That Bucket List Tag: One Year Later | Why I Shouldn’t Make TBRs @evastrange

Eva Strange A review of the 'The Mookse and the Gripes' bucket list tag from 2021: What did I read? What do I still want to read? What have I lost interest in? I’m going through my list and make an alternative long-time tbr and a tentative 2023 tbr at the end.

My bucket list video: youtu.be/9X2UePBisPk

~ New Bucket List Authors (and 2023 tbr) ~
1. Cormac McCarthy (The Crossing/The Passenger)
2. Patrick O’Brian (The Fortune of War)
3. Dorothy Dunnett (The Disorderly Knights)
4. Patricia A. McKillip (Alphabet of Thorn)
5. Barry Lopez (Arctic Dreams/About This Life)
6. Guy Gavriel Kay (A Song for Arbonne)
7. Anthony Burgess (Nothing Like The Sun)
8. E.M. Forster (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
9. Dietmar Dath (Neptunation)
10. Hermann Hesse (Steppenwolf)

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updated 1 year ago

That Bucket List Tag: One Year Later | Why I Shouldn’t Make TBRs

Eva Strange 2022-12-29 | A review of the 'The Mookse and the Gripes' bucket list tag from 2021: What did I read? What do I still want to read? What have I lost interest in? I’m going through my list and make an alternative long-time tbr and a tentative 2023 tbr at the end.

My bucket list video: youtu.be/9X2UePBisPk

~ New Bucket List Authors (and 2023 tbr) ~
1. Cormac McCarthy (The Crossing/The Passenger)
2. Patrick O’Brian (The Fortune of War)
3. Dorothy Dunnett (The Disorderly Knights)
4. Patricia A. McKillip (Alphabet of Thorn)
5. Barry Lopez (Arctic Dreams/About This Life)
6. Guy Gavriel Kay (A Song for Arbonne)
7. Anthony Burgess (Nothing Like The Sun)
8. E.M. Forster (Where Angels Fear To Tread)
9. Dietmar Dath (Neptunation)
10. Hermann Hesse (Steppenwolf)

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Books I Read This Summer (feat. The Mountains 🤍💙)

Eva Strange 2024-09-23 | It's been a while! Here's what I've been up to.

~ books in this video ~
King Lear by William Shakespeare
Der kleine Grenzverkehr by Erich Kästner
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
Summer Light, and then comes the Night by Jón Kalman Stefánsson
Minor Detail by Adania Shibli
Hodd by Adam Thorpe
Die Bergwacht by Sophie Zach

~ music ~
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A Summer Week of Book Thrifting In Munich

Eva Strange 2024-08-07 | #booktube #bookhaul #bookvlog

Summer in Munich. Visiting little free libraries and used book shops, online and irl. Making room on my shelves for new acquisitions.

~ music ~
Chillpeach – Spent Times: youtube.com/watch?v=wHTB4MLFSHg&t=0s
Chillpeach – Fly Away: youtube.com/watch?v=7GkmOTNNoI8&t=0s

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Currently Reading – Recently Read || Revisiting Favourite Authors

Eva Strange 2024-07-29 | ~ the books ~
Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum
The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh
Studs and Spurs by various authors
The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip

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Favourite Books Of The Year So Far ❤️‍🔥

Eva Strange 2024-06-30 | I haven't told you about many of the best books I've read so far this year, so here's a list!

