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Saturday Hodgepodge # 108: Objectivity in Book Reviews, Weekly Reading
updated
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Trump says he'll be a dictator:
youtube.com/watch?v=aX0iAmz9iLM
Trump says he'll fire woke military leaders:
youtube.com/shorts/8u6CVZ_CR08?si=SK2hAA5TsT98eah2
Trump says he'll cut taxes for the rich:
youtube.com/watch?v=gGQQlwMMcjQ
Trump says he'll raise tariffs:
youtube.com/watch?v=h3DZ1FqN9VY
Trump says he will deport illegal immigrants:
youtube.com/watch?v=GPGI1pAH_lY
#election2024 #maga
Thanks to Jack @ramblingraconteur1616 for buddy reading this and all the other books in this series with me.
youtube.com/watch?v=0zgWcAsYuj0
#booktube
Books mentioned:
Jar City by Arnulder Indridasan translated by Bernard Scudder
The Story of a Woman by Annie Erneaux translated by Tanya Leslie
The Cellars of the Majestic by Georges Simenon translated by Howard Curtis
Aliss by the Fire by Jon Fosse translated by Damion Searles
Books and Islands by Louise Erdrich
Permafrost by Eva Baltasar translated by Julia Sanchez
Watershed by Percival Everett
The Garden of Eden by Ernest Hemingway
#shortyseptember
#framedinseptember
MacArthur's Bloody Butchers is available in hardback and ebook formats from all major online booksellers and directly from the publisher @CasematePublishers in the US and @penandsword in the UK.
#shortyseptember
00:00 Intro
00:36 A Shining by Jon Fosse
02:19 The Boarding House by William Trevor
03:17 The Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
04:31 The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
05:59 The Wild Ass's Skin by Honore de Balzac
07:20 The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
08:11 Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
10:44 Requiem for a Nun by William Faulkner
12:20 Tar Baby by Toni Morrison
14:02 The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
youtube.com/watch?v=SkOzZAMZsbU
#booktok
youtube.com/watch?v=d2Ak8wXa3pU&t=1803s
YOU SHOULD DO THIS TAG!
Prompts:
(1) EXTINCTION: Are there things you used to do on your channel that you no longer do?
(2) ADAPTATION: What things have you done on your channel or as a result of being on booktube that you never thought you would do?
(3) EVOLUTION: how has booktube changed you and what do you aspire to do on your channel in future?
(4) BONUS PROMPT: Impart your words of wisdom to all of the fledgling booktubers out there!
(5) TAG SOME PEOPLE! I tag YOU and EVERYONE featured in this video PLUS the lovely people below!
I mentioned four BookTubers in this video who I hope will consider themselves tagged if they want to:
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@KDbooks
@GemofBooks
@TheDiscoKingOfficial
#tagtuesday
00:00 Intro
00:35 Held by Anne Michaels
05:13 Home by Toni Morrison
06:56 Aliss by the Fire by Jon Fosse
09:26 So Much Blue by Percival Everett
13:19 Upcoming reading
#shortyseptember
#framedinseptember
00:00 Why Men Don't Read
04:54 Brett Easton Ellis
05:53 David Foster Wallace
08:04 Haruki Murakami
10:38 Cormac McCarthy
14:31 Outro
Books Mentioned:
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Look at Me by Jennifer Egan
A Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
House on Endless Waters by Emuna Elon
The Lost Children Archive by Valeria Louiselli
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemison
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
HOSTS:
Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks
Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Lindy @lindysmagpiereads
Heather @heathergregg9975
Hannah @HannahsBooks
#FramedinSeptember
00:00 Intro/ Author Intent
01:04 Planet of Exile by Ursula K. LeGuin
02:23 Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
06:10 Orbital by Samantha Harvey
10:10 Enlightenment by Sarah Perry
13:00 Beach Read by Emily Henry
17:55 Shorty September POP
Shorty September Hosts:
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers
#wit
#shortyseptember
This video was inspired by @CriminOllyBlog . Check out his original here:
youtube.com/watch?v=jfx4Jo0WNKM&t=756s
Books Mentioned:
The Knobby Boys to the Rescue by Wende and Harry Devlin
Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry
The Hardy Boys
The American Heritage History of the Civil War
The Hobbit/ Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Wrong Side of Paris by Honore de Balzac
Milkman by Anna Burns
If you've watched Everett do any interviews you know that he resists questions asking him to explain or interpret his work. So, I feel free to do it for him. This video is the result of thoughts I have been kicking around for months. I am not suggesting this is the correct or the only way to think about James. These are just my thoughts.
James by Percival Everett
#bookerprize
youtube.com/watch?v=b2kc5nHaCcI&t=658s
I was tagged by Pat from @BookChatWithPat8668 You can watcher her version of the tag here: youtube.com/watch?v=O180QLvuhGk&t=143s
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.
