Bouquins & BooksThank you to my wonderful cohosts @anotherbibliophilereads @lindysmagpiereads @HannahsBooks @heathergregg9975
The prompts are very simple 1- Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) focusing on art. 2- Experience a work of art Bonus prompt: Create art or tell us about a work of art that is important for you
Framed! In September: Announcing an Art ReadathonBouquins & Books2024-08-01 | Thank you to my wonderful cohosts @anotherbibliophilereads @lindysmagpiereads @HannahsBooks @heathergregg9975
The prompts are very simple 1- Read a book (fiction or nonfiction) focusing on art. 2- Experience a work of art Bonus prompt: Create art or tell us about a work of art that is important for you
I hope you will join us!
#FramedinSeptember #artreadathonIt’s a Book HaulBouquins & Books2024-10-13 | ...Booktube Prize Nonfiction: My Rankings for the Final RoundBouquins & Books2024-10-06 | ...Just for Steve: the French edition of Quiet Flows the DonBouquins & Books2024-10-05 | Hi @saintdonoghue. Just for you, here is all about my edition of Quiet Flows the Don.For Framed! in September: Art Gallery of Ontario and Canadian Museum of TextilesBouquins & Books2024-09-26 | #Framedinseptember #artreadathonRecent Reads: All Art RelatedBouquins & Books2024-09-22 | My fellow cohosts for Framed! are: @heathergregg9975 @anotherbibliophilereads @HannahsBooks @lindysmagpiereads
Books mentioned: On Beauty, Umberto Eco Garder le cap, Sempé Tell them of Battles, Kings and Elephants, Mathias Énard Excusez les fautes du copiste, Grégoire PoletMy Books about Classical Music (for Framed! in September)Bouquins & Books2024-09-15 | ...Framed! in September: a walk from the library to the National Gallery in OttawaBouquins & Books2024-09-08 | Thank you to my cohosts for Framed! @lindysmagpiereads @heathergregg9975 @HannahsBooks @anotherbibliophilereadsAugust Wrap Up: Nonfiction about Far Away Places and Fiction in FrenchBouquins & Books2024-09-02 | Books mentioned:
A Polar Affair: Lloyd Spencer Davis Inside Qatar; John McManus Love in a Fallen City; Eileen Chang La Fée carabine (The Fairy Gunmother); Daniel Pennac Manuel de la vie sauvage; Jean-Philippe Baril GuérardFramed! In September: My Pile of PossibilitiesBouquins & Books2024-08-25 | My cohosts for Framed! in September are @lindysmagpiereads @anotherbibliophilereads @HannahsBooks @heathergregg9975
Framed! in September is compatible with other readathons, such as: The Science Reading Challenge, hosted by @TriumphalReads Shorty September, hosted by @pastorytime2683 and @TooManyHeathers Shaketember, hosted by @OldBluesChapterandVerse , @booksimnotreading amd @adayofsmallthings
I bought Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien because of Shawn @shawnbreathesbooksIt’s Garbaugust, So Here Is All The Romance I Read This YearBouquins & Books2024-08-11 | It’s #garbaugust so here is all the romance books I read so far this year.
Books mentioned (in the order I mention them): The Deal with her Rebel Viking; Michelle Styles How to Romance a Runaway Bride; Teri Wilson The Bachelor’s Baby Surprise; Teri Wilson Sincerely, the Duke; Amelia Grey How to Fall for a Scoundrel; Kate Bateman The Notorious Lord Knightley; Lorraine Heath The Fall of Maggie Brown; Anne Stuart Taming an Impossible Rogue; Susanne Enoch Regency Buck; Georgette Heyer Books 5 and 6 of The Palace of Rogues; Julie Anne Long It’s in His Kiss; Julia Quinn Earl on the Run; Jane Ashford Only Beloved; Mary Balogh The Reluctant Countess; Eloisa James Marrying the Royal Marine; Carla Kelly The Duke Not Taken; Julia London Lord Deverill’s Secret; Amanda Grange And again How To Romance A Runaway Bride, for an aside on the character’s namesMy Votes for the Best Canadian Books of the 21st CenturyBouquins & Books2024-08-04 | Jolene @BookwormAdventureGirl and Lindy @lindysmagpiereads invite us to vote for the best Canadian books of the 21st century.
