Read and Re-readThe penultimate week of August, full of interesting books.
Booktubers Mentioned: Greg @anotherbibliophilereads Allen @bighardbooks770 I will be on Greg and Allen's show Monday Night Live Show on Monday, August 26! More details in the video and on the community post. Hope you can drop by!
Books Mentioned: The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot by Dav Pilkey Thunderclap by Laura Cumming Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Forbidden Notebook by Alba De Cespedes Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
Friday Reads: Trash, Treasures and TraumaRead and Re-read2024-08-23 | The penultimate week of August, full of interesting books.
Booktubers Mentioned: Greg @anotherbibliophilereads Allen @bighardbooks770 I will be on Greg and Allen's show Monday Night Live Show on Monday, August 26! More details in the video and on the community post. Hope you can drop by!
Books Mentioned: The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot by Dav Pilkey Thunderclap by Laura Cumming Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Forbidden Notebook by Alba De Cespedes Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig
angeliareadandreread@gmail.comFriday Reads: Dads, Rats and FriendshipRead and Re-read2024-10-18 | From shipwrecks to con artists, teenage wives to 80's San Francisco - a wide ranging week of good reading!
Shows Mentioned: Only Murders in the Building The Great British Baking Show Heartstopper The Way We Live Now
Books Mentioned: The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Significant Others by Armistead Maupin The Tempest by William Shakespeare The Duke of Deception: Memories of my Father by Geoffrey Wolff The Warden by Anthonly Trollope Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O'BrienTen Before The End!Read and Re-read2024-10-15 | Wherein I doom myself with an extra reading challenge of substantial dimensions
Other booktubers mentioned: Priscilla @EveningReader Sonya @anenthusiasticreader
The Ten The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee Absolution by Alice McDermott Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett A Registry of my Passage Upon the Earth by Daniel Mason The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring Colored Televsion by Danzy Senna The NIght Alphabet by Joelle Taylor Collected Works by Lydia SandgrenFriday Reads: The Wait is Over!Read and Re-read2024-10-11 | After rereading not one, not two but 11 books to prepare, I read the new Strout and Atkinson books this week, plus some other things. What did you enjoy reading this week?
Shows and Movies Mentioned: Slow Horses Only Murders in the Building The Great British Baking Show Monty Python's Flying Circus Heartstopper Caddo Lake
Books Mentioned: The Vegetarian by Han Kang Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Significant Others by Armistead Maupin
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com Voxer: angeliareadandreread Storygraph: readandrereadThe Beauty in Books TagRead and Re-read2024-10-08 | The Beauty in Books Tag was created by Ruben @ToReadersItMayConcern and Emily @TheLinguistsLibrary
1. Beauty in concept 2. Beauty in opening line(s) 3. Beauty in character 4. Beauty amidst pain 5. Beauty in incompleteness 6. Beauty in place 7. Beauty in time 8. Beauty in catharsis 9. Tag others.
Books Mentioned: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte North Woods by Daniel Mason The Sentence by Louise Erdrich James by Percival Everett okay, I guess I did mention Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Emily Dickinson 340 - "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain" The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Nevada by Imogene Binnie I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz Honorary mention to Ariel by Sylvia Plath, cut for time!Friday Reads: Bookstores and Dream WorldsRead and Re-read2024-10-04 | A better week of reading and a birthday weekend to enjoy! Hope you have a great weekend, too!
Shows and Films Mentioned: Slow Horses Only Murders in the Building Will and Harper The Great British Baking Show Heartstopper
Books Mentioned: Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson The Bookshop: The History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout30 Stories in 30 Days Finale!Read and Re-read2024-10-01 | September is over, and so is this year's story-a-day project. It's been a lot of fun and I've discovered some new authors and reconnected with old favorites. Thank you for coming along for the ride!
Stories Discussed: "House Fire" by Yiyun Li "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather "White Ferrari" by Caleb Azumah Nelson "Mr. Thursday" by Emily St. John Mandel "A Choice of Butchers" by William Trevor "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros "Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okarafor
you can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.com voxer name: angeliareadandrereadFriday Reads: Two Mehs and a Yeah!Read and Re-read2024-09-27 | It was a lackluster week of reading but oh well. This might be a bit ofa rant!
Shows Mentioned: Only Murders in the Building Slow Horses Midnight Family Great British Baking Show
Books Mentioned: Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches Real Americans by Rachel Khong The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, translated by Margaret Sayers PedenOctober TBR: Victober, Spooky and More!Read and Re-read2024-09-25 | One of my favorite months is about to begin! I love lots of things about October, including this reading line up. What are you looking forward to this month?
