The Magic Mountain Read Along April 2022 @anotherbibliophilereads

Another Bibliophile Reads Co host: Scallydandling about the books
youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g

Voxer: geemont235

I hope this schedule makes sense. I’m using the Knopf Hardcover from 1995 translated by John E. Woods as my base. I’m going to look for other editions to see if I can add clarity.

There are sections titles in the Chapters or Parts. I'm using those as starting and stopping points. The names will be different depending on translation or the original German.

I’m using the Knopf Hardcover from 1995 translated by John E. Woods as my base. I’m going to look for other editions to see if I can add clarity.

Week 1: April 8, pages 3 to 103. 100 pages.
Arrival
Room 34
In the Restaurant
The Baptismal Bowl/Grandfather in His Two Forms
At the Tienappels’/Hans Castorp’s Moral State
The Shadow of Respectability
Breakfast
Teasing/Viaticum/Interrupted Merriment
Satana
Clarity of Mind
One Word Too Many
But of Course—a Female!
Herr Albin
Satana Makes Shameful Suggestions
A Necessary Purchase
Excursus on the Sense of Time

Week 2: April 15, pages 103 to 222. 119 pages
He Tries Out His Conversational French
Politically Suspect
Hippe
Analysis
Doubts and Considerations
Table Talk Growing Anxiety/Two Grandfathers and a Twilight Boat Ride
The Thermometer
Eternal Soup and Sudden Clarity
“My God, I See It!”

Week 3: April 22, pages 216 to 316. 100 pages
Freedom
Mercury’s Moods
Encyclopedia
Humaniora
Research
Danse Macabre

Week 4: April 29, pages 316 to 417. 101 pages
Walpurgis Night
Changes
Someone Else
The City of God and Evil Deliverance
An Outburst of Temper/Something Very Embarrassing

Week 5: May 6, pages 417 to 531. 114 pages
An Attack Repulsed
Operationes Spirituales
Snow
A Good Soldier

Week 6: May 13, pages 531 to 626. 95 pages
A Stroll by the Shore
Mynheer Peeperkorn
Vingt et Un
Mynheer Peeperkorn (Continued)
Mynheer Peeperkorn (Conclusion)
The Great Stupor

Week 7: May 20, pages 626 to 706. 80 pages
Fullness of Harmony
Highly Questionable
The Great Petulance
The Thunderbolt

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The Magic Mountain Read Along April 2022

Another Bibliophile Reads 2021-12-29 | Co host: Scallydandling about the books
youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0g

Voxer: geemont235

I hope this schedule makes sense. I’m using the Knopf Hardcover from 1995 translated by John E. Woods as my base. I’m going to look for other editions to see if I can add clarity.

There are sections titles in the Chapters or Parts. I'm using those as starting and stopping points. The names will be different depending on translation or the original German.

I’m using the Knopf Hardcover from 1995 translated by John E. Woods as my base. I’m going to look for other editions to see if I can add clarity.

Week 1: April 8, pages 3 to 103. 100 pages.
Arrival
Room 34
In the Restaurant
The Baptismal Bowl/Grandfather in His Two Forms
At the Tienappels’/Hans Castorp’s Moral State
The Shadow of Respectability
Breakfast
Teasing/Viaticum/Interrupted Merriment
Satana
Clarity of Mind
One Word Too Many
But of Course—a Female!
Herr Albin
Satana Makes Shameful Suggestions
A Necessary Purchase
Excursus on the Sense of Time

Week 2: April 15, pages 103 to 222. 119 pages
He Tries Out His Conversational French
Politically Suspect
Hippe
Analysis
Doubts and Considerations
Table Talk Growing Anxiety/Two Grandfathers and a Twilight Boat Ride
The Thermometer
Eternal Soup and Sudden Clarity
“My God, I See It!”

Week 3: April 22, pages 216 to 316. 100 pages
Freedom
Mercury’s Moods
Encyclopedia
Humaniora
Research
Danse Macabre

Week 4: April 29, pages 316 to 417. 101 pages
Walpurgis Night
Changes
Someone Else
The City of God and Evil Deliverance
An Outburst of Temper/Something Very Embarrassing

Week 5: May 6, pages 417 to 531. 114 pages
An Attack Repulsed
Operationes Spirituales
Snow
A Good Soldier

Week 6: May 13, pages 531 to 626. 95 pages
A Stroll by the Shore
Mynheer Peeperkorn
Vingt et Un
Mynheer Peeperkorn (Continued)
Mynheer Peeperkorn (Conclusion)
The Great Stupor

Week 7: May 20, pages 626 to 706. 80 pages
Fullness of Harmony
Highly Questionable
The Great Petulance
The Thunderbolt

Buyer Beware! Boox Go Color 7 Review

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-18 | My take on the Onyx Boox Go Color 7. My focus is mostly on the ereader apps

1. Boox Library
2. Moon + Reader Pro
3. Kobo
4. Kindle
5. Libby

Contact me

Voxer: geemont235
Discord: discord.gg/7htQhJWfJ5
Instagram: instagram.com/another_bibliophile_reads
Email: geemont235 at yahoo dot com

#book
#booxgocolor7
#ereader
#coloreink
#kindle

Announcement: Dr. No Vember 2024

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-17 | This event was created by Mark @BookTimewithElvis

The purpose of Doctor No Vember is to read books about espionage, fction or nonfiction.

Co-Hosts

Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Jim @MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn

Our group read this year is The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad

Get a free ebook here:
standardebooks.org/ebooks/joseph-conrad/the-secret-agent

Contact me

Voxer: geemont235
Discord: discord.gg/7htQhJWfJ5
Instagram: instagram.com/another_bibliophile_reads
Email: geemont235 at yahoo dot com

#drnovember
#espionage
#books
#reading
#booktube

Group Read: Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (December to January)

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-16 | Join us for a group read of Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon. It will last two months.