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All The Unread German Books On My Shelves || TBR Tours

Eva Strange 2024-06-02 | #booktube #tbr #germanlit

~ the books ~
Dunkelblum by Eva Menasse
Effi Briest by Theodor Fontane
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers (The Sorrows of young Werther) by Wolfgang Goethe
Die neuen Leiden des jungen W. (The new Sorrows of young W.) by Ulrich Plenzdorf
Das Fräulein von Scuderi by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Radetzkymarsch by Joseph Roth
Der Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Die Märchen (Collected Fairy Tales) by Hermann Hesse
Narziss&Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Das Glasperlenspiel (The Glass Bead Game) by Hermann Hesse
Die Hauptstadt (The Capital) by Robert Menasse
Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann
Der Trafikant (The Tobacconist) by Robert Seethaler
Der nasse Fisch (Babylon Berlin 1) by Volker Kutscher
Herkunft (Where You Come From) by Sasa Stanisic
Neptunation by Dietmar Dath
Ein Sommer in Niendorf by Heinz Strunk

Music: Radetzky March by Johann Strauß I., provided by @greenlapseproject4581
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German Book Recs: Five Contemporaries I Don’t Hate

Eva Strange 2024-05-15 | #booktube #bookrecommendations
Reading the novel Dunkelblum by Austrian author Eva Menasse has made me feel generous towards contemporary German literature, so here is a recommendation video.

German classics recs: youtu.be/dXpA0Jz43-4?si=heRhmD27dagzDXBO
German nonfiction recs: youtu.be/-91SpQ4J64s?si=_nhQ8tTK-oDjolUf

no. 0: Dunkelblum by Eva Menasse (currently reading) 1:49
no. 1: Vor dem Fest (Before the Feast) by Sasa Stanisic 5:20
no. 2: Schlafes Bruder (Brother of Sleep) by Robert Schneider 7:40
no. 3: Kassandra by Christa Wolf 10:14
no. 4: Ein fliehendes Pferd (Runaway Horse) by Martin Walser 11:55
no. 5: Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum (The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum) by Heinrich Böll 13:28

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Books, Nature & A City Trip || Reading and Travel Vlog

Eva Strange 2024-04-14 | #readingvlog #booktube

Come with me on long walks along the river Isar, on a trip to the town of Bamberg, to the Alps, and to Balconia (as we say in Germany).

~ time stamps ~
river walks: 0:01
book talk 1:49
bamberg: 4:33
book talk 2: 6:02
mountain hike: 11:08

~ mentioned books ~
The End of the Day by Claire North
Dunkelblum by Eva Menasse
Vor dem Fest (Before the Feast) by Sasa Stanisic

The Voyage of the Basset: clairenorth.com/claire-north-posts/2021/03/24/the-voyage-of-the-basset

Music:
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The Books I’ve Bought This Year | Q1 Book Haul

Eva Strange 2024-04-01 | #bookhaul #booktube

All the (physical) books I’ve bought so far this year that I haven’t read yet.

~ the books ~
The Conservationist by Nadine Gordimer
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Poésies by Arthur Rimbaud
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
GULAG by Anne Applebaum
Das Kunstwerk im Zeitalter seiner technischen Reproduzierbarkeit (The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction) by Walter Benjamin
Die Alpen und wie sie unser Wetter beeinflussen by Sven Plöger and Rolf Schneider
Candide by Voltaire
The Book of Atrix Wolf by Patricia A. McKillip
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

~ by Claire North ~
Touch
The End of the Day
84K
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
The Sudden Appearance of Hope
The Pursuit of William Abbey

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Everything I Read In February

Eva Strange 2024-03-10 | #booktube #readingwrapup

The reading year continues strong and I found a couple of new favourites.

~ books read ~
Relato de un náufrago (The Story of a Ship-Wrecked Sailor) by Gabriel García Márquez
Wolfbrother by Michele Paver
A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda
The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
Die Wittelsbacher by Hans-Michael Körner
Conte bleu (et autres) by Marguerite Yourcenar
Somebody Killed His Editor by Josh Lanyon
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Tu sueño imperios han sido (You Dreamed of Empires) by Álvaro Enrigue

Reading Two 100yo Books video: youtu.be/OXkDjGRYDZ8

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February Best Of Paper & Trails || Reading And Hiking Highlights

Eva Strange 2024-02-26 | #booktube

my hiking and reading highlights of the month 💚🌱

~ music ~
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"Winter Chimes" by Kevin MacLeod; license: CC BY 3.0 (http://goo.gl/BlcHZR) – youtube.com/watch?v=4Euk1WZxtdA

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I Read Two 100-Year-Old Books

Eva Strange 2024-02-19 | Want to skip the intro? 00:58
I read The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany and A Passage to India by E.M. Forster, both of which are turning 100 this year, and I gave them a total of six stars.

