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The Nosey Librarian Tag

My Reading Life 2024-10-20 | The Nosey Librarian Tag

Mid Month Book Bash Vlog

My Reading Life 2024-10-17 | #midmonthbookbash #vlog

Channels mentioned:
Shawn @shawnbreathesbooks
Amy @ZoeBeck7
Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
Britta @brittabohlerthesecondshelf
Doris @alldbooks9165
Karen @RunwrightReads
Patrice @TwoMinutesonBooks-bt8lg

Books mentioned:
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
The Deluge by Stephen Barkley
FDR by Jean Edward Smith
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Valley of the Birdtail by Andrew Stobo Sniderman & Douglas Sanderson

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Wrapping Up My August Reads

My Reading Life 2024-10-14 | #wrapup #nonfiction #crownpublishing

Books I read in August!
The Quiet Damage by Jesselyn Cook - Thanks to @CrownPublishing for the copy of this book!
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar
The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Synder
Hoover by Kenneth Whyte
Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga
Wolfsong by TJ Klune
Democracy Awakening by Heather Cox Richardson
Gator Country by Rebecca Renner
Doppleganger by Naomi Klein
A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George

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TBR Check In & Book Haul

My Reading Life 2024-10-05 | #bookhaul #TBR

Books mentioned:
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J Maas
The Forgotten Botanist by Wynne Brown
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Cotton
Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
This Body of Death by Elizabeth George
A Banquet of Consequences by Elizabeth George

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Weekly Reading Vlog: Shorty September Autumn Vibes

My Reading Life 2024-10-02 | #vlog #shortyseptember #maine

Channels mentioned:
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers

Books mentioned:
The Kissing Bug by Daisy Hernandez
The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated by Susan Bernofsky
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas
Sexographies by Gabriela Wiener, translated by Lucy Greaves & Jennifer Adcock
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton

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Review of You Are Here and The Kissing Bug

My Reading Life 2024-09-30 | #BookNaturalists #BookClub #Review #shortyseptember #hispanicheritagemonth

My review of the September 2024 book club pick: You Are Here edited by Ada Limon and The Kissing Bug by Daisy Hernandez

October 2024 Book Club picks: The Forgotten Botanist by Wynne Brown

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Weekly Reading Vlog: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

My Reading Life 2024-09-26 | #vlog #shortyseptember #hispanicheritagemonth

Channels mentioned:
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers

Books mentioned:
The President and the Frog by Carolina de Robertis
System Collapse by Martha Wells
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de Las Casas
The Kissing Bug by Daisy Hernandez
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Kline
Cat of Death by Aaron Blabey

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Mid Month Book Bash Vlog: All The Shorties

My Reading Life 2024-09-20 | #midmonthbookbash #vlog

Books mentioned:
The Barefoot Woman by Scholastique Mukasonga
You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World edited by Ada Limon
The Seventh Bride by T Kingfisher
The Hummingbird's Gift by Sy Montgomery

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Weekly Reading Vlog: Its all about the women

My Reading Life 2024-09-13 | #vlog #shortyseptember #nonfiction

Channels mentioned:
@themusicsnob Grace recommended Time of My Life.
@TriumphalReads Justin is hosting the Science Readathon

Books mentioned:
Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing by Andrea Warner
Beyond the Spring by Chandler S. Richmond
Clay's Ark by Octavia E Butler
How Bad Are Bananas by Mike Berners-Lee
The Artificial Silk Girl by Armgard Keun, translated by Kathie von Annum

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Weekly Reading Vlog: Shorty September Kick Off

My Reading Life 2024-09-07 | #vlog #shortyseptember #nonfiction #crownpublishing

Thanks to @CrownPublishing for the copy of American Woman by Katie Rogers!

Books mentioned:
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
American Woman by Katie Rogers
Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa
Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing by Andrea Warner

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TBR Check In & Book Haul

My Reading Life 2024-09-04 | #bookhaul #TBR

Books mentioned:
Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power by Robert A Caro
FDR by Jean Edward Smith
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant by Rob Chast
Just One Evil Act by Elizabeth George
The Best We Could Do by The But
On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon Reed
Free Lunch by David Cay Johnston

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Review of The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde

My Reading Life 2024-08-29 | #BookNaturalists #BookClub #Review #WIT

My review of the August 2024 book club pick: The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde translated by Diane Oatley

September 2024 Book Club picks: You Are Here edited by Ada Limon and The Kissing Bug by Daisy Hernandez

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Summer Reading Wrap Up

My Reading Life 2024-08-21 | Books I read in June & July!

Books Mentioned:
Heartstopper Vol 5 by Alice Oseman
A Traitor to Memory by Elizabeth George
Knife: Mediations After an Attempted Murder
Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen by Suzanne Scanlan
We Took To The Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
Looking for Miss America by Margot Mifflin
A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
A Court of Wings and Ruins by Sarah J. Maas

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Mid Month Book Bash Vlog

My Reading Life 2024-08-15 | #midmonthbookbash #vlog

Books mentioned:
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawson
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King
Heart: A History by Sandeep Jauhar
The Memory Police by Yoko Ozawa
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Malaga
Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times by Kenneth Whyte

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TBR Check In, Book Haul, & NYC Vlog

My Reading Life 2024-08-09 | #bookhaul #TBR #crownpublishing

Go to @DorisSander on Insta to see more photos of our trip to NYC.

