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#BlackOWeenathon Vlog: Week 2
updated
Check out Olive’s announcement video here: youtu.be/GNkUAk2Zb4Q?si=KWzlTEyBwYnxWDKN
Books discussed in this video:
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women by Kate Moore
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
The Other Olympians: Fascism, Queerness, and the Making of Modern Sports by Michael Waters, check out Adri at @perpetualpages review here: youtu.be/qzcs4OQGxos?si=3Cw1jgF0JPmi-LxO
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
Please check out this video from @LocDBooktician to see an overview of Blackoween for this year: youtu.be/NZXFt4ylYUw?si=GibCI-gYkv12NOTY
Books discussed in this video:
Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury
Model Home by Rivers Solomon
Of One Blood by Pauline Hopkins
The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Books discussed in this video:
The Earl Who Isn’t by Courtney Milan
Halfway to Harbor by Nicole Melleby
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz
Check out my best books of 2000 - 2004 here:
youtu.be/OqmO-aKFEUA?si=2hJsMXLlYShWv8b3
2005: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
2006: The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
2007: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
2008: Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
2009: Soulless by Gail Carriger
Check out the Magical Readathon announcement here: youtu.be/TO-i9Efh3Fo?si=iJ0u9MmkZQYNuGnM
Books discussed in this video:
Buzz, Sting, Bite by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, translated by Lucy Moffatt
The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander
Stories Are Weapons by Annalee Newitz
Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Dune by Frank Herbert
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Make sure you’re registered to vote: usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration
You can support the Reproductive Freedom Fund of New Hampshire and get some cool merchandise here: etsy.com/shop/RFFNH
Books and movies discussed in this video:
The New Handbook for a Post-Roe America: The Complete Guide to Abortion Legality, Access, and Practical Support by Robin Marty
Happening by Annie Ernaux, translated by Tanya Leslie
The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing by Andrea Warner
Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney
The Fight for Midnight by Dan Solomon
Dirty Dancing
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Obvious Child
Books discussed in this video:
Happening by Annie Ernaux, translated from the French by Tanya Leslie
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Books discussed in this video:
One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole
A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
The Trees by Percival Everett
Family Meal by Bryan Washington (I picked this up based on this review youtube.com/watch?v=0M4qTvT__Fc from @ToBeBlackandLoved )
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Thank you to @marginsofmarisa for making this awesome video discussion on romance covers that inspired me to review the covers in my collection: youtu.be/bNaQ5_NaUTM?si=ZpYJT93S_1RijZGN
Books discussed in this video:
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
Husband Material by Alexis Hall
The Duke Who Didn’t by Courtney Milan
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Kiss and Spell by Celestine Martin
Kiss the Girl by Zoraida Cordova
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall
The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
The Mid-Winter Mail Order Bride by Kati Wilde
Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Triple Sec by TJ Alexander
Books mentioned:
Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh by Carl Zimmer
Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville
A Mimicking of Know Successes by Malka Older
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Books discussed in this video:
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Pour One For The Devil by Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.
Slewfoot by Brom
Brooms by Jasmine Walls and Teo Duvall
Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura
My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
Books in this video:
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Kiss and Spell by Celestine Martin
Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
Books discussed in this video:
Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression by Iris Gottlieb
Sam Makes a Splash by Nicole Melleby
Marina in the Middle by Nicole Melleby
January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky
The Stone Sky by N.K. Jemisin
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Y. Davis
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo - check out this great discussion of queer themes and other themes in The Great Gatsby and this retelling from Bek @moonyreadsbystarlight: youtu.be/ud5OQzG5idI?si=ruG1UlXcEwtPDekh
Check out the 2024 Summerween announcement video from @gabbyreads here: youtu.be/33A84mdJH40?si=mKgK6vpkP2XXhivX
Check out the July Noir announcement video from @LocDBooktician here: youtu.be/F_8jdMUCrQQ?si=4mh2OQgyzsizosAN
Books discussed in this video:
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
The Maid by Nita Prose
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury
One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole
Originally created by @IsThatChami and @EarlGreyBooks
Questions:
1. Best book read so far in 2024
2. Best sequel
3. New release I haven't read yet, but want to read
4. Most anticipated release for second half of 2024
5. Biggest disappointment
6. Biggest Surprise
7. Favorite new author (debut or new to me)
8. Newest Fictional Crush
9. Book that made me cry
10. Book that made me happy
11. Most beautiful book I have bought/received
12. Books on TBR for end of year
Books mentioned:
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jemisen
One of Us Knows by Alyssa Cole
The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko
Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Gifts Trilogy by Caroline O'Donoghue
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Sam Makes a Splash by Nicole Melleby
When I Was Your Age by Kenan Thompson
The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books discussed in this video:
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire edited by Alice Wong
The Haunting of Alejandra by V. Castro
The Moth Keeper by K. O’Neill
The Water Knife by Paulo Bacigalupi
Books discussed in this video:
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Radiance by Grace Draven
