Reading Emily Wilsons Odyssey with my new cat Ketevan Reads 2023-12-14 | Say hello to Odysseus, who's come all the way to Paris from Greece!#emilywilson #theodyssey// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Not the best, not the worst...the 63 middle-of-the-road books of 2023 Ketevan Reads 2024-07-10 | Better 6 months late than never! // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 03:25 It's not you, it's me 07:18 If only I'd been younger...12:43 Fantastic fluff17:25 Fits the bill23:00 Popular for a reason29:48 Great, and I expected it to be 33:43 Classic for a reason43:50 Preview of top books of the year/Outro // books mentioned \\A Room With A ViewEverything UnderTime ShelterDeath of Ivan Ilyvich, TheDaring Greatly Homeland: My Father Dreams of PalestineThis Is Supposed to Be FunGetting It: A Guide to Hot, Healthy Hookups and Shame-Free SexThe First Strawberries: A Cherokee StoryAsk Me About Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi CuddlesDoes Monogamy Work? Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction Opening Up Polyamory Toolkit: A Guidebook for Polyamorous RelationshipPlaying Fair: A Guide to Nonmonogamy for Men into WomenHeartstopper Vol 1 Heartstopper Vol 2Heartstopper Vol. 3 Heartstopper Vol. 4Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories Eating the DinosaurLittle Fires EverywhereSix Dinner Sid: A Highland Adventure Feel the Bern Ella EnchantedMorning Glory Admiral's Acquisition, TheIncidental InventionsStone Mattress: Nine Wicked TalesLittle Book of the Hidden People, TheBreakthrough, The Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing Dear LifeCarmillaWe Love You, Charlie FreemanNonviolent Communication Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982Leave the World BehindKlara and the SunJust MercyMissoulaNickel & DimedBrief History of Time, ASplit Tooth Witches, Witch-Hunting, and WomenFemina I Capture the Castle JuliaParable of the SowerHouse on Mango StreetMy AntoniaBloody Chamber, TheRabbit-Proof FenceMrs. Dalloway FlushPygmalionBeowulfParable of the TalentsRobber Bride, TheMinor DetailPicture of Dorian Gray, TheWe Have Always Lived in the Castle Wide Sargasso Sea// videos mentioned \\The "Worst" Books of 2023youtu.be/K_wnp5NNzLw#// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
What Ill be reading for March of the Mammoths Ketevan Reads 2024-03-21 | // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 03:02 The Books of Jacob 05:52 The Eighth Life 07:33 The Quiet Violence of Dreams 09:15 Outro// books mentioned \\The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczuk, Tr. Jennifer Croft The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischwili, Tr. Charlotte CollinsThe Quiet Violence of Dreams by K. Sello Duiker// channels mentioned \\Jim @jimsbooksreadingandstuff // videos mentioned \\#marchofthemammoths #marchingmammoths #marchofthemammoths2024// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031
The worst books I read in 2023 Ketevan Reads 2024-03-14 | Here are the "worst" books I read in 2023. I enjoyed most of them but some of them have to be in the bottom tiers!*note: I say alternative fiction for The Underground Railroad and Blonde Roots and what I meant was alternative historical fiction// timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:19 Categories 02:40 Ugh, why06:12 I don't get the hype09:24 I just wanted more 13:37 Aged, not quite like fine wine 18:48 It happened one night23:03 My book club made me do it 24:20 Glad I read it and that's about it // books mentioned \\MotherhoodCall of the Wild Swiss Family RobinsonLessons in Chemistry YellowfaceWe Had to Remove This PostI Hate MenEarthlingsWho's Loving YouEjaculate Responsibly L'OccupationSummer Book, The Catch-22Shuggie BainPerfect Nanny, TheGood Earth, TheLover, TheBig Sleep, TheRoad, TheMartian, ThePrivate Life of Trees, TheAbolish the FamilyBlonde RootsJane and PrudenceWhen Breath Becomes AirPacking for MarsPegasusBonsaiAutobiography of Malcom X King Kong Theory1984All About Love: New VisionsBean Trees, TheMen Explain Things to Me A Town Like Alice My People the SiouxBody Politic, TheDiving Bell and the Butterfly, The Underground Railroad, TheOut of Africa & Shadows on the GrassLalani of the Distant SeaHere Be IcebergsSouth Africa: Vanishing Half, TheAmerican PrimitiveSmall Bodies of Water The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid Made in AmericaConcerning My Daughter VioletsBig SwissIdentittiTrespassesNone of the AboveSeven Moons of Maali AlmeidaForbidden NotebookCriminal Child, TheLove: A Very Short IntroductionPlague of Doves, TheQueenie At Night All Blood is Black Secret History of Wonder Woman, The// channels mentioned \\Ania @WellTraveledBooks #2023books // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads
Birthday book haul Ketevan Reads 2024-02-09 | // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:54 Books I've already read05:32 Books to be read 12:01 Outro// books mentioned \\Didn't Nobody Give A Shit What Happened to CarlottaPyreWhy Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism FEMGood TerroristThe HouseguestInsurgent Love // channels mentioned \\Sean@travelthroughstories // videos mentioned \\#birthdayhaul #bookhaul #feministliterature// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