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My Author TBR Project || 2024 Update

Eva Strange 2024-02-11 | My updated list of now eleven authors whose entire oeuvre I mean to read over the course of the rest of my life, and a quick run-down of what I've read by them so far.

~ my author bucket list ~
Cormac McCarthy
Patrick O’Brian
Dorothy Dunnett
Patricia A. Mc Killip
Guy Gavriel Kay
E.M. Forster
Dietmar Dath
Hermann Hesse
Claire North
Vladimir Nabokov
Gabriel García Márquez

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What I Read In January || Finding A New Favourite

Eva Strange 2024-02-05 | A solid start to the reading year.

~ books and time stamps ~
Das geheime Leben der Bäume (The Hidden Life of Trees) by Peter Wohlleben 01:31
Corpus delicti (The Method) by Juli Zeh 07:24
A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham (The Long Price Quartet 2) 14:08
To Blackfyre Keep by Anthony Ryan (The Seven Swords 4) 19:27
Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock 22:28
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson 24:10
This Rough Magic by Josh Lanyon 27:07
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North 28:26

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A Little Bookish Chat || Talking Reading Experiences & Resolutions

Eva Strange 2024-01-28 | Just a short little chat that I filmed on an old phone, hence the poor audio quality – sorry!

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Winter in Bavaria & Currently Reading || January Update

Eva Strange 2024-01-14 | Currently Reading starts at 06:17

~ books ~
Das geheime Leben der Bäume (The Hidden Life of Trees) by Peter Wohlleben
A Betrayal in Winter by Daniel Abraham (The Long Price Quartet 2)
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North
Blood of Tyrants by Naomi Novik (Temeraire 8)

Music: "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada
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Rambly Book Haul || Fantasy, Classics, All The Dystopias!

Eva Strange 2024-01-06 | I bought myself some books for the holidays.

~ the books ~
The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold
Blue Moon Rising by Simon R. Green
Notes from the Burning Age by Claire North
Corpus delicti (The Method) by Juli Zeh
Ice by Anna Kavan
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Winter Spirits by various authors
How Do You Live? by Genzaburo Yoshino (transl. Bruno Navasky)
Das geheime Leben der Bäume (The Hidden Life of Trees) by Peter Wohlleben
Whoever Fights Monsters by Rob Ressler and Tom Shachtman

Check out @ingerlouise

Video about old favourites that probably won't hold up: youtu.be/3leyN9QwLo4?si=RmduKjSaLhxMRvbe

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My Top 10(ish) Best Books Of 2023 || All The Genres

Eva Strange 2024-01-01 | It's the most wonderful time of the booktube year!

~ further watching ~
Review of Plutoshine: youtu.be/46fdCqsRqFg?si=n_8rT6BW2EOR8l1r
Wrap-ups with reviews: youtu.be/0l0pfUmTPxQ?si=1CRhoivaUv30dygW
youtu.be/BOCwO0eVq50?si=U8xfAUKNo9n83f7C

~ honourable mentions ~
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett
A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick

~ my top nine ~
In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon
Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon
Green Tea and Pink Apples by R. Cooper
Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov
A Pilgrimage of Swords by Anthony Ryan
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
The House of Doors by Tan Twang Eng
Grendel by John Gardner

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Books & Travel || End-Of-Year Reading Vlog

Eva Strange 2023-12-31 | #booktube #readingvlog

~ in this vlog ~
Introduction | The Winter Spirits: 00:01
Lazy Christmas Day 02:57
Trip to Salzburg 05:20
1st reading update 06:54
Trip to Zugspitze 17:16
2nd reading update 19:44

