The Death of Philip Roth mementomori 2018-05-27 | A few short, rambly thoughts about the great, late Philip Roth (1933-2018) RIP! Who was Philip Roth to you?Article Mentioned:Philip Roth's Best Book NYTimes: nytimes.com/2018/05/25/books/philip-roths-best-book.htmlBooks Mentioned (All By Philip Roth): Portnoy's Complaint The Plot Against AmericaAmerican Pastoral Operation Shylock Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Mid-Year Book Tag w/ Memento Mori & Time to Read mementomori 2024-07-07 | Live from the grave... the tradition continues. @timetoread
Live! / Plague Cabal / Mid-Year Check-in With Time to Read mementomori 2021-06-19 | I'll be joined my Stephanie from Time to Read to go over some of the books we have read so far this year! This time with no delay! ;)Stephanie / Time to Read : youtube.com/channel/UCdIj2DwiU-UtuS2Ef-MIIHA
LA Reading Vlog w/ Ursula mementomori 2019-10-21 | Hawaii just missed that fireballL.A. is in flames, it's getting hotKanye West is blond and goneLana Del Rey: youtube.com/watch?v=LrSX_OcpeJgBooks Mentioned:Moby Dick by Herman MelvilleLolita by Vladimir NabokovFilms Referenced:Mulholland Drive, David Lynch (2001)Black Orpheus, Marcel Camus (1959)Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/mementomoriadamGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Choose the Year: 1983 mementomori 2019-08-18 | Original video by Mel's Bookland Adventure: youtube.com/watch?v=ggcX9jX5FmY&t=1sThe books of 1983: goodreads.com/book/popular_by_date/1983Books Mentioned: Pet Cemetery by Stephen KingChristine by Stephen KingCycle of the Werewolf by Stephen KingThe Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain The Witches by Roald DahlThe Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett On a Pale Horse by Piers AnthonyMagicians Gambit / The Belgariad by David EddingsThe Dark Phoenix Saga / X-MenCathedral by Raymond CarverHitchcock by Francois Truffaut The Little Drummer Girl by John le CarreThe River Why by David James DuncanSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/mementomoriadamGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
A Very Mori Reading Vlog mementomori 2019-07-31 | What may be my one and only reading VLOG. Did I do this correctly?Books Finished in July: Arturo's Island, Elsa MoranteThe Killer Inside Me, Jim ThompsonThe Garden Party, Katherine Mansfield Suttree, Cormac McCarthySelf-Help, Lorrie MooreUnder the Net, Iris MurdochFilms Referenced (Visually or Audibly): Funny Games (US Version), Michael HanekeWeekend, Jean-Luc GodardLa Dolce Vita, Federico FelliniÀ Bout De Souffle, Jean-Luc GodardThe 400 Blows, François TruffautBreak the Waves, Lars Von TrierJason and the Argonauts, Don ChaffeySocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/mementomoriadamGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Man Looker at the Booker 2019! mementomori 2019-07-24 | Another year of analyzing the Crankstart Booker Prize! Hate yourself?: thebookerprizes.comMy reaction to the 2018 Man Booker list: youtube.com/watch?v=QAhacXPGMU8My reaction to the 2017 Man Booker list: youtube.com/watch?v=o8vn2qsm7bk&t=1sBooks Mentioned:The Testaments by Margaret AtwoodNight Boat to Tangier by Kevin BarryMy Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan BraithwaiteDucks, Newburyport by Lucy EllmannGirl, Woman, Other by Bernardine EvaristoThe Wall by John LanchesterThe Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah LevyLost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli An Orchestra of Minorities by Chigozie ObiomaLanny by Max PorterQuichotte by Salman Rushdie10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World by Elif ShafakFrankissstein by Jeanette WintersonSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/mementomoriadamGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Object-Oriented 01: Bookshelves mementomori 2019-06-21 | Is this a bookshelf tour?! The first video in an ongoing series I will being doing discussing books as physical objects. First up: Bookshelves! Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/mementomoriadamGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Mid-Year Book Tag 2019 / Memento Mori mementomori 2019-06-13 | Tagged by: Juan / Just Juan Reader - youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1KwThe Questions: 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2019. 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2019.3. 