The form to vote is here: https://forms.gle/VoQcddkSqBn4kwUq9
In September, I will be hosting a new reading event, Framed! In September, an art readathon, hosted by myself and four other booktubers: Lindy (channel linked above), Hannah @HannahsBooks , Heather @heathergregg9975 , and Greg @anotherbibliophilereads .
List of Leacock award winners: leacock.ca/pastwinners.phpArmchair Travel to Nepal, Bolivia, and Arctic CanadaBouquins & Books2024-07-28 | Have you been to these places? I would be curious to know.
Best travel books of 2023 according to Five Books: fivebooks.com/category/nonfiction-books/travel-books/best-travel-books-2023Mid-Year Freakout (or rather Check In) TagBouquins & Books2024-07-21 | 1. Best book you’ve read so far 2. Best sequel you've read so far 3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. 5. Biggest disappointment. 6. Biggest surprise. 7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you) 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favorite character. 10. Book that made you cry (Saddest book you have read). 11. Book that made you happy. 12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year. 13. Favorite review you've written this year. (Booktube version: Favorite video you have done so far in this year) 14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) 15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Books mentioned (in alphabetical order, so that you have to watch the video to know the answers to the questions): Eve; Cat Bohannon How to Tame a Wild Rogue; Julie Anne Long Journey Without Return; Raymond Maufrais Language City; Ross Perlin Les Misérables; Victor Hugo Le Premier qui rira; Simon Boulerice Love in a Fallen City; Eileen Chang Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts; Christopher de Hamel Taming an Impossible Rogue; Suzan Enoch The Conqueror's Wife; Noel B. Gerson The Death of Stalin; Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin The Half Known Life; Pico Iyer You Were Made to Be Mine; Julie Anne Long
0:00 Intro with a bit of woe is me and some stats 4:30 Questions 1 and 2 7:51 Question 3 and 4 9:00 Question 5 (where one of the inset pictures of the thumbnail is taken from) 12:51 Question 6 14:20 Question 8 (where another of the inset pictures of the thumbnail is taken from) 20:45 Questions 9 and 10 22:44 Question 11 24:12 Questions 12 and 13 27:22 Oops, question 7 28:15 Questions 14 and 15 30:01 Question 1Tag de France: A Bookish Tour of FranceBouquins & Books2024-07-11 | The Tag de France was created by Gavin @GenreBooks23 I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 and @HannahsBooks
Give yourself bonus points if the book is French!
The prompts:
1. "Le Grand Départ" - A memorable preface, introduction or opening line. 2. "Maillot Vert" - A book under 150 pages. 3. "King of the Mountains" - A book that you persevered with, and are glad that you did. 4. "Maillot Jaune" - A book where "yellow" is prominent. 5. "Lanterne Rouge" - A book you were late to. 6. "Hors catégorie" - What's the hardest book that you've read (or failed to read). 7. Endurance - Your favourite series. 8. "Champs-Élysées" - Your favourite "Paris" novel. 9. Lance Armstrong - Have you ever cheated to get to the finish quicker? 10. “L’équipe” - Tag some others of the BookTube team!
I tag (as usual, it's an invitation, not an obligation): @stalkingkafka @jimsbooksreadingandstuff @MsReadsAlot @BookwormAdventureGirl
Books mentioned: In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past, by Marcel Proust Greg from Another Bibliophile Reads has announced a read along of Proust that will start in January of 2025: youtube.com/watch?v=60pNC45Hbdo&t=0s The Devil's Pool, by George Sand Les Misérables, by Victor Hugo Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert The Yellow Dog, by George Simenon Eugenie Grandet, by Balzac Fortunes of France series, first book being The Brethren, by Robert Merle Colomba, by Prosper Mérimé Hill; Lovers Are Never Losers; Second Harvest; by Jean Giono Germinal; by Emile Zola The Scapegoat; by Daniel Pennac The Brothers Karamazov; by Fedor Dostoievsky The Portrait of a Lady; by Henry James
#summerofsportJane Austen July: pile of possibility with two books already read!Bouquins & Books2024-07-07 | Jane Austen July is hosted by: @katiejlumsden Melissa @BlatantlyBookish Claudia @SpinstersLibrary
Books mentioned:
Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, edited by Patricia Meyers Spacks, Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010
Atala; François-Rene de Chateaubriand
Pride and Perjury; Alice McVeigh
The Late Mrs. Willoughby; Claudia Gray
#janeaustenjulyThinking of AliceBouquins & Books2024-06-28 | Alice was a wonderful booktuber who brought sunshine and joy to our little corner of Booktube. My thoughts go to her family and loved ones.