My bookish birthday in Venice Ketevan Reads 2024-01-30 | I celebrated my 35th birthday in Venice and had a marvelous bookish time! // timestamps \\00:00 Intro02:30 Venice 03:36 Remember December rereads04:56 Italian books I read08:24 Venice 09:14 Libreria Ubik 12:47 Libreria Toletta 14:26 Libreria Studium 16:05 Libreria Marco Polo 18:28 Instituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti20:33 Islands of Venice 23:31 Libreria acqua Alta 28:38 Outro// books read \\Remember DecemberMorning Glory by Lavyrle Spencer1984 by George OrwellItalian Literature Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Cespedes, Tr. Ann GoldsteinIf On A Winter's Night A Traveller by Italo Calvino// books purchased \\Penguin Book of Italian Short Stories edited by Jhumpa LahiriWatermark by Joseph BrodskyThe Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid KhalidiThe Dry Heart by Natalia Ginzburg, Tr. Frances FrenayeVenice and the Anthropocene: An Ecocritical Guide #italianliterature #bookhaul #classicliterature #travelvlog #rememberdecember// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031
I turned 35! 40 classic books I want to read before I turn 40 Ketevan Reads 2024-01-23 | // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 02:07 French literature 05:38 Translated/World literature 09:18 English literature 11:35 Non-fiction 14:33 Outro // books mentioned \\/French Lit\Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas MaloryBel–Ami by Guy de Maupassant The Ladies’ Paradise by Émile Zola Candide by VoltaireLe Malade Imaginaire by MolièreGerminal by Émile Zola The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Lais of Marie de France/Translated/World Lit\Iliad Tr. by Emily WilsonThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuMonkey King: Journey to the West by Wu Cheng’enDon Quixote by Miguel de CervantesArabian NightsKalevala by Elias LonnrotProse Edda by Snorri SturlusonWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky This Fair Land Ed. by Charles BriffaNo Longer at East + Arrow of God, Chinua AchebeSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih 100 years of Solitude/Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez /English Lit\The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerDracula by Bram Stoker Middlemarch by George Eliot North and South by Elizabeth GaskellParadise Lost by John MiltonOrlando by Virginia Woolf The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BronteOliver Twist by Charles Dickens/Non-fiction\Orientalism by Edward SaidThe Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands by Mary SeacoleThe Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by Olaudah EquianoA Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary WollstonecraftOn the Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Second Sex by Simone de BeauvoirThe Jungle by Upton SinclairSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote// channels mentioned \\Ann @AnnNovella Micah @MicahCummins Willow@WillowTalksBooks Sandy @MsReadsAlot // videos mentioned \\#classicliterature #worldliterature // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
2023 Stats and 2024 Goals Ketevan Reads 2024-01-04 | Happy New Year! 2023 was a good reading year and here's hoping that 2024 is as well. #readingwrapup #2023reading #readinggoals // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
I got 14 books from Verso Books for 50% off! Ketevan Reads 2023-12-01 | Verso Books End of Year SaleNovember 20 - January 1All books: 20% offBuy 3 books, discount increases to 30%Buy 4 books, discount increases to 40%Buy 5 books, discount increases to 50%More details here: versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/news/announcing-the-verso-books-end-of-year-sale-2023// books mentioned \\The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View by Ellen Meiksins WoodRacecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life by Karen E. Fields and Barbara J. FieldsI, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemalaby Rigoberta Menchú, Tr. Ann WrightIf They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistanceby Angela Davis Abortion Beyond the Law by Naomi BraineFeminist City by Leslie KernFeminism for the 99% by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya and Nancy FraserBodies Under Siege by Sian NorrisAfter Work by Helen Hester and Nick SrnicekPharmanomics by Nick DeardenHow Will Capitalism End?by Wolfgang StreeckThe Groundings With My Brothersby Walter RodneyDarkwater by W. E. B. Du BoisThe Invention of the Jewish People by Shlomo Sand, Tr. Yael Lotan#nonfictionnovember #versobooks #bookhaul #bookhauls // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Join me on a little free library tour in the rain Ketevan Reads 2023-11-26 | Little Free Libraries in France: boite-a-lire.com// timestamps \\00:00 Unhaul16:45 Little free libraries#bookunhaul #littlefreelibrary #parisintherain // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