The schedule:

7-Dec: Read to page 155
14-Dec: Read to page 317
21-Dec: Read to page 459
26-Dec: Week Off
4-Jan: Read to page 636
11-Jan: Read to page 767
18-Jan: Read to page 930
25-Jan: Read to page 1085

Contact me

Voxer: geemont235
Discord: discord.gg/7htQhJWfJ5
Instagram: instagram.com/another_bibliophile_reads

#thomaspynchon
#books
#reading
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Shannon and Cancel Culture:

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-15 | Allen and Greg have invited Shannon to be our guest host. We will be talking about Cancel Culture.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
Shannon's channel: @ShannonsChannel

12 Worthy Translated Novels I Want to Reread

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-14 | Madame Bovary by Gustave Faubert (1857)
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1879)
The Trial by Franz Kafka (1925)
Steppenwolf by Hermon Hesse (1927)
Nausea by John-Paul Sartre (1938)
The Family of Pascual Duarte by Camilo Jose Cela (1942)
The Plague by Albert Camus (1947)
The Unnamable by Samuel Beckett (1953)
The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector (1965)
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1970)
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (1994)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafron (2001)

00:00 Intro
01:08 Madame Bovary
02:00 The Brothers Karamazov
02:56 The Trial
04:00 Steppenwolf
05:04 Nausea
06:00 The Family of Pascual Duarte
06:39 The Plague
07:50 The Unnamable
08:32 The Passion According to G.H.
09:19 One Hundred Years of Solitude
10:06 The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
10:59 The Shadow of the Wind
12:05 Wrap-Up

#reread
#reading
#books
#booktube

Nonfiction November 2024 TBR: Spies, WWII, Murder, Cats

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-13 | Nonfiction November is the brainchild of Olive from @abookolive
Her 2024 Announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=GNkUAk2Zb4Q&t
Her 2024 Recommendations: youtube.com/watch?v=SlyyrflKKdU&t

My TBR

CODE:
Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare
PATH:
MacArthur's Bloody Butchers: Company G, 163rd Infantry Regiment, in the Pacific War by Brian Bruce @BookishTexan
SHOT
Four Shots in the Night: A True Story of Spies, Murder, and Justice in Northern Ireland by Henry Hemming
JOIN
My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr

Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them) by Jack Posobiec

#nonfictionnovember
#nonfiction
#nonfictionbooks
#books
#reading
#booktube

Announcement: Chekhovember 2024

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-09 | The event was created by James @JamesRuchala

Co-hosts:

Greg @anotherbibliophilereads
Allen @bighardbooks770

The Schedule

Week 1: The Seagull
Week 2: The Cherry Orchard
Week 3: Ward No. 6
Week 4: Gooseberries and The Lady With the Little Dog

Digital books available for free:

Project Gutenberg
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/708

Standardebooks (better formatting)
standardebooks.org/ebooks/anton-chekhov/short-fiction/constance-garnett
“This collection contains all of his short stories and two novellas, all translated by Constance Garnett, and arranged by the date they were originally published.”

LINKS
Voxer: geemont235

#chekhovember
#chekhov
#reading
#books
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: The Mild Rumpus @mildrumpus

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-08 | Allen and Greg have invited The Mild Rumpus to be guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
MR's channel: @mildrumpus

The Book Murderer Tag!

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-08 | THE BOOK MURDERER Tag
Created by Noah @BookWyrm1060
youtube.com/watch?v=OOBTudvMWqM

My favorite version is by Shawn D. Steadfast @ShawnDStandfast
youtube.com/watch?v=oimyELk5WRs

QUESTIONS
1) What are your thoughts on spine breaking
2) Bookmarks or dog-earing pages?
3) Page tearing or ripping?
4) Writing in books
5) Ripping covers & Book Binding
6) Who do you tag?

@jimsbooksreadingandstuff
@M-J
@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn

#tagtuesday
#booktube

12 Great Novels I Want to Reread

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-07 | Call It Sleep by Henry Roth (1934)
The Third Policeman by Flann O’Brien (1939)
Lolita by Valdimir Nabokov (1955)
Stoner by John Williams (1965)
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (1966)
The Unfortunates by B.S. Johnson (1969)
Royal Flash: Flashman No. 2 by George MacDonald Fraser (1970)
Love In the Ruins by Walker Percy (1971)
The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks by Donald Harington (1975)
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving( 1989)
Fathers and Crows by William T. Vollmann (1992)
Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon (2006)

00:00 Intro
02:33 Call It Sleep
03:26 The Third Policeman
04:25 Lolita
06:40 Stoner
07:38 The Fixer
08:25 The Unfortunates
09:50 Royal Flash
11:37 Love In the Ruins
13:27 The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks
15:28 A Prayer for Owen Meany
16:51 Fathers and Crows
20:14 Against the Day
21:42 Wrap Up

#reread
#reading
#books
#booktube

The 70s Horror Project: The Manitou by Graham Masterton (Spoilers)

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-06 | We will be talking about The Manitou by Graham Masterton (1976)

With
@anotherbibliophilereads
@CliffsDarkGems
@LiterateTexan
@M-J

#horrorfiction
#books
#reading
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-01 | Allen and Greg have invited Elisabeth to be our guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
Elisabeth's channel: @bouquinsbooks

Rock On, Rap Songs Book Tag

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-10-01 | Tag created by Nicole's Bookish Nook @NicolesBookishNook
youtube.com/watch?v=JXMh9CC6C-A

QUESTIONS:

1. It's A Hard Knock Life by Jay-Z: A fiction or nonfiction book about an organize, a poor family, or an orphan,

2. Walk This Way by Aerosmith ft. Run DMC: A favorite book of yours that blends genres,

3. Just Lose It by Eminem = A Book that you think is funny or ridiculous (in a bad way),

4. Thunderstruck by AC/DC: A Book that shocked you (in a good or bad way),

5. Welcome to the Jungle by Guns 'n Roses: A book about L.A or a book that takes place in or around L.A,

6. Gimmie Me All Your Lovin' by ZZ Top: Your favorite romance book. Or, if you do not read romance, your favorite couple in any book,

7. Fight for Your Right (To Party) by The Beastie boys: A book centered around a celebration,

8. Firestarter by Prodigy: A book that has "fire" in the title or has an orange/red cover,

9. Humble by Kendrick Lamar: a fiction or nonfiction book that left you stunned at the audacity of the main character or the writer,

10. Tag people!

00:00 Intro
01:21 It's A Hard Knock Life
03:26 Walk This Way
06:03 Just Lose It
08:06 Thunderstruck
09:46 Welcome to the Jungle
11:18 Gimmie Me All Your Lovin
12:18 Fight for Your Right (To Party)
13:19 Firestarter
14:19 Humble
16:47 Tag people

1. Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
2. Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway
3. Dead Inside by Chandler Morrion
4. Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristin Kobes du Mez
5. Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
6. Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
7. Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
8. Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy by Alastair Gee
9. Rising Up and Rising Down by William T. Vollmann
10. Tag People

@BookTimewithElvis , @MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn , @LiterateTexan , @ShawnDStandfast

#tagtuesday
#books
#booktubers

12 Science Fiction Novels I Want to Reread

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-30 | 00:00 Intro
02:28 The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson (1957)
04:03 Solaris by Stanislaw Lem (1961) translated from the Polish by Bill Johnson
06:14 The Blue World by Jack Vance (1966)
07:15 Roadside Picnic Akady and Boris Strugatsky (1972) translated from the Polish by Ocean Bormashenko
08:07 The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg(1972)
09:18 The Mote in God’s Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle (1974)
10:01 Dahlgren by Samuel R. Delany (1975)
11:16 A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (1977)
11:57 Midnight Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker (1977)
13:09 Hyperion by Dan Simmons (1989)
13:48 Diaspora by Greg Egan (1997)
14:50 House of Suns by Alastair Reynolds (2008)
16:00 Wrap Up

#sciencefiction
#reread
#reading
#books
#booktube

Hey! Utah! Leave Those Books Alone!

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-27 | I'm with the Banned Book Group is run by MJ @M-J

Get t-shirt here:
bonfire.com/im-with-the-banned-8

Fable group:
fable.co/club/im-with-the-banned-book-club-with-mj-116745462804?referralID=FF0Hdk4dL1

Utah Bans 13 Books:
kuer.org/education/2024-08-02/these-are-the-13-books-now-banned-statewide-from-utah-schools

I talk about
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Blankets by Craig Thomson
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

#bannedbooks
#24bannedbooks24
#24in24
#reading
#books
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Dave & Olive @BookBlather

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-24 | Allen and Greg have invited Dave and Olive to be our guest hosts.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
Dave and Olive's channel: @BookBlather

A Short Stay In Hell: A Metaphysical Novella

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-18 | A quick review.

A Short Stay in Hell
Steven L. Peck
‎Strange Violin Editions, 2022
108 pages

#MetaphysicalFiction
#HorrorFiction
#americanfiction
#blasepascal
#jorgeluisborges
#reading
#books
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Quaint and Curious Volumes

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-17 | Allen and Greg and invited James from Quaint and Curious Volumes to be our guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
James' channel: @JamesRuchala

A Brattle and Canadian Book Haul From the Atlantic Ocean

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-16 | I went on a week long cruise to New England and Canada. I bought a few books.

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: 12 Stories They Wouldn’t Let Me Do On TV (1957)
More Stories From the Twilight Zone edited by Rod Serling (
Way of a Wanton by Richard S. Prather (1952)
The Wailing Frail by Richard S. Prather (1956)
The Lani People by J.F. Bone (1962)
Monsters In The Fog: Atlantic Canadian Stories by Atlantic Canadian Authors (Available is the USA Print Only) (2023)
Maple Springs by Pierre C. Arseneault (Available in the USA Print and Kindle) (2022)

#bookhaul
#books
#booktube

Whats Better Than Goodreads? An Introduction to LibraryThing

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-09 | Why I think LibraryThing is better than Goodreads for readers tracking books.

Why I Quit Goodreads:
youtube.com/watch?v=iHmAKMhbGpM&t

My library on LibraryThing:
librarything.com/profile/gsm235

#librarything
#goodreads
#booktube

Wrap Up Big Books Summer 2024

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-06 | The Big Books of Summer is run and created by Sue Jackson.
@SueJacksonDE

Check out her video and channel for swag and a giveaway.
youtube.com/watch?v=WA8ZmcRQ6rQ&t

AUDIO
Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2022), 606 pages
King by Jonathan Eig (2023), 841 pages
The Hunter by Tana French (2024), 474 pages
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (1961), 610 pages
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (1966), 500 pages
Eve by Cat Bohannon (2024), 624 pages

DIGITAL
Little Big Man by Thomas Berger (1964), 482 pages
Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling (2023), 533 pages
CriminOlly presents Garbology edited by Troy Tradup (2024), 464 pages
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles (1999), 436 pages

PRINT
Ulysses by James Joyce (1922), 650 pages
Assassin of Gor by John Norman (1970), 407 pages

DNF
Moon Dance by SP Somtow (1989), 710 pages

POSTPONED
The Rifles by William T. Vollmann (1994), 411 pages

#bigbooksummer
#reading
#books
#booktube

Occult Detective October 2024

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-04 | Event created by MJ @M-J

Join us for a month-long celebration of all things supernatural, as we dive into thrilling tales of paranormal investigations, enigmatic mysteries, and the arcane. Whether you're a seasoned investigator of the unknown or a newcomer to the occult, there's something for everyone in this spellbinding event.

