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I was tagged by @bookchatwithpat
1. What is a book that excites you because of its cover? 2. … because of its author? 3. … because of its premise? 4. … because of its style? 5. … because of its influence? 6. … because of its emotional weight? 7. … because of its sense of humour? 8. … because of its challenge or difficulty? 9. Tag some people.
I tag: @Eldertalk @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @strangementalitypaperYT @RaynorReadsStuff @LibroParadiso-ep4zt @bighardbooks770
Books mentioned: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo - Hiroshige Devil House - John Darnielle Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers Ink: the Indelible Mayo Williams by Clifford Murphy Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert Orlando - Virginia Woolf Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Murder on the Orient Express The Good Soldier - Ford Maddox Ford Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Bill Bryson - At Home Time Regained - Marcel Proust
I do the Counting the Days tag!Quaint And Curious Volumes2024-07-09 | #CountingTheDays #tags #TagTuesday #CountingTheDays #tags #TagTuesday COUNTING THE DAYS Tag Created by @ToReadersItMayConcern and @ProseAndPetticoats
I was tagged by @bookchatwithpat
1. What is a book that excites you because of its cover? 2. … because of its author? 3. … because of its premise? 4. … because of its style? 5. … because of its influence? 6. … because of its emotional weight? 7. … because of its sense of humour? 8. … because of its challenge or difficulty? 9. Tag some people.
I tag: @Eldertalk @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @strangementalitypaperYT @RaynorReadsStuff @LibroParadiso-ep4zt @bighardbooks770
Books mentioned: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo - Hiroshige Devil House - John Darnielle Member of the Wedding - Carson McCullers Ink: the Indelible Mayo Williams by Clifford Murphy Dune Messiah - Frank Herbert Orlando - Virginia Woolf Farenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury Murder on the Orient Express The Good Soldier - Ford Maddox Ford Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Bill Bryson - At Home Time Regained - Marcel ProustFriday Reads: Keeper of the RodsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-10-18 | #booktube #fridayreads #proust #sonicyouth #nobelprizeforliterature
I talk about my reading for the week and show Louise's new ottoman.
Books discussed: Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust The Vegetarian by Han Kang Sonic Life: a Memoir by Thurston Moore
I read three poems by the 1901 Nobel Laureate René Armand François Sully Prudhomme (1839-1907) "The Lost Cry" "We Shall Forget" "The Broken Vase" Translated by William Frederic Giese
From The Nobel Prize Library (1971)Book Murder tagQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-10-16 | #booktube #tagtuesday #booktubetag The Book Murderer Tag:
This is a fun tag from the awesome Noah @BookWyrm1060 @BookWyrm1060
Prompts: 1. What are your thoughts on spine breaking? 2. Bookmarks or dog-earing pages? 3. Page tearing or ripping? 4. Writing in books? 5. Ripping covers and book binding? 6. Tag some people!
Responding to Greg's video at youtu.be/f9XgIDhsz-0?si=VQ5_qxUoq8AS_EFy I talk about some books I'd like to re-read and ask when it's better to re-read a book or to read something new by the same author.
Books mentioned: Master of Reality by John Darnielle The Waves by Virginia Woolf Dubliners by James Joyce Moby Dick by Herman Melville Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison My Antonia by Willa Cather The Professor's House by Willa Cather The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
Email: qcvbooktube@gmail.com Voxer: jrucha542Louises non-bookish interestsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-10-10 | ...Poetry Thursday: Thomas Hardy on catastropheQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-10-10 | #booktube #poetrythursday #thomashardy #victober
In which I announce an event to read the works of Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) in November 2024. My co-hosts are Greg from @anotherbibliophilereads and Allen from @bighardbooks770 .
Our schedule: Week 1: The Seagull Week 2: The Cherry Orchard Week 3: "Ward No. 6" Week 4: "Gooseberries" and "The Lady with the Little Dog"
I'm reading these in the following editions: Five Plays by Anton Chekhov, Translated by Ronald Hingley (Oxford Word's Classics) Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov Tranlated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (Modern Library)
Email: qcvbooktube@gmail.com Voxer: jrucha542September/October handoff videoQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-10-05 | ...The Best and Worst Tag! (rant/spoilers for Jon Fosses Trilogy)Quaint And Curious Volumes2024-10-01 | #booktag #booktube #best #best&worst #booktube #booktag #literature
The Best & Worst Tag, created by @brenboothjones #best&worst
Prompt 1: The best work of poetry in your collection and the worst.