0:00 Intro and long story 10:50 First book: a travel book 13:14 Second book: an adventure book 14:51 Third book: a history book 16:11 Fourth book: a classic 20:33 Comparison between first sentence of two translations of above-mentioned classicTwo Nonfiction About Cycling 🚴 For Summer of SportsBouquins & Books2024-06-06 | Summer of Sports is the idea of Mark@BookTimewithElvis One of the hosts is @saintdonoghue, who decided to turn the event in to Summer of Hockey Romance.
Books mentioned: Cycles of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong; Juliet Macur Le Tour de Foglia; Pierre FogliaMy Pile of Possibilities for Read Historical Fiction 2024Bouquins & Books2024-05-26 | #ReadHistoricalFiction2024 is hosted by @Shellyish youtube.com/watch?v=m1-KAI2SvFI&t=0s
Books mentioned: October 1970 (original title: La Constellation du Lynx); Louis Hamelin The Iliad; Homer, translated by Emily Wilson Julius Caesar; Shakespeare Dvorak in Love; Josef Skvorecky Imperial Woman; Pearl S. Buck Child of All Nations; Pramoedya Ananta Toer Hannah Fowler; Janice Holt Giles The Dictionary of Lost Words; Pip Williams The Conqueror's Wife; Noel B. Gerson Hadrian's Memoirs; Marguerite Yourcenar Taiko; Eiji Yoshikawa King Jesus; Robert Graves Regency Buck; Georgette Heyer The Holy Thief; Ellis Peters The Death of Achilles; Boris AkuninA Book Haul From the 1950s! (I emptied my fathers book shelves)Bouquins & Books2024-05-22 | I emptied my fathers bookshelves, and here is the treasure trove I found.
I mention a bunch of readathons, here are the links:
The Historical Fiction Readathon is hosted by @Shellyish youtube.com/watch?v=m1-KAI2SvFI (I will probably do a pile of possibilities video soon.)
0:00 Introduction 2:23 Book 1 of 14 Book Club Edition books 3:02 Book 2 - a candidate for the Historical fiction readathon 3:59 Book 3 - a book that would be a perfect beach read 5:11 Book 4 - a book that starts in Burma 6:31 Book 5 - another candidate for the Historical fiction readathon 7:49 Book 6 - a candidate for Booktube at war 10:00 Book 7 - a Canadian book 11:48 Book 8 - a book that doesn't fit with the others 14:18 Book 9 - a novel of suspense 15:20 Book 10 - a love story (that's what it says) 17:15 Book 11- another candidate for Booktube at war 20:35 Books 12 and 13 - short stories 22:45 Book 14 - another candidate for the Historical fiction readathon 23:48 Book 15 - a candidate for June on the range 25:44 Book 16 - a candidate for Garbaugust (last book from the 1950s) 27:27 Book 17 - a book that was banned for 214 years 28:47 Book 18 - a Canadian classic 29:18 Book 19 - a book in French that is on topic for Booktube at war 31:57 Book 20 - another candidate for Booktube at War 32:40 Book 21 - another candidate for Booktube at War 34:12 Book 22 - the first of 3 nonfiction that are much more recent 35:44 Book 23 - a Canadian nonfiction for Booktube at War 36:12 Book 24 - a nonfiction by a great nonfiction authorTwo Great Nonfiction Books (a memoir of learning Italian, and the trial of Pétain)Bouquins & Books2024-05-12 | In this video I talk about two great books:
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
France in Trial. The Case of Marshal Pétain, by Julian JacksonPeople April: Tag Stats and Group ReadBouquins & Books2024-05-05 | Thank you Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 for hosting #PeopleApril with me
Our group read was I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O’Farrell
0:00 Intro 2:20 Results of This or That Book Tag for People April 13:52 My thoughts on our group readKeep or Give: Emptying My Childhood Bedroom of Its BooksBouquins & Books2024-04-28 | My childhood bedroom needs to be emptied. It’s time to be ruthless.This or That? A Book Tag for People April (Original)Bouquins & Books2024-04-09 | Go check out Ros’s @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 version of this original tag.
