Evening ReaderSome thoughts about the latest book in the Lucy Barton series (will it be the last?!?), Lucy by the Sea, and all the other Lucy books...
Books mentioned: My Name is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout Anything Is Possible, by Elizabeth Strout Oh William!, by Elizabeth Strout Lucy by the Sea, by Elizabeth Strout The Burgess Boys, by Elizabeth Strout Olive, Again, by Elizabeth Strout Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver The Beet Queen, by Louise Erdrich
Lets talk about Lucy by the Sea (no spoilers)Evening Reader2023-12-29 | Some thoughts about the latest book in the Lucy Barton series (will it be the last?!?), Lucy by the Sea, and all the other Lucy books...
Books mentioned: My Name is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout Anything Is Possible, by Elizabeth Strout Oh William!, by Elizabeth Strout Lucy by the Sea, by Elizabeth Strout The Burgess Boys, by Elizabeth Strout Olive, Again, by Elizabeth Strout Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver The Beet Queen, by Louise Erdrich
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksLets do this! September wrap-up!Evening Reader2024-10-17 | Let's do this! I've slapped together a video about what I read in September. No captions, no screen shots of book covers...just me babbling for thirty minutes or so. You're welcome.
Books mentioned: The Heart in Winter, Kevin Barry Still Pictures, Janet Malcom O, Caledonia, Elspeth Barker Lolly Willowes, Sylvia Townsend-Warner Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object, Laurie Colwin Boy Parts, Eliza Clark Sirens & Muses, Antonia Angress Tell Me Everything, Elizabeth Srout
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksBring Browsing Back Book Tag #tagtuesdayEvening Reader2024-09-03 | The Bring Browsing Back Book Tag was created by Karen @RovingReader youtube.com/watch?v=XRX3tLIie6E
TAG PROMPTS 1. Magic of Discovery– share a book you found while browsing that you may not have discovered otherwise. 2. Expanding World- share a book that has made you view things from a different perspective or exposed you to new ideas. 3. Open to Change- share a book that has changed who you are as a person or altered your day-to-day habits. 4. Browse a bookstore, library, or a friend's shelves (and talk about a book that you found there). 5. Tag People!
Books mentioned: The Dark Flood Rises, by Margaret Drabble Writing Down the Bones, by Natalie Goldberg High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksShorty September is here! #shortyseptemberEvening Reader2024-09-01 | Yay, it's Shorty September time! Even though I completely forgot about the prompts when I made this video! DOH! Shorty September is hosted by Siân and Bert @pastorytime2683 and Heather at @TooManyHeathers.
Also mentioned: Framed in September is hosted by @HannahsBooks, @bouquinsbooks, @lindysmagpiereads, @anotherbibliophilereads, and @heathergregg9975.
Other booktubers mentioned: @readandre-read @SupposedlyFun @HardcoverHearts @thelefthandedreader6632
Books mentioned: O Caledonia, by Elspeth Barker The Heart in Winter, by Kevin Barry Still Pictures, by Janet Malcom Lolly Willowes, by Sylvia Townsend Warner Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object, by Laurie Colwin Boy Parts, by Eliza Clark South and West, by Joan Didion The Messiah of Stockholm, by Cynthia Ozick Arcanum Unbounded, by Brandon Sanderson Thunderclap, by Laura Cumming
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksThe Phenomenal Woman Book TagEvening Reader2024-08-16 | The Phenomenal Woman tag is an original tag created by Marilyn Maya Mendoza. Many thanks to her for creating this tag and for tagging me!
Prompts 1.Who is your favorite phenomenal woman author? 2. What book features your favorite phenomenal woman character? 3. If you were creating a book prize, which book by a phenomenal woman author would you choose? 4. Tag some phenomenal women booktubers:
Books mentioned: Startle and Illuminate: Carol Shields on Writing The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields Larry's Party, Carol Shields The Animators, Kayla Ray Whitaker All My Puny Sorrows, Miriam Toews Improvement, Joan Silber
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksThe God of the Woods (no spoilers), Mobility, Camping, and other stuffEvening Reader2024-07-16 | Rambling about camping and some things I've read...