THE HOSTS:
@M-J
@anotherbibliophilereads
@LiterateTexan
@MysteryandMayhem-gr7nn
@bighardbooks770
@bookssongsandothermagic
@RaynorReadsStuff
@royreadsanything
@fiberartsyreads
@occultdetective
And others?

THE PROMPTS:
Week 1 - Pre-1960
Week 2 - Post-1960
Week 3 - Diverse Author or Character
Week 4 - Anything Goes!

MY TBR:
1. The Horror on the Links: The Complete Tales of Jules De Grandin, Volume 1 by Seabury Quinn (audio)
2. Fighters of Fear: Occult Detective Stories edited by Mike Ashley (digital)
3. The Wine of Angels by Phil Rickman (digital)
4. Sandman Slim: Sandman Slim, Book 1 by Richard Kadrey (audio)

#occultdetectiveoctober
#horrorstories
#books
#reading
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Randy @LiterateTexan

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-03 | Allen and Greg have invited Rand Ray to be our guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
Randy's channel: @LiterateTexan

Art Book Tour for Framed! in September

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-09-01 | A tour of my art books for the readathon where we invite people to read a book focused on art.

Hosts:
Elisabeth: @bouquinsbooks
Greg: @anotherbibliophilereads
Hannah: @HannahsBooks
Lindy: @lindysmagpiereads
Heather: @heathergregg9975

Announcement Videos:
youtube.com/watch?v=_3oJceCIpBQ&t
youtube.com/watch?v=A9ymucmMVD0
youtube.com/watch?v=NZCdT2kAoj0
youtube.com/watch?v=60v2BB5RgDE&t
youtube.com/watch?v=ps9aPbLw6Hs&t

The prompts:
1) read a book about art (fiction or nonfiction)
2) experience art (live performance or museum/gallery visit)

Bonus prompt: create art or tell us about a work of art that has special meaning to you

Discord
discord.gg/bjaGYkQM

#FramedinSeptember
#artreadathon
#books
#reading
#booktube

Week of the Weird: Round 4, September 15 to 21, 2024

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-31 | Created @JasonsWeirdReads and @fiberartsyreads

Jason's and Crystal's videos
youtube.com/watch?v=WAp3jKBvS3M
youtube.com/watch?v=wKkyK8Ixcig&t

Prompts:
1. Read a cosmic horror story/book
2. Read a weird graphic novel/manga/manhwa/comic/picture book
3. Read a weird book/story by LGBTQIA+ author
4. Read our group story The Weirdest World by R.A. Lafferty which can be found here:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/51774

TBR:
The Private Life of Elder Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky, Adam Gauntlett, Keris McDonald
H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth by Gou Tanabe
Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz by Poppy Z. Brite (William Joseph Martin)

#weekofweird
#weirdfiction
#horrorfiction
#readathons
#books
#reading
#booktube

Shorty September TBR 2024

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-29 | Event created by PaSTORY Time and Too Many Heathers
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers

youtube.com/watch?v=E2FeGRVwHDk
youtube.com/watch?v=6yb6BANMTiU&t

Prompts Sheet PDF:
drive.google.com/file/d/1D5qlF-L7-HkB_y6pGGav7KIEeQPT8WwB/view

PDF to print for cutting out double-sided cards:
drive.google.com/file/d/1D2g59YZotjzFq3MTew5u4HBmcf0IDGRZ/view

PROMPTS

Ripped Shorts: Read a Mystery or Slasher.
Summer Cookout Shorts: Read a book and eat/slash cook something that goes with it.
Leopard Print Shorts: Read a book you've seen someone else reading out in the wild (can be out in public or online).
Half & Half Shorts: Read a book then watch the movie (or the other way round).
Micro (Taylor Swift) Shorts: Read a poetry book or read a book with a break-up in it.
Jorts (jean shorts): Read a book from the 70s or 80s.
Rock Star Shorts: Read a book and pair it with a song or album.
Zip-off Trousers: Read a book with a title that could be shorter.
Paper Bag Shorts: Buy a book and read it! (bonus points for getting a paper bag).
Supermarket 2-Pack Shorts Bundle: Read a non-fiction book that ties in with another of your shorties.
Nu-Metal Bermuda Shorts: Read a book that mixes genres.
Shorts with Pockets: Read a book with something on the cover that would fit in pocket.

MY TBR

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls Before Swine by Kurt Vonnegut, 145 pages (LOA Edition) What Is Art by Leo Tolstoy, 177 pages
The Manitou by Graham Masterton, 216 pages
The Movie Makers by Gary Philips, 56 pages
Bowery by Matthew Vaughn, 66 pages @badrad9226)
Svendborg Poems by Bertolt Brecht, 89 pages
My Death by Lisa Tuttle, 105 pages
A Short Stay In Hell by Steven L. Peck, 110 pages
Bullitt by Robert L. Fish, 136 pages
The Carter of La Providence by Georges Simenon, 152 pages
The Private Life of Elder Things by Adrian Tchaikovsky, 195 pages
A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters, 213 pages
Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, 229 pages
Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway, 236

POSSIBLILITIES:
Black Samuari by Marc Olden, 206 pages
Nova by Samuel R. Delany, 215 pages
Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham, 218 pages

