Name: 🏆 The Best Books I Read in 2021 🏆 @stalkingkafka
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Description: 🏆 The Best Books I Read in 2021 🏆

🏆 The Best Books I Read in 2021 🏆

Stalking Kafka 2024-10-19 | 🏆 The Best Books I Read in 2021 🏆

Reading 1 Star Reviews of Books I love

Stalking Kafka 2024-10-13 | This video was a massive edit so please forgive me if I don't get to the show notes until tomorrow. :)

I mentioned Kim from @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH and @BooksandLala in this video (Hiiii!)

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Therese Raquin by Emile Zola
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Bunny by Mona Awad
A Tale For The Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
Maps Of Our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
Elena Knows by Claudia Pineiro
James by Percival Everett

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October TBR & Martyr! Readalong

Stalking Kafka 2024-09-27 | If you wish to join the Martyr! read along, please send me a message on voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka.
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Here is the tentative schedule:
Week 1 - up to end of Ch. 7
Week 2 - up to end of Ch. 14
Week 3 - up to end of Ch. 22
Week 4 - up to End.

Victober is a month-long readathon celebrating Victorian literature hosted by:
@katiejlumsden
@katehowereads
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@BlatantlyBookish

The Challenges
Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book where religion is a component of the story
Katie’s challenge: Read a Victorian book that plays with form in some way
Marissa’s challenge: Read a Victorian work that was originally serialised
Ros’s challenge: Experience Victorian drama: read, watch or listen to a Victorian play
Group challenge: Read a Victorian work by Wilkie Collins and/or by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Gothtober runs from Oct. 1 - 31st and is hosted by:
Olivia @OliviasCatastrophe
Hannah ‪@LadetteM
Tish ‪‪@itslatishag

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
Lakewood by Megan Giddings
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Mothering by Ainslie Hogarth
The Lost Tarot by Sarah Henstra
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Romance of a Shop by Amy Levy
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
Silence by Shusaku Endo

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#victober #gothtober

August Reading Wrap-Up 🎏 Women in Translation, Booker Prize books & The Guest by Emma Cline

Stalking Kafka 2024-09-21 | She's back and in fine form. More show notes to come.

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Expected start - week of October 1st.

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Hobonichi Unboxing 2025 😍 Cousin, Weeks Mega, 5 Year Journal Gift Box and Accessories

Stalking Kafka 2024-09-18 | My first Hobonichi/Planner video ever! Normally this channel is all about books but here I am sharing my other passion/obsession.

NB. I realized pretty quickly that the plastic covers I got were cover on covers - oops! I wonder if that mean a cloth cover for my cousin is in my future...

National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction Reaction & Book Haul

Stalking Kafka 2024-09-15 | To find out more about The National Book Award, follow this link - nationalbook.org/2024-national-book-awards-longlist-for-fiction

The Longlist:
Ghostroots by Pemi Aguda
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
The Most by Jessica Anthony
Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
James by Percival Everett
All Fours by Miranda July
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
My Friends by Hisham Mitar
Yr Dead by Sam Sax
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte

More about this year's Booker Prize: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booke...

The Longlist:
My Friends by Hisham Matar
James by Percival Everett
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel
Held by Anne Michaels
Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Wild Houses by Colin Barrett
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Playground by Richard Powers
Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

To find out more about the Booktube Prize, follow the links below:
Website: booktubeprize.org
BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize
2024 Booktube Prize Finalist Announcement video - youtu.be/8IBWA332lfk?si=EgVVc-WVbr5AXaj0

Finalist Books:
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Wellness by Nathan Hill
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
NorthWoods by Daniel Mason

Bookstores mentioned:

Maktaba Bookstore
https://www.maktaba.online/en/

Pulp Bookstore & Cafe
pulpbooks.ca

Thrift Books
thriftbooks.com

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Invisible Man | Ralph Ellisons Groundbreaking Novel

Stalking Kafka 2024-09-09 | Ralph Ellison's debut novel Invisible Man explores the complex themes of racial justice, racial identity, and the search for one's authentic self. It does all of this with great artistic integrity and ingenuity that was truly groundbreaking in its time.