1) Big, fat and detailed biographies or short and succinct biographies? 2) Celebrity memoirs or average Joe memoirs? 3) Complete correspondence or selected letters? 4) Memoirs written when the events are fresh or memoirs written with hindsight? 5) Gossipy biographies or scholarly biographies? 6) Diaries of ordinary life or diaries of extraordinary events? 7) Arty memoirs or sporting memoirs? 8) Gritty autobiographical writing or inspirational autobiographical writing? 9) Biographies of historical figures or biographies of contemporary figures? 10) Memoirs of happy days or memoirs of tragic days? Bonus prompt: The Complete Diary of Samuel Pepys (over 4000 pages or 116 hours and 16 minutes of audiobook) or Selections from the Diary of Samuel Pepys (which can be as short as 120 pages or 3 hours and 55 minutes of audiobook)?
I taged people in the video, and then during editing I deleted that part, and now I decide again to tag some people (just an invitation, no obligation)
I tag: @saintdonoghue @JoeSpivey02 @AaronReadABook @ReadbyFred
0:00 Long intro 2:45 The tag beginsQuick Update (sorry for shaky cam)Bouquins & Books2024-04-08 | ...Judging the Booktube Prize: Round 1 Nonfiction Group FBouquins & Books2024-04-01 | The @BookTubePrize was created by Robert Sheard @Robert.Sheard.
How the Booktube Prize works There are two divisions: fiction and nonfiction. Judges can volunteer in the fall for one or both divisions (I volunteer only for nonfiction). At the beginning of the judging year, there are 48 books in each division, divided in eight groups of six. Each judge is assigned a group. There are 10 to 15 judges per group. The judges have six weeks to read and rank the books. The top three books from each group move on to the next round. Then the process is repeated for the second round, and the third round, until we have a final round of six books in each division.
In this year's first round, I am judging nonfiction group F. The books are: 0:00 Intro and presentation of the books 6:43 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult; Maria Bamford 11:23 Eve; Cat Bohannon 13:59 August Wilson; Patti Hartigan 16:54 The Exceptions; Kate Zernike 22:53 Emperor of Rome; Mary Beard 26:20 Wifedom; Anna Funder 35:56 Ranking the booksLes Misérables in April: an Invitation to Join Us and an Attempt to Present the Political BackdropBouquins & Books2024-03-27 | @MicahCummins and @AnnNovella invited me to cohost this month’s pick for @ClassicsAndCompany . From April 1 to May 16, we are reading Victor Hugo’s masterpiece Les Misérables, published in 1862.
In this video, I attempt to present all the regime changes France underwent between 1789 and 1870. It’s not essential, but it gives an idea of the context in which the characters are living and in whoch Higo wrote it.People April: My Pile of Possibilities! 😁📚Bouquins & Books2024-03-24 | I am hosting People April with Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 (get well soon!)
And I saw The Shepard’s Life by James Rebanks on Nicole’s channel @adayofsmallthings youtube.com/watch?v=TeYavU9YJkk&t=0sA Small Book HaulBouquins & Books2024-03-17 | I visited a new to me bookstore : The Black Squirrel. They sell online too. Here is their web site: blacksquirrelbooks.caWhat I Am Reading in March: So Many ReadathonsBouquins & Books2024-03-13 | All the readathons mentioned:
All the books mentioned (I think) Wifedom; Anna Funder The Exceptions; Kate Zernike Eve; Cat Bohannon Emperor of Rome; Mary Beard In Other Words; Jhumpa Lahiri, translated by Ann Goldstein Taiko; Eiji Yoshikawa, translated by William Scott Wilson The Death of Achilles; Boris Akunin, translated by Andrew Bromfield Le Cadavre du Palais-Royal; Laurent Joffrin
0:00 Intro and some rambling 1:31 Rambling on Booktube Prize, Fierce Reads, Herstoryathon, Women's Prize for Nonfiction 7:50 There Is No Place Like Rome 11:54 March of the Mammoths 14:35vMarch Mystery Madness 20:49 DVDs for March Mystery Madness 24:42 More ramblingAnnouncing the Group Read for People AprilBouquins & Books2024-03-06 | I am hosting People April with Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
We will divide the book like this: Week one: 5 chapters Week two: 4 chapters Week three: 5 chapters Week four: 3 chaptersPeople April Announcement!Bouquins & Books2024-02-25 | I hope you will join us in April to read biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, letters, diaries… any nonfiction focusing on specific people.