Prompt 2: The best work of fiction in your collection and the worst.
Prompt 3: The best worst of nonfiction in your collection and the worst.
Books mentioned: Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur Map by Wislawa Szymborska How to be an Anti-racist by Ibram X. Kendi Moby-Dick by Herman Melville Trilogy by Jon Fosse
I read Randall Jarrell's poem "The Old and the New Masters"RockOnRapSongs tag on tag TuesdayQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-09-24 | #booktube #tagtuesday Rock On, Rap Songs Book Tag | Original Tag 2024 Created by Nicole’s Bookish Nook @NicolesBookishNook I was tagged by nobody but I saw Pat @BookChatWithPat8668 do it
#tag #tags #tagtuesday #booktube #readingQUESTIONS: 1. It's A Hard Knock Life by Jay-Z: A fiction or nonfiction book about an orphanage, a poor family, or an orphan,
2. Walk This Way by Aerosmith ft. Run DMC: A favorite book of yours that blends genres,
3. Just Lose It by Eminem = A Book that you think is funny or ridiculous (in a bad way),
4. Thunderstruck by AC/DC: A Book that shocked you (in a good or bad way),
5. Welcome to the Jungle by Guns 'n Roses: A book about L.A or a book that takes place in or around L.A,
6. Gimmie Me All Your Lovin' by ZZ Top: Your favorite romance book. Or, if you do not read romance, your favorite couple in any book,
7. Fight for Your Right (To Party) by The Beastie boys: A book centered around a celebration,
8. Firestarter by Prodigy: A book that has "fire" in the title or has an orange/red cover,
9. Humble by Kendrick Lamar: a fiction or nonfiction book that left you stunned at the audacity of the main character or the writer,
10. Tag people
I tag anyone who is watching who would like to do this tag, and I also specifically tag the following people:
Books mentioned: Berlin by Jason Lutes Also a Poet by Ada Calhoun biography and memoir Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey Nuclear War: a Scenario by Annie Jacobsen The Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle Song of Solomon - King James Version The Crucible by Arthur Miller The Fire Next Time All Fours by Miranda July.
I tag anyone who is watching who would like to do this tag, and I also specifically tag the following people:
Email: qcvbooktube@gmail.com Voxer: jrucha542#Art-o-mat: some of my artQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-09-19 | #booktube #framed #artomat #winstonsalemnc
I talk about two pieces of art from the background of my videos: a print of Hiroshige's "Evening Snow at Kanbara" and a hand print by Mona Wu from the Art-o-mat.
I talk about the books of the last week and the coming week. I also talk a little about the NC Folk Festival 2024.
Books mentioned: Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Selected Poems by Randall Jarell Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford The Saxon Princess by Anne R. Bailey Also a Poet by Ada CalhounPoetry Thursday: 2 poems about artQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-09-12 | #booktube #poetrythursday #framed
"The People on the Bridge" by Wisława Szymborska.Shakespeare Journey tagQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-09-06 | #booktube #tagtuesday #shakespeare #shaketember
I do the Shakespeare Journey tag. This is an original tag from the #shaketember hosts Kelly at @booksimnotreading Jason at @OldBluesChapterandVerse and Nicole at @adayofsmallthings
I was tagged by Pat at @BookChatWithPat8668 Here are the prompts: 1. What was your first experience reading Shakespeare and what was it like? 2. Has the reading of a Shakespeare play ever brought you to tears? What scene was it and where were you when it happened? 3. Are there any people that have played a significant role in your Shakespeare journey? 4. Do you have a favourite book or film about Shakespeare? 5. Which character in Shakespeare most resembles you and in what ways? 6. Which play would you most like to see performed in a theatre and why? 7. What actor, throughout history, would you most like to have seen play Hamlet while in his prime? 8. Deliver your favourite speech or soliloquy from a Shakespeare play. 9. Do any of Shakespeare's plays intimidate you? If yes, what play and why? 10. What tips would you give to intimidated readers coming to Shakespeare for the first time? 11. Which is your favourite Shakespeare play and why? 12. Tag other Booktubers.
