Prompts: 1. Which author are you introducing? Tell us something about their life and how you came to “meet” them. Why did you decide to introduce them? 2. What type of books do they write? Such as, what kind of genre(s) do they write in or what authors are comparable to them? 3. Where should a new reader start with their books?
Tagging: (This is an invitation...if you have an author you'd like to "introduce"!) @booksimnotreading @lindseyreads5450 @BookwormAdventureGirl @BandysBooks @sueysbookbanter @noteworthyfiction @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH @MargaretPinard @BooksInkandPaper @myreadinglife8816 @Michelelynnreads @BookChatWithPat8668 @books_and_bocadillos @ReadBecca @readandre-read @SueJacksonDE @jenniferlovesbooks @MsReadsAlot @ellenmadebookclub @eringolive
Prompts: 1. Which author are you introducing? Tell us something about their life and how you came to “meet” them. Why did you decide to introduce them? 2. What type of books do they write? Such as, what kind of genre(s) do they write in or what authors are comparable to them? 3. Where should a new reader start with their books?
Tagging: (This is an invitation...if you have an author you'd like to "introduce"!) @booksimnotreading @lindseyreads5450 @BookwormAdventureGirl @BandysBooks @sueysbookbanter @noteworthyfiction @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH @MargaretPinard @BooksInkandPaper @myreadinglife8816 @Michelelynnreads @BookChatWithPat8668 @books_and_bocadillos @ReadBecca @readandre-read @SueJacksonDE @jenniferlovesbooks @MsReadsAlot @ellenmadebookclub @eringolive
Books mentioned: Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera The Book of Witching by C.J. Cookie Malas by Marcela Fuentes A Room With a View by E.M. Forster (narrated by Rebecca Hall) Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWEDNESDAYS WITH WILL: My Thoughts on The TempestMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-10-16 | Hashtags: #books #booktube #smallbooktuber #shakespeare #williamshakespeareplays #williamshakespeare #thebardroom #thetempest
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Books mentioned: The Salt Path by Raynor Winn Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson All That She Carried by Tiya Miles That Librarian by Amanda Jones The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson Girly Drinks by Mallory O'Meara Liar Temptress Soldier Spy by Karen Abbott Lovely One by Ketanji Brown Jackson
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWeekly Wrap Up - October 12, 2024Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-10-12 | The Mighty Red buddyread/readalong starts on 11/17 (on voxer).
Books finished this week: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris (audio) Dearborn: Stories by Ghassan Zeineddine Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie The Tempest by William Shakespeare Malas by Marcela Fuentes
Books DNF'd this week: Bitter Orange Tree by Jokha Alharthi
Currently Reading: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfeld Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle The Professor by Charlotte Brontë Dark Tales by Shirley Jackson Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAOctober Book Haul RevisitMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-10-10 | Books mentioned: Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz Back When We Were Grown Ups by Anne Tyler The Secrets Between Us by Thrity Umrigar Roman Stories by Jhumpa Lahiri Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin A. Abbott Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville Legends of the North Cascades by Jonathan Evison My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me edited by Kate Bernheimer The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe The Turn of the Screw by Henry James The Best American Suspense 2023 edited by Lisa Unger The Best American Short Stories 2023 edited by Min Jin Lee A Shining by Jon Fosse The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWEDNESDAYS WITH WILL: Our November Draw!Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-10-09 | Hashtags: #books #booktube #smallbooktuber #thebardroom #williamshakespeare #shakespeare
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Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gATen Before the End (and options for the November Louise Erdrich readalong)Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-10-08 | 10 Before the End was created by @brettsbookstack . If you choose to do this as well (which you should!), be sure to tag Brett.
Options for the Louise Erdrich readalong are: The Mighty Red The Plague of Doves Love Medicine The Beet Queen The Bingo Palace LaRose The Blue Jay's Dance
Again, please let me know no later that Thursday October 10th which title you would like to read by leaving a comment. Thanks!
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWeekly, Monthly, and Quarterly Wraps!Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-10-04 | Apologies for the jumpiness of this video...I had to edit out a lot of coughing!