Go to youtu.be/A9rYoShGXWA?si=eU0r8rDXAkysQ6B9 to see Katie's first travel vlog from Australia. There are two more.

Books mentioned:
The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde
The Kissing Bug by Daisy Hernandez
The Quiet Damage by Jessalyn Cook - Thanks to @CrownPublishing for the copy of this book!
The Harpole Report by JL Carr
Where I Live Now by Sharon Butala
The Deluge by Stephen Markley
Master of the Senate by Robert Caro
The Light Eaters by Zoe Schlanger
A Court of Wings and Ruins by Sarah J. Maas
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

On Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/52325185-heidi-leighton

Booktube Prize Ranking and Reviews

My Reading Life 2024-08-04 | #BookTubePrize #nonfiction

My reviews and ranking for the Booktube Prize Nonfiction Semifinals - Group B.

Booktube Prize 2024 Finals Announcement: youtu.be/8IBWA332lfk?si=7kUbZdbE0qgEVT00

booktubeprize.org

@BookTubePrize youtube.com/@BookTubePrize

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Reviews of Bite by Bite and Soil

My Reading Life 2024-08-01 | #BookNaturalists #BookClub #Review #WIT

My review of the July 2024 book club picks: Soil by Camille T. Dungy and Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

August 2024 Book Club pick: The Last Wild Horses by Maja Lunde translated by Diane Oatley

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Mid Month Book Bash Vlog with some guests!

My Reading Life 2024-07-18 | #midmonthbookbash #vlog #nonfiction #crownpublishing #janeaustenjuly

Books mentioned:
Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen
The Quiet Damage by Jesselyn Cook - Thanks to @CrownPublishing for the copy of this book!

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The Mid Year Freak Out Book Tag

My Reading Life 2024-07-14 | The Mid-Year Freak-out Tag was created by Chami, or @IsThatChami, a Booktuber who no longer makes videos.

The prompts are:
1) Best book you've read in 2024
2) Best sequel you've read this year
3) A new release you haven't read
4) Most anticipated for the the second half of 2024
5) Biggest disappointment of 2024
6) Biggest surprise of 2024
7) New favourite author this year
8) Newest fictional crush
9) New favourite character
10) A book that made you cry
11) A book that made you happy
12) Favourite book to movie adaptation
13) Favourite video this year
14) The most beautiful book you've read this year
15) What book do you need to read before the end of the year?

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TBR Check In & Book Haul

My Reading Life 2024-07-10 | #bookhaul #TBR

Books mentioned:
Fire Exit by Morgan Talty
Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs
The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

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Sing Like Fish Vlog

My Reading Life 2024-07-06 | #nonfiction #science #crownpublishing

Review of Sing Like Fish: How Sounds Rule Life Under Water by Amorina Kingdom

Thanks to @CrownPublishing for the copy of this book!

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Review of How the Light Reaches and The Mermaid of Black Conch

My Reading Life 2024-06-30 | #BookNaturalists #BookClub #Review #Caribathon #pride

My review of the June 2024 book club picks: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey and How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

July 2024 Book Club picks: Soil by Camille T. Dungy and Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

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May Wrap Up

My Reading Life 2024-06-24 | Books I read in May! #springathon

Books Mentioned:
Network Effect by Martha Wells
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Landlines by Raynor Winn
Coolidge by Amity Shlaes
The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde
The Deadline by Jill Lepore
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J Maas
Winter Pasture by Li Juan
This Other Eden by Paul Harding

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Mid Month Book Bash Vlog

My Reading Life 2024-06-13 | #midmonthbookbash #vlog

Books mentioned:
Committed by Suzanne Scanlon
Looking for Miss America by Margot Mifflin
Knife by Salman Rushdie
We Took To The Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
A Night to Surrender by Tessa Dare
The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien

Interview with Suzanne Scanlan on @shawnbreathesbooks channel:
youtu.be/KlM-pTBzmnI?si=lUJNQ-r3nIxZ2_9_

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TBR Check In & Book Haul

My Reading Life 2024-06-07 | #bookhaul #TBR

Thanks to @Crownpublishinggroup for the following awesome title:
Sing Like a Fish by Amorina Kingdom

Books mentioned:
A Place of Hiding by Elizabeth George
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris
Eve by Cat Bohannon
Caliban's War by James SA Corey
Knife by Salman Rushdie
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Soil by Camila T. Dungy
How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler
The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey

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BookTube Prize Ranking & Reviews for the Quarterfinals: Nonfiction Group B

My Reading Life 2024-06-05 | #BookTubePrize #nonfiction

My reviews and ranking for the Booktube Prize Nonfiction Quarterfinals - Group B.

booktubeprize.org

@BookTubePrize youtube.com/@BookTubePrize

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Review of The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe

My Reading Life 2024-05-31 | #BookNaturalists #BookClub #Review

My review of the May 2024 book club pick: The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe

June 2024 Book Club picks: The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey and How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Imbler

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April Wrap Up

My Reading Life 2024-05-22 | Books I read in April - lots of vacation reading!