Victober Hosts and Announcement videos: @katehowereads • Victober 2024 Announcement Video @katiejlumsden • Victober 2024 | Announcement and Reco... @BlatantlyBookish • Announcing Victober 2024! | #victober @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 • Victober 2024 announcement #victober @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Visit Melinda's channel to learn more about the Bard Room: @awebofstories
Also reading with Sonya @anenthusiasticreader
Books Mentioned: The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore by Evan Friss The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father by Geoffrey Wolff Pedro Paramo by Juan Rulfo, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon The Warden by Anthony Trollope "A Terribly Strange Bed" by Wilkie Collins The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson Never Whistle at Night, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. The Tempest by William Shakespeare Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson Significant Others by Armistead Maupin
my email is angeliareadandreread@gmail.com30 Stories i n 30 Days, Days 15-22Read and Re-read2024-09-23 | Part 3 of my Shorty September project, 30 Stories in 30 Days. Have you read any of these? Which was your favorite? All story links can be found in my community section. Thanks for watching!
Stories Discussed:
"The Appropriation of Cultures" by Percival Everett "The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever "Feast (Triptyc) by Beth Piatote "Office Hours" by Ling Ma "Gift of the Magi" by O Henry "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury "A Brief and Fearful Star" by Carmen Maria MachadoFriday Reads: 2 Weeks of Hits!Read and Re-read2024-09-20 | I have two weeks of goodness to report on. September does not disappoint!
Books Mentioned: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters by J.D. Salinger Fire Exit by Morgan Talty Loot by Tania James Old in Art School by Nell Painter Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches Future Tense Fiction, edited by Slate Magazine
my email: angeliareadandreread@gmail.comSeptember Book Haul!Read and Re-read2024-09-18 | I have a baker's dozen of new treasures to share with you! Have you read any of them?
Booktubers and videos mentioned: Melinda @awebofstories Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 Tilly @tillysshelf
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapleyl Takemori Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck The Doctor's Wife by Mary Elizabeth Braddon Shirley Jackson: Novels and Stories, Library of America edition A Christmas Memory, One Christmas & The Thanksgiving Visitor by Truman Capote Never Whistle at Night, edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. Time of the Flies by Claudia Pineiro Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah Bewilderment by Richard Powers The Essential Book of Vegan Bakes by Holly Jade Tell Me Everything by Elizabeth Strout Death at the Sign of the Rook by Kate Atkinson30 Stories in 30 Days, Days 8-14Read and Re-read2024-09-16 | Here's my wrap up for week two of my Shorty September project, 30 Stories in 30 Days. Which one was your favorite? Any duds? Thanks for joining in!
Stories Discussed: "We Can Remember it For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick "A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro "Herd Immunity" by Tananarive Due " Rent Control" by Walter Tevis "Madwoman's Milk" by Louise Kennedy "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver "The Lottery" by Shirley JacksonYour Answer Cant Be Books TagRead and Re-read2024-09-11 | This is an original tag created by @BookBuds; here is their video: youtube.com/watch?v=SrcDOzgBqho&t=2s
The Prompts: 1. What is something that you own way too many of, other than books? 2. What is something that you do for fun that’s not reading a book? 3. What is something special or important on your nightstand, that’s not a book? 4. What’s something that you buy at a bookstore other than books? 5. What’s a fun gift that you’ve received that wasn’t a book or a gift card for books? 6. What’s a YouTube channel that you watch, that’s not related to books? 7. Tag five BookTubers that you want to learn more about.
I tag: Melinda @awebofstories Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 Mariandrea @katiejlumsden@books_and_bocadillos Brian @BookishTexan30 Stories in 30 Days, 1-7Read and Re-read2024-09-08 | Here's the wrap-up on the first week fo 30 Stories in 30 Days. Which one was your favorite?
Sorry, I'm having trouble copying the links, but you can find them all in the community posts!
Week One Titles Discussed: "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe "Bad Neighbors" by Edward P. Jones "Hearing Aids" by Roddy Doyle "Daily Commute" by Sarah Gailey "Better Living Through Algorithms" by Naomi Kritzer "Hands" by Sherwood AndersonFriday Reads: The Long and Short of ItRead and Re-read2024-09-06 | It was good. I went overboard but it was good!