Channels I shouted out
@ATruthUniversallyAcknowledged
@alanaestelle2076
Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
00:54 Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au
02:34 As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
05:38 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
07:23 Septology by Jon Fosse translated by Damien Searls
09:37 Mammoth by Eva Baltasar translated by Julia Sanches
12:34 Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
14:56 Love and Summer by William Trevor
18:05 The Years by Annie Erneaux translated by Alyson L Strayer
20:46 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
24:16 Sula by Toni Morrison
Books discussed:
The Trouble With Mrs. Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden
Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession
Wild Houses by Colin Barret
The Vegetarian by Hang Kang
Mammoth by Eva Baltasar
Life by Keith Richards
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Kairos by Jennie Erpenbeck
Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:30 Whatever the hell I wanted to read
04:14 Booker Prize Books
07:55 Women in Translation
14:04 Garbaugust
16:01 Faulkner in August
17:29 Future reading plans
18:44 Outro
#wit #garbaugust #faulknerinaugust
Please watch @anotherbibliophilereads excellent video that inspired my video:
youtube.com/watch?v=x4viq0t7pgU
#election2024 #trump2024 #harris2024
youtube.com/watch?v=IeSRPQ2t4RE&t=88s
Greg from @anotherbibliophilereads gave almost identical categories (they even all started with e) in an answer he gave in response to a prompt in the Read Smart Tag. It is possible that I have plagiarized his answer in making this video:
youtube.com/watch?v=TWsGgswiGLI&t=579s
Also this video was clearly inspired by my appearance on @Johanna_reads channel as a part of her "Why Read?" series of videos.
#booktube #reading #literature #selfimprovement
@thefantasynuttwork
@StygianSociety @HollyRhiannonWrites @attention5638
@criminolly @M-J @bookssongsandothermagic
Books Mentioned:
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. LeGuin
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Moon Witch Spider King by Marlon James
Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavreil Kay
Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Bossypants by Tina Fay
Life by Keith Richards
Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Permafrost by Eva Baltasar
The Trouble with Mrs. Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden
Ghost Mountain by Ronan Hession
Books you can order:
The Stygian Zine :stygiansociety.com/shop
Garbology:
amazon.com
Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 Fantasy Wrap Up
12:00 Stygian Zine
12:56 Garbology
14:00 August TBR
19:42 Outro
#faulknerinaugust
#garbaugust
#WIT
pen-and-sword.co.uk/MacArthurs-Bloody-Butchers-Hardback/p/50930
The book will be published in the US on September 30. You can preorder a copy through @CasematePublishers or online booksellers like Bookshop.org.
casematepublishers.com/9781636244198/macarthurs-bloody-butchers
bookshop.org/a/100886/9781636244198
#writing #publishing #authortube #militaryhistory #worldwar2 #ww2
Douglas MacArthur
World War II
US Military History
War in the Pacific
41st Division
163rd Regiment
Japan
New Guinea
Biak
the Philippines
#worldwar2 #militaryhistory #booktok
bookshop.org/a/100886/9781636244198
#worldwar2 #militaryhistory #booktok
bookshop.org/a/100886/9781636244198
Gem from @GemofBooks
youtube.com/watch?v=coHawxlX_6Y
Greg @SupposedlyFun
youtube.com/watch?v=XR9ktrOhjZk&t=1109s
youtube.com/watch?v=DhrJhDcUkGw&t=2288s
Shelly @Shellyish
youtube.com/watch?v=0y65IUtMwHY&t=2393s
youtube.com/watch?v=eRlGenpUiPo
youtube.com/watch?v=4Kx3DxeJ5C0
Kieran @KDbooks
youtube.com/watch?v=lVxJxJpMEOY&t=18s
youtube.com/watch?v=XVismOzEEXs
@EricKarlAnderson
youtube.com/watch?v=bXxG6HxuF14
Sarah @eyesonindie
youtube.com/watch?v=Mwzpz7jVF6Y
Bob @BobTheBookerer
youtube.com/watch?v=Rf344CwhXPM
youtube.com/watch?v=UeaSGviXCg0
Kier @KierTheScrivener
youtube.com/watch?v=T-gpTgomBRg&t=1s
Denise @LaRosaReads
youtube.com/watch?v=qI_EHFWOGNg
Daniel @GuiltyFeat
youtube.com/watch?v=iW-5m7da_n8
youtube.com/watch?v=8XUUmAiod7Q
#booklist #nytimes
#worldwar2 #militaryhistory #booktok
bookshop.org/a/100886/9781636244198
00:00 First Day, Blue Lagoon
02:56 Golden Circle
08:42 South Coast
14:59 Whale Watching
16:54 Reykjavik
18:46 Snaefelsness
27:31 Animals of Iceland
31:52 Outro
#iceland #icelandtour #reykjavik
Books mentioned
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Elena Knows by Claudia Pinero
Milkman by Anna Burns