#shortyseptember
#books
#reading
#booktube

Philadelphia Book Haul With Friends

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-28 | MJ's Video: @M-J
youtube.com/watch?v=yrMkhXwxbYo

Hannah's Video@HannahsBooks
youtube.com/watch?v=NjuqE-AsWmw

BOOKSTORES:
Mostly Books
Giovanni's Room
Garland of Letters
Headhouse Books
The Book Trader
Wooden Shoe Books

BOOKS BOUGHT:
The Assistant by Benard Malamud
The Years by Annie Ernaux
Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin by Andre Dubus III
Freedom Road by Howard Fast
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
The Girl With the Deep Blue Eyes by Lawrence Block (2015)
Anarchy: A Graphic Guide by Clifford Harper

The Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl: phillybookstorecrawl.com
The Philadelphia Bookstore Map: phillybookstoremap.com

#philadelphia
#bookhaul
#books
#reading
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Angelia @readandre-read

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-27 | Allen and Greg have invited Angelia to be our guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
Angela's channel: @readandre-read

Here’s the post to MJ's t-shirt if you’d like to check it out.

http://youtube.com/post/Ugkx-JaToLdq_je9NY9Eg3oQ7IfEvS0SzHq0?si=Abhr3O7WCLh0cc64

Misconceptions About Digital Ownership and DRM: A Response

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-23 | I ramble about digital ownership and DRM as a response to ⁠@nonsensefreeeditor
youtube.com/watch?v=8UAMJYx_HrI

Some reference sites:

The Weird Rules Governing What We Download
hbr.org/2015/11/the-weird-rules-governing-what-we-download

The Consequences of a DMCA Violation
legalbeagle.com/8335872-consequences-dmca-violation.html

#drm
#dcma
#digitalrights
#kindle
#amazon
#ebooks
#books
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Brian @BookishTexan

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-20 | Allen and Greg have invited Brian to be our guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
Brian's channel: @BookishTexan

Reading Wrap Up August 17, 2024: Mens Adventure, GarbAugust 3D

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-19 | Hosts:
@CriminOllyBlog Screaming, Creaming Olly (Creator)
@M-J Sleazing This Life
@ObscureBookAdventures Obscene Boob Adventures
@RaynorReadsStuff Raynor Wants it Rough
@anotherbooktubechannel Another Buttplug Canal
@anotherbibliophilereads Another Boobiephile Reads Playboy for the Articles
@fiberartsyreads Fibertarty
@bookboundweirdoBookbound Dildo
@bookssongsandothermagic Boobs, Dongs and Other Magic
@SlimeAndSlashers Slimey Splashers
@royreadsanything Roys Reads Anything (wink)
@thebookishknitter The Bondage Knitter
@michellesmelancholia Michelle's Melons Cholia
@katrinabrown Kaboner Grown
@alex_unabridged Al Licks Under a Bridge
@michaelk.vaughan8617 Michael K Porn
@BookBlather Boob Lather
@kellyhookedonbooks4394 Kelly Hooked on Dino Smut
@TheBookubusThe Boob Anus
@AnnNovella Ann Poubella
@saintdonoghue Steve Done a few

BOOKS:
The Defector by Nick Carter (print)
Nicor! by Peter Tremayne (digital)
The Liquidator by R.L. Brent (print)
Gwen, In Green by Hugh Zachary (digital)

SHORTS:
The Tub by Richard Laymon (digital from Hotter Blood: Tales of Erotic Horror edited by Jeff Gelb and Michael Garrett

IN PROGRESS:
CriminOlly presents Garbology: The GarbAugust Anthology of Awesome Trash edited by Troy Tradup and Olly Clarke

WEEKLY PROMPTS:

1st to 10th August - Anything Goes
11th to 17th August - Category Romance or Men's Adventure
18th to 24th August - Sex and/or Violence
25th to 31st August - A novelization or a book that was turned into a 70s or 80s mini series

BINGO CARD: (you can fulfil the prompts with either a book or a movie)
Modern trash
Host recommendation
Trash in translation
Green on the cover
Nudity on the cover/poster
You wouldn't read/watch on the bus
In 3D - 3D movie or stepback
Killer Kids
Cults
Sexy Vampires
Vigilantes
Moral Panic
Long running series
Killer animals
Conspiracy theory
Pseudonym
More than 2 guns on the cover
Based on a videogame
Gangs
! in the title
Weirdly specific sub-genre
Kinky sex
Drugs
Ninjas/Martial arts
Giallo

#garbaugust
#books
#reading
#booktube

Join the Banned! A Court of Thorns and Roses Group Read

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-14 | There will be a group read of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas organized by MJ @M-J

MJ's Announcement
Let’s Talk About Banned Books in the News
youtube.com/watch?v=xkl9LQ7iuZo

My Voxer: geemont235
My Discord: discord.gg/7htQhJWfJ5

Utah bans 13 books at schools, including popular “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series, under new law
msn.com/en-gb/news/us/utah-bans-13-books-at-schools-including-popular-a-court-of-thorns-and-roses-series-under-new-law/ar-AA1otOBC

It’s official: These 13 books are now banned from all public schools in Utah
msn.com/en-us/news/us/it-s-official-these-13-books-are-now-banned-from-all-public-schools-in-utah/ar-BB1r6NJ3

These books are now banned from all Utah public schools:
“Blankets” by Craig Thompson.
“A Court of Frost and Starlight” by Sarah J. Maas.
“A Court of Mist and Fury” by Sarah J. Maas.
“A Court of Silver Flames” by Sarah J. Maas.
“A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas.
“A Court of Wings and Ruin” by Sarah J. Maas.
“Empire of Storms” by Sarah J. Maas.
“Fallout” by Ellen Hopkins.
“Forever” by Judy Blume.
“Milk and Honey” by Rupi Kaur.
“Oryx & Crake” by Margaret Atwood.
“Tilt” by Ellen Hopkins.
“What Girls Are Made Of” by Elana K. Arnold.