~ books read ~
The Winter Spirits by various authors
Winter Warmers by various authors
How Do You Live by Genzaburo Yoshino (transl. by Bruno Navasky)
The Tower at the Edge of the World by Victoria Goddard
In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
Luka Meer. Four Short Stories by Gregory Ashe

~ music ~
"Reaching The Sky" and "Wintersong" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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My Reading Year 2023 || feat. Bucket List Progress

Eva Strange 2023-12-25 | ~ chapters ~

The Year of Frech Literature: 04:00

The Quest Epic Fantasy: 06:08

The Year of Lanyon: 09:50

The Bucket List Progress: 11:47

Bucket List video: youtu.be/jh6RSzlbzq4?si=hAYgHZPXJemapDsQ

~ mentioned books ~
L’Etranger by Albert Camus
Un repas en hiver by Hubert Mingarelli

Carmen by Prosper Merimée

Les fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire

The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham

A Pilgrimage of Swords by Anthony Ryan (The Seven Swords #1)
A Case of Christmas by Josh Lanyon
The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon

The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy

The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian

The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett (Lymond Chronicles #3)
In the Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
Winter Counts by Barry Lopez

A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
Nothing Like The Sun by Anthony Burgess
A Dead Man in Deptford by Anthony Burgess

Music:
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🎅 Free MM Holiday Romance Rec: He’s Behind You by Clare London

Eva Strange 2023-12-10 | This funny and sweet second-chance, small-town holiday romance is a great little Christmas treat for a lazy advent sunday afternoon.

Link to Clare London freebies:
books.bookfunnel.com/clarelondonfreebies/trmgojrtus
(But also available on the Big A.)

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Reporting Back For (Reading) Duty || ⛄️ Currently Reading & Recent Reads

Eva Strange 2023-12-03 | I'm back with a ton of books: recently read, currently reading, and tbr.

~ books in this video ~
The Book of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
The Gulag Archipelago by Alexandre Solzhenitsyn
Die Zauberflöte by Jan Assmann (The Magic Flute; not translated into English)
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons #1)
A Shadow in Summer by Daniel Abraham (The Long Price Quartet #1)
The Engineer Trilogy by K.J. Parker
In The Forests of Serre by Patricia A. McKillip
The Bards of Bone Plane by Patricia A. McKillip
He's Behind You by Clare London
A Case of Christmas by Josh Lanyon
The Dickens With Love by Josh Lanyon
The Mermaid Murders by Josh Lanyon

Music: "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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August’s Most Frustrating Read: Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick [review]

Eva Strange 2023-09-06 | We could have had it a-a-all! 🌟❄️🖖

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⭐️ Recent Reading Highlights ⭐️ || Historical, Fantasy, Classics, Award Winners

Eva Strange 2023-08-06 | Here are my reading highlights since the last time I filmed a wrap-up, which was for the months of March and April. Romance novels/novellas, poetry and non-fiction will get their own videos towards the end of the year -- which is terrifying close, isn't it??!!

~ mentioned books ~
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett (Lymond Chronicles #3)
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons (A Chorus of Dragons #1)

Tan Twan Eng recommendation video: youtu.be/miOZEDKWKNs

~ discarded lowlights ~
Double Fault by Lionel Shriver
The Things They Carried by Tim O‘Brien
Fence by Sarah Rees Brennan
Murder at Pirate’s Cove by Josh Lanyon
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Dry by Jane Harper
Nothing Like The Sun by Anthony Burgess

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Random Recommendations: Gold by Chris Cleave

Eva Strange 2023-07-17 | Exorcising a bad reading experience with a recommendation of a great book: Gold by Chris Cleave, a drama set in the context of professional track cycling.

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Best&Worst Books Of 2023 So Far || The Midyear Book Freak-Out Tag!

Eva Strange 2023-07-08 | Trashing your favourite books since 2018!
The reading year 2023 has been quite the test of my patience, ngl.