Books mentioned: The God of the Woods, Liz Moore Mobility, Lydia Kiesling The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride Loaded: The Life (and Afterlife) of The Velvet Underground, Dylan Jones Black Cake, Charmaine Wilkerson
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksMid-Year Freakout Book Tag | 2024Evening Reader2024-07-03 | Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag was created by Chami.
Questions/Prompts: 1. Best book you've read so far this year. 2. Best sequel you've read this year. 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 this year 6. Biggest surprise this year 7. Favorite new author 8. Newest fictional crush 9. Newest favorite character 10. Book that made you cry. 11. Book that made you happy 12. Most beautiful book you've bought (or received) so far this year. 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Books mentioned: Collected Works, Lydia Sandgren The Holt Trilogy (Plainsong, Eventide, Benediction), Kent Haruf The God of the Woods, Liz Moore Tell Me Everything, Elizabeth Strout The Interestings, Meg Wolitzer This Time Tomorrow, Emma Straub All Adults Here, Emma Straub The Guncle, Steven Rowley (audio book read by Steven Rowley) True Grit, Charoles Portis (audio book read by Donna Tartt) Thunderclap, Laura Cumming Orbital, Samantha Harvey Brooklyn, Colm Toibin Long Island, Colm Toibin Blackouts, Justin Torres Still Pictures, Janet Malcom Get the Picture, Bianca Bosker On the Savage Side, Tiffany McDaniel Persuasion, Jane Austen Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksLets catch up! March and April readsEvening Reader2024-05-07 | I've missed you! Sorry for the long video, but I really wanted to catch up...
Other channels mentioned: @heathereads @HardcoverHearts @Leoslittlebooklife @Caroline_Winkler
Books mentioned: The Sleeping Car Porter, Suzette Mayr The Hunter, Tana French The Violin Conspiracy, Brendan Slocumb Terms of Endearment, Larry McMurtry Eventide, Kent Haruf Little Monsters, Adrienne Brodeur Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies, Elizabeth Winkler The Silent Woman, Janet Malcom When We Were Sisters, Fatimah Asghar Amy and Isabelle, Elizabeth Strout Charlesgate Confidential, Scott Von Doviak
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksA little chat (and one year on Booktube)Evening Reader2024-03-10 | Thank you all so much for being here! Let's do what we do: chat about books!
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksHolmes Is Where the Heart Is Tag | #tagtuesdayEvening Reader2024-02-27 | I was tagged by Angelia at @readandre-read to do the Holmes Is Where the Heart Is tag. This is an original tag created by Mark @BookTimewithElvis.
Prompts: 1) Elementary, My Dear Watson: Share a classic mystery novel that you consider a must-read. 2) Baker Street Irregulars: Recommend a book with a group of unlikely heroes or a diverse ensemble cast. 3) The Game is Afoot: Name a book that had a plot twist or revelation that completely surprised you. 4) 221B Baker Street: Talk about the time you visited somewhere of literary significance. 5) Moriarty's Master Plan: Discuss a book where the antagonist was exceptionally cunning and memorable. 6) The Art of Deduction: Mention either a book that kept you guessing all the way to the end or one where you guessed the outcome earlier on. 7) The Hound of the Baskervilles: Talk about a book with a strong atmospheric setting or one where the setting plays a significant role in the story. 8) The Reichenbach Falls: Talk about a series that you thought had ended but made a surprise comeback. 9) Sherlockian Adaptations: Discuss your favorite book-to-screen adaptation or a retelling of a classic story. 10) The Great Detective: Recommend a book with a brilliant and memorable protagonist.
Books mentioned: In the Woods, Tana French Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn Small Things Like These, Claire Keegan The Plot, Jean Hanff Korelitz Broken Harbor, Tana French Wise Guy, Nicholas Pileggi
Books mentioned: 84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff A Horse at Night, Amina Cain Bel Canto, Ann Patchett Conviction, Denise Mina Collected Works, Lydia Sandgren, trans. Agnes Broomé The Singapore Grip, J G Farrell Plainsong, Kent Haruf If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, Italo CalvinoQ&A Part Two: Bookish stuffEvening Reader2024-01-26 | Hi everyone, thanks for visiting! This is part two of my viewer Q&A answering all your bookish questions. You can view Part One here: youtu.be/ijDw4BMvxu0?si=sNGd9PcnZfuH5kkH
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted questions! This was a lot of fun!