In this video I take a deep dive into the main themes and surrealist approach to the narrative. I also give a bit of background on Ellison's life and work, the novel's initial reception and its legacy.

I hope you enjoy it!

Photo by Jeff Wall
After ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue, 1999-2000
Transparency in lightbox
68 1/2 × 98 3/5 in | 174 × 250.5 cm
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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We Need To Talk: The Giller Prize Controversy I An Explainer

Stalking Kafka 2024-09-05 | A very special thank you to Carina @time4reading who you can find on Instagram instagram.com/time4reading?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==

for a great chat and guidance on where to get information - especially in referring the article from The Walrus. Please make sure to follow her!

Here is a link to the article published in The Walrus that I relied on pretty heavily to inform this video:
thewalrus.ca/giller-prize-genocide

The Toronto Star Article published yesterday:
thestar.com/entertainment/giller-prize-releases-long-list-drops-scotiabank-from-name/article_2e391e03-940f-5715-8b9a-9c627e475685.html

The Guardian Article on Canada's Withdrawal of Arms Sales:
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/canada-halt-arms-sales-to-israel

Goodreads List of Authors (including those boycotting)
goodreads.com/list/show/205061.Giller_Prize_2024_Predictions

I mentioned Jolene from @BookwormAdventureGirl in this video (Hiiii!)

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September TBR ft. #strayaseptember 🦘 #shortyseptember 🩳 & #framedinseptember 👩‍🎨

Stalking Kafka 2024-08-31 | To join in on reading The Moonstone, please send me a message on Voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka.
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Announcement Video - youtu.be/AdHwjtUaxDE?si=18HI-JAmua_q2Tjw

#strayaseptember

Straya September Announcement Video:
@GunpowderFictionPlot youtu.be/UKhwP7W-u_Y?si=bj5aKr_9fPDz0Is4

Prompt 1 - Read a book by an Australian Author
Prompt 2 - Deadly Book - Read a book by an Indigenous author
Prompt 3 - Immigrant Book - Read a book by an Immigrant or the family member of the immigrant
Prompt 4 - Read a book by an author from a state or territory you haven't read from yet (in this readathon),

#shortyseptember

Shorty September Hosts:
‪@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers

#FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon

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

READ-ALONG 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

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Booktube Prize Semi-Final Rankings 🏆 Horror, Historical, Western? The good, the bad & the...boring?

Stalking Kafka 2024-08-25 | To find out more about the Booktube Prize, follow the links below:
Website: booktubeprize.org
BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize
2024 Booktube Prize Finalist Announcement video - youtu.be/8IBWA332lfk?si=EgVVc-WVbr5AXaj0

Special thanks to @Robert.Sheard for all his work in organizing the prize (Hiiii!)

Books in Group B:
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Wellness by Nathan Hill
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Finalist Books:
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Wellness by Nathan Hill
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
NorthWoods by Daniel Mason

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Help! Hurricane Chaos Aftermath 🌀Making Lemonade 🍋Physical TBR Jar & Unhaul

Stalking Kafka 2024-08-16 | To join in on reading The Moonstone, please send me a message on Voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka.
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Announcement Video - youtu.be/AdHwjtUaxDE?si=18HI-JAmua_q2Tjw

The video of sad books by booktubers from @GunpowderFictionPlot is on the other side of this link - youtu.be/M8BmXpn9gpI?si=wGMZA7_yOZU6XXfH

I also mentioned Shelly, Gemma, Elisabeth and Ben from @Shellyish , @GemofBooks , @bouquinsbooks and @benreadsgood in this video (Hiiiii!)

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#tbrjar

A Wilkie Collins Readalong Announcement

Stalking Kafka 2024-08-14 | The fun begins on August 17th!