~ the questions ~
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. Book that made you cry.
8. Book that made you happy.
9. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you)
10. Newest favourite character.
11. Newest fictional crush.
12. Best book to movie adaptation.
13. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
14. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?

~ books metioned (shuffled for the sake of suspense) ~
Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett
The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
Witch King by Martha Wells
Der Sandmann by E.T.A. Hoffmann
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Grendel by John Gardner
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Puzzle For Two by Josh Lanyon
The King's Man by Anyta Sunday
Romeo and Juliet & A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

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Paper & Trails || A Little Weekend Vlog

Eva Strange 2023-07-01 | Cosy Reading Night on the balcony & a bright hot day in the Austrian Alps.

~ books in this vlog ~
L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
In the Heart of Hidden Things by Kit Whitfield
Red Dirt Heart 3 by N.R. Walker

Music: "Reaching The Sky" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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Summer Reading Recommendations & TBR 🌻🌊🐚

Eva Strange 2023-06-20 | Recommending a few books with summer vibes: books that are set in a warm climate and in which the story takes place outside lots of the time.

~ recommendations ~
The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip
The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps by Kai Ashante Wilson
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James
Pompeii by Robert Harris
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
Red Dirt Heart by N.R. Walker

~ TBR/POP ~
The Dry by Jane Harper
Red Dirt Road by S.R. White
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu by Tom Lin
The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Deeplight by Francis Hardinge
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn

The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps: youtu.be/yAR33NRGGT0

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Currently Reading & Soon To Be Reading (June TBR)

Eva Strange 2023-06-03 | The books I – definitely without question – am going to read in June, and three four that I'm already reading: a highly anticipated new release, an epic fantasy I've been on the fence about, a poetry collection, and a Mexican modern classic.

~ books mentioned ~
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
What I Stand For Is What I Stand On by Wendell Berry
The Ruin of Kings by Jenn Lyons
Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Where Angels Fear To Tread by E.M. Forster
Summers at Castle Auburn by Sharon Shinn
Silence by Shusaku Endo
The New Life by Tom Crewe
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson
Empire of the Sun by J.G. Ballard
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
L’Étranger (The Stranger) by Albert Camus

Audrey’s Channel: @ChapterandConverse

The hosts of A Game of Tomes:
@CarolynMarieReads
@emmiereads

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Recent Reads || Books from March and April

Eva Strange 2023-05-22 | or: the most lamentable comedy of how I switched from a wide-angle lense to a standard one and forgot all about the implications…

~ books in this video ~
West by Carys Davies
The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey/Maturin #6)
The Reckoning by Edith Wharton
Der Lateinschüler by Hermann Hesse
The Winter Players by Tanith Lee
Companions on the Road by Tanith Lee
Grendel by John Gardner
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

Recommendation video of The Winter Players: youtu.be/3uURc_Jp_a4

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A Long Lazy Weekend | Reading Vlog 📚

Eva Strange 2023-05-04 | A long, mostly sunny, reading weekend with some successes and some disappointments. Also, snail content.

~ books read ~
How High We Go In The Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
The Reckoning&Mrs Manstey’s View by Edith Wharton
Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands by Ivan Turgenev
Les fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire
In A Dark Wood&The Parting Glass by Josh Lanyon

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Five Books About Man In Nature | 🌿 +A Little Spring Vlog 🌸

Eva Strange 2023-04-18 | book recs start at 02:24

~ the books ~
Icefields by Thomas Wharton
The Return of John Macnab by Andrew Greig
Winter Count by Barry Lopez
The Lost Man by Jane Harper
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley (in-depth review: youtu.be/cSFwyqhbhDo)

Music: "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Its A Tag! | The Song Tag

Eva Strange 2023-04-04 | doing the (Books and) Song Tag seen on @thegrimmreader3649

