an enthusiastic readerThis is a book that details the process by which I finally get control of unread books in my Kindle and audiobook archive. Caution: spreadsheets!
Whats Lurking on my Kindle?an enthusiastic reader2023-01-20 | This is a book that details the process by which I finally get control of unread books in my Kindle and audiobook archive. Caution: spreadsheets!
Prompts: 1. Read a book focused on art. (fiction or nonfiction) 2. Experience art. 3. (BONUS) Create art OR tell us about a piece of art you personally find meaningful.
Prompts 1.Who is your favorite phenomenal woman author? 2. What book features your favorite phenomenal woman character? 3. If you were creating a book prize, which book by a phenomenal woman author would you choose?
Books/Authors Mentioned Mary Gaitskill: Veronica; Two Girls, Fat and Thin; Mare; Somebody With a Little Hammer: Essays The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ernest Gaines Accordion Crimes, Annie Proulx
Books Mentioned: Consent: A Memoir, Jill Ciment Margo's Got Money Troubles, Rufi Thorpe The Friday Afternoon Club, A Family Memoir, Griffin Dunne Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Philip Gefter Rereading Elizabeth Strout Novels as a Balm for the Soul Lucy By the Sea Olive, Again
Books Mentioned: Horse, Geraldine Brooks Collected Works, Lydia Sandgren Long Island, Colm Toibin The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro Long Island Compromise, Taffy Brodesser-Akner
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com GoodReads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreader Bluesky: @readersonya.bsky.social Threads: @an.enthusiastic.readerFriday Reads, May 3 2024an enthusiastic reader2024-05-03 | Thanks for watching my wrap-up of recent reads. #percivaleverett #hilarymantel #booktube #fridayreads #kentharuf #paulauster #tanafrench #elizabethjanehoward #wiserthanmepodcast
Books mentioned: The Beautiful Visit, Elizabeth Jane Howard A Change of Climate, Hilary Mantel James, Percival Everett Eventide, Kent Haruf The Book of Illusions, Paul Auster The Searcher, Tana French The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story, ed. John Freeman
Thanks for watching my wrap-up of books from the past couple of weeks.
Books Mentioned: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon Best American Short Stories 2023, ed. Min Jin Lee Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, Ramona Ausubel Snow, John Banville
Best short stories from BASS 2023: The Master Mourner, Benjamin Erlich The Company of Others, Sara Freeman Annunciation, Lauren Groff The Mine, Nathan Harris The Muddle, Sana Krasikov Peking Duck, Ling Ma Supernova, Kosiso Ugwueze It Is What It Is, Azareen Van der Vliet Oloom (my favorite)
Thanks for watching my wrap-up of books from the past couple of weeks.
Books Mentioned: The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride Plainsong, Kent Haruf The Frozen River, Ariel Lawhon Best American Short Stories 2023, ed. Min Jin Lee Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, Ramona Ausubel
Recent Reads No One Goes Alone, Erik Larson The Wren, The Wren, Anne Enright Last Night in Montreal, Emily St. John Mandel
Reading Now Best American Short Stories 2023, ed. Min Jin Lee Friends and Strangers, J. Courtney Sullivan The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, James McBride Plainsong, Kent Haruf
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreader Bluesky: @readersonya.bsky.social Threads: @an.enthusiastic.readerFriday Reads | January 19 2024an enthusiastic reader2024-01-19 | Books I finished: The Feast, Margaret Kennedy The Rachel Incident, Caroline O'Donoghue Faith, Jennifer Haigh Night, Edna O'Brien
Reading now: Best American Short Stories 2023, ed. Min Jin Lee Secrets of Happiness, Joan Silber
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreader Bluesky: @readersonya.bsky.socialBest Books 2023an enthusiastic reader2024-01-01 | These are the best books I read in 2023. At the end of the video, I talk about my 2024 bookish resolutions. Happy New Year!
Correction #1: Tom Lake is set in Michigan, not Maine.