Books finished in September: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville Fire Exit by Morgan Talty The Pearl by John Steinbeck The September House by Clarissa Orlando A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings N or M? by Agatha Christie Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Dark Fire by C.J. Sansom A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Books & Islands of Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich
Currently reading: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris (audio) Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gASeptember 2024 Book HaulMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-10-01 | Books Mentioned: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America by Amanda Jones A Well Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings Life After Life by Kate Atkinson Cremains of the Day by Misty Simon Sleep Tight by J.H. Markert Someone in the Attic by Andrea Mara The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silva Moreno-Garcia The Examiner by Janice Hallett Belle Greene: A Novel of America’s Most Famous Librarian by Alexandra LaPierre Dinosaurs by Lydia Millet The Missing Morningstar and Other Stories by Stacie Shannon Denetsosie When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman Malas by Marcela Fuentes The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune Strong Female Character by Fern Brady The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesslyn Cook Under a Sardinian Sky by Sara Alexander The Diva Cooks Up a Storm by Krista Davis
This week I finished reading: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Currently reading: The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris (audio) Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAOctober 2024 TBR/POPMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-26 | Books mentioned: Malas by Marcela Fuentes The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie The Tempest by William Shakespeare Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains by Cassie Chambers The Weaver and the Witch Queen by Genevieve Gornichec The Guncle by Stephen Rowley The Professor by Charlotte Brontë A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman Empire of Wild by Cheri Dimaline Bad Cree by Jessica Johns Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt The Fervor by Alma Katsu The Last Word by Elly Griffiths
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gASeptember 2024 Book Haul RevisitMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-24 | Channels mentioned: @BookCougars @jimsbooksreadingandstuff @jenniferlovesbooks
Books mentioned: A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz The Wehrwolf by Alma Katsu Happiness Falls by Angie Kim Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver Evil Eye by Etaf Rum The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope Mortal Monarchs: 1000 Years of Royal Deaths by Suzie Edge The Housemaid by Freida McFadden The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman Veil of Doubt by Sharon Virts None of This is True by Lisa Jewell Between Summer's Longing and Winter's End by Leif G.W. Persson Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett The Body by Stephen King The Best American Short Stories 2006 edited by Ann Patchett My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix The Witches of Vardø by Anya Bergman
Books finished this week: The September House by Carissa Orlando A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy by Tia Levings (audiobook) N or M? by Agatha Christie
Currently reading: Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris (audiobook) Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Other books mentioned: Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B.B. Alston
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAFIVE ON FRIDAY: Five Authors I Want to Read to ZeroMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-20 | Five on Friday was started by @sueysbookbanter , so be sure to go check out her channel!
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gASeptember Mid-Month Book Bash VlogMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-19 | Mid-Month Book Bash was started by @alldbooks9165, so be sure to check out her channel!
Hashtags: #books #booktube #smallbooktuber #mmbb
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Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gATAG TUESDAY: Counting the Days tagMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-17 | The Counting the Days tag was created by @ToReadersItMayConcern and @ProseAndPetticoats and I was tagged by @ellenmadebookclub
Counting the Days Tag #countingthedays 1. What is a book that excites you because of its cover? 2. … because of its author? 3. … because of its premise? 4. … because of its style? 5. … because of its influence? 6. … because of its emotional weight? 7. … because of its sense of humor? 8. … because of its challenge or difficulty?
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWeekly Wrap Up - September 14, 2024Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-14 | My son's books: Gamerville by Johnnie Christmas Dragons of Introvertia by James and Bit Barringer Stormbreaker (Alex Ryder #1) by Anthony Horowitz
Books finished this week (that I can tell you about): Fire Exit by Morgan Talty The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Currently Reading: N or M? by Agatha Christie The September House by Carissa Orlando Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving A Well-Trained Wife by Tia Levings (audio) Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWednesdays with Will: Drawing Our October Play!Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-11 | If you are interested in joining in with the discussion, join my Discord (info below) and look for the "The Bard Room" thread.
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gATAG TUESDAY: The Cozy Coffee Mug TagMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-10 | This tag was created by Jen @literarylove123 (and her mug collection!) and I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668
PROMPTS: 1.Hex the Patriarchy: Share your favorite women authors.
2. Never Underestimate a Woman Who Reads Stephen King Books: Share your favorite fictional women characters.
3. Edgar Allan Poe: Share your favorite Gothic book or story.
4. Swiftea: Name your auto-buy authors.
5. Camp Crystal Lake: Share a book that makes you feel nostalgic.
6. Happy Halloween: Share a holiday-themed book that you recommend.
7. This Mug Contains Magic: Share a book you enjoyed that is outside of your comfort zone/typical genre.
8. Tag some bookish friends.
I'm tagging: @readandre-read @booksimnotreading @jimsbooksreadingandstuff And anyone else who would like to do this (please tag me in your video so that I will be sure to see it!)