My book haul from the Malta Book Festival 2023 Ketevan Reads 2023-11-08 | Check out the Malta Book Festival here: https://ktieb.org.mt/en/the-2023-malta-book-festival/ // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 02:22 Non-Maltese lit 04:05 Praspar Press books 07:37 Non-fiction 11:00 My two favorites15:28 Outro #malteseliterature #maltabookfestival #maltesebooks #malta // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
What makes a classic a classic? // book tag Ketevan Reads 2023-10-25 | This tag was created by Mark from @BookTimewithElvis This is his video: youtu.be/4VgQHafSJkw?si=pt5UgP_58Svfz_boI was tagged by Aaron @aaronfacer in his video, watch it here: youtu.be/_Yud9Mlvirc?si=b8YDCDcCDiIMAaBUIf you'd like to do this tag, consider yourself tagged!// timestamps \\00:00 01:21 1. The one with a gripping plot and universal themes02:18 2. The subversive one 03:34 3. The one which defines a time and place 05:33 4. The Complex, ground-breaking one 06:29 5. The ones with the archetypal characters 08:35 6. The one that’s a complete one-off 09:14 7. The one we quote from all the time 10:55 8. The rediscovered classic or the book you believe should be a classic in the future #tagtuesday #booktag #classicbooks // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Im reading my way through the Nobel literature winners Ketevan Reads 2023-10-14 | // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 03:36 Nobel winners I’ve read09:23 Nobel winners on my tbr16:45 Outro #nobelprizewinners #nobellaureates // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/prof#ile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
September wrap up Ketevan Reads 2023-10-08 | All the books I read in September, starting with my #strayaseptember reads!// timestamps \\00:00 Intro01:41 Straya September06:45 Nonfiction19:31 Fiction24:35 Outro// books mentioned \\Picnic at Hanging Rock A Town Like AliceTwo Weeks with the QueenRabbit-Proof FenceIntroducing Political Philosophy, a Graphic GuideLove is the Drug: The Chemical Future of our RelationshipsHarvest of EmpireDiscipline and Punish: The Birth of the PrisonMen Explain Things to MeAbolish the FamilyWho's Loving You: Love Stories by Women of ColorWide Sargasso SeaWe Have Always Lived in the Castle Crimson // videos mentioned \\30 Australian Lit recommendations from Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot youtu.be/khafWkhJYSQ?si=9jeOyPEQDRGtwFOT// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
A very long rant about bad feminist books Ketevan Reads 2023-09-30 | // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:27 Lessons in Chemistry 05:54 Ejaculate Responsibly 15:54 Motherhood: A Manifesto 32:34 Better alternatives? // books mentioned \\Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie GarmusEjaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair Motherhood: A Manifesto, Eliane Glaser The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap, Stephanie Coontz Just Get on the Pill: The Uneven Burden of Reproductive Politics, Krystale E. Littlejohn Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood, Michele Goodwin We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America, Roxanna Asgarian Behind Closed Doors: Why We Break Up Families and How to Mend Them, Polly Curtis// channels mentioned \\ Yena@yenasung // videos mentioned \\15 favorite feminist videos of Q1 2023youtu.be/2S5wJVwVtvA?si=2P7OhLRUUk8CZM7s#feministliterature #feministreads// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Book Club Tag! Ketevan Reads 2023-09-24 | I love book clubs! Melinda@awebofstories has created this wonderful tag and I really enjoyed doing it =) See her original video explaining the tag here: youtu.be/6kTZKJpYWJM?si=ykjtCo9MuXZjTkYFAnd Kaitlin's video here: youtu.be/jhJLPBQzMiI?si=z5PXUq_BgEdk07uN// prompts \\1. Are you in (or have you ever been in) a book club? Are you in more than one book club? (if you answer “no” to this, see the alternate questions below)2. What is your book club or clubs like? How many people are in it? How often do you meet? Does your club have a specific focus?3. What book generated the best book club discussion in your experience?4. Has your club read a book that was great to read, but not great for conversation?5. Is there a book you would like your book club to read and discuss?6. If you could invite an author (dead or alive) to your book club to discuss their body of work, who would it be?// timestamps \\00:00 Intro01:01 Question 1 05:08 Question 209:16 Question 3 11:35 Question 4 14:01 Question 5 16:47 Question 6 17:47 Outro// books mentioned \\Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen Tentacle, Rita IndianaThe Iliac Crest, Cristina Rivera Garza Milkman, Anna Burns Picnic at Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay // channels mentioned \\@BandysBooksKaitlin Didi @browngirlreading #booktag #tagtuesday #bookclubbooktag// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Parisian metro reads: summer edition Ketevan Reads 2023-09-17 | // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:58 Books I want to read 09:14 Tons of genre fiction!14:31 Books not translated into English 17:45 Outro #parismetroreading#readinglist #frenchliterature // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