Booktubers mentioned: Melinda @awebofstories
Shows Mentioned: Dark Winds Slow Horses Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in Two Pieces
Books Mentioned: The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt My Friends by Hisham Matar The Collectors, edited by A.S. King Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare Fire Exit by Morgan Talty Old in Art School by Nell Painter
My email is angeliareadandreread@gmail.comForgotten Shorties I Have KnownRead and Re-read2024-09-03 | I strolled through my library and found many, many short books from my reading past, never mentioned before on my channel. Some are great, some best forgotten! Have you read these?
Books Mentioned:
The Stranger by Albert Camus The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons The Commitments by Roddy Doyle Bright LIghts, Big City by Jay McInerney 98.6 by Ronald Sukenick Ordinary Love and Good Will by Jane Smiley Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure by John Cleland Little Birds by Anais Nin Here is New York by E.B. White Voltaire's Alphabet of Wit by Voltaire The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Loitering With Intent by Muriel Spark The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark The Abbess of Crewe by Muriel Spark The Bachelors by Muriel Spark The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel SparkFriday Reads: Secrets and ExilesRead and Re-read2024-08-30 | Real prisons, domestic prisons of the mind, political exile - it's all pretty exciting. I hope you read something great this week. And is it fall yet?!
Shows Mentioned: Dark Winds
Books Mentioned: Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Cespedes Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig My Friends by Hisham Matar Twelfth Night by William ShakespeareSo Much September TBR!Read and Re-read2024-08-27 | This one is really over the top.
Booktubers and Events Mentioned: Shorty September hosts: @pastorytime2683 @TooManyHeathers Framed In September: An Art Readathon hosts: @HannahsBooks @anotherbibliophilereads @lindysmagpiereads @bouquinsbooks @heathergregg9975 Shaketember @booksimnotreading @adayofsmallthings @OldBluesChapterandVerse Also Melinda @awebofstories Sonya @anenthusiasticreader Priscilla @EveningReader
Books Mentioned: Raise High the Roofbeams, Carpenters by J.D. Salinger Mammoth by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches Convenience Store Woman, by Sayaka Murata, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori The English Understand Wool by Helen DeWitt The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck The Collectors, edited by A.S. King Wednesday's Child by Yiyun Li Out There Screaming, edited by Jordan Peele Future Tense Fiction, edited by Slate Magazine Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang A Registry of My Passage Upon the Earth by Daniel Mason Table for Two by Amor Towles Old in Art School by Nell Painter The Animators by Kayla Rae Whitaker Loot by Tania James Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru Twelfth Night by Willam Shakespeare Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Fire Exit by Morgan Talty Wild Houses by Colin Barrett My Friends by Hisham MatarThe Phenomenal Woman Book TagRead and Re-read2024-08-20 | This is an original tag created by @MarilynMayaMendoza to celebrate her 4th anniversary on Booktube and her birthday. She's celebrating by sharing her love of Maya Angelou and phenomenal women writers. Here's her tag; watch, like and subscribe! She's truly phenomenal!
The Prompts: 1.Who is your favorite phenomenal woman author. 2. What book features your favorite phenomenal woman character 3. If you were creating a book prize, which book by a phenomenal woman author would you choose 4. Tag some phenomenal women booktubers
Authors Mentioned: Octavia Butler Jane Austen Emily St. John Mandel Elizabeth Strout Charlotte Bronte Louise Erdrich Miriam Toews Deeshaw Philyaw Sarah Waters Donna TarttFriday Reads: Car Talk and Juicy PearsRead and Re-read2024-08-16 | Another hot, hot, Texas week. It's hot. Read anything good this week?
Shows and Movies mentioned: I Think You Should Leave Zone of Interest American Fiction
Books Mentioned: The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Woulden Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt Thunderclap by Laura Cumming The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
you can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comPreview! 30 Stories in 30 Days ReturnsRead and Re-read2024-08-13 | September is right around the corner! I am once again doing the 30 Stories in 30 Days reading project in September, the month of shorties. I hope you will join me in reading some of this short fiction. When we reach September, I'll include the online access to the stories.
Coming soon! Year 3 of 30 Stories in 30 Days. I hope you will join me in this extravaganza of short fiction in September!