Check out Ros’s announcement: @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
0:00 General chitchat 1:42 The inspiration 2:33 My project 11:15 My goal 13:35 My starting point (the map)
Books mentioned or alluded to: Journey Without Return; Raymond Maufrais The Last Emperor of Mexico; Edward Shawcross Sovietistan; Erika Fatland Havana; Mark Kurlanski (My video on this book: youtube.com/watch?v=55y5uYy-soM) Orwell in Cuba; Frédérick Lavoie Notes on a Small Island; Bill Bryson We Don't Know Ourselves; Fintan O'Toole SPQR; Mary Beard War and Punishment; Mikhail Zygar For Want of a Fir Tree; Frédérick Lavoie Russie, réformes et dictatures; Andreï Kozovï Eat The Buddha; Barbara Demick Red Memory; Tania Branigan The Trouser People; Andrew Marshall An English Girl's First Impressions of Burma; Beth Ellis Every Day the River Changes; Jordan Salama Born a Crime; Trevor Noah The Innocent Anthropologist; Nigel Barley Cleopatra; Stacy Schiff In my Father's Court; Isaac Bashevis Singer Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea; Barbara Demick A Death in the Rainforest; Don Kulick Sea People; Christina Thompson Voyagers; Nicholas Thomas Black Wave; Kim GhattasA Very Nerdy Book HaulBouquins & Books2024-02-04 | I bought books! I am just sharing my joy…
0:00 What I didn’t buy 3:58 What I did buyThis Book Drove Me Bonkers!Bouquins & Books2024-01-31 | This video contains spoilers, in as much as a nonfiction can be "spoiled".
At some point at the end, I congratulate myself for not ranting and remaining completely calm throughout the video. Well… huh… I suppose it could have been worse…
Books mentioned: Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma; by Claire Dederer Désir Noir; by Anne-Sophie Jahr
0:00 Intro 1:59 It starts really well 12:02 It starts to unravel 16:07 Now it’s bad 22:45 A detour by the case of Bertrand Cantat, who killed Marie Trintignant 33:18 Back to MonstersMy Favourite Nonfiction Reads of 2023Bouquins & Books2024-01-28 | These are my favourite nonfiction reads of 2023. You could watch the entire video, or you could just take a short cut and read the list… 😂
Books mentioned: An Immense World; Ed Yong Garlic and Sapphires; Ruth Reichl The Five; Hallie Rubenhold Paradise Falls; Keith O’Brien Diary of a Tuscan Bookshop; Alba Donati, translated by Elena Pala The Art Thief; Michael Finkel Havana; Mark Kurlansky 84, Charing Cross Road; Helene Hanff The Trouser People; Andrew MarshallLife and Reading UpdateBouquins & Books2024-01-24 | Hello everyone! I missed you.
Books mentioned: Lord Deverill’s Secret; Amanda Grange I’m Only Wicked with You; Julie Anne Grange Ce que je n’ai jamais raconté; Isabelle Richer Le stress au travail vs le stress du travail; Sonia Lupien Ph.D.Remember December Rereadathon Wrap UpBouquins & Books2024-01-04 | Books mentioned:
Trading Secrets; by Paule Constant A Christmas Carol; by Charles Dickens The Pastoral Symphony; by André Gide2023 Reading Stats (with pie charts and graphs!)Bouquins & Books2023-12-31 | ...Remember December Rereadathon: My Pile of PossibilitiesBouquins & Books2023-12-01 | The event is hosted by @AnnNovella @CriminOllyBlog @aaronfacer @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 @Shellyish @MsReadsAlot
0:00 Intro 1:26 Reread in a different way 3:44 Reread a book you’ve basically forgotten 5:22 Reread a book to make sure how you really feel about it 8:19 Other possibilities just for the joy of it
Books mentioned: The Epic of Gilgamesh; translated by Andrew George The Gambler; by Fedor Dostoyevsky Crime and Punishment; by Fedor Dostoyevsky The Wars; by Timothy Findley The Pastoral Symphony; by André Gide Trading Secrets; by Paule Constant Germinal; by Emile Zola Colomba; by Prospère Mérimé The Outlander; by Germaine Guèvremont The Scapegoat; by Daniel Pennac Reads Like a Novel; by Daniel Pennac Journey Without Return; by Raymond Maufrais Through the Languge Glass; by Guy Deutscher The Orange Balloon Dog; by Don Thompson Seven Days in the Art World; by Sarah Thornton
#RememberDecemberThe Bookish A to Z Hot or Not TagBouquins & Books2023-11-12 | This tag was created by Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
I tag (just an invitation, as usual) @awebofstories @MsReadsAlot @aaronfacer
The prompts:
Try to be fast and on topic. There can always be exceptions and "it depends" explanations, but go for the gut reaction to the prompt in general terms, pick either Hot or Not.