I read only books by women in August...here are the best ones Ketevan Reads 2023-09-06 | I read 17 books by women in August, here are the 7 best! // books mentioned \\Sanaaq: An Inuit Novel, Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Tr. Bernard Saladin d'Anglure (French), Tr. Peter Frost (English)The Absent Traveller: Prākrit Love Poetry from the Gāthāsaptaśatī of Sātavaāhana Hāla, Tr. Arvind Krishna MehrotraFlights, Olga Tokarczuk, Tr. Jennifer CroftPoems of Akhmatova, Anna Akhmatova, Tr. Stanley Kunitz, Max HaywardThe Pumpkin Eater, Penelope Mortimer Milkman, Anna BurnsBorder: A Journey to the Edge of Europe, Kapka Kassabova The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, Anne Fadiman// channels mentioned \\@charliesmusings // videos mentioned \\youtu.be/bOPZ3Z8MR6c?si=cLTQY3H_VZGKiLdd#witmonth // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Books I bought in Vilnius + Sofia Ketevan Reads 2023-09-02 | // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:09 Vilnius, Lithuania05:04 Sofia, Bulgaria13:35 Outro // books mentioned \\Tofylis, or the Marriage of Zosė, ŽemaitėThose Whom I Would Like to Meet Again, Gierdra Radvilavičiūtė, Tr. Elizabeth NovickasThe Woman Destroyed, Simone de Beauvoir, Tr. Patrick O'BrianFlights, Olga Torkarczuk, Tr. Jennifer Croft Circus Bulgaria, Deyan Enev, Tr. Kapka KassabovaMajor Barbara, Bernard ShawBorder, Kapka Kassabova #witmonth // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Australian literature for #strayaseptember Ketevan Reads 2023-08-30 | This is my tbr for #strayaseptember! So excited for more Australian lit! // books mentioned \\Picnic at Hanging Rock, Joan Lindsay Carpenteria, Alexis WrightA Town Like Alice, Nevile Shute Echoes: Distant Voices, Distant Lives, Lou Drefenik The Slap, Christos Tsoilkas The Fatal Shore, Robert HughesRabbit-Proof Fence, Doris Pilkington Garimura // videos mentioned \\Original announcement video from Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot youtube.com/watch?v=UKhwP7W-u_YMore of Scott's Australian book recommendations: youtube.com/watch?v=khafWkhJYSQ// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Books I bought in Latvia Ketevan Reads 2023-08-20 | All the books I bought in Latvia--if you have any recs for Latvian lit, please let me know!#bookhaul // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
I loved these books so much I bought them! Ketevan Reads 2023-08-16 | // books mentioned \\The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka Of Mice and Men, John SteinbeckThe Fire Next Time, James BaldwinJonny Appleseed, Joshua WhiteheadTheir Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale HurstonOn Fascism, Matthew C. MacWilliamsMr. Salary, Sally RooneySong of Achilles, Madeleine Miller The End of Policing, Alex S. Vitale Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, Olga Tokarczuk, Tr. Antonia Lloyd-JonesDisability Visibility, Ed. Alice WongThe Viral Underclass, Stephen W. Thrasher #librarybooks // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Books I bought in Stockholm, Helsinki, and Tallin // Book haul Ketevan Reads 2023-08-13 | Vacation! Books! Yay!// books mentioned \\The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel SparkFresh Dirt from the Grave, Giovanna Rivero Kallocain, Karin BoyeOsebol, Marit Kapla The Man Who Spoke Snakish, Andrus KivirähkThe Misadventures of the New Satan, Anton Tammsaare#bookhaul #bookhauls // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Statistics! First half of 2023 Ketevan Reads 2023-08-10 | Better late than never! First half of 2023 in review, via statistics!#bookstats #midyearbookcheckin// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
mid-year freakout tag (without the freakout) Ketevan Reads 2023-08-06 | Hey hey! This is super late (it happens when you go on vacation and forget your SD card with all your pre-recorded video footage...oops!)Enjoy me not freaking out and stay tuned for my mid-year check-in video coming later this week! // channels mentioned \\@Shellyish @AnnNovella #midyearbookfreakouttag // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
Pack my vacation books with me I need your votes! Ketevan Reads 2023-06-29 | Help me pick the last book for my vacation pile! Comment below which one you'd bring: The Pumpkin Eater, Penelope MortimerThe Yearning, Mohale Our Dead World, Lilian Colanzi The Festival of San Joaquin, Zee Edgell // books mentioned \\The Pumpkin Eater, Penelope MortimerThe Yearning, Mohale Mashigo Our Dead World, Lilian Colanzi, Tr. Jessica SqueiraThe Festival of San Joaquin, Zee Edgell Feminism Interrupted, Lola Olufemi The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century, Olga Ravn, Tr. Martin AitkenHere be Icebergs, Katya Adaui, Tr. Rosalind Harvey The Book of Tbilisi, Ed. Becca Parkinson, Gvantsa JobavaThe Pear Field, Nana Ekvtimishvilm, Tr. Elizabeth HeighwayGood Will Come from the Sea, Christos Ikonomou, Tr. Karen EmmerichMy Pen is the Wing of the Bird, Ed. Lyse Doucet// channels mentioned \\Jim @jimsbooksreadingandstuff // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