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWeekly Wrap Up - September 7, 2024Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-07 | Books finished this past week: Light from Uncommon Star by Ryka Aoki (audio) A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville ( #shortyseptember )
Other book mentioned: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot
Currently reading: Fire Exit by Morgan Talty The September House by Carissa Orlando A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo (audio) Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAAugust 2024 Book HaulMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-05 | Books mentioned: Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo (audio) The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman Hera by Jennifer Saint The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit A Line in the World: A Year on the North Sea Coast by Dorthe Nors Transcription by Kate Atkinson Mystery Lights by Lena Valencia Brownsville by Oscar Cásares Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger Velvet Was the Night by Silva Moreno-Garcia The Auction by Tom Galvin The Best American Essays 1988 edited by Annie Dillard Winter Morning Walks by Ted Kooser
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gA20240904 WW Cymbeline and TagMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-04 | I'm doing double duty today, so if you want to skip to the tag... 16:31 The Shakespeare Tag
This tag was created by the Shaketember hosts: Kelly @booksimnotreading Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse Nicole @adayofsmallthings
and I was tagged by @BookChatWithPat8668
THE PROMPTS: 1. What was your first experience reading Shakespeare and what was it like? 2. Has the reading of a Shakespeare play ever brought you to tears? What scene was it and where were you when it happened? 3. Are there any people that have played a significant role in your Shakespeare journey? 4. Do you have a favorite book or film about Shakespeare? 5. Which character in Shakespeare most resembles you and in what ways? 6. Which play would you most like to see performed in a theatre and why? 7. What actor, throughout history, would you most like to have seen play Hamlet while in his prime? 8. Deliver your favorite speech or soliloquy from a Shakespeare play. 9. Do any of Shakespeare's plays intimidate you? If yes, what play and why? 10. What tips would you give to intimidated readers coming to Shakespeare for the first time? 11. Which is your favorite Shakespeare play and why? 12. Tag other Booktubers. @readandre-read @books_and_bocadillos
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAAugust 2024 Wrap UpMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-09-03 | Sorry this one is extra frantic (and nose-itchy!) I was afraid that I would run out of memory on my phone, so I was trying to get everything in.
Books mentioned: Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss As I Lay Dying by William Fraulker Mrs. March by Virginia Feito Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang The Devil’s Bed by William Kent Krueger Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David G. Lewis Cymbeline by William Shakespeare The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid The Red Convertible: Selected and New Stories, 1978-2008 by Louise Erdrich All That’s Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien Poems, New and Collected by Wislawa Symborska Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger Youth Group by Bowen McCurdy and Jordan Morris Klara and the Sun by Kasuo Ishiguru Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Prince of Power by Leah Redmond Chang Cotton Candy: Poems Dipped Out of the Air by Ted Kooser Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (re-read) The Plover by Brian Doyle
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWeekly Wrap Up - August 31, 2024Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-31 | Channels mentioned: @readandre-read @Michelelynnreads @BekahBooksandBujo @ellenmadebookclub @sarah-roadworthy @books_and_bocadillos
Books added onto my September TBR/POP: Fire Exit by Morgan Talty A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving The Power by Naomi Alderman
Books finished last week: Mrs. March by Virginia Fieto Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David G. Lewis Youth Group by Bowen McCurdy and Jordan Morris Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguru The Bookstore Wedding by Alice Hoffman
Currently reading: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (audio) The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich Cotton Candy by Ted Kooser Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAFIVE ON FRIDAY: Five books I meant to read this summerMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-30 | Five on Friday was started by Suey ( @sueysbookbanter ), Please go check out her channel!
Also, I apologize for the weird glare on my glasses...it's from my son watching gaming videos on his tablet across the table from me.
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gASeptember 2024 TBR/POPMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-29 | *This is a reposted video from earlier. There were some issues with the original video, which should be corrected here.(
*There will also be some additional books for my TBR in my Saturday wrap up video because, as usual, I forgot some!*
Books mentioned: Heart Berries by Therese Marie Mailhot N or M? by Agatha Christie The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare The Pearl by John Steinbeck The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark Love and Saffron by Kim Fay Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville Looker by Laura Sims Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimension by Edwin A. Abbott Books & Islands of Ojibwe County by Louise Erdrich I Keep My Worries in My Teeth by Anna Cox The Body by Stephen King The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAA Quick Trip to the Oregon GardenMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-27 | My daughter and I, along with her Girl Scout troop, headed down to Silverton, Oregon to the Oregon Garden and I thought I'd share it with you. This is a (mostly) book-less video...for a change!
