She Was Only EvieJoin Amanda from @shelfunstable and I as we recommend Hot Girl books to you and yours, and make sure to share your own Hot Girl book recommendations below!
Get Recd: Hot Girl Book Recommendations (with Amanda from shelf unstable)She Was Only Evie2023-06-25 | Join Amanda from @shelfunstable and I as we recommend Hot Girl books to you and yours, and make sure to share your own Hot Girl book recommendations below!
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareBabys first vlog (I am βbabyβ): Severed Echoes by Anya Dylan VLOGShe Was Only Evie2024-10-06 | Welcome to the world's worst vlog(ger)! (I'm only doing this for bragging rights before Jimmy vlogs it so I don't look like a follower.)
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareBlack Company Series Gush Fest (Spoiler-Filled)She Was Only Evie2024-10-02 | (a.k.a. The One Where I Gush and Ramble with Little to No Coherency about The Black Companyββ )
Thank you to @JosephReadsBooks for joining me for this one!
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareThe Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden | Book DiscussionShe Was Only Evie2024-09-27 | Join Derri and I as we discuss the final book in the Winternight trilogy, The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden.
π Specific things mentioned: - Champaca Bookstore: https://champaca.in - Allen's The Company review: youtu.be/xiJrC56gRgs - Anitha's The Company review: youtu.be/z6DjXc88rik
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareThe Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden | Book DiscussionShe Was Only Evie2024-09-15 | Join Derri and I as we FINALLY discuss The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, the second book in the Winternight trilogy.
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareTitus Awakes by Maeve Gilmore | Discussion with Marianne GuevaraShe Was Only Evie2024-08-25 | Marianne and I discuss the fourth book in the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake, the finale written by his wife, Maeve Gilmore.
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareShort Story Septober 2024She Was Only Evie2024-08-07 | Join us in September and October in reading a short story collection or anthology (or more if you want to take on the challenge)! And, yes, I filmed a vertical video like I'm your favorite technological impaired great-aunt. (I was going to make this a short but didn't realize it had to be less than sixty seconds, and I was not filming again!)
Many thanks to @TheLibraryofAllenxandria for letting us use his Discord server to host.
π Join the Short Story Septober Readathon Challenge! - Knights of Allenxandria Discord: discord.gg/NS5vxJ6Xmr
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareGormenghast by Mervyn Peake | Discussion with Marianne GuevaraShe Was Only Evie2024-08-06 | Another enriching gush fest with Marianne, this time about the titular second book in the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake!
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareTitus Groan by Mervyn Peake | Discussion with Marianne GuevaraShe Was Only Evie2024-07-26 | Technical difficulties aside, Marianne and I had a wonderful, enriching, absolutely gushing chat about Titus Groan, the first book in the Gormenghast series, by Mervyn Peake. Gormenghast and Titus Alone (and maybe Titus Awakes?) discussions to come, I'm certain!
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareThe Spear Cuts Through Water GUSH with Kindles and Kicks, Throughthepages with Dee & Bards and BooksShe Was Only Evie2024-05-06 | I am grateful and excited that I got to (for me, incoherently at times) discuss The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez with Dark-O, Dee, and Usman.
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareDune: Part Two (2024) Film DiscussionShe Was Only Evie2024-03-11 | Thank you again to Philip, Johanna, and John for this great discussion about the Dune: Part 2 film. (I did not, in fact, download the video nor edit it to remove the part where my internet blipped out on me.)
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareAn Interview with Simon JimenezShe Was Only Evie2024-01-22 | I had the honor and the privilege to chat with Simon Jimenez, the author of The Vanished Birds and The Spear Cuts Through Water. Please be aware that, while we discuss the two books in general and specifically, there are spoilers, obvious and implied, with no clear designation of where the spoilers began.
π Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro / Gushing 00:01:48 - General / Writing 00:20:55 - The Vanished Birds (spoilers) 00:44:17 - The Spear Cuts Through Water (spoilers) 01:19:54 - General / Reading
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareRanking the Rest of My 2023 ReadsShe Was Only Evie2024-01-05 | ...Ranking My 2023 Reads...so farShe Was Only Evie2023-07-22 | ...The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden | Book DiscussionShe Was Only Evie2023-07-12 | Where Derri, the rookie, and I, the veteran, discuss the first book in Katherine Arden's Winternight trilogy, The Bear and the Nightingale.
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareOne-Sided Conversations: Fitz & the Fool SPOILER ThoughtsShe Was Only Evie2023-02-10 | Where I compiled all my Voxer messages to folks as I read through the Fitz & the Fool trilogy for the first time and stitched them together to (my own) posterity's sake.
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareOne-Sided Conversations: Rain Wild Chronicles SPOILER ThoughtsShe Was Only Evie2023-02-09 | Where I compiled all my Voxer messages to folks as I read through the Rain Wild Chronicles for the first time and stitched them together to (my own) posterity's sake.
00:00 - Dragon Keeper 15:09 - Dragon Haven 28:24 - City of Dragons 44:22 - Blood of Dragons
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareOne-Sided Conversations: Tawny Man SPOILER ThoughtsShe Was Only Evie2023-02-08 | Where I compiled all my Voxer messages to folks as I read through the Tawny Man trilogy for the first time and stitched them together to (my own) posterity's sake.