@LibroParadiso-ep4zt @davidnovakreadspoetry @jenniparks8539 @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @sterlingreads547 @ThatReadingGuy28 @MustReadMore @troytradup @Eldertalk @JessBookgirlTV @SleepyBookReader-666 @strangementalitypaperYT @noteworthyfiction @TheLimitlessLibrarian @mildrumpus @tomlabooks3263 @gingerbibliophilePoetry Thursday: Peter Schjeldahl!Quaint And Curious Volumes2024-09-05 | #booktube #poetrythursday #framedrum I read Peter Schjeldahl's poem "I Missed Punk."
Books discussed: Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond Arthur Ashe: a Life by Raymond Arsenault Levels of the Game by John McPhee
Channels mentioned: @ToReadersItMayConcernGarb-poetry Thursday with SzymborskaQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-08-15 | #booktube #poetrythursday #garbaugust
I read the poem "An Opinion on the Question of Pornography" by Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012.
Originally published in People on the Bridge (1986). Read from Map: Collected and Last Poems (2015).A Member of the Wedding and other Friday readsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-08-09 | #booktube #fridayreads
I talk about The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers. Also a bit about Evicted :Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond.July and August reads. Ashe, Austen and 2 of 100Quaint And Curious Volumes2024-08-02 | #booktube #fridayreads #janeausten I talk about my reading for the previous week and plans for the month of August.
Books mentioned: The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust Arthur Ashe: a Life by Raymond Arsenault Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen A Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Orlando by Virginia Woolf Heavy by Kiese Laymon Exit West by Moshin HamidGarb-poetry Thursday: S*** ListQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-08-01 | #garbaugust #poetrythursday #booktube
I read the poem "Shit List; Or, Omnium-gatherum Of Diversity Into Unity" by A. R. Ammons.
Some of my thoughts on finishing The Guermantes Way, volume 3 of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.
Books mentioned: The Trial by Franz KafkaHonest Booktuber Tag on Tag TuesdayQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-07-23 | #booktube #tagtuesday #honestbooktuber
THE HONEST BOOKTUBER TAG:
I was tagged by Pat at @BookChatWithPat8668
Jessica says: "I saw 'The Honest Booktuber Tag,' on someone else's channel. I decided to do it. It's a fun one to do and I am hoping it gets revived. 'The Honest Booktuber Tag' was created by @HarrietRosie13
Prompts: 1. Have you ever lied about reading a book? 2. Have you ever avoided a book because of controversy around the content/author/ 3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it? 4. Have you ever bought a book with no intention of reading it? 5. Have you ever got caught up in Booktube drama? 6. Have you ever had a hate comment and did you respond? 7. Have you ever made a video just because you knew it would get views? 8. If you could go back to the beginning of your channel, would you do anything differently? 9. Are there any channels you wish you could be more like? 10. What's something you love about your channel? 11. Tag some people.
I tag anyone who is watching who would like to do this tag and all of the following people:
Channels Mentioned: @ToReadersItMayConcern @aaronfacer @TheBookedEscapePlan @HannahsBooksWinning Titles on Tag TuesdayQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-07-16 | #WinningTitleTag #tags #tagtuesday Winning Title Tag
This is the Winning Title Tag where you get to talk about books where the title made you buy them. You can either get together a stack of books and talk through them or answer the questions below, whichever works for you. This tag was created by @heathereads
I was tagged by Pat at @BookChatWithPat8668
Have You Ever Bought a Book Because it Had .... 1. A Funny Title? 2. A Shocking Title? 3. A Title that sounded like a line of poetry? 4. A Title Which Made Me ask Question? 5. A Heartwarming or Homely (or maybe Homey?) Title? 6. A Title with an Unusual Combination of Words? 7. A Fantastic or Magical Title? 8. A Title Which is a Contradiction or describes the Impossible? 9. Tag others
Books mentioned: That Half-Barbaric Twang by Karen Linn Man, Fuck this House by Brian Asman African Banjo Echoes in Appalachia (1995) by Cecelia Conway Comfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichel Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung by Lester Bangs The Hundred Thousand Fools of God by Theodore Levin Cigarettes are Sublime by Richard Klein (1994)
I Tag: @thelefthandedreader6632 @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk @apoetreadstowrite @LiterateTexan @bighardbooks770 @strangementalitypaperYTI also select the best 100 books of the century: Friday ReadsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-07-12 | #booktube #fridayreads #nytimes
I talk about my reading for the week and blather for a bit about the New York Times list of the top 100 books of the century (so far).