The 30 Stories of September 2024:
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor 2. "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe 3. "Bad Neighbors: by Edward P. Jones 4. "Hearing Aids" by Roddy Doyle 5. "The Daily Commute" by Sarah Gailey 6. "Better Living Through Algorithms" by Naomi Kretzer 7. "Hands" by Sherwood Anderson 8. "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" by Phillip K. Dick 9. "A Village After Dark" by Kazuo Ishiguro 10. "Herd Immunity" by Tananarive Due 11. "Rent Control" by Walter Tevis 12. " Madwoman's Milk" by Louise Kennedy 13. "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" by Raymond Carver 14. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson 15. "The Appropriation of Cultures" by Percival Everett 16. "The Enormous Radio" by John Cheever 17. Feast (Triptych) by Beth Piatote 18. "Office Hours" by Ling Ma 19. "The Gift of the Magi" by O Henry (Yes, I put in a Christmas story) 20. "The Water That Falls on You From Nowhere" by John Chu 21. "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury 22. "A Brief and Fearful Star" by Carmen Maria Machado 23. "House Fire" by Yiyun Li 24. "The Red Convertible" by Louise Erdrich 25. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather (yes, again) 26. "White Ferrrari" by Caleb Azumah Nelson 27. "Mr. Thursday" by Emily St. John Mandel 28 "Access to the Children" by William Trevor 29. "Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okarafor 30. "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros
The 30 Stories of September 2023:
1. "Good Country People" by Flannery O'Connor 2. "Bartleby the Scrivener" by Herman Melville 3. "Eula" by Deesha Philyaw 4. "The Team" by Tommy Orange 5. "Semplica Girl Diaries" by George Saunders 6. "Tales from the LA River" by Colm Toibin 7. "Inventory" by Carmen Maria Machado 8. "The Machine Stops" by E.M. Forster 9. There was a Munro story here but I no longer recommend or read this author 10. "Prudent Girls" by Rivers Solomon 11. "Walk the Blue Fields" by Claire Keegan 12. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather 13. "Potluck" by Brandon Taylor 14. "In a Field of Stray Caterpillars" by Morgan Talty 15. "Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler 16. "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin 17. "The Human Claim" by Ali Smith 18. "Where I'm Calling From" by Raymond Carver 19. "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury 20. "Desire on Domino Island" by Lee Smith 21. "Happily Ever After" by Danielle Evans 22. "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 23. "The Bad News" by Margaret Atwood 24. "Independent Living" by Jonathan Escoffery 25. "A Rose For Emily" by William Faulkner 26. "Sonny's Blues" by James Baldwin 27. "Home" by Elizabeth Strout 28. "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce 29. "Recognition" by Victor Lavalle 30. "Bees" by Dan ChaonSunday Reads: San Antonio, Sequels and a Haul!Read and Re-read2024-08-11 | My book buying break broke in San Antonio, TX! Plus the week in reading.
Books Mentioned:
Haul - Deacon King Kong by James McBride Michael Tolliver Lives by Armistead Maupin The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin Percival Everett by Virgil Russell by Percival Everett This Is Happiness by Niall Williams Hot Milk by Deborah Levy
This Week- Big Sky by Kate Atkinson Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout Thunderclap by Laura Cumming The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden
I can be reached at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comPhenomenal Women in TranslationRead and Re-read2024-08-06 | Today I'm celebrating both Women in Translation month and the Maya Angelou Phenomenal Woman Readathon, hosted by the wonderful @MarilynMayaMendoza
Books Mentioned: Elena Knows by Claudia Piniero, translated by Frances Riddle Happening by Annie Ernaux, translated by Tanya Leslie Boulder by Eva Baltasar, translated by Julia Sanches Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore The Peacock by Isabel Bogdan, translated by Annie Rutherford I Who Have Never Known Men, by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwarz Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirosvky, translated by Sandra Smith A Little Luck by Claudia Pineiro, translated by Frances Riddle Forbidden Noteboody by Alba de Cespedes, translated by Ann Goldstein Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren, translated by Agnes BroomeFriday Reads: Loved and LostRead and Re-read2024-08-02 | Two weeks of reading glory, summarized.
Channel mentioned: @awebofstories
Books Mentioned: The Stranding by Kate Sawyer We The Animals by Justin Torres Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza The Puppet of Spelhorse by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Julie Morstad The Bard and the Book by Ann Bausum, Ilustrated by Marta Sevilla Clear by Carys Davies Big Sky by Kate Atkinson Thunderclap by Laura Cumming Olive, Again by Elizabeth StroutMy BookTube Prize Semi-Finals RankingsRead and Re-read2024-08-01 | My experiences reading and ranking these six novels for the BookTube Prize Semi-Finals. I wonder which three will make the finals?!