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksQ&A Part One: Amsterdam, travel, etc.Evening Reader2024-01-18 | A huge, warm welcome to new subscribers, and a warm welcome back to those of you who have visited along the way! Thank you so much for all your support for this channel. I am here to answer your wonderful questions! In this first video, I provide rambling responses (what else?) to your questions about Amsterdam, expat life, travel, and more. Part two will (hopefully) be up early next week and focus on bookish questions.
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #books1K Q&A Call for Questions!Evening Reader2023-12-20 | Taking questions for a possible Q&A to celebrate hitting 1K subscribers! You can ask questions in the comments below, or you can DM me on Instagram or Goodreads (must be GR friends) or send me an email. Info is below. I'll put up a video in the first week of Jan, or if I don't get enough questions, I'll tack answers onto future videos.
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksMy first vlog (Dutch exams, holiday stuff, studying, #RememberDecember, and hitting 1k subs!)Evening Reader2023-12-18 | A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has visited, subscribed, liked a video, or left a comment. You've made doing this channel worthwhile, and I appreciate you more than you know!
Books mentioned: My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout Oh William!, Elizabeth Strout Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout Plainsong, Kent Haruf Eventide, Kent Haruf Benediction, Kent Haruf
Thanks to @stalkingkafka for her special appearance! 😊
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksRemember December and the BookTube Spin #BookTubeSpinEvening Reader2023-12-07 | Talking about my Remember December reads and joining the BookTube Spin (which I mistakenly call the TBR Spin in the video)...
Remember December is hosted by: @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 @MsReadsAlot @bouquinsbooks @aaronfacer @CriminOllyBlog @AnnNovella @Shellyish
Prompts: Re-read a book you have basically forgotten (see my pile of possibilities below) Re-read a book to find out how you really feel about it (My pick is Oh, William by Elizabeth Strout) Re-read a book in a different way (I'm listening to My Name is Lucy Barton)
Remember December POP: The Liar's Club by Mary Karr South of the Big Four by Don Kurtz The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O'Brien
New to me books: 1. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray 2. Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald 3. Collected Works by Lydia Sandgren 4. Do Tell by Lindsey Lynch 5. The Family Izquierdo by Ruben Degollado
Mysteries: 6. The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly 7. The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey 8. Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear 9. Conviction by Denise Mina 10. Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
Story Collections: 11. Volt by Alan Heathcock 12. Six Stories by Matt Wesolowski 13. Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin 14. Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link 15. Mothers, Tell Your Daughters by Bonnie Jo Campbell
Nonfiction: 16. H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald 17. Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara 18. The Wordy Patriots by Sarah Vowell 19. How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill 20. Travels with Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksThe Bookish A to Z Hot or Not TagEvening Reader2023-12-01 | Many thanks to @heathereads and @alex_unabridged for tagging me! Please check out their channels if you haven't done so already.
Rules of engagement: 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.
The Prompts: 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
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksChatty Watching Booktube TagEvening Reader2023-11-10 | Many thanks to Randy Ray @LiterateTexan for tagging me!
Here are the prompts: 1. How many channels are you subscribed to? 2. When do you normally watch booktube? 3. How do you balance booktube watching, reading, and making your own videos? 4. Is there a difference between videos you like watching and videos you like making? 5. Who is the first booktuber you subscribed to and do you still watch them? 6. Who is the most recent booktuber you subscribed to? 7. Share an old favourite booktuber! 8. Share a new favourite booktuber 9. What is one of your booktube pet peeves? 10. What have you learned from watching other booktubers?
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksThe Read What You Own Challenge!Evening Reader2023-11-05 | Tomorrow is the first day of the Read What You Own challenge! I thought I'd share a little bit about my plans and rules...