Mini Book Haul Study for Obedience, Sarah Bernstein My Brilliant Friend, graphic novel by Lagani & Cerri (Elena Fernante) A Change of Climate, Hilary Mantel Ghosts, Edith Wharton The Iliad, Homer, Emily Wilson, Translator
Reflections on Remember December #rememberDecember
Old Filth Trilogy (Old Filth, The Man in the Wooden Hat, Last Friends), Jane Gardam Swann, Carol Shields I forgot to talk about: Pardonable Lies, Maisie Dobbs #3, Jacqueline Winspear
What I’m Reading Now The Feast, Margaret Kennedy Night, Edna O’Brien (with Shawn the Book Maniac)
January Plans Best American Short Stories, ed. Min-Jin Lee The Rachel Incident, Caroline O’Donoghue Study for Obedience, Sarah Bernstein My Brilliant Friend, graphic novel by Lagani & Cerri (Elena Fernante)
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreaderRe-Designing Charles Dickens Christmas Storiesan enthusiastic reader2023-12-08 | #booktube #rememberdecember #charlesdickens #achristmascarol
This video is part of the Remember December book challenge. I have reformatted a particular volume of Charles Dickens' Christmas stories. If you would like a complimentary digital version of this adaptation, please send me an email or voxer message and I will provide the download link to the file.
All About Remember December Challenge hosts: @bouquinsbooks @AnnNovella @aaronfacer @CriminOllyBlog @MsReadsAlot @Shellyish @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
How to participate: just reread one book. For those who need guidance, we have some prompts: Reread a book you’ve basically forgotten; Reread a book to find out how you really feel about it (one you disliked but think you may like now or one you regard as a favourite but haven't ever reread to check); Reread a book in a different way (change the format, edition, translation, language, read faster or slower, make it a buddy read…).
How: just reread one book. For those who need guidance, we have some prompts:
Reread a book you’ve basically forgotten.
Reread a book to find out how you really feel about it (one you disliked but think you may like now or one you regard as a favourite but haven't ever reread to check)
Reread a book in a different way (change the format, edition, translation, language, read faster or slower, make it a buddy read…).
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreader Bluesky: @readersonya.bsky.socialFriday Reads | November 17, 2023an enthusiastic reader2023-11-17 | Books mentioned: Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens The Go-Between, LP Hartley The Lager Queen of Minnesota, J. Stradal Ryan Am I Alone Here?: Notes on Living to Read and Reading to Live, Peter Orner Cloistered, My Years as a Nun: Catherine Coldstream
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Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreader Bluesky: @readersonya.bsky.socialRecent Reads | 10/14/2023an enthusiastic reader2023-10-14 | Recent Reads Independent People, Haldor Laxness Grey Bees, Andrey Kurkov In Memoriam, Alice Winn Day, Michael Cunningham Bliss Montage, Ling Ma
Reading Now The Go-Between, LP Hartley Doppleganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World, Naomi Klein Dombey and Son, Charles Dickens The Lager Queen of Minnesota, J. Stradal Ryan
Coming Soon The Fraud, Zadie Smith North Woods, Daniel Mason The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride A New Name, Jon Fosse
UPDATE! I found a video of June Jordan reading her own poem, Poem about My Rights. It's better hearing her read it, anyway. youtube.com/watch?v=XUSTxhYu7-4
1. What has surprised you the most about Booktube both in a good way and in a bad way? 2. How do you balance reading and Booktube with the rest of your life? 3. Have you ever thought about starting a Patreon? 4. Have you made any mistakes on Booktube? 5. Do you have any advice for new Booktubers? 6. What are your thoughts on the Youtube algorithm? 7a. How do you decide what videos to make? 7b. Are you ever overwhelmed with video ideas? 8. Have you regretted posting a video? 9a. Are the number of views/subscribers meaningful to you? 9b. Are the number of views/subscribers a measurement of success? 10. Are you disappointed by the growth on your channel? 11. Have you ever thought about quitting Booktube? 12a. What are the most touching comments? 12b. What are the most negative comments? 13. In regards to Booktube, where do you see yourself in five years?
In this video I talk about two novels I've finished reading, my thoughts on re-reading, a quick jaunt to Rocky Horror via 1982, and forthcoming reading plans.
Books Mentioned: The Romantic, William Boyd Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver Old Filth, Jane Gardam The Stone Diaries, Carol Shields Life After Life, Kate Atkinson Harriet the Spy Jane Eyre These Happy Golden Years A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
I do not accept unsolicited requests for reviews except from publishers on a case by case basis.Midyear Book Freakout Tag 2023an enthusiastic reader2023-07-12 | Origins unknown! #midyearbookfreakouttag #fridayreads #books #booktube #litfic #covidfiction
1. Best book you’ve read so far 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 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?
