Bouquins & Books
Quarter Year Book tag
updated
@heathergregg9975
@anotherbibliophilereads
@HannahsBooks
@lindysmagpiereads
My announcements video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_3oJceCIpBQ
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 Polet
@lindysmagpiereads
@heathergregg9975
@HannahsBooks
@anotherbibliophilereads
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 Guérard
@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 mention the tv show Fake or Fortune: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cjSnIev8tjk&pp=ygUPZmFrZSBvciBmb3J0dW5l
And the documentary Made You Look: cbc.ca/documentarychannel/docs/made-you-look-a-true-story-about-fake-art
I mention a New York Time article: nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/20/upshot/attention-experiment.html
The list: youtube.com/watch?v=wTP4ZpLsdUI&t=1s
My top 10 Canadian books of the 21st century: youtube.com/watch?v=w2djH_EIsU0
I bought Do Not Say We Have Nothing, by Madeleine Thien because of Shawn @shawnbreathesbooks
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 names
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.php
@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
#artreadathon
Best travel books of 2023 according to Five Books: fivebooks.com/category/nonfiction-books/travel-books/best-travel-books-2023
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 1
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
#summerofsport
@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
#janeaustenjuly
A couple of years ago, Alice created the Hercule Poirot Mustery Book Tag to celebrate her love of Agatha Christie:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XDdO0OG1FjE&pp=ygUqQWxpY2UgYW5kIHJoZSBnaWFudCBib29rc2hlbGYgb3JpZ2luYWwgdGFn
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 classic
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 Foglia
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 Akunin
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.)
June on the Range and Booktube at War are hosted by @michaelk.vaughan8617
youtube.com/watch?v=Bg1eoMiWHAw
youtube.com/watch?v=plHrC2VZVn0
Garbaugust is hosted by @CriminOllyBlog
youtube.com/watch?v=CFNB33TI77w&t=0s
@M-J is inviting us to read 24 banned or challenged books in 2024
youtube.com/watch?v=6EFUXO8mC3k
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 author
In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein
France in Trial. The Case of Marshal Pétain, by Julian Jackson
Here is the play list of all the This or That Book Tag for People April:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhMpFiwB6yQyToZR41HvgTsJIL0vqLHUQ&si=qMyXYiXQc_-SG8sK
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 read
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 begins
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 books
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.
Join us on Discord: discord.gg/mkTfWjhG
Our group read is I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O’Farrell
I saw Comme in ciel en nous in this video by Alexandra @TheRitualofReading
youtube.com/watch?v=9EuXNmdg4uk
And I saw The Shepard’s Life by James Rebanks on Nicole’s channel @adayofsmallthings
youtube.com/watch?v=TeYavU9YJkk&t=0s
Fierce Reads: youtube.com/watch?v=NaDvYi4VFqA
@Bookishtravels1
@Shellyish
@MsReadsAlot
@EntertheBook
Herstoryathon: youtube.com/watch?v=Xcsl2pz59LM
youtube.com/watch?v=ELMt6isKB8w
@CoynieReads
@LiterarilySmitten
There Is No Place like Rome: youtube.com/watch?v=qcnq-iKEEkU&t=0s
@faithbooks7906
March of the Mammoth: youtube.com/watch?v=DpNduGOZjw4
@OldBluesChapterandVerse
March Mystery Madness: youtube.com/watch?v=N9z9oAT289s
@lizziefayelovesbooks
People April: youtube.com/watch?v=Gt-_GfGU4wk
youtube.com/watch?v=C281LsPsk_c
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 rambling
Join us on Discord: discord.gg/828UTvmw
We will divide the book like this:
Week one: 5 chapters
Week two: 4 chapters
Week three: 5 chapters
Week four: 3 chapters
Check out Ros’s announcement: @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
Join us on Discord: discord.gg/Md9Pjk3T
The group read will be chosen by you. The survey is on my community tab and will stay there for a week. I will announce the chosen book on March 2.
Our prompts:
"Biography should be written by an accute ennemy." Attributed to Arthur Balfour.
"I never travel without my diary. One should always have something to read on the train." Oscar Wilde
#PeopleApril
How do you start a new country: youtube.com/watch?v=hX4s1ZLW_PI
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 Ghattas
0:00 What I didn’t buy
3:58 What I did buy
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 Monsters
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 Marshall
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.
Trading Secrets; by Paule Constant
A Christmas Carol; by Charles Dickens
The Pastoral Symphony; by André Gide
@AnnNovella
@CriminOllyBlog
@aaronfacer
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@Shellyish
@MsReadsAlot
Join us on Discord: discord.gg/6MGt3VgF
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
#RememberDecember
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.
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 Burnham
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.)
If you would like to buddy read The World with me, leave me a comment below or contact me on Voxer: elisabethbouquinsandbooks
#nonfiction
#nonfictionnovember
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
Here is the link to the Discord group: discord.gg/6MGt3VgF
Happy rereading!
Books mentioned:
Havana, A Subtropical Delirium; by Mark Kurlansky
Red Havana; by Leonardo Padura Fuentes
Cecilia Valdés; by Cirilo Villaverde
The Chase; by Alejo Carpentier
@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 Dare
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