00:00:00 - Fool's Errand 00:36:37 - The Golden Fool 01:25:03 - Fool's Fate
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareOne-Sided Conversations: Liveship Traders SPOILER ThoughtsShe Was Only Evie2023-02-07 | Where I compiled all my Voxer messages to folks as I read through the Liveship Traders trilogy for the first time and stitched them together to (my own) posterity's sake.
00:00:00 - Ship of Magic 00:51:08 - The Mad Ship 01:22:24 - Ship of Destiny
π If would like to spoil Max and George: - Max's & George's Wish List: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UKNXJ7XNK5LX?ref_=wl_shareOne-Sided Conversations: Farseer SPOILER ThoughtsShe Was Only Evie2023-02-06 | Where I compiled all my Voxer messages to folks as I read through the Farseer trilogy for the first time and stitched them together to (my own) posterity's sake.
π Joined by: @Johanna_reads @AndrewsWizardlyReads @TheBookCure @LiamsLyceumClassics Cage Match, Ep. 1(?), Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontΓ« | DiscussionShe Was Only Evie2023-01-05 | A potential new series where we fight to the death over a classic book that we read. Many thanks to Kayla and Tori for joining me to discuss Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontΓ«, the better BrontΓ«.
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareThe Rain Wild Chronicles by Robin Hobb | SPOILER Discussion (with Derri!)She Was Only Evie2022-12-11 | A terribly unstructured SPOILER discussion in which we gush about how great the Rain Wild Chronicles is and defend it from its unjustified attackers!
Considering the content of the Rain Wild Chronicles, there are trigger warnings for discussion of assault, miscarriage, and pregnancy loss in both the quartet as well as in real life.
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareWhy You Should Read Zora Neale Hurston | Gush Fest!She Was Only Evie2022-11-11 | Watch/listen to us truly gush to (at least when I was talking) almost incoherency about the great Zora Neale Hurston! And, if you want to join us to read Tell My Horse, more to come on those plans!
π Zora's fiction: - Jonah's Gourd Vine - Moses, Man of the Mountain - Seraph on the Suwanee - Their Eyes Were Watching God - Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick (stories) - The Complete Stories
π Zora's nonfiction (a non-comprehensive selection): - Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" - Mules and Men - Tell My Horse - You Don't Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
π Folks mentioned: - Lezlie from @TheNerdyNarrative - Bre from @LocDBooktician & @thelocdplantician290
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareThe Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez | Discussion with Nick from Wicked Good BooksShe Was Only Evie2022-11-03 | Thank you so much to Nick from @WickedGoodBooks for both introducing me to Simon Jimenez's works and for discussing with me the wonder and beauty that is The Spear Cuts Through Water!
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareThe Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez | (GUSH!) BOOK REVIEWShe Was Only Evie2022-08-16 | Please, please, please read this book! It will be released by Del Rey Books on August 30th.
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareJane Austen for Fantasy Fans | Recommending Austens novels to fantasy readers (and vice versa)She Was Only Evie2022-08-02 | This video idea has been swirling around in my head for a while now, so I hope you all like it. Let me know your fantasy recommendations or pairings down below!
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareLapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh | BOOK REVIEWShe Was Only Evie2022-07-22 | I've been pronouncing and spelling this book's title as "Lapovna" up until I filmed this video and realized I've been a fool this entire time.
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareSterling City by Stephen Graham Jones | BOOK REVIEW | 30 Days of SGJ: Day 18She Was Only Evie2022-06-18 | A video in which you're going to have to deal with the cat fur on the lens.
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareThe Elvis Room by Stephen Graham Jones | STORY REVIEW | 30 Days of SGJ: Day 13She Was Only Evie2022-06-13 | FOR THE LOVE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, STEPHEN GRAHAM JONES!
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareThe Girl in the Tower (Winternight Trilogy, Book 2) | DiscussionShe Was Only Evie2022-02-06 | π Folks mentioned: - @thecontradictorian2225 - @msrichardsreads - @TheNerdyNarrative - @LienesLibrary - @LiteratureScienceAlliance
π The Bear and the Nightingale Discussion: The Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, Book I) | Discussion youtu.be/KL0dF2pIQ4Y π The Winter of the Witch Discussion: youtu.be/288JUpXXAXQ
π Join for some readalongs! - The Madeline Kahn Fan Book Club Discord: discord.gg/2mRSFvmMyV
π If would like to enable my debatably (un)healthy book habits: - Amazon Wishlist: smile.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2ZYE53S4DWW0F?ref_=wl_shareThe Bear and the Nightingale (Winternight Trilogy, Book 1) | DiscussionShe Was Only Evie2022-01-09 | Join us for a spoiler free AND spoiler-filled discussion about The Bear and the Nightingale, the first book in the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden!
The Girl in the Tower Discussion: youtu.be/7hDu29Fztwg The Winter of the Witch Discussion: youtu.be/288JUpXXAXQDune Messiah DiscussionShe Was Only Evie2021-12-10 | Join us for discussing the second book in the Dune Chronicles by Frank Herbert, Dune Messiah!