Recently read: The Animators, Kayla Rae Whitaker I Am Homeless if This is Not My Home, Lorrie Moore Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood, Maureen Ryan Reproduction, Louisa Hall
Reading now: The Romantics, William Boyd The Late Americans, Brandon Taylor The Ashes of London, Andrew Taylor
Coming Up: Life and Fate, Vassily Grossman Demon Copperhead, Barbara Kingsolver
Books I’ve recently read: Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience, and Family Secrets, Burkhard Bilger Jamaica Inn, Daphne Du Maurier I Have Some Questions For You, Rebecca Makkai Sisterland, Curtis Sittenfeld Casualties of Peace, Edna O’Brien I is Another: Septology III-V, Jon Fosse
Reading now The Animators, Kayla Rae Whitaker The News From Spain: Seven Variations on a Love Story, Joan Wickersham
Tentative June Plans Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood, Maureen Ryan The Rotter’s Club, Jonathan Coe Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor The Late Americans, Brandon Taylor I Am Homeless if this is Not My Home, Laurie Moore
Pride recommendations: Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl, Carrie Brownstein Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile (highly rec. the audiobook where she sings at the end of each chapter.)
Prompts: 1 A way’s out west: have you ever been to the American West? 2 Dry Gulch - what’s the smallest town you’ve ever visited? How small is your town right now? 3 Where the buffalo roam: have you ever seen an American Bison in person? Or: what’s the largest hoofed animal you’ve ever seen? Or: do you have evidence that you live near coyotes? 4 Ol’ Doc Frye: what’s your history with westerns? Novels? Tv? Movies? 5 Diamond Lil’ at the Rialto saloon: what’s your relationship with alcohol? Ever had a friendship with a bartender? 6 the city slicker from back East: what do you consider the best western you’ve ever read? 7 The man with the badge? Have you ever been in charge of other people? What’s the most authority you’ve ever handled? Would you be good at it? 8 The Tombstone Kid: have you ever fired a gun? Been a gun aficionado? Been shot? 9 It ain’t the bullet that gets you, it’s the fall: How would you ideally like to cash in your chips? 10 Tag some owlhoots!Judging a Book by its Cover Tagan enthusiastic reader2023-05-25 | Judging a Book by its Cover Tag #books #bookdesign #bookcovers #booktube #typography
Prompts: 1. Best Colours 2. Best Typography 3. Best Simple Cover 4. Best End Pages 5. Best Map 6. Best Naked Hardcover 7. Best Back Cover 8. Best Chapter Headers 9. Best Spine 10. Best Drawings 11. Best Cover Bonus: Worst Cover
I tag Kelly @booksimnotreading
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreaderRecent Reads | April 24 2023an enthusiastic reader2023-04-24 | A discussion about books I've recently finished. #books #booktube #fridayreads #recentreads #literature #memoir #poetry
Books mentioned: Corrections in Ink, Keri Blakinger The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Maggie Smith The Forbidden Notebook, Alba de Cespedes, tr. Ann Goldstein Games and Rituals, stories by Katherine Heiny
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreaderRecent Reads, April 5, 2023an enthusiastic reader2023-04-05 | Recent reads What I’ve read recently. #booktube #fridayreads #recentreads #trespasses #peopleapril #books #reading #memoir #novels
Books Mentioned: Indelicacy, Amina Cain Trespasses, Louise Kennedy Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Gamus Corrections in Ink, Keri Blakinger The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen You Could Make This Place Beautiful, Maggie Smith
Best American Short Stories, 2022, ed. Andrew Sean Greer The strongest stories: The Little Woman from the Capital, Yohanca Delgado The Wind, Lauren Groff Detective Dog, Gish Jen *Post, Alice McDermott (my favorite) Bears Among the Living, Kevin Moffett The Meeting, Alix Ohlin The Beyoglu Municipality Wast Management Orchestra, Kenan Orhan Mr. Ashok's Monument, Sanjena Sathian Elephant Seals, Meghan Louise Wagner
Shoutout to my two new favorite channels Angelia @readandre-read Priscilla @EveningReader
#PeopleApril youtu.be/3ubp8p3qAPM Ros at Scallydandlingaboutthebooks2711 Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks #PeopleApril announcement video
Prompts: Name a song that always makes you happy. Name a song that’s a great fit when you’re in a pensive mood. Name the song that changed your taste in music Name a recent song that you’ve just discovered and loved Name three bands or artist that you love What instrument would you like to be able to play? Name a novel with music at the center of the narrative Tag people.