Many thanks to the hosts for putting everything together! RWYO Challenge hosts: @anotherbibliophilereads @CriminOllyBlog @fiberartsyreads @M-J
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksReading lately and some plansEvening Reader2023-11-04 | Sharing what I read in September and talking a bit about November plans...
Books mentioned: Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout Wellness, Nathan Hill If I Ever Return, Pretty Peggy O, Sharyn McCrumb Troubles, JG Ferrell Now in November, Josephine Johnson Say Nothing, Patrick Radden Keefe#ShortySeptember Wrap-up (Claire Keegan, Robin Hobb, Lee Smith) + Vacation FootageEvening Reader2023-10-18 | My better-late-than-never #ShortySeptember wrap-up. Many thanks to hosts Sian and Bert @pastorytime2683 and Heather @TooManyHeathers! I can't wait to do it again next year!
Books mentioned: The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince, by Robin Hobb Dimestore, by Lee Smith Fair and Tender Ladies, by Lee Smith Oral History, by Lee Smith The Last Day the Dogbushes Bloomed, by Lee Smith Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan Foster, by Claire Keegan
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksThe Reader Problems TagEvening Reader2023-10-11 | I was tagged by Angelia @readandre-read to do the Reader Problems tag. The creator of this tag is unknown...
The prompts: 1. You have 20,000 books on your TBR! How in the world do you decide what to read next? 2. You're half way through a book and you're just not loving it. Do you quit or are you committed? 3. The end of the year is coming and you're so close, but so far away on your Goodreads reading challenge. Do you try to catch up? And how? 4. The covers of a series you love do not match. How do you cope? 5. Everyone and their mother loves a book you really don't like. Who do you bond with over shared feelings? 6. You're Reading a book and you're about to start crying in public. How do you feel? 7. A sequel of a Book you loved just came out, but you've forgotten a lot from the prior novel. Will you reread the book? Skip the sequel? Try to find a synopsis on Goodreads? Cry in frustration? 8. You do not want anyone. Anyone. Borrowing your books. How do you politely tell people nope when they ask? 9. You've picked up and put down five books in the last month. How do you get over your reading slump? 10. There are so many new books coming out that you're dying to read. How many do you actually buy? 11. After you've bought the new books you can't wait to get to, how long do they sit on your shelves before you get to them?
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksLets chat: AI and the future of fictionEvening Reader2023-10-06 | Just some thoughts about AI and the future of fiction...let me know what you think in the comments below.
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksMusic and Memory Tag | #tagtuesdayEvening Reader2023-09-25 | Many thanks to Carl @pleasereadyourbook for tagging me to do the Music and Memory tag. This tag was created by @rodgilley-writer.
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksBehind the Booktube Tag | #tagtuesdayEvening Reader2023-09-21 | Many thanks to the lovely Kelly @booksimnotreading for tagging me! Watch Kelly's video: youtube.com/watch?v=ZWqQ7lHxmRc
Questions: 1. What has surprised you the most about Booktube both in a good way and in a bad way? 2. How do you balance reading and Booktube with the rest of your life? 3. Have you ever thought about starting a Patreon? 4. Have you made any mistakes on Booktube? 5. Do you have any advice for new Booktubers? 6. What are your thoughts on the Youtube algorithm? 7a. How do you decide what videos to make? 7b. Are you ever overwhelmed with video ideas? 8. Have you regretted posting a video? 9a. Are the number of views/subscribers meaningful to you? 9b. Are the number of views/subscribers a measurement of success? 10. Are you disappointed by the growth on your channel? 11. Have you ever thought about quitting Booktube? 12a. What are the most touching comments? 12b. What are the most negative comments? 13. In regards to Booktube, where do you see yourself in five years?
I'd like to tag Sonya @anenthusiasticreader and Sarah @HardcoverHearts, only if they feel like participating!
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksAugust Reading Wrap Up (Demon Copperhead and The Stromness Dinner)Evening Reader2023-09-15 | Some thoughts about books I read in August...
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksIts Shorty September time!Evening Reader2023-09-01 | Sharing my pile of possibilities for Shorty September!