Books mentioned: Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Arthur Ashe a Life by Raymond Arsenault Swimming Home by Deborah Levy
Channels mentioned: @davidnovakreadspoetry @saintdonoghue @jack_edwardsI dont want what theyre selling. Friday ReadsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-07-05 | #booktube #fridayreads
I talk about @LiterateTexan 's go-fund-me. Give if you can at gofund.me/f56cdf17 Also Daniel Emmett's Virginia Minstrels Retail bookstores vs. used bookstores. The Supreme Court and my representative's email
If you want a one-month trial of Steve Reads from @saintdonoghue send me you email address qcvbooktube@gmail.com
I also recommend checking out @fictionesque1992 for some quality booktubin'.
Books mentioned: James by Percival Everett The Death of the Artist by William Deresiewicz Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust Arthur Ashe: a Life by Raymond Arsenault Levels of the Game by John McPheeits not that bad tag on a day when it might be that badQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-07-02 | #booktube #tagtuesday This is an original tag created by Melinda @awebofstories I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 . Melinda writes, "There are a lot of things we are told we shouldn't do as readers and, honestly, those things really aren't bad!"
Prompts: 1. Do you dog-ear your books? 2. Do you annotate your books? 3. Do you roll covers or break spines when you read? 4. Do you listen to something while you read? 5. Do you read in the bathroom? 6. Do you read in water (such as in the bathtub, in a pool, etc)? 7. Do you DNF? 8. Do you ever read ahead or skip to the end of a book? 9. Are you book-polygamous (i.e., read more than one book at a time)? 10. Do you own more books than bookshelf space? BONUS: Do you ever take a book without leaving a book at a Little Free Library? 11. Tag some people.
I tag: @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @strangementalitypaperYT @TheGrapeJellyLibrary @aaronfacerJune-July Interface ReportQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-06-30 | #booktubeThe Most Pretentious Mid-year Freakout?Quaint And Curious Volumes2024-06-25 | #booktube #tagtuesday
I do the Mid-year Freakout tag, because @davidnovakreadspoetry and @saintdonoghue said I had to. Now you have to as well. It is mandatory, buckaroo.
The Prompts: 1. Best book you've read so far in 2024 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2024 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. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you) 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry. 11. Book that made you happy. 12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received) 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Books mentioned: Bleak House - Dickens Nuclear War: a Scenario - Annie Jacobsen Within a Budding Grove - Proust James - Percival Everett Ink: The Indelible J. Mayo Williams - Clifford R. Murphy Carrie - Stephen King Henrik Ibsen's plays Dune - Frank Herbert True Grit - Charles Portis Blood done sign my name - Timothy Tyson Levels of the Game - John McPhee Universal Harvester - John Darnielle The Good Soldier - Ford Maddox Ford For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway Portrait of a Lady - Henry James Orlando - Virginia Woolf Bright Balkan Morning - multiple authors Trilogy - Jon Fosse Selected Short Stories - Anton Chekhov
Other channels mentioned: @BookTimewithElvis @brenboothjonesRepublican Tennis and Thriftbooks refunds: Friday ReadsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-06-21 | #booktube #fridayreads
I talk about my reading for the week and look forward to next week.
Books mentioned: Dune by Frank Herbert Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert Showdown on the Hogback by Louis L'Amour Levels of the Game by John McPhee Eleanor of Aquitaine by Marion Meade Upon Further Review by Mike PescaI do the Read Smarter TagQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-06-19 | #booktube #tagtuesday THE READ SMART TAG This is an original tag created by @ToReadersItMayConcern and @ProseAndPetticoats
I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 and @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk
Read Smart Tag questions: 1. What is your strategy to stay focused and engaged while reading? 2. How does your environment influence your focus and what can you do to optimise it? 3. What methods do you use to retain and recall information from what you've read? 4. How do you approach difficult or challenging material? 5. What role do note-taking and annotation play in your reading process? 6. How do you balance reading for pleasure with reading for personal or professional development? 7. What is the importance of setting reading goals? 8. What are some strategies for overcoming reading slumps or lack of motivation? 9. Tag some people.
