Amrita by the Book | WTF is This?: Reacting to One Star Reviews of my Favorite Books in 2020 @AmritabytheBook | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
At last! I read one star reviews of some of my favorite reads from 2020 and ended up making a chonky video, sorry.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
8:36 The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
14:34 Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
18:33 Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
22:22 Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
27:28 Say Yes to the Duke by Eloisa James
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST: youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
Instagram: instagram.com/amrita_by_the_book
Twitter: twitter.com/amritaIQ
KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
#1StarReviews #OneStarReviews
At last! I read one star reviews of some of my favorite reads from 2020 and ended up making a chonky video, sorry.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
8:36 The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
14:34 Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles
18:33 Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
22:22 Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
27:28 Say Yes to the Duke by Eloisa James
SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST: youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
Instagram: instagram.com/amrita_by_the_book
Twitter: twitter.com/amritaIQ
KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
#1StarReviews #OneStarReviews
![Not So Chic: Romance and The Sheik [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/duPPkL9bQeM/hqdefault.jpg "Not So Chic: Romance and The Sheik [cc]
EM Hulls The Sheik inspired an entire subgenre: the desert romance. Captive brides, oversexed Arabs, complex forms of racism and garbled sexual kinks have kept it going. A little dive into the subject.
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
GET TO KNOW ME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amrita_by_the_book/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amritaIQ
KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast")
![A New York Times by the Book Tag! [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ektr4JllY8I/hqdefault.jpg "A New York Times by the Book Tag! [cc]
Things have been tough around here lately so I thought Id do something fun for a change and decided to do the #NYTbytheBookTag - originally created by Marie Berg - for obvious reasons!
Recommended Books:
INDIAS WAR by Srinath Raghavan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26240787-india-s-war
YEH UN DINON KI BAAT HAI by Yasir Abbasi
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/43260237-yeh-un-dino-ki-baat-hai
Jai Arjun Singhs blog: http://jaiarjun.blogspot.com/")
![The Truth About Historical Romance [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/emHW6hlSi5Y/hqdefault.jpg "The Truth About Historical Romance [cc]
[WARNING: some explicit language] If most romance is fantasy, whats your dealbreaker when it comes to authenticity? A mild criticism.
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
GET TO KNOW ME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amrita_by_the_book/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amritaIQ
KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
#HistoricalRomance")
![Books from A to Z: a Book for Every Letter of the Alphabet [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fCkIUWgCdfI/hqdefault.jpg "Books from A to Z: a Book for Every Letter of the Alphabet [CC]
Okay, I didnt actually do the A to Z Reading Challenge coz I dont do those but I do have a list of books that I own! From audiobooks to paperbacks, I have a book for every letter of the alphabet.
0:00 Intro
1:33 A for Ayoade on Top
3:01 B for Battle for Bittora
4:13 C for Cut to the Quick
5:43 D for Diary of a Social Butterfly
6:50 E for Empire of Sand
8:18 F for Fix Her Up
8:32 G for The Goblin Emperor
9:06 H for The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms
10:29 I for An Instance of the Fingerpost
11:37 J for Jonathan Livingston Seagull
12:24 K for Keturah and Lord Death
12:53 L for A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet
13:28 M for Murder in Mumbai
14:39 N for The Nonesuch
15:11 O for Old Filth
16:01 P for The Psychopath Test
16:51 Q for Queens Gambit
17:25 R for A Rising Man
19:10 S for Spinning Silver
20:17 T for The Tea Planters Wife
21:22 U for Unfinished
23:22 V for The Vine Witch
23:53 W for The Woman Who Forgot to Invent Facebook
24:25 X for The Poet X
25:41 Y for Yes Please
26:47 Z for Zealot
Channels Mentioned:
Rosie Cockshutt:
Crystals Bookish Life:
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
RECOMMENDED PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amrita_by_the_book/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amritaIQ
KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
#readingchallenge #bookrecommendations")
![Recommendation: Shogun by James Clavell [cc]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/isHQRGEvCno/hqdefault.jpg "Recommendation: Shogun by James Clavell [cc]
Shōgun by James Clavell is a book of historical fiction set in Japan in 1600: an English adventurer bumbles his way through an intricate society and reevaluates his own culture in the process.
UCSB PAPER: http://www.columbia.edu/~hds2/learning/Learning_from_shogun_txt.pdf
GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52382796-sh-gun
SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmyb1ZvLmaDLBsen6QQrO4A
GET TO KNOW ME: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJUsw458TTc&list=PLtLQgGRM7trx8dsmgCHAqHYW6pC9thZ6t
SOCIAL:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amrita_by_the_book/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amritaIQ
KHANDAAN, A BOLLYWOOD PODCAST: https://audioboom.com/channel/the-khandaan-podcast
#bookreviews")