Books mentioned: Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan Foster, by Claire Keegan Amsterdam Stories, by Nescio Black Water, by Joyce Carol Oates This Is Pleasure, by Mary Gaitskill The Willful Princess and the Piebald Prince, by Robin Hobb Cliff of Fall, by Shirley Hazzard The Messiah of Stockholm, by Cynthia Ozick A Scandalous Woman, by Edna O'Brien Leaving the Atocha Station, by Ben Lerner South and West, by Joan Didion Norwood, by Charles Portis The Mad and the Bad, by Jean-Patrick Manchette, trans. by Donald Nicholson-Smith Tomb Song, by Julian Herbert, trans. by Christina MacSweeney Gutshot, by Amelia Gray The Seventh Mansion, by Maryse Meijer Grendel, by John Gardner Between the Acts, by Virginia Woolf Touch the Water, Touch the Wind, by Amos Oz The Wedding Party, by H. E. Bates The Cupboard, by Rose Tremain Letters to Alice: On First Reading Jane Austen, by Fay Weldon
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#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #books #shortyseptemberBarbie Book TagEvening Reader2023-08-24 | Many thanks to Annie, who tagged me. And many thanks to Julie for creating the tag--and a big apology for not realizing that this was an original tag!
Questions 1. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, find a book with a character called Barbara in it, or like me cheat and name an author! 2. The first set of barbie animated movies were based upon fairy tales or ballets, suggest a book that would be great for barbie? 3. When my daughter was a little girl, I used to buy her barbies, as an adult, I have always fancied collecting the collectable ones. Have you ever wanted? If not this doll, what? 4. Barbie means a lot to millions of people around the world for varying reasons, tell us about a book that is special to you and why? 5. Suggest a book(s) that needs to be read in Barbieland that has a message about humanity. 6. Book recommendations for Ken and Barbie
Books mentioned: The Women's Room, by Marilyn French Diary of a Mad Housewife, by Sue Kauffman Fear of Flying, by Erica Jong Who Will Run the Frog Hospital, by Lorrie Moore The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson Becoming, by Michelle Obama The F*ck It Diet: Eating Should Be Easy, by Caroline Dooner
I'm tagging (participation optional, of course): @readandre-read @booksimnotreading Anyone else who would like to do the tag!
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksTom Lake, and other odds and ends...Evening Reader2023-08-18 | Reading lately, a small book haul, and my thoughts on Ann Patchett's Tom Lake...
Books mentioned: In the House in the Dark of the Woods, by Laird Hunt Amsterdam Stories, by Nescio Small Things Like These, by Claire Keegan The Glass Hotel, by Emily St. John Mandel Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksThe Currently Reading Tag (feat. Lil Nook)Evening Reader2023-08-11 | I was tagged by Angelia @readandre-read to do the Currently Reading tag! Here's Angelia's video: youtube.com/watch?v=MLuIgh9W-AI&t=1s
If they'd like to do this one, I'm tagging: @sniffingthesheets @themidnightreader
Prompts: 1. How many books do you read at once? 2. If you're reading more than one book at a time, how do you decide to switch to reading the other book (do you read a certain amount of pages each?) 3. Do you ever switch bookmarks while you're part way through a book? 4. Where do you keep the book you're currently reading? 5. What time of day do you spend the most time reading? 6. How long do you typically read in one go? 7. Do you read hardcovers with the dust jacket on or off? 8. Which position do you mainly use to read? 9. Do you take the book you're currently reading everywhere you go? 10. How often do you update your progress on Goodreads?
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksJuly wrap up: In Ascension, Avid Reader, and The Widows of Malabar HillEvening Reader2023-08-08 | Some thoughts on books I read in the second half of July...
Many thanks to @nikitareads for recommending The Widows of Malabar Hill!
Connect with me: Instagram: instagram.com/eveningreader Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/theeveningr... Email: eveningreaderreviews AT gmail DOT com Voxer: pwalte947
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksCatching up: Current reads and picks for AugustEvening Reader2023-07-28 | Hi there! Today's video is just a quick chat about what I've been reading and what I plan (or hope!) to read in August.