Not shown, the epic crash by one of our scouts that cut our trip short. There is a gif of it somewhere on the interwebs...
Hashtags: #books #booktube #smallbooktuber
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Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWeekly Wrap Up - August 24, 2024Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-24 | Finished this week: The Plover by Brian Doyle The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner The Devil's Bed by William Kent Krueger Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger
Currently Reading: Mrs. March by Virginia Fieto Cotton Candy by Ted Kooser Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (audio) Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David Lewis Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Les Misèrables by Victor Hugo
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAFIVE ON FRIDAY: Books involving WATERMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-23 | Five on Friday was started by @sueysbookbanter . Be sure to go check her out!
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAAugust Book Haul RevisitMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-22 | Books mentioned: Better Living Through Birding by Christian Cooper (audio) Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Marriage: Stories by Alice Munro Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas The Chosen by Elizabeth Lowry Trust by Hernan Diaz Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman Study for Obedience by Sarah Bernstein How to Build a Boat by Elaine Feeney A Council of Dolls by Susan Mona Power The Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles Books & Islands of Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich LaRose by Louise Erdrich The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman Free Land by Rose Wilder Lane Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (audio) Pearl by Siân Hughes Life Ceremony: Stories by Sayaka Murata Miss Iceland by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir The Good Lord Bird by James McBride The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories by Agatha Christie The Witness for the Prosecution by Agatha Christie The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie Half-Life of a Stolen Sister by Rachel Cantor Dancing into the Light: An Arab-American Girlhood in the Middle East by Kathryn K. Abdul-Baki The Rooster House: My Ukrainian Family Story by Victoria Belim
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWeekly Wrap Up - August 17, 2024Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-17 | Books finished this week: Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Poems, New and Selected, by Wislawa Szymborska How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (audio)
Books DNF'd this week: The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss
Currently Reading: The Plover by Brian Doyle The Devil's Bed by William Kent Krueger (ebook) Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David Lewis Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang ( #historathon2024 ) The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki (audio) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (ebook, #faulknerinaugust ) Maeve's Times: In Her Own Words by Maeve Binchy The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (ebook)
Other books mentioned: Never Whistle at Night, edited by Shane Hawk
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAAugust 2024 Mid-Month Book BashMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-15 | Books mentioned: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich Poems, New and Collected by Wislawa Szymborska The Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss The Plover by Brian Doyle Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley by David Lewis
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWEDNESDAYS WITH WILL: September Play Reveal!Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-14 | Shaketember Hosts: Kelly @booksimnotreading Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse Nicole @adayofsmallthings
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWeekly Wrap up - FROM BORING CORNER! August 10, 2024Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-10 | Books finished this week: All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger
Books DNF'd this month: Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson (Soft DNF)
CURRENTLY READING: Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder by Kerryn Mayne The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang How to Raise an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (audio) Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger (buddy read) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner ( #faulknerinaugust ) Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Prince of Power by Leah Redmond Chang (#historathon2024 ) The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich Poems, New and Collected by Wislawa Szymborska Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Books mentioned: Persuasion by Jane Austen (ebook) My Ántonia by Willa Cather (ebook) The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather (ebook) As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (ebook) Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon (audiobook) Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal The God of the Woods by Liz Moore As You Like It by William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare Cymbeline by William Shakespeare Forever by Pete Hamill Bear by Julia Phillips Rednecks by Taylor Brown Smothermoss by Alisa Alering The Trouble with Mrs. Montgomery Hurst by Katie Lumsden
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAWednesdays with Will: The Merchant of Venice Wrap UpMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-07 | BOOKS MENTIONED: Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson That Way Madness Lies edited by Dahlia Adler
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gATAG TUESDAY: The Honest Booktuber TagMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-06 | This tag was created by @harrietrose13 and I was tagged by @JessBookgirlTV
Prompts: 1. Have you ever lied about reading a book? 2. Have you ever avoided a book because of controversy around the content/author/ 3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it? 4. Have you ever bought a book with no intention of reading it? 5. Have you ever got caught up in Booktube drama? 6. Have you ever had a hate comment and did you respond? 7. Have you ever made a video just because you knew it would get views? 8. If you could go back to the beginning of your channel, would you do anything differently? 9. Are there any channels you wish you could be more like? 10. What's something you love about your channel? TAGGED @ellenmadebookclub @alexfrankfiction @myreadinglife8816
Other channels mentioned: @BookChatWithPat8668
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Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAIts a Wrap Up-athon!!!!Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-08-03 | Books mentioned: Middletide by Sarah Crouch A Ghost of Caribou (Alex Carter #3) by Alice Henderson The Girl From the Savoy by Hazel Gaynor One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz This is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch by Tabitha Carvan Persuasion by Jane Austen Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books by Kirsten Miller The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne The Best American Short Stories 2023 edited by Min Jin Lee Long Island by Colm Tóibín The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman The God of the Woods by Liz Moore Sandwich by Catherine Newman Rules of Civility by Amor Towles Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
CURRENTLY READING: Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson (audio)
[BookTube Prize] We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal by Roxanna Asgarian (audio)
[ #Historathon2024 ] Young Queens by Leah Redmond Chang
[ #faulknerinaugust ] As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
[Short Story Collection] The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich
[Essay Collection] Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy
[Poetry Collections] Poems, New and Collected, 1957-1997 by Wislawa Szymborska Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
[Slow and Steady] Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gATAG TUESDAY: The Wildest Dreams TagMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-07-30 | I was tagged by @sueysbookbanter , but I'm not sure who created this tag.