A - Audiobooks B - Bildungsroman. Dealing with a person's formative years or spiritual education. C - Children's Books D - Digital E - Experimental F - Fantasy G - Graphic Novel H - Horror I - Inspirational J - Journalism K - Kitsch. Has a popular or sentimental appeal. L - Library M - Mystery N - Non-Fiction O - Omnibus P - Poetry Q - Quests. When the protagonist goes on a quest physical or spiritual. R - Romance S - Science Fiction T - Translation. Books translated from one language into another. U - Übermensch. The superman or the extraordinary human. Characters who can everything. V - Victorian. Literature from 1837 to 1901. W - Western X - X Rated Y - Young Adult Z - Zeitgeist. Spirit or mood of the times.World War November and Read What You OwnBouquins & Books2023-11-05 | 0:00 Word War November 6:25 My impressions of Souvenirs et Impressions de ma vie de soldat 10:51 The rest of my pile of possibilities 13:26 Read what you own challenge
World War November is hosted by: @tristanandtheclassics6538 @ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace @billruttenberg @TheHistoryShelf @VoyageofaTimeWanderer
Read What You Own is hosted by @CriminOllyBlog @anotherbibliophilereads @M-J @fiberartsyreads
Books mentioned: Montreal At War 1914-1918; by Terry Copp, with Alexander Maavara Souvenirs et Impressions de ma vie de soldat 1916-1919; by Arthur-Joseph Lapointe The Wars; Timothy Findley The Wooden Crosses; by Roland Dorgeles The Bloody Hand; by Blaise Cendrars Under Fire; by Henri Barbusse The Courage of Cowards; by Karyn BurnhamA Book and a Visit to the Art MuseumBouquins & Books2023-10-29 | Books mentioned
Thunderclap, A memoir of art and life & sudden death; by Laura Cumming
Anthropocene; by Burtynsky, Baichwal, De Pencier
Gold and Silver (I said in the video that it was about the Klondike, but it’s about the California Gold Rush of 1849.)My Nonfiction November TBRBouquins & Books2023-10-25 | Nonfiction November is created and hosted by @abookolive
If you would like to buddy read The World with me, leave me a comment below or contact me on Voxer: elisabethbouquinsandbooks
#nonfiction #nonfictionnovemberRemember December Rereadathon Announcement!Bouquins & Books2023-10-22 | We invite you to celebrate the joy of rereading in December.
The hosts of the Remember December Rereadathon are: @aaronfacer @AnnNovella @CriminOllyBlog @MsReadsAlot @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 @Shellyish
If you like to have guidance, here are the prompts: Reread a book you have basically forgotten Reread a book to find out how you really feel about it Reread a book in a different way
Happy rereading!What A Corker!Bouquins & Books2023-10-15 | The original video was made by Mark @BookTimewithElvis amd I was “tagged” by @heathergregg9975 . And now I am tagging all booktubers: tell us about a corker of a book!
Books mentioned: Havana, A Subtropical Delirium; by Mark Kurlansky Red Havana; by Leonardo Padura Fuentes Cecilia Valdés; by Cirilo Villaverde The Chase; by Alejo CarpentierShaketember Wrap Up, with a Challenge and an UpdateBouquins & Books2023-10-11 | Shaketember is hosted by : @OldBluesChapterandVerse @booksimnotreading @adayofsmallthings
Books mentioned: Romeo and Juliette; Shakespeare Julius Caresar; Shakespeare Death by Shakespeare; Kathryn Harkup Not That Duke; Eloisa James The Duchess Deal; Tessa DareBooktube Prize Nonfiction: Final RankingsBouquins & Books2023-10-05 | For more information about the Booktube Prize and to see the winner announcement video, check out this channel: @BookTubePrize
The finalists were: An Immense World, by Ed Young Eating to Extinction, by Dan Saladino My Fourth Time We Drowned, by Sally Hayden Paradise Falls, by Keith O’Brien His Name Is George Floyd, by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa The Escape Artist, by Jonathan Freedland