I talk about my reading for the week (mostly Dune) and look forward to next week. Then I discuss Kathleen Hanna's memoir Rebel Girl and the Amazon imitations thereof. Is this a sign of things to come?
Also: I do NOT recommend just asking Steve Donoghue a fact-boy question!
Books mentioned: Dune by Frank Herbert Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen HannaJune on the Range: Call of the Canyon Not American enough!Quaint And Curious Volumes2024-06-13 | #booktube #juneontherange #western
I review the "western"(?) novel Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey. Spoilers abound.
Books mentioned: Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey Showdown on Hogback by Louis L'Amour The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Michael K. Vaughan's Thoughts on Westerns: youtu.be/YvweiAOYAQA?si=o75EXnGMO96fy4TyLouise goes to Arrakis - Friday ReadsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-06-07 | #booktube #fridayreads Dune in June, June on the Range I talk about the books I'm reading, and read a poem called "Song" by Louise Glück. Does it help to know the news at the time of the poem's creation? Does the poem stand on its own without knowing?
Books mentioned: Dune by Frank Herbert Man, Fuck this House by Brian Asman Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey Yondering by Louis L'Amour Off the Mangrove Coast by Lous L'Amour Winter Recipes from the Collective by Louise Glück Eleanor of Aquitaine by Marion Meade
This is an original tag created by Tristan @Tristan-L-Space-Books @Tristan-L-Space-Books I was tagged by Pat @BookChatWithPat8668
There are only two prompts:
1.)What is a book that reminds you of or takes place in each place that you've lived? This could mean country, state/province, city/town, and or apartment/house. Just come up with a book that really resonates with you and the time you spent in each place where you've had a mailing address!
2.) Since a roadmap not only shows you where you've been, but also where you're going, what is a book that reminds you of or takes place in your next destination? Or a place you'd like to live in?
Books Mentioned: Queens New York: Dick and Jane Long Island New York: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole New York, NY: A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor Seattle, WA: Where I'm Calling From by Raymond Carver Long Island City: Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson Jersey City, NJ: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank by Thad Carhart Central Virginia: Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington Providence, RI: Fargo, Rock City by Chuck Klosterman Pinnacle, NC: The Human Stain by Philip Roth Berea, KY: Through Another Lens: My Years with Edward Weston by Charis Wilson Ararat, NC: The Gods Drink Whiskey by Stephen T. Asma Jackson, MS: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier Winston-Salem, NC: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston Pittsburgh, PA: Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
I tag: @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @LiterateTexan @EveningReader @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xkMay reads/June TBRQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-05-31 | #booktube #fridayreads I discuss some reading from May including:
Stories of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe Carrie by Stephen King The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Man, Fuck this House by Brian Asman "Laying Down a Wine Cellar" (1937) by Evelyn Waugh The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane True Grit by Charles Portis
Books for June Dune by Frank Herbert Levels of the Game by John McPhee Eleanor of Aquitaine by Marion Meade
Other books mentioned: The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick In Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustOne Book to Satisfy All Prompts?: Friday ReadsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-05-24 | #booktube #fridayreads
I talk about the books I've read this week. Is a movie ever better than the book? Can you answer all prompts with a single book? I recommend the movie "American Fiction."