My favorite travel guidebooks Ketevan Reads 2023-06-21 | Here are the travel guide brands/publishers I use the most when I travel, a mix of classics and lesser-knowns! Side notes: I'm not sure exactly why I call the publishers of these guides companies/brands, oh well! I don't think I made it super clear, but Bradt is my go-to, but their selection is more for off-the-beaten locations, so if Bradt doesn't cover the area, Lonely Planet is my next choice. // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:40 Accessible/local travel03:46 Lonely Planet + How I use guidebooks05:54 Lonely Planet Regional Guides 07:47 Rough Guides 08:41 Bradt--my go-to! 10:59 Bradt--wildlife and slow travel 13:32 Cicerone--hiking guides14:09 500 Hidden Secrets--city guides 15:46 Outro #travelguides #travelbook #guidebook// social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
15 Pride Reading Recommendations Ketevan Reads 2023-06-11 | Here are some random recommendations--all different themes, vibes, a fun mix of fiction and non-fiction.Last year's Pride recommendations: Queer World Literature youtu.be/F22irZUfIuI// timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:49 Novels 07:38 Short Stories12:05 Non-Fiction18:49 Should I read Bad Gays? // books mentioned \\Didn't Nobody Give a Shit About What Happened to Carlottta, James HannahamChouette, Claire OshetskyJonny Appleseed, Joshua WhiteheadPaul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl, Andrea LawlorTentacle, Rita Indiana, Tr. Achy ObejasTrue Biz Sara NovićInvisible Men, Eric FreezeLove After the End, Ed. Joshua WhiteheadThe Man Who Wore His Wife's Sarong, Christine Suchen LimBlood Feast, Malika Moustadraf, Tr. Alice GuthrieAce, Angela ChenHijab Butch Blues, Lamya H.They Called Us Enemy, George Takei. Illust. Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, and Harmony BeckerKing Kong Theory, Virginie Despentes, Tr. Frank WynneFeminist Queer Crip, Alison Kafer // channels mentioned \\Alyse @AlyseReads #queerbooks #pridemonth #bookrecommendations // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
my brain without books....it isnt pretty Ketevan Reads 2023-05-20 | // timestamps \\00:00 not making time to read was a mistake07:25 Wonder Woman// books mentioned \\The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
south african non-fiction on my shelf // invisible citiessou Ketevan Reads 2023-05-10 | South Africa was selected as one of May's countries for Invisible Cities and I have a lot of non-fiction reads to share with you! Learn more about Invisible Cities here: youtube.com/watch?v=rryDPz8JqkA&pp=ygUYaW52aXNpYmxlIGNpdGllcyByZWFkaW5n#invisiblecities #invisiblecitiesproject #southafrica // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
2023 book buying system update Ketevan Reads 2023-05-06 | Old system is failing, onto the new! Old system: youtube.com/watch?v=ECTGNEDEAjE&t=23s// channels mentioned \\Alyse @AlyseReads // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
books from my childhood i want to reread Ketevan Reads 2023-04-27 | I want to reread these books from my childhood. Do you have any books you want to reread from your younger years? // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:31 Great books I loved 03:51 Problematic books I loved 06:38 High School Books11:17 Books I was too young to read // books mentioned \\Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine A Patch of Blue, Elizabeth Kata Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger A Separate Peace, John Knowles Tarzan of the Apes, Edgar Rice Burroughs Cheaper by the Dozen Frank B Gilbreth Jr. Daddy-Long-Legs, Jean Webster Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston The Awakening, Kate Chopin House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros The Scarlett Letter, Nathanial Hawthorne Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver Kidnapped, Robert Louis Stevenson A Time to Kill, John Grisham // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
books spotted on the metro in paris Ketevan Reads 2023-04-13 | I spend quite a bit of time on the metro and started paying attention to what people are reading. // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:38 Literary Fiction 05:35 Genre Fiction 09:00 French Literature 13:47 Outro // books mentioned \\Notebook of A Return to My Native Land, Aimé Cesar Brave New World, Aldoux Huxley Convenience Store Woman, Sayata Maruta Death and the Penguin, Andreï Kourkov Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follet City of Windows, Robert Pobi Something to Hide, Elizabeth George 18.3: Une année à la PJ, Pauline Guéna Child’s Play, Danielle Steele The Stranger, Albert Camus Candide, Voltaire The Woman Destroyed, Simone de Beauvoir Devenir Feldenkrais: Du Shtetl à la MéthodePeleliu, Jean Rolin Loin, Alexis Michalik #parismetroreading#frenchliterature #readinglist // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