#24BB
#BannedBooks
#Books
#BookTube

SPECIAL TIME: Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Jims Books Reading and Stuff

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-12 | Allen and Greg have invited Jim to be our guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
Jim's channel: @jimsbooksreadingandstuff

GarbAugust 3D: Anything Goes, Part 2

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-12 | Hosts:
@CriminOllyBlog Screaming, Creaming Olly (Creator)
@M-J Sleazing This Life
@ObscureBookAdventures Obscene Boob Adventures
@RaynorReadsStuff Raynor Wants it Rough
@anotherbooktubechannel Another Buttplug Canal
@anotherbibliophilereads Another Boobiephile Reads Playboy for the Articles
@fiberartsyreads Fibertarty
@bookboundweirdoBookbound Dildo
@bookssongsandothermagic Boobs, Dongs and Other Magic
@SlimeAndSlashers Slimey Splashers
@royreadsanything Roys Reads Anything (wink)
@thebookishknitter The Bondage Knitter
@michellesmelancholia Michelle's Melons Cholia
@katrinabrown Kaboner Grown
@alex_unabridged Al Licks Under a Bridge
@michaelk.vaughan8617 Michael K Porn
@BookBlather Boob Lather
@kellyhookedonbooks4394 Kelly Hooked on Dino Smut
@TheBookubusThe Boob Anus
@AnnNovella Ann Poubella
@saintdonoghue Steve Done a few

SHORT STORIES:
Milked On the Ranch by X. Callisto (Digital, Short Story)
Walrus In a Brothel by David Harrington (Digital, Short Story)
Mistress of Snarling Death by Paul Chadwick (Digital, Short Story)
Serving My Master by Elizra Down (Digital, Short Story)
Nocturne by John L. Byrne (Digital, Short Story)
The Avenging Crocodile by Brian O'Brien (Digital, Short Story)
Give Me Back My Arm by Roy Baker (Digital, Short Story)

BOOKS:
Night Killers by Richard Lewis (Print, Novel) (1980)
Children of the Black Sabbath by Anne Hebert (Print, Novel)
Deathworld by Harry Harrison (Digital, Novel)

ANTHOLOGIES:
Monsters Really Do Exist by David B Harrington
Hotter Blood by Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett
THE MEN'S ADVENTURE QUARTERLY #9: DIGITAL REPLICA EDITION CROCK ATTACK!

MEN'S ADVENTURE CHOICES
SOBs: The Barrabas Run by Jack Hild (1983)
The Liquidator by B.L. Brent (1974)
The Black Samurai by Marc Olden (1974)

WEEKLY PROMPTS:

1st to 10th August - Anything Goes
11th to 17th August - Category Romance or Men's Adventure
18th to 24th August - Sex and/or Violence
25th to 31st August - A novelization or a book that was turned into a 70s or 80s mini series

BINGO CARD: (you can fulfil the prompts with either a book or a movie)
Modern trash
Host recommendation
Trash in translation
Green on the cover
Nudity on the cover/poster
You wouldn't read/watch on the bus
In 3D - 3D movie or stepback
Killer Kids
Cults
Sexy Vampires
Vigilantes
Moral Panic
Long running series
Killer animals
Conspiracy theory
Pseudonym
More than 2 guns on the cover
Based on a videogame
Gangs
! in the title
Weirdly specific sub-genre
Kinky sex
Drugs
Ninjas/Martial arts
Giallo

#garbaugust
#books
#reading
#booktube

Vote for the Freedom to Read: A Political Opinion

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-08 | I speak my mind about politics and the need to vote.

#politics #vote #project2025 #kamalaharris #timwalz #harriswalz #bannedbooks
#24BannedBook2024 #24bb

SPECIAL TIME: Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Adam Savage @AdamSavageland

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-06 | Allen and Greg have invited Adam Savage to be our guest host.

Allen's channel:@bighardbooks770
Adam's channel: @AdamSavageland

GarbAugust 3D: Anything Goes, Part 1

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-05 | Hosts:
@CriminOllyBlog Screaming, Creaming Olly (Creator)
@M-J Sleazing This Life
@ObscureBookAdventures Obscene Boob Adventures
@RaynorReadsStuff Raynor Wants it Rough
@anotherbooktubechannel Another Buttplug Canal
@anotherbibliophilereads Another Boobiephile Reads Playboy for the Articles
@fiberartsyreads Fibertarty
@bookboundweirdoBookbound Dildo
@bookssongsandothermagic Boobs, Dongs and Other Magic
@SlimeAndSlashers Slimey Splashers
@royreadsanything Roys Reads Anything (wink)
@thebookishknitter The Bondage Knitter
@michellesmelancholia Michelle's Melons Cholia
@katrinabrown Kaboner Grown
@alex_unabridged Al Licks Under a Bridge
@michaelk.vaughan8617 Michael K Porn
@BookBlather Boob Lather
@kellyhookedonbooks4394 Kelly Hooked on Dino Smut
@TheBookubusThe Boob Anus
@AnnNovella Ann Poubella
@saintdonoghue Steve Done a few

FINISHED:

Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (Audio, Novel)
Seduced In the Alien Death Game by Beatrix Steam (Digital, Short Story)
Crooked Tree by Robert C. Wilson (Print, Novel)
The Green Lama by Richard Foster (Print, Novella)
Blood For the Vampire Dead by Robert Leslie Bellum (Digital, Short Story)
Assassin of Gor by John Norman (Digital, Novel)

WEEKLY PROMPTS:

1st to 10th August - Anything Goes
11th to 17th August - Category Romance or Men's Adventure
18th to 24th August - Sex and/or Violence
25th to 31st August - A novelization or a book that was turned into a 70s or 80s mini series

BINGO CARD: (you can fulfil the prompts with either a book or a movie)
Modern trash
Host recommendation
Trash in translation
Green on the cover
Nudity on the cover/poster
You wouldn't read/watch on the bus
In 3D - 3D movie or stepback
Killer Kids
Cults
Sexy Vampires
Vigilantes
Moral Panic
Long running series
Killer animals
Conspiracy theory
Pseudonym
More than 2 guns on the cover
Based on a videogame
Gangs
! in the title
Weirdly specific sub-genre
Kinky sex
Drugs
Ninjas/Martial arts
Giallo

#garbaugust
#books
#reading
#booktube

70s Horror Project: Burnt Offerings Book Talk (spoliers)

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-05 | We will be talking about the 1973 American horror novel by Robert Marasco.

How to Read Ulysses: A Discussion

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-04 | We take a talk about the best ways to James Joyce's Ulysses,

Allen: @bighardbooks770
Debs: @RaynorReadsStuff
Greg: @anotherbibliophilereads
Pat: @BookChatWithPat8668
Roy: @royreadsanything
Will: @willchambers8065

Resources mentioned:
The Guide to James Joyce's Ulysses by Patrick Hastings
The Great Courses: Joyce's Ulysses by James A. W. Heffernan
Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses by Don Gifford with Robert J. Seidman

#jamesjoyce
#ulysses
#books
#reading
#booktube

Framed! in September

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-08-01 | An art readathon, where we invite people to read a book focused on art

Hosts:
Elisabeth: @bouquinsbooks
Greg: @anotherbibliophilereads
Hannah: @HannahsBooks
Lindy: @lindysmagpiereads
Heather: @heathergregg9975

The prompts:
1) read a book about art (fiction or nonfiction)
2) experience art (live performance or museum/gallery visit)

Bonus prompt: create art or tell us about a work of art that has special meaning to you

Reading:

What Is Art by Leo Tolstoy
Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma by Clair Dederer

Maybe reading
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham

Discord
discord.gg/bjaGYkQM

#FramedinSeptember
#artreadathon
#books
#reading
#booktube

GarbAugust 3D Suggestions

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-31 | Hosts:
@CriminOllyBlog Screaming, Creaming Olly (Creator)
@M-J Sleazing This Life
@ObscureBookAdventures Obscene Boob Adventures
@RaynorReadsStuff Raynor Wants it Rough
@anotherbooktubechannel Another Buttplug Canal
@anotherbibliophilereads Another Boobiephile Reads Playboy for the Articles
@fiberartsyreads Fibertarty
@bookboundweirdoBookbound Dildo
@bookssongsandothermagic Boobs, Dongs and Other Magic
@SlimeAndSlashers Slimey Splashers
@royreadsanything Roys Reads Anything (wink)
@thebookishknitter The Bondage Knitter
@michellesmelancholia Michelle's Melons Cholia
@katrinabrown Kaboner Grown
@alex_unabridged Al Licks Under a Bridge
@michaelk.vaughan8617 Michael K Porn
@BookBlather Boob Lather
@kellyhookedonbooks4394 Kelly Hooked on Dino Smut
@TheBookubusThe Boob Anus
@AnnNovella Ann Poubella
@saintdonoghue Steve Done a few

WEEKLY PROMPTS:

1st to 10th August - Anything Goes
11th to 17th August - Category Romance or Men's Adventure
18th to 24th August - Sex and/or Violence
25th to 31st August - A novelization or a book that was turned into a 70s or 80s mini series

BINGO CARD: (you can fulfil the prompts with either a book or a movie)
Modern trash
Host recommendation
Trash in translation
Green on the cover
Nudity on the cover/poster
You wouldn't read/watch on the bus
In 3D - 3D movie or stepback
Killer Kids
Cults
Sexy Vampires
Vigilantes
Moral Panic
Long running series
Killer animals
Conspiracy theory
Pseudonym
More than 2 guns on the cover
Based on a videogame
Gangs
! in the title
Weirdly specific sub-genre
Kinky sex
Drugs
Ninjas/Martial arts
Giallo

Suggestions:

The Rats by James Herbert
Incubus by Ray Russell
Nick Carter the Kill Master Series
The Lone Star series by Wesley Ellis
The Gunsmith series by J.R. Roberts
Longarm series by Tabor Evans
The Omen by David Seltzer

#garbaugust
#books
#reading
#booktube

Monday Live with Allen & Greg: James Holder @jamesholder13

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-30 | Allen and Greg have invited James Holder to be our guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
James's channel: @jamesholder13

Reading Wrap Up July 27 2024: Life On Mars, Life In a Gulag, Life In Hell, Life In Dublin

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-29 | ROCKET SUMMER

Stranger In a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (audio)
"A Rose for Ecclesiastes" by Roger Zelazny (print)

BOOKS
One Day In the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (digital)
City Infernal by Edward Lee (digital) buddy read with @
Ulysses by James Joyce (print)

#rocketsummer
#bigbooksofsummer
#sciencefiction
#horrorbooks
#ulysses
#books
#reading
#booktube

Ulysses Discussion: Episode 16 to 18

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-28 | We take a talk about James Joyce's Ulysses, episodes 16 to 18. A casual conversation.