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:Return of the Native by Thomas HardyThe Looking Glass War by John le CarréThe Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le CarréMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesDeep River by Karl MarlantesBlack Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon JamesBlack Wings Has My Angel by Elliot ChazeSome Hope by Edward St AubynThe Last Samurai by Helen DewittPop. 1280 by Jim ThompsonFairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated by Yuko Shimizu)The Face of Another by Kōbō AbeVideo Mentioned: 2016 Version: youtube.com/watch?v=wmD6vDi6_ZY2017 Version: youtube.com/watch?v=9KWmMp_kTvs2018 Version: youtube.com/watch?v=zuBHcKrMCuI&t=112sMy Camera Flip for Shawn the Book Maniac's Channel: youtube.com/watch?v=wqPLTBjm2zI&t=20sI Tag:Shawn the Book Maniac: youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXAChien / Recovered Academic: youtube.com/channel/UCePJiUgPnF4Zh4KhE6c3mlQLaura Frey: youtube.com/user/sailtothemoon1Paperbird: youtube.com/channel/UCL8LpidGE2wDNOZCKrfN3zADiDi / Brown Girl Reading: youtube.com/user/frenchiedeeRichard Reads: youtube.com/channel/UCkeXDQkq8KVF_ZzARHDWzuwSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/mementomoriadamGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Memento Mori: Again, But Better mementomori 2019-06-07 | The feed has been looking BLEAK lately so I am here to make it all better... Again.Books Mentioned:Akira by Katsuhiro OtomoMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/mementomoriadamGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Book Postscript 2018 [Original Tag] mementomori 2018-12-15 | Inspired by the Mid-Year Book Tag, a moment to touch base and reflect on some reads you've completed in 2018! Prompts: 1) The longest book you read this year and the book that took you the longest to finish. 2. A book you read in 2018 that was outside of your comfort zone. 3. How many books did you re-read in 2018?4. Favorite re-read of 2018. 5. A book you read for the first time in 2018 that you look forward to re-reading in the future. 6. Favorite single short story or novella that you read in 2018.7. Mass Appeal: A book you liked and would recommend to a wide variety of readers. 8. Specialized Appeal: A book you liked but would be hesitant to recommend to just anyone.9. Reflect on your year as a bookish content creator (goals met, good/bad memories, favorite videos you made, etc).10. Tag some fellow bookish content creators. Tagging a hand full of people but encourage any and all to do this tag!7 Days at Sea: youtube.com/channel/UCzKSaaNNhDgzOVfl0WmaV9AAll D Books: youtube.com/channel/UCIUd11Ux5dXkADUynY-4MCABritta Bohler: youtube.com/channel/UCpQsLKy0bh9hRZ3AWQzG-7gBree Hill: youtube.com/channel/UCVMNI0Lh1yXja-zFVmekr0QBrown Girl Reading: youtube.com/user/frenchiedeeChallenge Thy Shelf: youtube.com/channel/UC3mSY2O7aLwktimEzt-T_lAEarnestly Eston: youtube.com/channel/UCYV5B1jOdZ6-rChfFuKnxeQEric Karl Anderson: youtube.com/channel/UCYOfhQvPzZ7ALqeXa8NleHQGarden Scriptorium: youtube.com/channel/UCw5KxbdlV8N0lDQpvwA6ZwwHierarchy of Reads: youtube.com/channel/UCD-poRZEFm9-3yEI4CwmV7AInsert Literary Pun Here: youtube.com/channel/UCm-7CYD6E97yulCpHJHCI6QJust Juan Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCTWPeF93o9PNjyMDwP0t1KwKathleen Ann: youtube.com/user/pizzoramaLauren and the Books: youtube.com/channel/UCUeIitiPOwLjwnGVeEKOfXALaura Frey: youtube.com/user/sailtothemoon1Matthew Sciarappa: youtube.com/channel/UCb7srjyBRVjcGpf2LJS7pQQMel's Bookland Adventure: youtube.com/channel/UCpyooWkAk5PyjfY-ksJtv5gMichael Reads: youtube.com/channel/UCRb4fUCn9XGeAwS5NYy5ecQPeg the Book Prize Addict: youtube.com/channel/UCC4vmxzO656Ih85zOhO0abQThe Perks of Books: youtube.com/user/ThePerksOfBooksPaperbird: youtube.com/channel/UCL8LpidGE2wDNOZCKrfN3zAThe Poptimist: youtube.com/channel/UC81-3TLRCZnJDg-x8mG-xZARecovered Academic: youtube.com/channel/UCePJiUgPnF4Zh4KhE6c3mlQShawn the Book Maniac: youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXASilje: youtube.com/user/siljeblomst1Six Minutes for Me: youtube.com/user/jaclynlindsaysmithSteve Donoghue: youtube.com/user/saintdonoghueStoryGlyph: youtube.com/channel/UCVNGqxVEbm5ua1h-o7_A_zwThat's What She Read: youtube.com/channel/UCI6b5KyxVclQZUrGpeYJvDATime to Read: youtube.com/channel/UCdIj2DwiU-UtuS2Ef-MIIHATootight Lautrec: youtube.com/channel/UC-taaEAgvYTL87ZN3LOSaoATotally Pretentious: youtube.com/channel/UCUboZP1VriVO2aYVBexY5rwVix Jenson: youtube.com/channel/UCfPMRlAXBCjniN-OuhhUXQQWhat Kamil Reads: youtube.com/user/coveredinboooksVideo Mentioned: 2018 Mid-Year Tag: youtube.com/watch?v=zuBHcKrMCuI&t=28sMemento Memo 01: youtube.com/watch?v=5ejSdoD4mSkMemento Memo 02: youtube.com/watch?v=biA0reEk-xI&t=34sMemento Memo 03: youtube.com/watch?v=AOtklZcjdDE&t=29sMemento Memo 04: youtube.com/watch?v=sKddofbAAXcThe Death of Philip Roth: youtube.com/watch?v=jgLXsxVjBsw&t=44sFeminist Goosebumps with Ursula: youtube.com/watch?v=K2gwNx-N8wA&t=42sSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
#AMREADING / 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die mementomori 2018-11-21 | A quick look at 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die by James Mustich. #MMBook2FilmClub Intro Video: youtube.com/watch?v=qDD97qyJhug&t=749sSocial Network: Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdam Instagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Memento Memo 04: A Fool in the Forest mementomori 2018-10-28 | ** Headphones recommended **Books Mentioned:The Inferno by Dante AlighieriAs You Like it by William Shakespeare//A Tree at My Window by Robert Frost:Tree at my window, window tree,My sash is lowered when night comes on;But let there never be curtain drawnBetween you and me.Vague dream head lifted out of the ground,And thing next most diffuse to cloud,Not all your light tongues talking aloudCould be profound.But tree, I have seen you taken and tossed,And if you have seen me when I slept,You have seen me when I was taken and sweptAnd all but lost.That day she put our heads together,Fate had her imagination about her,Your head so much concerned with outer,Mine with inner, weather.\\-------------------------Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alifelessbo...Goodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Feminist Goosebumps with Ursula mementomori 2018-09-03 | ** My video for the #MMBook2FilmClub is late! Sorry for the delay as I have been on a late summer vacation through Nevada and California. I will post a video about THE LORD OF THE FLIES this next week as I return home.... Until then, catch up with me and Ursula as we work through a few books off her shelf. Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Memento Memo 03: Paws-itivity mementomori 2018-08-19 | ** Headphones recommended **“To a Cat,” a poem by Jorge Luis Borges—Mirrors are not more silentnor the creeping dawn more secretive;in the moonlight, you are that pantherwe catch sight of from afar.By the inexplicable workings of a divine law,we look for you in vain;More remote, even, than the Ganges or the setting sun,yours is the solitude, yours the secret.Your haunch allows the lingeringcaress of my hand. You have accepted,since that long forgotten past,the love of the distrustful hand.You belong to another time. You are lordof a place bounded like a dr-------------------------Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Bouquet Books and the Modern Decline of Book Design mementomori 2018-08-11 | Read the Vanity Fair Article Here: vanityfair.com/style/2018/08/flower-print-bouquet-books-publishing-rodrigo-corral-raf-simonsChannel Mentioned:Infinite Text: youtube.com/channel/UCrRKHixMHuf9pcon27j3wlQ?view_as=subscriberVideos Mentioned:Man Looker at the Man Booker 2018: youtube.com/watch?v=QAhacXPGMU8Brian Eno, Music for Airports: youtube.com/watch?v=vNwYtllyt3Q&t=1190sSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
#AMREADING / Lord of the Kittens ! mementomori 2018-08-05 | The shirt I am wearing in this video is filled with HOLES which came with the shirt (FASHION!) -- Not a result of a kitten attack. Don't get PETA on me. :DVideos Mentioned:#MMBook2FilmClub Intro: youtube.com/watch?v=qDD97qyJhug&t=1sBooks Mentioned:Lord of The Flies by William GoldingHowards End by E.M. Forster Bad News by Edward St AubynOn Beauty by Zadie SmithThe Children of Men by P.D. JamesRobinson by Muriel SparkElmet by Fiona AppleBad Boy by Jim ThompsonThe Getaway by Jim ThompsonThe Apprenticeship of Duddy Dravitz by Mordecai RichlerBarney's Version by Mordecai RichlerSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Man Looker at the Man Booker 2018! mementomori 2018-07-25 | Super bored?: themanbookerprize.comWatch my reaction to last years Booker list: youtube.com/watch?v=o8vn2qsm7bk&t=66sBooks Mentioned: Snap, Belinda BauerMilkman, Anna Burns Sabrina, Nick DrnasoWashington Black, Esi EdugyanIn Our Mad And Furious City, Guy Gunaratne Everything Under, Daisy JohnsonThe Mars Room, Rachel Kushner The Water Cure, Sophie MackintoshWarlight, Michael Ondaatje The Overstory, Richard Powers The Long Take, Robin Robertson Normal People, Sally RooneyFrom A Low And Quiet Sea , Donal RyanSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Memento Memo 02: Summer Season mementomori 2018-07-22 | I saw a meme on Twitter last week that said: "It's a shame they canceled Vivaldi after only four seasons" -- I laughed-out-loudSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
The Death of the Book Haul mementomori 2018-07-15 | Books Mentioned: The Living by Annie DillardThe Overstory by Richard PowersBarkskins by Annie ProulxThe Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari Kawabata Thousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata Collected Stories by William FaulknerThe Complete Plays by Christopher MarloweThe Hainish Cycle by Ursula K. LeGuinThe Shepherd's Hut by Tim WintonMoby Dick by Herman MelvilleSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
#AMREADING / The 21st Century Canon and Readers Who Hate to Read mementomori 2018-07-08 | Happy Summer my friends! Videos Mentioned:#MMBook2FilmClub Introduction Video: youtube.com/watch?v=qDD97qyJhugBooks Mentioned: The Children of Men by P.D. JamesAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Road by Cormac McCarthyGilead by Marilynne RobinsonFilms Mentioned: Children of Men directed by Alfonso CuarónGravity directed by Alfonso CuarónSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Memento Memo 01: An Interlude mementomori 2018-06-24 | I am unable to sit down and record a conventional video this week so we are testing new waters with the MEMENTO MEMO: A visual/audio interlude. Books Mentioned: The Magic Skin by Honoré de BalzacSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Mid-Year Book Tag 2018 / Memento Mori mementomori 2018-06-17 | The Questions: 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2018. 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2018.3. 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?I Tag:Michelle / Challenge Thy Shelf: youtube.com/channel/UC3mSY2O7aLwktimEzt-T_lATiffany / Hierarchy of Reads youtube.com/channel/UCD-poRZEFm9-3yEI4CwmV7ABruno: youtube.com/channel/UCxQhRgleWmQQICWoa7WL1XQJes / Garden Scriptorium: youtube.com/channel/UCw5KxbdlV8N0lDQpvwA6ZwwShawn the Book Maniac: youtube.com/channel/UCXFFuV_loS97oL-UTCazcXADoris / All D Books: youtube.com/channel/UCIUd11Ux5dXkADUynY-4MCAAND YOU!Books Mentioned:Clockers by Richard PriceBad News by Edward St. AubynThe Sparsholt Affair by Alan HollinghurstThe Passenger by Cormac McCarthyThe Female Persuasion by Meg WolitzerThe Friend by Sigrid NunezWest by Carys DaviesLess by Andrew Sean GreerWe Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol OatesOperation Shylock by Philip RothCat’s Eye by Margaret AtwoodIntruder in the Dust by William FaulknerVideos Mentioned:My 2016 version of this tag: youtube.com/watch?v=wmD6vDi6_ZY&t=15sMy 2017 version of this tag: youtube.com/watch?v=9KWmMp_kTvs&t=2s#MMBook2FilmClub Introduction: youtube.com/watch?v=qDD97qyJhug&t=747sThe Death of Philip Roth: youtube.com/watch?v=jgLXsxVjBsw&t=2s100 Years of Muriel Spark: youtube.com/watch?v=8qkJ3MbywOE&t=114sSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Memento Mori Goes YA! mementomori 2018-06-10 | Young adult (YA) fiction through the lens of Memento Mori!13:29 -- I mistakingly said 'U.S. Speaking countries' instead of 'Non-English speaking countries' ... I am not THAT patriotic. Book Mention:A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadCat's Cradle by Kurt VonnegutDance Dance Dance by Haruki MurakamiThe Baron on the Trees by Italo CalvinoSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Seeing Red / Book Prize Hell as The World Goes On mementomori 2018-04-22 | Seeing red as we talk about book prizes and some Hungarian lit! Books Mentioned:Manhattan Beach by Jennifer EaganThe Mermaid and Mrs Hancock by Imogen Hermes GowarLess by Andrew Sean GreerElmet by Fiona Mozley (or Fiona Apple)The World Goes On by László KrasznahorkaiSatantango by László KrasznahorkaiThe Melancholy of Resistance by László KrasznahorkaiPrizes Mentioned:Pulitzer Prize: http://www.pulitzer.orgWomens Prize for Fiction: womensprizeforfiction.co.ukThe Man Booker International Prize: http://themanbookerprize.com/internationalChannels Mentioned:Britta Böhler: youtube.com/channel/UCpQsLKy0bh9hRZ3AWQzG-7gSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