Questions:
1) Name a song that always makes you happy
2) Name a song that's a great fit for when you're in a pensive mood
3) Name a song that changed your taste in music
4) Name a recent song that you've just discovered and loved
5) Name 3 bands or artists that you love
6) What instrument would you like to be able to play?
7) Name a fiction book with music at the center of the narrative
8) Literature in Music – List some of your favourite songs that refer to or quote books

~ Some Songs ~
Rufus Wainwright, 11:11: youtube.com/watch?v=rdoMiZZi0AM
Rufus Wainright, The Art Teacher: youtube.com/watch?v=Zr9NMQx0VzM
Nightwish, Know Why The Nightingale Sings: youtube.com/watch?v=k-ICpEnhhXY
Nightwish, Elvenpath: youtube.com/watch?v=R-ayI-LKqWE
Nightwish, Ocean Soul: youtube.com/watch?v=VYu2EnCG2Ww
Jakub Józef Orlinski singing Vedrò con mio diletto: youtube.com/watch?v=yF4YXv6ZIuE
Joanna Newsom, Waltz of the 101st Lightborne: youtu.be/MiR0M4BrRW0
Joanna Newsom, This Side of the Blue: youtu.be/iB23K9tT1JU
Dropkick Murphys, The Legend of Finn McCumhail: youtu.be/dbAo7qL1Akc
Dropkick Murphys, (F)lannigan's Ball: youtu.be/gkp454M9yzU
Flogging Molly, The Kilburn Highroad: youtu.be/17IsfhAY_E0
Flogging Molly, Punch Drunk Grinning Soul: youtu.be/1yf9cW6RK6A?t=55
Blind Guardian, The Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns): youtube.com/watch?v=6EyNjmspx64
Blind Guardian, When Sorrow Sang: youtube.com/watch?v=eRuDigiA-qY
America, The Last Unicorn (I’M ALIVEEEEEE!): youtu.be/6ACCsbKokHg

recommending Brother of Sleep by Robert Schneider: youtu.be/6XL95RzzpKY

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Recent (or so) Reads & Currently Reading

Eva Strange 2023-03-19 | What have I been reading so far this year and why I didn't tell you about it…

~ books mentioned/shown ~
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood
In Arcadia by Ben Okri
A Hero Of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Snowball in Hell by Josh Lanyon
The New Life by Tom Crewe
West by Carys Davies
What I Stand For Is What I Stand On by Wendell Berry
The Fortune of War by Patrick O’Brian (Aubrey/Maturin #6)
A Rake Of His Own by A.J. Lancaster

Audrey’s Booktrovert Bingo announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=2PSrOKRhdz0

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Best Books Of 2022 || feat. My Reading Year

Eva Strange 2022-12-31 | ~ time stamps ~
thoughts on my reading year: 12:23
my four best reads of the year: 15:17

~ videos of interest ~
Review of Hottie Scotty and Mr Porter: youtu.be/5Tq2kl5zdiU
Wintry Romance Recs: youtu.be/PiN7SLrNaj0
Dead Souls reading vlog: youtu.be/HsJDjtaH7rQ

~ the runners-up ~
Kassandra by Christa Wolf
Im Westen Nichts Neues (All Quiet on the Western Front) by Erich Maria Remarque
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (German transl. by Vera Bischitzky)
The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
Various romance novellas by R. Cooper
The Solstice Cabin by Arden Powell
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater

~ the fab four ~
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov

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8 Lovely M/M Winter And Holiday Romances

Eva Strange 2022-12-04 | These are a few of my favourite things:

Division Bells by Iona Datt Sharma
The Fairy Hounds of York by Arden Powell
The Only Gold by Tamara Allen
Life after Joe by Harper Fox
Holly and Oak (Familiar Spirits 2) by R. Cooper
A Wealth of Unsaid Words by R. Cooper
Not Over Yet by Barbara Ellsborg
The Douglas Fir by Anyta Sunday

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❄️ Winter Wonderland TBR ❄️ | Holiday Reads For 2022

Eva Strange 2022-11-15 | Here are 15 books with a wintry setting or a winter holiday theme that I would like to read this midwinter… or the next.