january-march quarterly wrap-up Ketevan Reads 2023-04-06 | The best books I wanted to share with you in this wrap up just happened to be feminist--enjoy!// timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:04 Non-Fiction09:23 Short Story Collections 12:36 Novels19:28 Poetry 23:43 Outro // books mentioned \\King Kong Theory, Virginie Despentes. Tr. Frank WynneAgainst White Feminism, Rafia ZakariaFeminist Queer Crip, Alison Kafer Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne SimardQueenie: Godmother of Harlem, Elizabeth Colomba, Aurélie Levy Break It Down, Lydia Davis Intimacies, Lucy CaldwellLucky Breaks, Yvegenia Belorusets. Tr. Eugene OshtasveskyWho Among Us? Mario Benedetti. Tr. Diary of a Void, Emi Yagi. Tr. David Boyd and Lucy North Didn’t Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta, James Hannaham Line, Niall Bourke Deaf Republic, Ilya Kaminsky Song of Latino, Okot p’Bitek. Tr. Okot p’Bitek If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho, Anne Carson// channels mentioned \\Natalie @CuriousReader Ben @doomantidote // videos mentioned \\#readingwrapup // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
the intersection of race and deafness // book pairing Ketevan Reads 2023-03-01 | I was so happy to stumble on this book pairing this month, join me in exploring the intersections of race and the d/Deaf community in the US via these two novels! We Love You Charlie Freeman, Kaitlyn Greenidge True Biz, Sara Nović// timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:55 Similarities 03:30 Truth Seeking 04:31 Opposing arcs 06:57 Activism 08:19 Classism11:15 Language + Community16:00 Mothers vs. fathers 16:35 Systemic influences 18:06 Power of science 21:55 Outro #bookpairings #blackhistorymonth // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
7 books about love and marriage // relationship reading lists Ketevan Reads 2023-02-18 | What is love? What is the meaning of marriage?Very excited to launch this series with 7 fantastic books examining and exploring love and marriage through various historical and philosophical lenses. // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:57 Why I'm doing this series 03:00 Some disclaimers 04:34 Books about love 09:09 Books about marriage 16:15 Q&A details16:30 Outro // books mentioned \\Love: A Very Short Introduction, Ronald de Sousa True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart, Thich Nhat HanhAll about love, bell hooksWhat Love Is and What It Could Be, Carrie JenkinsMarriage, a History, Stephanie CoontzPolygamy: A Very Short Introduction, Sarah M.S. Pearsall Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments, Saidiya Hartman#relationshipadvice #readinglist #polyamory #nonmonogamy #ethicalnonmonogamy #polyamorousrelationship // social media \\Message me on Voxer: ketevanreadsStoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
reading down my shelf with a new book buying system // 2023 goals Ketevan Reads 2023-02-05 | My 2022 book buying system was pretty much a failure, so in 2023 I'm doing a take two! // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:48 2022 stats04:40 2022 system and why it didn’t work 06:46 2023 system06:59 Habit 1: Used books/great deals07:57 Habit 2: New books 09:36 Habit 3: Travel10:36 Habit 4: Indie presses11:28 Habit 5: Book club books12:13 Habit 6: Slush fund13:32 The Quiet Violence of Dreams16:14 Goals: 100 books read vs. clearing a shelf17:58 Outro // books mentioned \\The Quiet Violence of Dreams, K. Sello Duiker #readinggoals #readingchallenge// social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreadsinstagram.com/ketevan_reads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
23 books from my bookshelf im most excited to read in 2023 Ketevan Reads 2023-01-29 | I've selected 23 of the books on my shelf that I'm most excited to get to in 2023, as part of my #readingchallenge to read as much from my shelf as possible! Some of these have been sitting and waiting to be read for years, others only have been around for a couple of months, but I'm really looking forward to all of them!// timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:28 Short Story Collections06:21 World Literature 15:28 Non-fiction20:07 Outro// books mentioned \\Book of Tbilisi My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan WomenBeyond A Satin Sea Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology Prison Noir Legends of the Caucuses Bride and Groom Wide Sargasso Sea Eugene Onegin If On a Winter’s Night A Traveler The Private Lives of TreesWho Among Us? Thirteen Cents The Field LineThe QuarterCarbideThe YearningElena KnowsMurder on the Malta ExpressSorry for Your TroubleComing of Age in Samoa My Body is a Book of Rules // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreadsInstagram: instagram.com/ketevan_reads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
january recent reads Ketevan Reads 2023-01-22 | Who should I follow on Instagram? Any good bookish hashtags? instagram.com/ketevan_readstheguardian.com/film/2020/jun/16/my-favourite-film-aged-12-cruel-intentions#:~:text=For%20those%20of%20you%20unfamiliar,de%20Laclos'%201782%20epistolary%20novel.// timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:40 Just Mercy 03:27 Diving Bell and the Butterfly 04:29 All About Love: New Visions06:10 The Big Sleep 06:55 Break It Down 09:02 Violets 10:29 Love: A Very Short Introduction 11:19 Meeting Natasha Brown 14:00 Dangerous Liaisons 16:59 French books/instagram 18:50 Outro // books mentioned \\Just Mercy The Diving Bell and the Butterfly All About Love: New VisionsThe Big Sleep Break It Down Violets Love: A Very Short Introduction Meeting Natasha Brown Dangerous Liaisons // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referal links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