Books Mentioned: Known To Evil, Walter Mosley We're Taking Only What We Need, Stephanie Powell Watts The Color of Water, James McBride Trespasses, Louise Kennedy Best American Short Stories: 2022 Indelicacy, Amina Cain Sarum: The Novel of England, James Rutherford
Watching: The Mandalorian (rewatch) Poker Face (forgot to mention) Survivor Top Chef
Looking forward to: Yellowjackets (S2) Succession (S4 final season)
The Tell Me the Truth tag was created by Shannon's Bookish Musings and Music @ShannonsChannel Here's her original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHGvr...
Prompts: 1. Do your friends/family/coworkers know about your booktube channel? If so, do they watch? 2. When watching booktube videos do you ever speed them up to save time? 3. Do you watch videos from all the booktubers you subscribe to? All of their videos or just some? 4. Do you watch/subscribe to everyone who subscribes to you, or only channels you really want to see? 5. Do you watch/subscribe to book tubers based more on content or personality? 6. Do you listen to booktube videos while doing other things, or do you sit and watch the video? 7. Tag some Booktubers!
email: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.comFriday Reads | 02.03.2023an enthusiastic reader2023-02-03 | What I've read in the past few weeks.
Books Mentioned: The Other Name, Jon Fosse, Tr. Damion Searls Cranford, Elizabeth Gaskell Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami The Levant Trilogy, Olivia Manning August is a Wicked Month, Edna O’Brien Sea of Tranquility, Emily St. John Mandel The Waiting, Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, Tr. Janet Hong
Shawn the Book Maniac @shawnthebookmaniac6275Best Books of 2022an enthusiastic reader2023-01-04 | Best Books of 2022
Backlist and new releases: Here are my favorite reads from last year. Thank you for watching.
Backlist: Jane Austen, A Life, Carol Shields The Balkan Trilogy, Olivia Manning Milkman, Anna Burns The Regeneration Trilogy, Pat Barker
2022 Releases The Sentence, Louise Erdrich Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty Run Towards the Danger, Sarah Polley Elena Knows, Claudia Pineiro The Colony, Audrey Magee Lessons, Ian McEwan Fellowship Point, Alice Elliott Dark Life Without Children, Roddy Doyle The Dickens Boy, Thomas Kenneally Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout
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.
Featured food: Bean burrito smothered in regional green chile Green chile plate Pistachio Orange Peel Chocolate shortbread Gingerbread
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreaderFriday Reads | December 2, 2022an enthusiastic reader2022-12-02 | It's Friday Reads time and in this video I will discuss the most recent books I've read. Thanks for watching!
Books discussed in this video:
Happy-Go-Lucky, David Sedaris The Story of Lucy Gault, William Trevor Corinne, Rebecca Morrow Flight, Lynn Steger Strong Night of the Living Rez: Stories, Morgan Talty Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World, Anthony Doerr
My most-watched video about designing a book of Chekov's short stories: youtu.be/M5zndNlbvow
Contact info: anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com Good Reads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreaderFriday Reads | November 4, 2022an enthusiastic reader2022-11-04 | Catch up with me about all the books I've been reading and want to try to get to before this year is over. Thank you for watching. I'm Sonya and here is today's #fridayreads #nightofthelivingrez #squarehaunting #fourseasonsinrome #odenkirk #oliviamanning #luiselli #booktube #books #booktalk
Currently Reading Night of the Living Rez, Morgan Talty Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars, Francesca Wade Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the World, Anthony Doerr
Recently Read Comedy, Comedy, Comedy, Drama (by) Bob Odenkirk The Balkan Trilogy, Olivia Manning Best Short Stories 2022: The O Henry Prize Winners, Valeria Luiselli (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi, Zikora, about a man who ghosts his pregmant girlfriend.)
Highlights: Face Time, Lorrie Moore, about a family during Covid saying goodbye to their hospitalized father via facetime.
Horse Soup, Vladimir Sorokin, tr. Max Lawton, about the time of the fall of the Soviet Empire when a man is released from a Russian prison camp and develops a fetish for watching a particular woman eat.
An Unlucky Man, Samanta Schweblin, tr. Meagan McDowell, about a family, during a medical emergency and an unforgettable encounter with a stranger.
Rainbows, Joseph O'Neill, about a middle-aged woman who accuses a local boy of inappropriate behavior toward her daughter. The son's family is the woman in question's dry cleaner and there are many implications after the accusation.
Wish List for 2022 The Other Name, Jon Fosse Shrines of Gaiety, Kate Atkinson Corinne, Rebecca Morrow (Who is Rebecca Morrow?) Foster, Claire Keegan Flight, Lyn Steger Strong Desert Star, Renee Ballard #3, Michael Connelly Trespasses, Louise Kennedy
Contact info anenthusiasticreader@icloud.com GoodReads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781 instagram @an.enthusiastic.reader Playing around with Mastodon: @anenthusiasticreader@zirk.usFriday Reads | 9.9.2022an enthusiastic reader2022-09-09 | This is a chatty catch-up video where I discuss books I've read over the last two months. Thank you for watching!