The Casual Ten Book Tag / Mementomori mementomori 2017-11-08 | The Casual Ten Tag. Pull ten books off your shelf and talk about them!Channels Mentioned:Shawn the Book Maniac (Tag Creator!): youtube.com/watch?v=n6OTI35akOc&t=100sSteve Donoghue (Grab & Gab?): youtube.com/user/saintdonoghueBooks Mentioned:Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman CapoteOther Voices, Other Rooms by Truman CapoteTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLight in August by William FaulknerOuter Dark by Cormac McCarthyLight in the Forest by Conrad RichterThe Awakening Land Trilogy by Conrad RichterLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste NgOn Tyranny by Timothy SnyderBlack Earth by Timothy SnyderSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
#ampope / Cronenberg, American Martyrs, and the Devil! mementomori 2017-11-01 | Happy Halloween! Sign of the Cross. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, the Holy Spirit, AND Memento Mori. Books Mentioned: A Book of American Martyrs by Joyce Carol Oates Faust by Wolfgang Von GoetheDoctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe Films Mentioned:The Brood, Directed by David Cronenberg Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Personal Library 02 / Lawrence Durrell, The Alexandria Quartet mementomori 2017-10-29 | *** Special thanks to Tim Wilmot for the use of his incredible watercolors of Alexandria - Visit him at: http://www.timwilmot.comThe second video in a project where I will be focusing on my all-time favorite reads. Today we are diving into the immersive and lush series, The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell. Books in the quartet include Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive and Clea. The Personal Library Archive: Episode 01 / Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: youtube.com/watch?v=cVIZHbqGQY4 Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
The Egg and I: Story of the Eye and Tampopo mementomori 2017-10-15 | 🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳🍳Books Mentioned: Story of the Eye by George BatailleFilms Mentioned:Tampopo, directed by Juzo ItamiFind more of me and my weird fetishes here:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
#amreading / 16 / Dune, Dragons, and the Future of Memento Mori! mementomori 2017-08-06 | I AM A SCI-FI CHANNEL! Books Mentioned:Dune by Frank HerbertDune Messiah by Frank HerbertThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangChannels Mentioned:Richard / Richardreads: youtube.com/channel/UCkeXDQkq8KVF_ZzARHDWzuwSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alifelessbo...Goodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Man Looker at the Man Booker 2017! mementomori 2017-07-30 | Announcement: I will be pretend-reading ALL 13 books on the Man Booker 2017 longlist!Nap time: http://themanbookerprize.comBooks Mentioned:4 3 2 1 by Paul AusterDays Without End by Sebastian Barry History of Wolves by Emily Fridlund Exit West by Mohsin Hamid Solar Bones by Mike McCormack Reservoir 13 by Jon McGregor Elmet by Fiona Mozley The Ministry Of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie Autumn by Ali Smith Swing Time by Zadie Smith The Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/alifelessbo...Goodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Booktube Newbie Tag 2.0 / MementoMori mementomori 2017-07-16 | Thank you again to everyone for 4k subscribers!Tag Creator:Michael S Deutsch: youtube.com/watch?v=qKM4chb4Rwo&feature=youtu.beTagged By:Steve Donoghue: youtube.com/watch?v=n-i2Ld_mQZA&t=1sI Tag/Shout-Out:Jennifer / Insert Literary Pun Here: youtube.com/channel/UCm-7CYD6E97yulCpHJHCI6QErik / Lonesome Reader: youtube.com/channel/UCYOfhQvPzZ7ALqeXa8NleHQJes / Garden Scriptorium: youtube.com/channel/UCw5KxbdlV8N0lDQpvwA6ZwwRichard / Richard Reads: youtube.com/channel/UCkeXDQkq8KVF_ZzARHDWzuwVideos Mentioned:Anything But Book Tag: youtube.com/watch?v=SWm5gbH-LVQQuestions:1). What genres would you like to see talked about more on BookTube?2). What do you feel is the best way(s) to make friends on BookTube?3). What will/ do you enjoy the most about making BookTube videos?4). What will/do you least look forward to when making BookTube videos?5). What videos other than tags, TBR's, wrap-ups, reviews and recommendations would you want to see more of?6). What are some themes you want to see more of or less of in books?7). What are some of your BookTube goals?8).What advice would you give to a BookTuber that has just created their channel?9). What are some qualities or traits that you look for when it comes to watching other BookTubers?10). What is a fun fact about you or a hobby besides reading and writing that people on BookTube might not know you have?11). Which BookTubers do you tag?Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Book Review: Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami mementomori 2017-06-18 | A review of Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami. Translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goosen, 2017Related Videos: Michael Reads: youtube.com/watch?v=q1xLGUSgFxE&t=519sValereads: youtube.com/watch?v=A_S8Zgdbfp0Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Mid-Year Book Tag / Memento Mori mementomori 2017-06-14 | Tagged By:RichardReads: youtube.com/watch?v=gVX8qKhoAhg&t=6sI Tag:Rachel Louise Atkin: youtube.com/user/rachkinzzMercedes / Mercys Bookish Musing: youtube.com/user/MercysBookishMusingsKate Howe: youtube.com/channel/UCgcjcyByhekqVpU6cKriX5wThe questions: 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2017. 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2017.3. 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.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:The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien Lincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersThe Passanger by Cormac McCarthyThe Refugees by Viet Thanh NguyenA Reader's Manifesto by B.R. MyersValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline SusannThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsThe Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott FitzgeraldWonder WomanPilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard The American Library Collected Novels of William FaulknerThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioVideos Mentioned:My 2016 version of this tag: youtube.com/watch?v=wmD6vDi6_ZY&t=15sPersonal Library 01 / Pilgrim at Tinker Creek: youtube.com/watch?v=cVIZHbqGQY4&t=5sSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Personal Library 01 / Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek mementomori 2017-04-05 | The first in a series of videos briefly discussing some of my all time favorite reads. The first is a true classic of nature writing, The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard. Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
#amreading / 010 / Book Haul & Love Letters mementomori 2017-02-13 | Who's your daddy?!Books Mentioned:Back Roads of California by Earl Thollander Bullet Park by John CheeverThe New York Stories by Edith WhartonThe New York Stories by Henry JamesWalden and Other Writings by Henry David ThoreauIris Murdoch: A Life by Peter J. Conradi Social Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
Book Review: 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez mementomori 2016-09-01 | A quick review of Gabriel García Márquez's classic novel of magical realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude. My edition was translated by Gregory Rabassa.Booktubers Mentioned: Amanda J: youtube.com/channel/UCTTmClH4yNb3dra5kDx3PagSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
3 Minute Review: Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami mementomori 2016-08-03 | A surface level review for a service level novel. The first in a series of 3 minute book reviews. Booktubers Mentioned: Amanda Center: youtube.com/channel/UCWWMESM5FUg-Reb7uxBdkfw/featuredBooks Mentioned: Kafka On the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSocial Network:Email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.comTwitter: twitter.com/MementoMoriAdamInstagram: instagram.com/alifelessboringGoodreads: goodreads.com/adamfrapp
25 Bookish Facts About Me mementomori 2016-05-13 | Youtubers Mentioned: The_Bookchemist: youtube.com/channel/UCWE-DhzTZqCGu_uZmVBOgigWordsofaReader: youtube.com/user/WordsofaReaderContact:email: lastdayofsummer@gmail.cominstagram: alifelessboring