4 icelandic picks for january // invisible cities Ketevan Reads 2023-01-12 | // books mentioned \\ The Little Book of the Hidden People: Twenty Stories of Elves from Icelandic Folklore, Alda SigmundsdóttirThe Greenhouse, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. Tr. Brian FitzGibbonParadise Reclaimed, Halldór Laxness. Tr. Magnus MagnussonHeaven and Hell, Jón Kalman Stefánsson. Tr. Philip Roughton// social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
first books of 2023 // recent reads Ketevan Reads 2023-01-10 | I’m talking about the first books I read in 2023, the books I’m currently reading and this week I’m going to get to see Natasha Brown speak! // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:32 Sappho 02:47 Against White Feminism 04:10 South Africa05:15 At Night All Blood is Black 06:22 A Very Short Introduction from Oxford Press 08:40 Weapons of Math Destruction10:45 Jack London 15:03 Natasha Brown 15:43 The Big Sleep16:20 Swiss Family Robinson 18:02 Catch-2218:32 Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson19:15 The Good Earth 21:07 Outro // books mentioned \\If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho. Tr. Anne Carlson Against White Feminism, Rafia Zaharia At Night All Blood is Black, David Diop. Tr. Anna Moschavakis Polygamy: A Very Short Introduction Sarah M.S. Pearsall Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O’Neil Call of the Wild, White Fang + Stories, Jack London Assembly, Natasha Brown The Big Sleep, Raymond ChandlerThe Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David WyssCatch-22, Joseph Heller Just Mercy, Bryan StevensonThe Good Earth, Pearl S. Buck // channels mentioned \\Ben @somebenfen Ann @AnnNovella // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referal links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
all the french lit i read in 2022 and my 2023 tbr Ketevan Reads 2023-01-05 | // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 00:55 Count of Monte Cristo 4:29 French Lit I read in 2022 15:42 TBR French Lit for 2023// books mentioned \\Read in 2022 Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas, Tr. Robin Buss The Lady and the Little Fox Fur, Violette Leduc. Tr. Derek Coltman Bonjour Tristesse, Françoise Sagan, Tr. Irene Ash/Heather Lloyd The Princess de Clèves, Madame de Lafayette. Tr. Robin Buss French Love Poems, New Directions The Meursault Investigation, Kamel Daoud. Tr. John Cullen Memoirs of a Porcupine, Alain Mabanckou. Tr. Helen Stevenson Pig Tales, Marie Darrieussecq. Tr. Linda CoverdaleThe Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery. Tr. Alison AndersonThe Years, Annie Erneaux. Tr. Happening, Annie Erneaux.Exteriors, Annie Erneaux.Simple Passion, Annie Erneaux. A Very French Christmas, New Vessel Press Esther’s Notebooks: Tales from my ten-year old life, Riad Sattouf. Consent, Vanessa Springora. Tr. Natasha Lehrer TBR Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne, William ButcherAround the World in 80 Days, Jules Verne, William Butcher20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne, William ButcherThe Plague, Albert Camus. Tr. Robin Buss Ninety-Three, Victor Hugo. Tr. Aline Delano At Night All Blood is Black, David Drop Tr. Anna MoschovakisThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jean-Dominique Bauby. Tr. Jeremy Leggatt #frenchlit #frenchliterature // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referal links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
its my birthday and ill read if i want to Ketevan Reads 2022-12-10 | I had a lovely birthday and received a small stack of books which I'm very excited about! // timestamps \\00:00 Intro 02:28 The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories 02:22 My Pen is the Wing of A Bird 03:55 The Book of Tbilisi A Book of Short Fiction 04:44 The Wretched of the Earth 05:43 The Blunder07:40 Vegan Cakes 10:26 Smitten Kitchen Keepers 12:37 Cookbook scam? 14:08 Australian Food#birthdaybooks #bookhaulSign up to be a Booktube Prize judge! youtube.com/watch?v=pW2bpRObDQ0// social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referal links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
all the indigenous literature on my pile of possibilities Ketevan Reads 2022-11-24 | // books mentioned \\My People the Sioux, Standing Bear Moon of the Crusted Snow, Waubgeshig Rice Birdie, Tracey LindbergMy Heart is A Chainsaw, Stephen Graham JonesThe Plague of Doves, Louise Erdrich Crazy Horse's Girlfriend, Erika T. Wurth The Jailing of Cecelia Capture, Janet Campbell Hale // channels mentioned \\@HouseofHannah // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referral links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
