ (vlog for Warmth of Other Suns): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jC9_qlIXjO8
MaritaReads (review for Why Im No Longer Talking To White People About Race): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpjMYFPJFy8
Do something about it:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
May Links/Mentions:
Readathons:
Heros Readathon: https://twitter.com/theherosread
Asian Readathon: https://twitter.com/asianreadathon
Zodiacathon: https://twitter.com/zodiacathon
Sapphicathon: https://twitter.com/sapphicathon
Lesbe.reader (24 in 7 host): https://www.instagram.com/lesbe.reader/
Enby Book Club: https://www.instagram.com/enbybookclub/
Books Mentioned:
Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden
Skim by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki
Persepholis by Marjane Satrapi
Kase-San and Yamata by Hiromi Takashima
Blue is the Warmest Color by Julie Maroh
Motor Crush by Babs Tarr, Brenden Fletcher, and Cameron Stewart
When they Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstien
Restoried Selves ed by Kevin Kumashiro
The Tragedy of Heterosexuality by Jane Ward
Social Media:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony")
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I am Bek (they/them). This is the Contradictions Book Tag! In here, I mention queer graphic novels, high fantasy, love triangles, messy queer characters, and more!
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnvfT_27ScU
QUESTIONS:
1) I love this genre but I didnt like this book
2) I rarely read this genre but I loved this book
3) I love this trope but I didnt like this book
4) I hate this trope but I loved this book
5) I love this author but I didnt like this book
6) I previously disliked a book by this author but I loved this book
7) I love this cover but I didnt like this book
8) I dont like this cover but I loved this book
9) Tag someone!
Social Media, Etc.:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moonyreadsbystarlight/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moony_reads
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moonystars93
StoryGraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/1ca70e9b-2813-4242-8860-0dbb635698f7
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/109723333-moony
More: https://linktr.ee/moonyreads
Email: moonyreadsbystarlight@gmail.com")