Books mentioned: In Ascension, by Martin MacInnes Avid Reader, by Robert Gottlieb The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver (August buddy read with Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 and Stephanie) In the House in the Dark of the Woods, by Laird Hunt (possible buddy read with Jess @stalkingkafka The Nickel Boys, by Colson Whitehead How the Irish Saved Civilization, by Thomas Cahill The Wordy Shipmates, by Sarah Vowell The Mad Ship, by Robin Hobb
Connect with me: Instagram: instagram.com/eveningreader Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/theeveningr... Email: eveningreaderreviews AT gmail DOT com Voxer: pwalte947
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksMy Booker Backlist PicksEvening Reader2023-07-25 | Welcome! Today I'm sharing my Booker backlist titles (well, and some winners because I'm a rebel that way).
Connect with me: Instagram: instagram.com/eveningreader Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/theeveningr... Email: eveningreaderreviews AT gmail DOT com Voxer: pwalte947
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #books #bookerprizeCatching up: Thoughts on Station Eleven and other things...Evening Reader2023-07-20 | Welcome! Some random thoughts about the wonderful Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel and a little catch up on what I'm reading these days...
Other books mentioned: In Ascension by Martin MacInnes Avid Reader by Robert Gottlieb
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksCatching up: Book Lovers, How I Became a Famous Novelist, and Monsters mini reviewsEvening Reader2023-07-12 | Just popping in to talk about my reading so far this month!
Books mentioned: Book Lovers, by Emily Henry How I Became a Famous Novelist, by Steve Hely The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, by Claire Dederer Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
Connect with me: Instagram: instagram.com/eveningreader Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/theeveningr... Email: eveningreaderreviews AT gmail DOT com Voxer: pwalte947
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksKinda Sorta June Wrap-up and July PlansEvening Reader2023-07-02 | Talking a bit about June reading and plans for July...
Books mentioned: Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx Boys Life, by Robert McCammon In Ascension, by Martin McInness Monsters, by Claire Dederer Book Lovers, by Emily Henry Get Lucky, by Katherine Center Big Summer, by Jennifer Weiner How I Became A Famous Novelist, by Steve Hely A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson Warlight, by Michael Ondaatje Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksMid-Year Book Freak Out Tag | 2023 (Tag Tuesday)Evening Reader2023-06-27 | I was tagged by Randy Ray @LiterateTexan to do this tag. Thanks, Randy! The original tag creator is a mystery...
Prompts: 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: Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry I Am Homeless if This Is Not My Home, by Lorrie Moore The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey Tom Lake, by Ann Patchett The Uncommon Reader, by Alan Bennet Zorrie, by Laird Hunt Heat & Light and Faith, by Jennifer Haigh Tell Me One Thing, by Kerri Schlottman The Shipping News, by Annie Proulx Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader, by Vivian Gornick
Photo credit: Mary Ellen Mark, "Amanda and her cousin Amy," Valdese, North Carolina, 1990
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #books #tagtuesdayHow do we rate our books tagEvening Reader2023-06-21 | The "How do we rate our books?" tag is an original tag created by Emily @novellenovels. I saw Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 do this tag and thought it would be fun to tackle! Here are their videos:
I'm tagging anyone who's interested. This is a fun one, so I'd love to hear your answers!
Prompts: 1. How often to you DNF and what makes you DNF? 2. Do you rate books one star? 3. What is a two star book to you? 4. Is a three star book a good book for you? 5. What does four stars mean to you? 6. Do you ever do half star ratings? 7. Do you rate books five stars often? What do five stars books do to make them rate that High? 8. Has your rating of books changing over the years? 9. Where do you record your ratings of your books?
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksBookish week in review and summer reading plansEvening Reader2023-06-17 | A few more thoughts on Elizabeth Gilbert, a DNF, and some thoughts about my reading plans for July and August
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #booksCan we talk about Elizabeth Gilberts decision?Evening Reader2023-06-13 | Some thoughts on Elizabeth Gilbert's decision to pull her latest novel from publication...