Learn more about the BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize
As always, thank you for watching, commenting and subscribing!
angeliareadandreread@gmail.comThe Nightclub Book Tag!Read and Re-read2024-07-30 | The Nightclub Book Tag was created by BellTube @BrianBell7 I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 and @jamesholder13
The Prompts: 1. "Cocktail Hour" - Name a book you that you think pairs perfectly with your favourite drink. 2 - "Neon Lights" - Name a book with a cover that immediately grabbed your attention like bright lights in a club." 3 - "The Bouncer" - What book did you have to put down because it just wasn't letting you in?" 4 - "DJ's Choice" - What book would you recommend as the perfect read for someone new to the fantasy genre? 5 - "Disco Ball" - Name a book that made you feel like you were part of a vibrant, glittering world." 6 - "Dance Floor Diva" - What book had you dancing with excitement from the first page to the last? 7 - "Guest List" - Which author would you invite to an exclusive book-themed party and why?" 8 - "VIP Entrance" - Which book did you feel privileged to read before it became more widely popular?" 9 - "Dance Battle" - Which two characters from different books would you love to see face off in a dance battle?" 10 - "Midnight Read" - What's a book you couldn't put down and ended up reading all night? 11 - "After-Party" - What book left you with a hangover, unable to start a new read immediately after finishing it? 12 - "Late Night Conversations" - Which book left you thinking deeply or wanting to discuss it with others late into the night? 13 - Tag some people.
Books Mentioned:
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw The Puppets of Spelhorse by Kate DiCamillo A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Witch Elm by Tana French The Trees by Percival Everett Blackouts by Justin TorresCurrent Reads and August TBRRead and Re-read2024-07-26 | A slightly early forecast for August reading; and what I'm taking on a trip this week.
Books Mentioned: Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza The Stranding by Kate Sawyer We the Animals by Justin Torres Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig Big Sky by Kate Atkinson Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt Captain Underpants and the Sensational Saga of Sir Stinks-a-Lot by Dav Pilkey Thunderclap by Laura Cumming numerous unidentified books from my cart!
@CriminOllyBlog my email address is angeliareadandreread@gmail.comThe Story of a Shelf Returns!Read and Re-read2024-07-23 | Another episode of my very occasional mini library tour. Let me know if you've read these books!
Books Mentioned:
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deeshaw Philyaw Alan Mendelsohn, The Boy From Mars by Daniel Pinkwater Elena Knows by Claudia Piniero Complete Plays, Volume One by Harold Pinter The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath The Journals of Sylvia Plath The Collected Poems of Sylvia Plath Ariel by Sylvia Plath The Colossus by Sylvia Plath Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII by Plato Gorgias by Plato Five Great Dialogues by Plato Pope: Selected Poems by Alexander Pope Ship of Fools by Katherine Ann Porter The Golden Spur by Dawn Powell The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall The Friendly Young Ladies by Mary RenaultFriday Reads: Better Than TV!Read and Re-read2024-07-19 | Another week of books that made me think!
Shows Mentioned: Pride and Prejudice (1995 version) Dark Matter The Flight Attendant
Books Mentioned: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Wellness by Nathan Hill Creep by Myriam Gurba The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
My email: angeliareadandreread@gmail.comThe Booktuber Name Tag!Read and Re-read2024-07-16 | This is an original tag created by @AaronReadaBook.
I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 and @bighardbooks770
Here are the prompts: 1. @booksimnotreading - A book that's been on your TBR forever 2. @novelideea - A book with an interesting premise or plot device 3. @revenantreads - A book where someone has returned from the dead 4. @CriminOllyBlog - A book where a crime takes place 5. @BookTimewithElvis - A book about time, time travel, or someone named Elvis 6. @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH - Your favourite book that you read in March 7. @BookBuds - A book with a great friendship 8. @ObscureBookAdventures - A book that you love that never gets talked about 9. @savagereads - A book with a monster, or beast, or human acting monstrous or beastly 10. A book that fits your own channel name or the name of a channel that you love 11. Tag some other booktubers.
Books Mentioned: A Little Luck by Claudia Piniero Armadale by Wilkie Collins The Night Alphabet by Joelle Taylor Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosely Lavender House by A.C. Lev Rosen Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel James by Percival Everett Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Ulysses by James JoyceSummer Book Haul!Read and Re-read2024-07-14 | And now I really, truly am going on a book buying break. I swear.