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Pen and Sword Books (UK)
pen-and-sword.co.uk/MacArthurs-Bloody-Butchers-Hardback/p/50930
Casemate (US)
casematepublishers.com/9781636244198/macarthurs-bloody-butchers
#worldwar2
#macarthur
#militaryhistory
#casemate
#penandsword
#americanhistory
#bandofbrothers
Novelists mentioned:
Armisted Maupin
Carter Sickles
Akweke Emezi
Jackie Ess
E.M. Forster
James Baldwin
Imogen Binnie
Rose Allitini
Eva Baltasar
Carolina DeRobertis
Erasure by Percival Everett
James by Percival Everett
Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi
9th Street Women by Mary Gabriel
Thunderclap by Laura Cumming
The Hundred Year War on Palestine
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hamad
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Blackouts by Justin Torres
The Long Form by Kate Briggs
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
Review videos referenced:
Finger Bone:
youtube.com/watch?v=w3SWIjjedWQ
James:
youtube.com/watch?v=A5Z2iTaOvWk
Wandering Stars:
youtube.com/watch?v=9YZfYkppb6g
Cuddy:
youtube.com/watch?v=yLGraumY38Y
The Long Form:
youtube.com/watch?v=s5CAb6dqt7A
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
@thefantasynuttwork
@ramblingraconteur1616
@MarcNash
Books discussed:
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
Blackouts by Justin Torres
The New Life by Tom Crewe
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
Conversations With Friends by Sally Rooney
Thunder Clap by Laura Cumming
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Sailing to Santorium by Guy Gavriel Kay
Moon Witch Spider King by Marlon James
Rocannon's World by Ursula K. LeGuin
Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway
I also compare Across the River and Into the Trees to Hemingway's most famous work, The Old Man and the Sea
Books Mentioned:
Across the River and Into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway
Noopiming by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Two Sherpas by Sebastien Martinez Daniell
Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash
The Death of the Author in Triplicate by Marc Nash
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
The Long Form by Kate Briggs
El Dorado
Unforgiven
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Searchers
True Grit
Lonesome Dove
5 Card Stud
Once Upon a Time in the West
Cheyenne Autumn
Channels Mentioned:
@LiterateTexan
@M-J
@bookssongsandothermagic
00:00 Intro
01:09 Wrap Up
09:33 Pride TBR
11:23 My Book
Books Mentioned
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
Blackouts by Justin Torres
Pronto by Elmore Leonard
Raylan by Elmore Leonard
Freaky Deaky by Elmore Leonard
Gold Coast by Elmore Leonard
The New Life by Tom Crewe
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
MacArthur's Bloody Butchers by Brian Bruce
Channels mentioned:
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@readandre-read
@ramblingraconteur1616
Pre-Order by Book MacArthur's Bloody Butchers:
In the UK:
pen-and-sword.co.uk/MacArthurs-Bloody-Butchers-Hardback/p/50930
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/macarthur-s-bloody-butchers-company-g-163rd-infantry-regiment-in-the-pacific-war-brian-bruce/7661532
In the US:
casematepublishers.com/9781636244198/macarthurs-bloody-butchers
bookshop.org/a/100886/9781636244198
amazon.com/MacArthurs-Bloody-Butchers-Infantry-Regiment/dp/163624419X
barnesandnoble.com/w/macarthurs-bloody-butchers-brian-bruce/1144113886
Books mentioned:
Cross-Stitch by Jasmina Bererra
To Have and Have Not by Earnest Hemingway
Raylan by Elmore Leonard
This video was inspired by a video on this topic by @Shellyish check out her video here: youtube.com/watch?v=jimgeuEHZAQ&t=2s
Jim from @jimsbooksreadingandstuff also made a video with his commandments watch his video here: youtube.com/watch?v=VD_pqpeQJ_Q
@saintdonoghue set ten as the standard number of rules in his video which you can watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=_C_RP2cCOvw&t=0s
@GrammaticusBooks is the originator of this idea. See his original here:
youtube.com/watch?v=uyHcm_3fjx8&t=0s
Shawn from @shawnbreathesbooks had a great review of this novel as well:
youtube.com/watch?v=0lsgGUBV098&t=1747s
Cuddy by Benjamin Myers
To Have and Have Not by Ernest Hemingway
Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili
Channels Mentioned:
@jimsbooksreadingandstuff
His Georgia Readathon Announcement:
youtube.com/watch?v=mIshAvuoj1Y
@ramblingraconteur1616
Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:23 Weekly Reading
05:26 Harrison Butker
08:41 Taylor Swift
09:36 Burnout