Prompts: 1. Your fantasy time and place to read a book 2. Your fantasy personal library (or your personal library if you have attained your fantasy!) 3. Imagine you have decided to build a bookshop. What would you call it? Would it sell new or second-hand books? Would it sell anything else? What features would you want in that shop? 4. One person (not a Booktube creator) with whom you can have a good conversation about books? 5. If you won a million pounds (or other currency) and you could only spend it on books or book related items, how would you spend it? 6. Tag some others. I'd love to hear your wildest dreams
I'm tagging: @mildrumpus @jenniferlovesbooks @SueJacksonDE (I'm posting this quite some time after I filmed it, so I apologize if you've already been tagged!)
Books finished this week: A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo Rules of Civility by Amor Towles Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz (Audio)
CURRENTLY READING: Long Island by Colm Tóibín All That's Left Unsaid by Tracey Lien Shylock is My Name by Howard Jacobson
Short Story Collections: The Best American Short Stories 2023 edited by Min Jin Lee The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich
Poetry Collections: Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare Poems, New and Collected, 1957-1997 by Wislawa Szymborska
Essay Collection: Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy
Slow and Steady: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAFIVE(ISH) ON FRIDAY: Where to start?Melinda @ A Web of Stories2024-07-26 | FIVE ON FRIDAY was started by Suey at @sueysbookbanter , so be sure to check out her channel!
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAAugust 2024 TBR/POPMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-07-25 | Books mentioned: Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguru Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger Spirit Crossing by William Kent Krueger Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power by Leah Redmond Chang Hill Women by Cassie Chambers The Science of Murder: The Forensics of Agatha Christie by Carla Valentine Cymbeline by William Shakespeare
Books I forgot to mention: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner (with #faulknerinAugust)
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Books DNF/Finished this week: Middletide by Sarah Crouch (DNF) The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare Sandwich by Catherine Newman Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal A Ghost of Caribou by Alice Henderson
Currently Reading: Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne The Sentence is Death by Anthony Horowitz (audio)
Buddy reads: Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Booktube Prize: Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
Short Story Collections: A Kind of Madness by Uche Okonkwo Best American Short Stories 2023 edited by Min Jin Lee The Red Convertible by Louise Erdrich
Essay collection: Maeve's Times by Maeve Binchy
Poetry Collections: Poems, New and Collected, 1957-1997 by Wislawa Szymborska Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems by William Shakespeare
Slow and steady: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo Gmorning, Gnight! by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAFIVE ON FRIDAY: Trippy BooksMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-07-19 | Five on Friday was started by @sueysbookbanter , so please go check out her channel!
Come visit my NEW Discord Channel! discord.gg/5rxSBya8gAJuly Book Haul RevisitMelinda @ A Web of Stories2024-07-18 | Books Mentioned: The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange The Girl's Last Cry by Alison Belsham Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver The Sisters Brothers by Patrick DeWitt Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt The Rose and the Yew Tree by Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie) Absent in the Spring by Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie) The Burden by Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie) Giant's Bread by Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie) Unfinished Portrait by Mary Westmacott (Agatha Christie) Know My Name by Chanel Miller Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie The Gingerbread Men by Joanna Corrance The Wintringham Mystery by Anthony Berkeley Farthing by Jo Walton Crow Lake by Mary Lawson The Whistling by Rebecca Netley Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler The Weaver and the Witch by Genevieve Gornichec Cannery Row by John Steinbeck The Turquoise Shop by Frances Crane The Murder Game by Tom Hindle The Flames by Sophie Haydock