Books Mentioned:
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The Roommate Risk by Talia Hibbert
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023 edited by Carl Zimmer
Random in Death by JD Robb
The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien

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Roving Around Eastern Maine - A Birthday Vlog for Karen

My Reading Life 2024-05-19 | Happy Birthday Karen! I hope you enjoy this look at what eastern Maine has to offer!
@RovingReader

Thanks to @marcellaandherbooks8733 for coming up with this idea!

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Mid Month Book Bash Vlog - Springathon Edition

My Reading Life 2024-05-14 | #midmonthbookbash #vlog #springathon

Books mentioned:
Coolidge by Amity Shlaes
The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde
We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich
The Deadline by Jill Lepore

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Springathon Vlog: Landlines

My Reading Life 2024-05-09 | #springathon #BookNaturalists #nonfiction

Reading Landlines by Raynor Winn for Springathon.

You can participate in Springathon by reading any book with nature writing!

The group book is The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe.
Winter: Winter Pasture by Li Juan
Spring: Landlines by Raynor Winn
Summer: The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde
Fall: We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich

Announcement video: youtu.be/CMSXEC5KDkQ

Hosts for Springathon are
@CuriousReader Natalie
Instagram: curiousreaderr

@alldbooks9165 Doris
Instagram: dorissander

@ACupOfBooks Emma
Instagram: emmawright174

Springathon will run from May 3 - May 19.

The prompts are the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

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TBR Check In & Book Haul

My Reading Life 2024-05-05 | #bookhaul #TBR

Thanks to @Crownpublishinggroup for the following awesome titles:
Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond
The Year of Living Constitutionally by AJ Jacobs

Books mentioned:
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies by Bartolome de las Casts
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
A Traitor to Memory by Elizabeth George
Committed by Suzanne Scanlon

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Review of Understory by Inga Simpson

My Reading Life 2024-04-30 | #BookNaturalists #BookClub #Review

My review of the April 2024 book club pick: Under Story by Inga Simpson

The pick for May 2024: The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe

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March Wrap Up

My Reading Life 2024-04-29 | #womenshistorymonth #marchmysterymadness #middlegrademarch

Books Mentioned:
Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice by Elizabeth Flock
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner by Elizabeth George
A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power
The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street by Karina Yan Glaser
A Free-Spirited Woman: The London Diaries of Gladys Langford
Heartstone by C.J. Sansom

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Springathon TBR

My Reading Life 2024-04-24 | #springathon #BookNaturalists #nonfiction

You can participate in Springathon by reading any book with nature writing!

The group book is The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe.
Winter: Winter Pasture by Li Juan
Spring: Landlines by Raynor Winn
Summer: The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde
Fall: We Took to the Woods by Louise Dickinson Rich

Announcement video: youtu.be/CMSXEC5KDkQ

Hosts for Springathon are
@CuriousReader Natalie
Instagram: curiousreaderr

@alldbooks9165 Doris
Instagram: dorissander

@ACupOfBooks Emma
Instagram: emmawright174

Springathon will run from May 3 - May 19.

The prompts are the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

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Q & A Final Edition

My Reading Life 2024-04-22 | I answer your questions about books and reading. Thank you to everyone who left questions in the comments section of my video celebrating 3K subscribers. I appreciate you!

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Mid Month Book Bash Vlog

My Reading Life 2024-04-19 | #midmonthbookbash #vlog #booktubeprize

Books mentioned:
The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
The New Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien
Just For the Summer by Abby Jimenez

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BookTube Prize Ranking & Reviews for the Octofinals: Nonfiction Group A

My Reading Life 2024-04-15 | #BookTubePrize #nonfiction

My reviews and ranking for the Booktube Prize Nonfiction Octofinals - Group A.

booktubeprize.org

@BookTubePrize youtube.com/@BookTubePrize

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TBR Check In & Book Haul

My Reading Life 2024-04-10 | #bookhaul #TBR

Books mentioned:
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The History of Bees by Maja Lunde
The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde
Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret-Olemaun Pokiak-Fenton
American Womanly Katie Rogers
The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson

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Springathon Announcement

My Reading Life 2024-04-03 | #springathon #BookNaturalists #nonfiction

You can participate in Springathon by reading any book with nature writing!

The group book is The Sakura Obsession by Naoko Abe.

Hosts for Springathon are
@CuriousReader Natalie
Instagram: curiousreaderr

@alldbooks9165 Doris
Instagram: dorissander

@ACupOfBooks Emma
Instagram: emmawright174

Springathon will run from May 3 - May 19.

The prompts are the four seasons: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

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Review of The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

My Reading Life 2024-03-30 | #BookNaturalists #BookClub #Review

My review of the March 2024 book club pick: The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff.

The pick for April 2024: Under Story by Inga Simpson

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