~ Winter Wonderland TBR ~
Icefields by Thomas Wharton
The Enchanted Sonata by Heather Dixon Wallwork
Midnight in Everwood by M.A. Kuzniar
A Toast to the Old Stones by Denzel Meyrick
Ghosts in the Gloaming by Denzel Meyrick
Hogfather by Terry Pratchett
The Snowdonia Killings by Simon McCleave
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Wundersmith by Jessica Townsend
Whiteout by Elyse Springer
The Winter Prince by R. Cooper
Familiar Spirits no. 4 by R. Cooper
Casper Gets His Wish by R. Cooper
Winter Masquerade by Kevin Klehr
Yuletide Treasure by Eliot Grayson
Ethan and Jag Destroy The World by Maz Maddox

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The Best&Worst Reads Of August and September 🔥

Eva Strange 2022-10-12 | The highlights and the lowlights of the last two months of reading: British romcom, Russian classic, and lots in between.

~ read books ~
Husband Material by Alexis Hall
The Fire's Stone by Tanya Huff
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (German transl. by Vera Bischitzky)
Playing the Ace by Tamara Allen

~ other mentioned books ~
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Glitterland by Alexis Hall
Waiting For The Flood by Alexis Hall
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold by John Le Carré
The Road to Silver Plume by Tamara Allen
The Only Gold by Tamara Allen
Whistling in the Dark by Tamara Allen

Reading Vlog of Dead Souls (and more): youtu.be/HsJDjtaH7rQ

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Autumnal Book Rec: Historical Fantasy by Guy Gavriel Kay | Random Recs Series

Eva Strange 2022-10-03 | Notice how I ingeniously timed my filming with the complete disappearance of the light behind heavy rain clouds? Very on point, if I say so myself!

I hope the poor quality won’t turn you off The Last Light of the Sun, which is of impeccable quality itself, I promise.

~ other GGK books mentioned ~
A Song for Arbonne (the Mediaeval France one)
Under Heaven (the China one)
A Brightness Long Ago (Italy)
Tigana (Italy?)
Sailing to Sarantium (Byzantine Empire)
The Lions of Al-Rassan (Iberian Peninsula)

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Books For The Cold And Spooky Season || 🍁 An Autumn TBR 🍁

Eva Strange 2022-09-25 | My "Pool of Possibilities" for the cold months:

The Haunting Season by various authors
Fellside by M.R. Carey
Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
A Skinful Of Shadows by Francis Hardinge
Affinity by Sarah Waters
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
The Moor by William Atkins
Midwinter by John Buchan
Butcher’s Crossing by John Williams
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany
The Queens of Innis Lear by Tessa Gratton
Imajica by Clive Barker
Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive #4)
The Toll House by Carly Reagan
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater (Dreamer Trilogy #3)
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell
Pulling The Wings Off Angels by K.J. Parker

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A Weekend Full Of Books And Big Skies || Reading Vlog 📚🍃

Eva Strange 2022-09-13 | The very unstable weather forced me to stay at home this weekend and get out the warm blankets, light some candles and read a lot of books. Oh, the hardship!

~ the main actors ~
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol (German transl. by Vera Bischitzky)
Fence Vol. 1 by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad
A Tomb with a View by Peter Ross

Music: "Shelter Song" and "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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A Litte Life Update

Eva Strange 2022-09-05 | A change in my work life and a declaration of war on my reading funk. ✨

Music: "Reaching The Sky" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
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Bookish Update: Read, Bought, Currently Reading

Eva Strange 2022-07-31 | mentioned books
Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James (Dar Star #2)
Hullaballoo in the Guava Orchard by Kiran Desai
The Long Call by Ann Cleeves (Two Rivers #1)
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand by Samuel R. Delany
The Leviathan by Rosie Andrews
The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett (Lymond Chronicles #3)
The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian (Aubrey/Maturin #6)
An Awfully Big Adventure by Beryl Bainbridge
The Infinities by John Banville
A Perfect Execution by Tim Binding
Island Madness by Tim Binding
The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville
Hijos del Viento by Jorge Icaza

Music: "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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Great Book Titles, Vol. 2

Eva Strange 2022-07-03 | Two years ago I made a video that showcases some amazingly evocative book titles that made me, or would have made me, buy the book straight away, no questions asked. Here are some more!
original video: youtu.be/5tQ3lnWa1jc

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Its The Midyear Book Freak-Out Tag!