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuberFreestyle Friday: New books, reading lately, and literary pet peeves (a small rant)Evening Reader2023-06-09 | Just a Friday ramble about new books, what I'm reading, and one of my literary pet peeves
#booktube #booktuber #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuberRootin Tootin June on the Range Tag #tagtuesdayEvening Reader2023-06-06 | Today I'm doing the Rootin' Tootin' June on the Range tag! #JuneontheRange
Questions: 1 A way’s out west: have you ever been to the American West?
2 Dry Gulch - what’s the smallest town you’ve ever visited? How small is your town right now?
3 where the buffalo roam: have you ever seen an American Bison in person? Or: what’s the largest hoofed animal you’ve ever seen? Or: do you have evidence that you live near coyotes?
4 ol’ Doc Frye: what’s your history with westerns? Novels? Tv? Movies?
5 Diamond Lil’ at the Rialto saloon: what’s your relationship with alcohol? Ever had a friendship with a bartender?
6 the city slicker from back East: what do you consider the best western you’ve ever read?
7 the man with the badge? Have you ever been in charge of other people? What’s the most authority you’ve ever handled? Would you be good at it?
8 the Tombstone Kid: have you ever fired a gun? Been a gun aficionado? Been shot?
9 It ain’t the bullet that gets you, it’s the fall: How would you ideally like to cash in your chips?
10 tag some owlhoots!
#booktube #smallbooktuber #smallyoutuberFreestyle Friday: May wrap up, June on the Range, Pride, a book haul, and my three-month-iversary!Evening Reader2023-06-02 | An end-of-week video about all the things! #booktube #booktuber #smallyoutuber
June on the Range books: Lonesome Dove, by Larry McMurtry Doc, by Mary Doria Russell
Pride little pile of possibilities: Southernmost, by Silas House (read end of May) Christodora, by Tim Murphy Affinity, by Sarah Waters The Sleeping Car Porter, by Suzette Mayr Two Lives: Gertrude and Alice, by Janet Malcolm
Other books mentioned: Memoirs of Hadrian, by Marguerite Yourcenar (Classics & Company read hosted by Micah Cummins, @AnnNovella, and @RememberedReads) Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-reader, by Vivan Gornick The Age of Innocence, by Edith Wharton The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson Maisie Dobbs (Book 1), by Jacqueline Winspear The Widows of Malabar Hill (Preveen Mistry #1), by Sujata Massey The Satapur Moonstone (Preveen Mistry #2), by Sujata Massey Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, by Balli Kaur Jaswal The Muralist, by B.A. Shapiro In a Summer Season, by Elizabeth Taylor Six Stories, by Matt Wesolowski The Social Life of Books: Reading Together in the Eighteenth-Century Home (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History), by Abigail Williams We, the Drowned, by Carsten JensenMy Top 10 Most Re-read Novels #booktubeEvening Reader2023-05-27 | We've talked about those literary white whales, but what are the books you go back to time and again?
Books mentioned: True Grit, by Charles Portis Franny and Zooey, by J.D. Salinger The Secret History, by Donna Tartt Cat's Eye, by Margaret Atwood The Stone Diaries, by Carol Shields Straight Man, by Richard Russo High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby Plainsong, by Kent Haruf Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout The Animators, by Kayla Raye Whitaker Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, by Alice Munro Birds of America, by Lorrie Moore What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, by Raymond Carver
#smallbooktuber #smallyoutuber #books #fiction #novelsGetting Judgy with It: Book Covers #tagtuesday #booktubeEvening Reader2023-05-23 | I was tagged by Jess @stalkingkafka to do the Judging Books by Their Covers book tag for #tagtuesday--and I made it!
I'm tagging: Brian @BookishTexan Alex @alex_unabridged Sonya @anenthusiasticreader
And extras! Daniel @GuiltyFeat Deea @novelideea YOU!
Prompts: 1. Best Colours 2. Best Typography 3. Best Simple Cover 4. Best End Pages 5. Best Map 6. Best Naked Hardcover 7. Best Back Cover 8. Best Chapter Headers 9. Best Spine 10. Best Drawings 11. Best Cover 12. Worst Cover (added by Jess, made official by me)