Books Mentioned: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen We The Animals by Justin Torres Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig, translated by Thomas Colchie Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over by Nell Painter Significant Others by Armistead Maupin Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Cespedes, translated by Ann Goldstein The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
My email is angeliareadandreread@gmail.comFriday Reads and Some Thoughts About Alice MunroRead and Re-read2024-07-12 | My week in reading plus a brief discussion of the news concerning Alice Munro's daughter, the abuse she survived, and Munro's appalling lack of support for her child, in addition to the overall failiure of every adult in the family.
Lindy's excellent video from @lindysmagpiereads was posted today - please visit her channel and check it out! youtube.com/watch?v=Ne7f1JVqJOM
Books Mentioned: Candide by Voltaire Orbital by Samantha Harvey Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Wellness by Nathan Hill Creep by Myriam Gurba Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareIt Isnt That Bad Book TagRead and Re-read2024-07-09 | It isn't that bad.....but sometimes it is!! This is an original tag created by Melinda @awebofstories and she tagged me. Here is her video! youtube.com/watch?v=dk6FbZe7Z6Y
And for the nostalgia, here's the Polaner All Fruit commercial. I feel like I'm channeling the older lady all through this video: youtube.com/watch?v=hawQ5wobi1Y
The Prompts Prompts: 1. Do you dog-ear your books? 2. Do you annotate your books? 3. Do you roll covers or break spines when you read? 4. Do you listen to something while you read? 5. Do you read in the bathroom? 6. Do you read in water (such as in the bathtub, in a pool, etc)? 7. Do you DNF? 8. Do you ever read ahead or skip to the end of a book? 9. Are you book-polygamous (i.e., read more than one book at a time)? 10. Do you own more books than bookshelf space?
BONUS: Do you ever take a book without leaving a book at a Little Free Library?
My email address is angeliareadandreread@gmail.comFor Alice: The Hercule Poirot Mystery TagRead and Re-read2024-07-08 | The Booktube community was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Alice, who had the channel @AliceandtheGiantBookshelf. Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks had the lovely idea to reactivate this tag, that Alice created in 2021 I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668.
Prompts: 1. Hercule Poirot is a detective who is extremely proud of his achievements. In The Mystery of the Blue Train, he announced “My name is Hercule Poirot, and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.” If not Poirot, who is your favourite detective? (And what book do you recommend featuring your favourite?)
2. Hercule Poirot famously uses his “Little grey cells” to solves cases - have you ever solved an Agatha Christie mystery? If yes, which one? If no, is there an author whose mysteries you have solved?
3. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is the introduction to Hercule Poirot. Recommend a first book in a series where you met one of your favourite characters.
4. Murder on the Orient Express: Agatha Christie wrote several Poirot books set on different types of transport. What is your favourite mystery set on a train/ plane/ boat?
5. The ABC Murders features a killer working their way through an alphabet of victims. Recommend a mystery involving a serial killer.
6. Dumb Witness: Bob the dog helps Poirot’s investigation in this one. Can you recommend a book where an animal helps to solve the case?
7. Five Little Pigs (also adapted as a play Go Back for Murder): Poirot solves several cases in his time that have been closed for years. Which is your favourite “cold case” Poirot? If you don’t have one, can you recommend any other authors/ detectives who have solved a past cold case?
8. Dead Man’s Folly is famously set at Agatha Christie’s own holiday home, Greenway. What is your favourite murder mystery setting?
9. Do you have a favourite Poirot mystery? (If not, tell us a favourite mystery you’ve read recently.)
10. How many Poirot books have you read? (If you’ve not read any or haven’t read many yet, which one do you plan to read next?
11. Please tag anyone and everyone who likes Agatha Christie, Poirot, or mysteries in general!
Books Mentioned: Case Histories by Kate Atkinson Still Midnight by Denise Mina The Hunter by Tana French The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson The Alienist by Caleb Carr Red Dragon by Thomas Harris Sleepwalk by Dan Chaon Exiles by Jane Harper Harlem Shuffle and Crook Manifesto by Colson WhiteheadFriday Reads: Catch-Up EditionRead and Re-read2024-07-05 | Just a chat about my reading over the last two weeks. What have you been reading, watching, doing?