Eva Strange 2022-06-25 | Hey, you! It's been a busy while since we last spoke… Here's me getting back into the groove by doing the good ole midyear book freak-out tag.

Laurane's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCIghjFPGcJ2FTZunZjz2OHQ

Review of my favourite novella by R. Cooper: youtu.be/5Tq2kl5zdiU

The questions/tasks of the tag:
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2022
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2022
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. 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?

~ mentioned books ~
The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett
Queen’s Play by Dorothy Dunnett
Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James (Dark Star Trilogy #2)
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
Greywaren by Maggie Stiefvater (Dreamer Trilogy #3)
Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
The Bell At Sealey Head by Patricia A. McKillip
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge
All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
Light Perpetual by Francis Spufford
The Unicorn Hunt by Dorothy Dunnett
Scaramouche by Gabriel Sabatini
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
Beyond Hellas. Santiago Calatrava in the Glyptothek by Various Authors

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Currently Reading & Currently Doing | Collage

Eva Strange 2022-04-02 | Some impressions from last weekend's hike and a collage of what I'm currently reading.

Music: "Wintersong" and "Tam Lin" by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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Books I Bought Since Moving To Munich (Book Haul)

Eva Strange 2022-03-20 | A month ago I moved to Munich and got rid of all the books that was willing to part with before the big move, the result of which was a lot empty and to-be-filled shelf space…

~ mentioned books ~
King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnet
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
Silence by Shusaku Endo
Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
About This Life by Barry Lopez
The Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault
Winterwood by Patrick McCabe
Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James
Mouth to Mouth by Antoine Wilson
Owls of the Eastern Ice by Jonathan C. Slaght

~ mentioned channels ~
Apocalypse Reading: youtube.com/channel/UC0cAO07OyZZ5TDnm_alUa0w
The Bar and the Bookcase: youtube.com/c/TheBarandtheBookcase

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Random Recommendations: Schlafes Bruder/Brother of Sleep by Robert Schneider

Eva Strange 2022-01-29 | One of my favourite German novels: a beautiful and brutal, and overall highly original, piece of historical fiction.

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December Reading Wrap-Up

Eva Strange 2022-01-12 | The reading year ended on a conciliatory note. Here are the books I read in December, plus one more November read and minus one I completely forget about and will talk about in my next video.
This video also doesn’t mention any of the books from my holiday tbr, because ain’t nobody want to hear about that stuff in the middle of January! If interested, you can read about them in this twitter thread: twitter.com/evastraenge/status/1465074900817821700

~ the remaining books ~
Der letzte Satz by Robert Seethaler
The Perfect Assassin by K.A. Doore
The Fever King by Victoria Lee
Asterix and the Griffin by Jean-Yves Ferri and Didier Conrad
The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia A. McKillip
The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy

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End-Of-Year Book Haul

Eva Strange 2022-01-09 | All the unread physical books that I got since my last book haul in late summer of last year.

~ the books ~
The Binding by Bridget Collins
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Peaces by Helen Oyeyemi
Black Unicorn & Gold Unicorn by Tanith Lee
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
Snow by John Banville
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Sisters by Daisy Johnson
Herkunft (Where We Come From) by Saša Stanišić
The Lymond Chronicles by Dorothy Dunnett (The Game of Kings, Queens’ Play, The Disorderly Knights, Pawn in Frankincense, The Ringed Castle, Checkmate)

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