Allen: @bighardbooks770
Debs: @RaynorReadsStuff
Greg: @anotherbibliophilereads
Pat: @BookChatWithPat8668
Roy: @royreadsanything
Will: @willchambers8065

Resources mentioned:
The Guide to James Joyce's Ulysses by Patrick Hastings
The Great Courses: Joyce's Ulysses by James A. W. Heffernan
Ulysses Annotated: Notes for James Joyce's Ulysses by Don Gifford with Robert J. Seidman

#jamesjoyce
#ulysses
#books
#reading
#booktube

Wrap Up July 20, 2024: Rocket Summer, Religious Horror, Mystery, Crime, and More

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-23 | ROCKET SUMMER

"Coming Attraction" by Fritz Leiber (print)
"The Marching Morons" by C.M. Kornbluth (print)

BIG BOOKS OF SUMMER
Devil's Creek by Todd Keisling (digital)

BOOKS
The Quick Red Fox by John D. MacDonald (print)
The Spider by Amy Cross (digital)

AUDIO
Joyce's Ulysses by James A.W. Heffernan (The Great Courses)
"Island Nation" by Peter Heller
"Dietrich" by Don Winslow (
"Oregon" by Don Winslow

IN PROGRESS
Ulysses by James Joyce (print)

#rocketsummer
#bigbooksofsummer
#sciencefiction
#horrorbooks
#mysterybooks
#ulysses
#books
#reading
#booktube

Grading 35 Titles On the New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-19 | The NY Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list (paywall): nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html

100. Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
99. How to Be Both by Ali Smith
98. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
97. Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
96. Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman
95. Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
94. On Beauty by Zadie Smith
93. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
92. The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante; translated by Ann Goldstein
91. The Human Stain by Philip Roth
90. The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
89. The Return by Hisham Matar
88. The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis by Lydia Davis
87. Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
86. Frederick Douglass by David W. Blight
85. Pastoralia by George Saunders
84. The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee
83. When We Cease to Understand the World by Benjamín Labatut; translated by Adrian Nathan West
82. Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor; translated by Sophie Hughes
81. Pulphead by John Jeremiah Sullivan
80. The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante; translated by Ann Goldstein
79. A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin
78. Septology by Jon Fosse; translated by Damion Searls
77. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
76. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
75. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
74. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
73. The Passage of Power by Robert Caro
72. Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich; translated by Bela Shayevich
71. The Copenhagen Trilogy by Tove Ditlevsen; translated by Tiina Nunnally and Michael Favala Goldman
70. All Aunt Hagar’s Children by Edward P. Jones
69. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
68. The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
67. Far From the Tree by Andrew Solomon
66. We the Animals by Justin Torres
65. The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
64. The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
63. Veronica by Mary Gaitskill
62. 10:04 by Ben Lerner
61. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
60. Heavy by Kiese Laymon
59. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
58. Stay True by Hua Hsu
57. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
56. The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
55. The Looming Tower by Lawrence Wright
54. Tenth of December by George Saunders
53. Runaway by Alice Munro
52. Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
51. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
50. Trust by Hernan Diaz
49. The Vegetarian by Han Kang; translated by Deborah Smith
48. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
47. A Mercy by Toni Morrison
46. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
45. The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson
44. The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
43. Postwar by Tony Judt
42. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James
41. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan
40. H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
39. A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
38. The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño; translated by Natasha Wimmer
37. The Years by Annie Ernaux; translated by Alison L. Strayer
36. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
35. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
34. Citizen by Claudia Rankine
33. Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward
32. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
31. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
30. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
29. The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt
28. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
27. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
26. Atonement by Ian McEwan
25. Random Family by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
24. The Overstory by Richard Powers
23. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
22. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
21. Evicted by Matthew Desmond
20. Erasure by Percival Everett
19. Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe
18. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
17. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
16. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
15. Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
14. Outline by Rachel Cusk
13. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
12. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
11. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
10. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
9. Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
8. Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald; translated by Anthea Bell
7. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
6. 2666 by Roberto Bolaño; translated by Natasha Wimmer
5. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
4. The Known World by Edward P. Jones
3. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
2. The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
1. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante; translated by Ann Goldstein

#books
#bestbooks
#lists
#booktube

A Used Paperback Haul

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-17 | A book haul from 2nd & Charles in Richmond VA, Riverby Books in Fredericksburg VA, and ThriftBooks.

#bookhaul
#books
#booktube

Monday Live With Allen & Greg: Elaine @Cobaltdragon

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-16 | Allen and Greg have invited Elaine to be out guest host.

Allen's channel: @bighardbooks770
Elaine's channel: @Cobaltdragon

Reading Wrap Up July 13, 2024: Rocket Summer, Grifters, Haunted House, AI, Ireland

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-15 | ROCKET SUMMER
Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague De Campe (print) 1941
"Arena" by Fredric Brown (print) 1944

BOOKS
The Whale by Lawrence Kelter (digital) 2019
Burnt Offerings by Robert Marasco (digital) 1973
The Singularity by Dino Buzzati (print) 1960/2024

BIG BOOKS OF SUMMER
The Hunter by Tana French (audio) 2024

#rocketsummer
#sciencefiction
#bigbooksofsummer
#books
#reading
#booktube

Midyear Judgment: 5 Bad and 5 Good Books Read in 2024

Another Bibliophile Reads 2024-07-11 | What were 5 worst and 5 best books I've read in 2024 at the end of the midyear? No rereads.

THE BAD

5. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman (2019)
4. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (2018)
3. Blackouts by Justin Torres (2023)
2. Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food by Fuscha Dunlop (2023)
1. Loved and Missed by Susie Boydt (2023)

THE GOOD

5. Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (2021)
4. Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco (1959)
3. Carpenter's Gothic by William Gaddis (1985)
2. From Hell by Alan Moore (1989)
1. King: A Life by Jonathan Eig (2023)

Finished

Print: 25
Digital: 39
Audio: 30
Novella: 19
DNF: 10

#books
#reading
#booktube