Shows Mentioned: The White Lotus The Bear
Books Mentioned: O Pioneers by Willa Cather (DNF) Babycakes by Armistead Maupin The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith You Like it Darker by Stephen King The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng Creep by Myriam Gurba
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comThe Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag!Read and Re-read2024-07-02 | The Mid-Year Freakout was created by Chami, a Booktuber who no longer has a channel. These are the prompts, slightly edited and borrowed from Lindy's channel, @lindysmagpiereads. I do them in a different order.
1. Best sequel you’ve read so far this year. 2. A new release you haven’t read yet but want to. 3. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. 4. Biggest disappointment? 5. Biggest surprise? 6. Favourite new author (debut or new to you)? 7. Newest favourite character? 8. The saddest book you’ve read so far this year? 9. A book that made you happy? 10. Favourite book to film adaptation? 11. Favourite video you’ve created this year? (I change this one mid-video, stay tuned!) 12. Most beautiful book you have acquired this year? 13. Book you’ve learned the most from? 14. What books do you need to read by the end of the year? 15. Best book you’ve read so far this year?
Books Mentioned: James by Percival Everett Long Island by Colm Toibin Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Dearborn by Ghassan Zeinnedine Poetry Unbound, edited by Padraig o Tuama Black AF History by Michael Harriott Blackouts by Justin Torres All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews Leonard and Hungry Paul by Ronan Hession The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Blackwater Lightship by Colm Toibin Riambel by Priya Hein The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Tales of the City series by Armistead Maupin Real Americans by Rachel Khong The Safekeep by Yael Van der Wouden
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comJuly TBR: Overly Ambitious Plus Jane Austen!Read and Re-read2024-06-30 | July is hot and heavy....if I get trapped under the pile of books I've chosen! What are your reading plans for this new month?
Hosts for Jane in July: @BlatantlyBookish @katiejlumsden @SpinstersLibrary
Books Mentioned: You Like it Darker by Stephen King Creep by Myriam Gurba Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng Wellness by Nathan Hill The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Candide by Voltaire Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig Olive Kittredge by Elizabeth Strout Big Sky by Kate Atkinson Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza The Stranding by Kate Sawyer Orbital by Samantha Harvey Clear by Carys Davies The Road to Dalton by Shannon Bowring Wandering Stars by Tommy OrangeFriday Reads: Ghosts, Grief, and a Trip to ItalyRead and Re-read2024-06-21 | A week where I finally accomplish a reading goal 7 years in the making.
Shows Mentioned: The Alienist The White Lotus
Books Mentioned: Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Creep by Myriam Gurba O Pioneers by Willa Cather
Books I Might Take on my Trip: Babycakes by Armistead Maupin The Stranding by Kate Sawyer The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab You Like it Darker by Stephen KingThe Road Map of Your Life Book TagRead and Re-read2024-06-18 | This is an original tag created by Tristan @Tristan-L-Space-Books I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668
The Prompts:
1.)What is a book that reminds you of or takes place in each place that you've lived? This could mean country, state/province, city/town, and or apartment/house. Just come up with a book that really resonates with you and the time you spent in each place where you've had a mailing address!
2.) Since a roadmap not only shows you where you've been, but also where you're going, what is a book that reminds you of or takes place in your next destination? Or a place you'd like to live in?
Books Mentioned: Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin We Run the Tides by Vendela Vida The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith The Known World by Edward P. Jones Isaac's Storm by Erik Larsen Guide Me Home by Attica Locke The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Still Life by Sarah Winman A Room With a View by E.M. Forster Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri
I tag: Randy @theliteratetexan660 Priscilla @EveningReaderJune Book Haul!Read and Re-read2024-06-16 | I have a bountiful pile of new books! Have you read any of these?
Books Mentioned:
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer Poetry Unbound by Padraig o Tuama You Like it Darker by Stephen King Real Americans by Rachel Khong Clear by Carys Davies Table for Two by Amor Towles Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow, edited by Slate Magazine I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett Women Talking by Miriam Toews Babycakes by Armistead Maupin Liliana's Invincible Summer by Cristina Rivera Garza Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession The Night Alphabet by Joelle TaylorFriday Reads: Hidden HistoriesRead and Re-read2024-06-14 | We have rocketed up to the middle of June and it was another solid week of good reading!
Shows Mentioned: Hacks The Alienist The White Lotus
Books Mentioned: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Love's Labours' Lost by William Shakespeare The Reformatory by Tananarive Due Blackouts by Justin Torres Creep by Myriam Gurba Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comBook Bag of Surprises!Read and Re-read2024-06-12 | I fulfiill a long time curiosity about curated mystery book boxes with the help of my daughter who knows me very, very well! Watch to find out what she selected for me. Have you read any of these?