my failed doorstopper doom challenge Ketevan Reads 2022-11-20 | It’s been super hectic with being sick and life got super busy as well, but I’m back! Drumroll...I did not complete the #doorstopperdoom challenge, and that’s okay! More Thorn Birds discussion here: Part 1, on Ann's channel: youtu.be/azbCMeKK2r4Part 2: youtu.be/40iW-Vqhr30Ann’s Congo NF recommendation: youtu.be/D8XGr7MB5-A/ timestamps \\00:59 I failed doorstopper doom 01:45 I’m glad I failed 04:26 The Book Thief 5:35 The Thorn Birds 6:20 Americanah 6:51 The Poisonwood Bible 14:40 Rebecca 16:05 two books I want to read asap 17:24 chat on reading challenges// books mentioned \\The Book Thief, Markus Zusak The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCulloughAmericanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara KingsolverRebecca, Daphne Du Maurier Catch-22, Joseph Heller Carpentaria, Alexis Wright Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison // channels mentioned \\@AnnNovella @saintdonoghue // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads// referal links \\Libro.fm: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm427031Scribd: scribd.com/g/ahv79f
the thorn birds with ann novella | part 2 of our buddy read convo Ketevan Reads 2022-10-26 | @AnnNovella and I buddy-read The Thorn Birds, by Colleen McCullough, as part of our #doomsdaydoom reading challenge, co-hosted with @saintdonoghue This is Part 2, so if you haven't already seen Part 1 on Ann's channel, go check it out here: youtu.be/azbCMeKK2r4 // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads
book haul for my namesday Ketevan Reads 2022-10-23 | I’ve realized I never actually said what a Namesday is! It’s a celebration of the Saint you are named after, so in my case St. Ketevan. Each Saint is celebrated once throughout the year via a feast day, so if you were named after that Saint, then their feast day is your Namesday. Many popular names have multiple Saints with the same name, so when you’re named, your parents have to know which one they’re naming you after. (I’ve also heard that the more secular version is to choose the one closest to your birthday as well) As you might imagine, I don’t have that issue as a Ketevan ;-) Hope that helps and if you have any questions, feel free to ask! Check out Beki’s video: youtu.be/VOAVvmVzhI0// timestamps \\00:00 Intro 01:17 explaining namesdays badly03:19 books10:08 still explaining namesdays badly // books mentioned \\Finding the Mother Tree, Suzanne SimardThe Country Girls, Edna O’BrienShuggie Bain, Douglas StuartJuly’s People, Nadine GordimerChronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth, Wole Soyinka // channels mentioned \\Beki @teacupthestoryteller Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH @brittabohlerthesecondshelf Ben @somebenfen // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads#bookhaul #bookhauls
doomstopper doom check-in Ketevan Reads 2022-10-19 | We're half-way through #doomstopperdoom! How is your challenge going this month? // timestamps \\00:00 into 00:38 books i've read 04:35 books i'm reading 12:30 books i plan on reading 13:45 chatty outro // books mentioned \\The Book Thief, Markus Zusak Rebecca, Daphne Du Maurier The Thorn Birds, Colleen McCullough Catch-22, Joseph Heller Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Poisonwood Bible, Barbara Kingsolver Carpentaria, Alexis Wright The Robber Bride, Margaret Atwood Invisible Man, Ralph EllisonMade in America, Bill Bryson // channels mentioned \\@AnnNovella // videos mentioned \\Doomstopper Doom Announcement: youtu.be/IO4dYdoPHAkAnn's Announcement: youtu.be/88uOL5Wbb1I// social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads
library extension: a browser extension that tells you instantly if you can get a book for free Ketevan Reads 2022-10-10 | I use this all the time and it really helps me to know which books I can get at my library or part of my Scribd plan, vs. which books I'd have to buy. If you use this too, let me know! // timestamps \\00:00 intro 03:32 adding libraries/basics 08:12 works on storygraph + amazon + bookseller websites10:50 tricks for translated literature 12:02 tricks for finding classics + compendiums that aren't listed13:22 warnings about abridged versions and 14:34 finding different translations16:20 add-ons: scribd and libro.fm17:43 outro // channels mentioned \\@AnnNovella // videos mentioned \\// social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads
triple book pairing: belonging, connection, and dehumanization Ketevan Reads 2022-09-30 | I love all three of these novels that were inspired by the previous, and I'm so excited to share my thoughts with you! Have you read one or more of these? I have so much more to say but I had to cut it down to 30 minutes, so I would love to hear your opinions! // timestamps \\00:00 intro00:29 the books and their connections 01:23 translations and reception at publication02:59 plot summary of The Postman Always Rings Twice 04:26 plot summary of The Stranger05:51 plot summary of The Meursault Investigation06:55 first lines of each book 07:48 connecting themes: sense of belonging 14:18 connecting themes: dehumanization via descriptors 25:40 connecting theme: seeking connection is their downfall 28:06 outro // books mentioned \\The Postman Always Rings Twice, James M. Cain The Stranger, Albert Camus. Tr. Matthew WardThe Meursault Investigation, Kamal Daoud. Tr. John Cullen // social media \\StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/ketevanreadsGoodreads: www.goodreads.com/ketevanreads#camus #frenchliterature #literarycriticism #literarydevices