Books mentioned: Lessons, Ian McEwan Fellowship Point, Alice Elliott Dark The Ghost Road, Pat Barker Lucy By the Sea, Elizabeth Strout Newsroom Confidential, Margaret Sullivan
Books Mentioned The Last Picture Show, Larry McMurtry Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen Jane Austen: A Life, Carol Shields Regeneration and The Eye in the Door, Pat Barker Elena Knows, Claudia Piñeiro, tr. Frances Riddle
I am taking a social media break between July 20 and Labor Day. You can contact me via email or voxer anytime.
Books Mentioned: The Morning Star, Karl Ove Knausgård Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell Life After Life, Kate Atkinson Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov Lincoln in the Bardo, George Saunders Pass the Butterworms, Tim Cahill The Book of Strange New Things, Michel Faber The Stand, Stephen King
Prompts: E is for Ernest. What is the importance of being Hemingway? (that wasn't a true prompt, just a little joke) E is for elephant. What is the biggest book you have read this year? E is for English. Who do you consider the greatest English novelist? If English is not your first language, what was the first book you read in English? E is for Elantris. What is your favorite book or series by Brandon Sanderson? E is for experimental. Have you read any experimental books? E is for e-books. Do you prefer physical books or e-books? E is for exploration. What is your favorite travel book? E is for Elene. If you have grandkids, kids, pets etc...beginning with the letter E and you want to show them, this is your opportunity. E is for elf. What is your favorite fantasy creature? E is for extraterrestrial. What is your favorite book about another world (or your favorite planet, real or fictitious)? E is for exodus. What is the most interesting book you have read about an exodus?Midyear Book Freakout Tag, 2022an enthusiastic reader2022-06-16 | #booktube #TAG #midyearbookfreakoutTAG #2022 #books #readers #kateatkinson #elizabethstrout #thomaskeneally #hilarymantel #louiseerdrich #gilead #literature #annaburns
Books Mentioned The Dickens Boy, Thomas Keaneally Payment in Blood, Elizabeth George Lucy by the Sea, Elizabeth Strout The Book of Goose, Yiyun Li Shrines of Gaiety, Kate Atkinson Milkman, Anna Burns The Sentence, Louise Erdrich The Gilead Books, Marilynne Robinson The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel
Prompts: 1. Best book you have read so far this year 2. Best sequel you've read so far this year 3. New release you haven't read yet from this year, but you want to 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2022. 5. Biggest disappointment this year. 6. Biggest surprise this year. 7. Favourite new author. 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character. 10. Book that made you cry this year. 11. Book that made you happy this year. 12. Most beautiful book you've bought or received so far this year. 13. What do you need to read by the end of the year?Friday Reads | May 27, 2022an enthusiastic reader2022-05-27 | This is a FRIDAY READS video where I discuss the books I've read over the last few weeks. The date is May 27, 2022. #booktube #fridayreads #hernandiaz #trust #jenniferegan #candyhouse #mayofthemoderns
Note: I didn't mention the terrible things that happened this week in Texas but I am so sorry and upset. I don't know if we can break out of this. So I didn't talk about it but I'm thinking about it.
Books mentioned: Trust, Hernan Diaz Purple Hibiscus, Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche Life Without Children, Roddy Doyle The Engagement, Georges Simenon The Candy House, Jennifer Egan
Books mentioned: The Liar's Club, Mary Karr Only Happiness Here: In Search of Elizabeth von Arnim, Gabrielle Carey Maise Dobbs, Jacqueline Winspear The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, Dawnie Walton The Dickens Boy, Thomas Keneally The Candy House, Jennifer Egan Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory, Sarah Polley
Booktubers mentioned: @BrittaBohlerFriday Reads April 1 2022an enthusiastic reader2022-04-01 | Friday Reads, April 1, 2022
I have a new microphone and I still don't know how to minimize my wiggling that is picked up on the mic. Sorry! I'll work on it.