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comFriday Reads:The Good Book Tingles!Read and Re-read2024-06-07 | The two books I loved more than offset the "meh" one; and I edited out the EXTENDED spoiler I accidentally made about one of them!
Shows Mentioned: Hacks The Alienist
Books Mentioned: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman; edited by Ros Schwarz The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chlobosky Long Island by Colm Toibin Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Blackouts by Justin TorresThe Sir Isaac Newton TagRead and Re-read2024-06-05 | This tag was created by @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668
Prompts
1. Adopted or sent away or abandoned. A book with a character that is adopted, sent away or abandoned. 2. Use or measurement of time. A book where time is a crucial element. 3. Test of strength. A book where the character has to pass a test of strength. 4. Character with a dark side or a temper. A book where a character has a dark side or a temper. 5. Quest destroys personal life. A book where the quest is deemed so big the character either chooses to have no personal life or it is destroyed. 6. Questionable Decision. A book where the main character makes a questionable decision. 7. Scale Change. A book with an object or a place that goes through a scale change. 8. Falling or something to do with gravity. A book where something or someone is falling. Or where gravity plays a part. 9. Red Herring/False Trail/Use of codes. A book with a red herring, a false trail or quest or the use of codes. 10. Revenge/Punishment. A book with an element of revenge or punishment. 11. Rise and fall. A book with a rise in status followed by a catastrophic fall. 12. A Genius. Which writer to you is a genius or a book with a character that is a genius. 13. Tag some others.
Titles Mentioned: Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel Son by Lois Lowry The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier The Hobbit and LOTR by J.R.R. Tolkien special surprise book that you'd never guess Room by Emma Donoghue Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Orbital by Samantha Harvey Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French Hamlet by William Shakespeare The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larssen The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope any book by Percival Everett
Contact me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comFriday Reads: May Ends on a High!Read and Re-read2024-05-31 | I end May with a wild burst of reading; shocker! Also a special gift and my weekend reading plans.
Books Mentioned:
The Stranding by Kate Sawyer Himself by Jess Kidd The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly Eastbound by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwarz Long Island by Colm Toibin
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comThe Retro 80s Old School Book Tag!Read and Re-read2024-05-28 | A tag celebrating childhood and the 80s! This tag was created by @Kritz_Reads and I was tagged by Melinda @awebofstories.
Prompts: Reading Rainbow !. What book, author, or series got you into read? 2. What author or book got you into your current favorite genre? Mixed Tape 3. What was the first concert you ever went to? 4. What band or artist do you love but never got to see live? I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me 5. What was your favorite cartoon growing up? 6. Name a TV show or movie that is tied to a good memory 7. Name a movie from childhood that you still love today. 8. Name your first TV or movie crush Gotta Catch Them All 9. What was a toy you were obsessed with or collected as a kid? 10. Name a boardgame or video game you associate with your childhood. She's Got The Look 11. Name a clothing or trend that was popular when you were a kid. I Want Candy 12. Name a childhood snack or candy you wish they still made.June TBR: Pride Month and More!Read and Re-read2024-05-26 | I really can't wait to jump into this June TBR - so many books I've been looking forward to on this list! I'm participating in Pride Month and a few more reading events.
Visit Melinda's channel @awebofstories for great videos and to join the Discord for O Pioneers and/or the Bard Room.
Books Mentioned: The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown Blackouts by Justin Torres Long Island by Colm Toibin Creep by Myriam Gurba The Guncle Abroad by Stephen Rowley O Pioneers by Willa Cather Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comFriday Reads: Grief and JoyRead and Re-read2024-05-24 | Reading my way through May! And I bought a new fitness toy.
Shows Mentioned: Schitt's Creek Curb Your Enthusiasm Heartstopper
Books Mentioned: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Son by Lois Lowry
You can reach me at angeliareadandreread@gmail.comReturn of Time Warp Tuesday!Read and Re-read2024-05-21 | Travel with me back to 2007 and wonder at the Swiss cheese of my mind!
Books Mentioned: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters Possession by A.S. Byatt Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon The Drowning Tree by Carol Goodman The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai The Uses of Enchantment by Heidi Julavits Charity Girl by Michael Lowenthal The Grave Tattoo by Val McDermid Jayber Crow by Wendell Berry