Books mentioned: The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Carrie by Stephen King Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane True Grit by Charles Portis
Channels mentioned: @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk @anotherbibliophilereads @heathereads @noteworthyfictionI do the Isaac Newton TagQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-05-21 | This is an original tag, The Sir Isaac Newton Tag, created by @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668 These are the prompts: 1. Adopted or sent away or abandoned. A book with a character that is adopted, sent away or abandoned 2. Use or measurement of time. A book where time is a crucial element. 3. Test of strength. A book where the character has to pass a test of strength. 4. Character with a dark side or a temper. A book where a character has a dark side or a temper. 5. Quest destroys personal life. A book where the quest is deemed so big the character either chooses to have no personal life or it is destroyed. 6. Questionable Decision. A book where the main character makes a questionable decision. 7. Scale Change. A book with an object or a place that goes through a scale change. 8. Falling or something to do with gravity. A book where something or someone is falling. Or where gravity plays a part. 9. Red Herring/False Trail/Use of codes. A book with a red herring, a false trail or quest or the use of codes. 10. Revenge/Punishment. A book with an element of revenge or punishment. 11. Rise and fall. A book with a rise in status followed by a catastrophic fall. 12. A Genius. Which writer to you is a genius or a book with a character that is a genius. 13. Tag some others. I tag: @aaronfacer @noteworthyfiction @JoeSpivey02 @heathereads @LiteraryHiker @TheBookedEscapePlan @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm
Books Mentioned Twins by Marcy Dermansky The Magic Mountain by Thomas Mann Carrie by Stephen King Henry V by William Shakespeare Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison Wolf in White Van by John Darnielle The Waves by Virginia Woolf "Falling" by James Dickey poetryfoundation.org/poems/42716/falling-56d22155e5c45 "The Gold Bug" and "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe Geek Love by Katherine Dunn Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Books Mentioned: Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe Turn of the Screw by Henry James Carrie by Stephen KingDont you forget about me on Tag TuesdayQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-05-14 | #booktube #tagtuesday
This tag was created by @BookwormAdventureGirl and inspired by @BookishTexan
I think I was tagged by Allen at @bighardbooks770
The Don’t You Forget About Me tag has four prompts:
You decide how many books to share with each prompt. 1. Clean Slates: books you've read that you don't remember anything about. 2. Genie's Lamp: books you wish you could forget. 3. Forgotten Gems: book you think need more love. 4. Forget Me Nots: books you will always remember.
Books mentioned: Daisy Miller by Henry James Red Sorghum by Mo Yan East Goes West by Younghill Kang No-no Boy by John Okada "Funes the Memorious" by Jorge Luis Borges "Death and the Compass" by Jorge Luis Borges
I tag: @JessBookgirlTV @KDbooks @aaronfacerI saw what you did. Friday ReadsQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-05-10 | #booktube #fridayreads I talk about another phrase that I dislike. We also finished two books and started one. Talk about the current Horror Mayhem event (Poe!) and the upcoming Summer of Sport. Is the Washington Post better than the New York Times for a bookish person? I contributed to a Mountain Goats tribute album and you can hear it on Bandcamp at: mountaingoatsshitposting.bandcamp.com/album/heretic-pride-covers
Books mentioned: Within a Budding Grove by Marcel Proust Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe Selected Poems by Randall JarrellThe Library TagQuaint And Curious Volumes2024-05-07 | #booktube #tagtuesday
THE LIBRARY TAG
An Original Tag created by @BookBuds
I was tagged by Pat at @BookChatWithPat8668
A message from @BookBuds :
A new original tag from Book Buds! The Library Tag!! Did you know Book Buds films right next to a library? We had to make this tag! Let’s talk about your library habits! We have questions for BOTH those of you that go to the library AND those of you that don’t! Answer the questions that apply to you.
If you DO go to the library… (answer these) 1. How often do you go to the library? 2. Do you belong to more than one library system? 3. What percent of books you read come from the library? 4. Do you listen to audiobooks or get e-books from the library or are you hooked on Audible or Amazon or something else? 5. Did you go to storytime at the library as a kid? 6. Have you ever borrowed a movie or video game from your library? 7. Have you ever gotten fined for returning books late? If so, how do you feel about that? 8. Do you attend special events, groups or book sales at the library? 9. Have you ever given or taken a book from a little free library, a book box or a book swap? 10. Bonus! Does your librarian know you by name? 11. Tag some friends!
If you DON’T go to the library… (answer these) 1. Why the heck not? 2. Where do you get your books from? 3. Have you ever had a library card or do you have one now? 4. When was the last time you stepped foot in the library? 5. Have you ever gone to an event at your library? 6. Do you have little free libraries or book boxes or book swaps where you live? Show us a picture if you do. 7. Tag some friends!
I tag: @thelefthandedreader6632 @LiterateTexan @bighardbooks770 @saintdonoghue