The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden
The Raybearer Duology by Jordan Ifueko
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Midwinter Mail Order Bride by Kati Wilde
Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Books discussed in this video:
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp by R.L. Stein
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole
Never Whistle at Night edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Check out the announcement videos for round 13 of the Queer Lit Readathon here:
Kathy @KathyTrithardt: youtube.com/watch?v=yka3nbKgDWw&t=450s
Rogan @RoganShannon13: youtube.com/watch?v=-Tm0lMaqRoU
Books discussed in this video:
Seeing Gender: An Illustrated Guide to Identity and Expression by Iris Gottlieb
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
January Fifteenth by Rachel Swirsky
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex Authors edited by Laura Kate Dale
America Is Not The Heart by Elaine Castillo
The City In The Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders
God In Pink by Hasan Namir
The Famous Lady Lovers: Black Women and Queer Desire Before Stonewall by Cookie Woolner
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
The House on Sunrise Lagoon: Sam Makes a Splash by Nicole Melleby
ReadMe.txt by Chelsea Manning
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
Brown Girl In The Ring by Nalo Hopkinson
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
The Midnight Bargain by C.L. Polk
Books discussed in this video:
Something Wild and Wonderful by Anita Kelly
Disability Intimacy edited by Alice Wong
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin
Mole is Not Alone by Maya Tatsukawa
Books discussed in this video:
Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant
A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock
How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Ten Things That Never Happened by Alexis Hall
Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner
Springathon runs from May 3rd to May 19th and is hosted by:
Natalie @CuriousReader
Emma @ACupOfBooks
Doris @alldbooks9165
Heidi @myreadinglife8816
Thanks to @OliviasCatastrophe for getting this on my radar 😊
The Spoonie Readathon takes place all month and is hosted by:
Emily @novellenovels
Cat @BrewsandReviews
Books mentioned in this video:
The Water Knife by Paulo Bacigalupi
What We’re Fighting for Now is Each Other: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Climate Justice by Wen Stephenson
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Unearthing The Secret Garden: The Plants and Places that Inspired Frances Hodgson Burnett by Marta McDowell
Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire edited by Alice Wong
Decarcerating Disability: Deinstitutionalization and Prison Abolition by Liat Ben-Moshe
Books discussed in this video:
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking The Stress Cycle by Amelia and Emily Nagoski
Tender Beasts by Liselle Sambury
One of us Knows by Alyssa Cole
Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger
Go Tell It On The Mountain by James Baldwin
The Maid by Nita Prose
Lost Children Archive by Valeria Luiselli
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Thinking In Pictures and Other Reports From My Life With Autism by Temple Grandin
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 - Present by David Treuer
How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States by Daniel Immerwahr
What We’re Fighting for Now is Each Other: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Climate Justice by Wen Stephenson
Stamped from the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein
Books discussed in this video:
The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle
Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood by Ruby Warrington
Bunny by Mona Awad
Moon of the Turning Leaves by Waubgeshig Rice
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore
Books mentioned in this video:
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers
Please check out the video announcement from @CestKevvie: youtube.com/watch?v=5UaFpMG4uYM
*As mentioned in the video, these books are written by trans, nonbinary (NB), two spirit, and gender queer authors.
Books discussed in this video:
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes From The End of the World by Kai Cheng Thom
Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies, and Revolution by Laurie Penny
In Transit: Being Nonbinary in a World of Dichotomies by Dianna E. Anderson
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
The Radiant Emperor Duology by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Deep by Rivers Solomon
Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead
Between Perfect and Real by Ray Stoeve
Thank you to Samu for inspiring me to push up this reading project. It was a fun distraction during a chaotic weekend. Please check out her channel here: @SamusStories
Book discussed in this video: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Note: I apologize for not fixing the captions for this video yet. I got busy this week but intend to fix them soon
Books discussed in this video:
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xochitl Gonzalez
We Keep The Dead Close: A Murder at Harvard and a Half Century of Silence by Becky Cooper
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
The Facemaker: A Visionary Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I by Lindsey Fitzharris
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman
Books discussed:
Easy Money: Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of Fraud by Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman
When I Was Your Age: Life Lessons, Funny Stories, and Questionable Parenting Advice from a Professional Clown by Kenan Thompson
D’vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins
Forbidden Promises by Synithia Williams
The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Books discussed in this video:
The Kiss Quotient, The Bride Test, and The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
The Duchess Deal by Tessa Dare
Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones
Always Only You by Chloe Liese
Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O’Connell
Books discussed in this video:
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Winter’s Orbit by Everina Maxwell
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Dune: Messiah by Frank Herbert
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
The Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdrich
This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
The Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Books discussed in this video:
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination by Stuart A. Reid
What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher
Chani Nicholas podcast and app: Chani Nicholas ~ Horoscopes, Astrology Workshops & More
Moonbeaming Podcast and Moon Studio: The Moon Studio by Sarah Faith Gottesdiener | Magic + Design Studio
Embodied Astrology: Embodied Astrology
Anthony Perrotta: Anthony Perrotta Astrology
Jeff Hinshaw: Jeff Hinshaw — Cosmic Cousins
Tanaaz at Forever Conscious: youtube.com/@ForeverConscious?si=v-28RmGcjtvrtXFb
Davika at Sacred Blooming: youtube.com/@sacredblooming?si=bCvfoCoKVJ2aLpju
Books discussed in this video:
You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance by Chani Nicholas
Against Technoableism by Ashley Shew
The People’s Platform by Astra Taylor
Exalted by Anna Dorn
All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
How long ‘til Black Future Month? by N.K. Jemisen
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
#Astrology #aquarius #BookTube #Books #Nonfiction
Books discussed in this video:
The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pittman
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil
Let’s Get Physical: How Women Discovered Exercise and Reshaped the World by Danielle Friedman
Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Frontlines of White Nationalism by Seyward Darby
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes
Check out Adri’s (@perpetualpages) best books of 2022 here: youtu.be/jxqZm-e9a4c?si=B5VU8Zz4Foe83av5
Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Pallbearer’s Club by Paul Tremblay
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
Native Son by Richard Wright
Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
Books in this video:
All The President’s Men by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting WWII at Home and Abroad by Matthew F. Delmont
The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris
The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule The World by Kehinde Andrews
We Do This Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice by Mariame Kaba
Thick by Tressie MacMillan Cottam
The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia
How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine
Caliban and the Witch by Silvia Federici
Books discussed in this video:
Vagabond by Inoue Takehiko
Radium Girls by Kate Moore
Let’s Get Physical by Danielle Friedman
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer
Raiders of the Lost Heart by Jo Segura
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Winter’s Orbit by Evarina Maxwell
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Books discussed in this video:
Witchful Thinking by Celestine Martin
Getting Schooled by Christina C. Jones
Documenting Light by E.E. Ottoman
Honey & Spice by Bolu Babulola
Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
It’s A Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer
The Midwinter Mail Order Bride by Kati Wild
The Marquis Who Mustn’t by Courtney Milan
Amor Actually by Adriana Herrera, Alexis Daria, Sabrina Sol, Priscilla Oliveras, Diana Munoz Stewart, Mia Sosa, and Zoey Castile (Zoraida Cordova)
Kiss The Girl by Zoraida Cordova
BookRiot Best Horror of 2023 article: bookriot.com/best-horror-books-2023
My videos related to this project:
Haunted Houses and Generational Trauma - youtu.be/nGADC9dw3zc?si=O_6j0U7taAAIfUeN
Reading BookRiot’s Best Horror of 2023 - youtu.be/TEHEVP50Ta0?si=-6KA-URyI4Es9CPp
For a list of all the books discussed in this video, please review the article above.
You can check out more about the Remember December Readathon by watching one of the announcement videos. Here is one by @Shellyish youtu.be/4FF_3h9y2UQ?si=_yqBEdVA6obaJfBF
Books discussed in this video:
- The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
- The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman
- A Kiss for Midwinter by Courtney Milan
- Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
- Know My Name by Chanel Miller
- Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
- The Intimacy Experiment by Rosie Danan
- We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
- How to Do Nothing by Jenny Odell
- The Fire This Time edited by Jesmyn Ward
Thank you to @ReadBecca for hosting Lovember!
Books discussed in this video:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
We Are The Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices From Turtle Island on the Changing Earth edited by Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer
Barbarian Lover by Ruby Dixon
It’s A Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer
A McClendon Thanksgiving by Sean D. Young
Note: I meant to say Federal Trade Commission when I said Fair Trade Commission 😂
Books discussed in this video:
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews
How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine
Publisher’s Weekly article on the FTC lawsuit against Amazon: publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/93662-taking-a-closer-look-at-the-ftc-lawsuit-against-amazon.html
Books discussed in this video:
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado
Native Son by Richard Wright
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
Eden’s Everdark by Karen Strong
The Gone Dead by Chanelle Benz
All The Sinners Bleed by S.A. Cosby
Check out this awesome discussion by Bre @LocDBooktician and Monae @LifeasMonae if you have read All The Sinners Bleed: youtube.com/live/CCfV6Za70eQ?si=U21-8IYwnpG1BPHR
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Meet Me At The Lake by Carley Fortune
Just By Looking At Him by Ryan O’Connell
The Last Word by Taylor Adams
The Lady of Rooksgrave Manor by Kathryn Moon
Blackoween vlog: youtu.be/ZoV1cGunKrw?si=6l2utul2Kgl4C8Pj
Books discussed in this video:
Wolf By The Ears by Ann Rinaldi
Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters
Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Check out the announcement video from Olive @abookolive here: youtu.be/FTlk3zkL_44?si=2fEWRQhgj_n-Ukb-
Books discussed in this video:
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz
The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
We Are the Middle of Forever: Indigenous Voices from Turtle Island on the Changing Earth edited by Dahr Jamail and Stan Rushworth
How to Resist Amazon and Why by Danny Caine
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis
Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects by Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity by Carl Zimmer