Books Mentioned:
Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation / Maud Newton Milkman / Anna Burns The Best American Short Stories, 2022, ed. Jesamyn Ward The Little Stranger/ Sarah Waters The Maid/ Nita Prose A Visit From the Goon Squad/ Jennifer Egan The Candy House/ Jennifer Egan Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage/ Heather Havrilesky The Sea of Tranquility/ Emily St. John Mandel Station Eleven/ Emily St. John Mandel The Liar's Club/ Mary Karr The Dickens Boy/ Thomas Keneally A Family Madness/ Thomas Keneally The Daughters of Mars/ Thomas Keneally
Books Mentioned The Last Thing You Surrender, Leonard Pitts, Jr. The Long Fall, Walter Mosley Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner My Mother, Munchausen's, and Me: A True Story of Betrayal and a Shocking Family Secret, Helen Naylor A True Novel, Minae Mizumura The Love Songs of WEB DuBois, Honoree Fanone Jeffers That They May Face the Rising Sun, John McGahern The Sea, John Banville
Thanks for joining me at AN ENTHUSIASTIC READER for this fun tag. What books/movies have you loved that came out during the year you were born?
The questions:
1) Have you read any books published in the year you were born? - If so, what's your favourite and why? - Do you have any other favourites? - If you haven't read any birth year books, which one do you pledge to read in the next 6 months and why have you chosen it? 2) Have you read any books published in the year you turned 18? - If so, what's your favourite and why? 3) Of the last 10 books you read, how many were published before you were born? - What were they? Did you prefer them to the newer books? 4) What's your favourite movie from your birth year and why? 5) What's your favourite movie from the year you turned 18 and why?
Books and Movies Mentioned The Last Picture Show, Larry McMurtry The Man Who Went Up in Smoke (Martin Beck #2) Maj Sjowall Speak, Memory, V. Nabokov Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann The Crystal World, JG Ballard I've always been curious about JG Ballard's writing. Thinner, Richard Bachman The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns Love Medicine, Louise Erdrich *Hotel du Lac, Anita Brookner The Witches of Eastwick, John Updike Vera, Elizabeth von arnim King of Hearts, set in World War I Who's Afraid of Virginia Woof? Ghostbusters Paris, Texas Amadeus All of Me Purple Rain A Christmas Carol (George C. Scott) Against All Odds (most underwhelming) Choose Me
Twitter @sonya_unrein Voxer @sonya_enthusiasticreader Goodreads: goodreads.com/review/list/1295781-sonya?shelf=2020 Instagram: instagram.com/sonya.unreinFriday Reads plus Tag plus Recommendationsan enthusiastic reader2022-02-04 | Welcome to AN ENTHUSIASTIC READER. Thank you for watching this Friday Reads video. I didn't finish any book I want to talk about so this video includes a tag from @MsReads A lot, some recommendations for Black History Month, and two televisions shows that are making me happy. #booktube #fridayreads #blackhistorymonth #1001ListsTag #Whatssavingmylife
Tag Questions: 1001 Lists - Do you follow any book lists? It can be prize list or a challenge like the Rory Gilmore challenge. 1001 Books - Approximately how many physical books do you currently own? How many e-books? 1001 Books Read - Approximately how many books have you read in your lifetime? Do you keep track? 1001 Arabian Nights - Have you read any stories from the Arabian Nights? Do you have a favorite? If you haven't read it, do you want to? 1001 Flavors - Do you have a favorite food or flavor? 1001 Pages - Have you read a book that is over 1001 pages? Is there one that you recommend and is worth the time? What is the longest book you have read? 1001 Buckets - Do you have a non-bookish bucket list? What is one thing on the list? 1001 Numbers - Do you have a lucky number? Is there a story behind it? 1001 Authors - Do you have a favorite author and/or genre? 1001 Activities - Do you have a favorite outdoor activity?
Books Mentioned The Morning Star, Karl Ove Knausgard The Friend, Sigrid Nunez The Lost Daughter, Elene Ferrante Vera, Elizabeth von Arnim I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home, Jami Attenberg
Books mentioned: Vera, Elizabeth von Arnim The Man Who Loved Children, Christina Stead Eustace and Hilda, LP Hartley This Rough Magic, Mary Stewart A Question of Upbringing, Anthony Powell The Power of the Dog, Thomas Savage The Transit of Venus, Shirley Hazzard Possession, AS Byatt The Copenhagen Trilogy, Tove Ditlevsen The Lost Daughter, Elena Ferrante Home/Jack/Lila, Marilynne Robinson Things I Don't Want to Know, Deborah Levy The Mirror and the Light, Hilary Mantel The Love Songs of WEB DuBois, Honoree Fanonne Jeffers Ancestor Trouble, Maud Newton The Doloriad, Missouri Williams