To join in on reading The Moonstone, please send me a message on Voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka.
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The Proposed Reading Schedule (depending on the edition):

Week 1: Aug 17 - Aug 23
Pages: 1-80 (ish)
Prologue + First Period, Chapter 1-7

Week 2: Aug 24 - Aug 30
Pages: 81-190 (ish)
First Period, Chapter 8-19

Week 3: Aug 31 - Sep 6
Pages: 191-260 (ish)
Second Period, Chapters 1-6 (Miss Clack’s narrative)

Week 4: Sep 7 - Sep 13
Pages: 261-320 (ish)
Third Narrative, Chapter 1-5 (Franklin Blake’s narrative)

Week 5: Sep 14 - Sep 20
Pages: 321-400 (ish)
Fourth Narrative, Chapter 1-7 (Ezra Jennings’ narrative)

Week 6: Sep 21 - Sep 27
Pages: 401-480
Fifth Narrative + Epilogue

Learn A Language Book Tag I Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

Stalking Kafka 2024-08-09 | I was tagged by the wonderful Camila @hasteyebooks to do this super fun tag all about learning a new language and I loved doing it - so much fun! Thank you for tagging me Camila (and hiii!)

This tag is by the lovely Jay ‪@my0.25lifecrisis

How the tag works:
Translate the questions into the language of your choice, then answer the corresponding prompt.

1. A book in the language you're learning -- Pick a book that is translated from the language you are currently learning
2. What is your name? -- Pick a book with a name in the title
3. I'm sorry, I don't understand. -- Pick a book w/ a miscommunication
4. How much does it cost? -- Pick a book about money.
5. Where is ...? -- Pick a book about a place.
6. How are you? -- Pick a book about emotions, or a book that made you feel emotions lol
7. Pick a random word in the language you're learning -- Pick a book w/ that word in the title
8. Please and Thank you! -- Tag your friends!! & Thank the ppl for watching :D

People I'm tagging:
‪@benreadsgood
@CharlieBrookReads
@savagereads

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August TBR 💎 Readalong announcement 💫 WIT Readathon 🍐Booker Longlist Reaction 😈Garbaugust

Stalking Kafka 2024-08-03 | Another Readalong announcement!

Please let me know if you are interested in reading along with me from Aug 17 - Sept 28. We will choose either The Moonstone or The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins. A poll will be posted shortly as a community post and you can vote there or you can leave me a message in the comments section.

The WIT Reading Challenge was created by @charlottemolloy and you can find the announcement video with all the prompts here youtu.be/_L8juMTizks?si=OLn_USiwF9YCyV8O

To find out more about the Booktube Prize, follow the links below:
Website: booktubeprize.org
BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize
2024 Booktube Prize Finalist Announcement video - youtu.be/8IBWA332lfk?si=EgVVc-WVbr5AXaj0

Finalist Books:
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Wellness by Nathan Hill
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
NorthWoods by Daniel Mason

Garbaugust was created by @CriminOllyBlog and you can find the announcement video with all the prompts, hosts and fun related activities here - youtu.be/KuTe79ktYE8?si=5o0MghEyYUnjwDq2

I also mentioned Scott from @GunpowderFictionPlot in this video (Hiiii)

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#booktubeprize #bookerprize #womenintranlationmonthreadathon #garbaugust #witreadathon

What To Read For Women In Translation Month? Book on my Radar 📡

Stalking Kafka 2024-07-27 | It's a late upload so please forgive me in advance for adding the notes tomorrow.

The WIT Reading Challenge was created by @charlottemolloy and you can find the announcement video with all the prompts here youtu.be/_L8juMTizks?si=OLn_USiwF9YCyV8O

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Recent Reads 🐍 6 mini book reviews including Brotherless Night, Joan, James & Sociopath

Stalking Kafka 2024-07-21 | I have a lot of words apparently...long video but these books give me so much to think and talk about!

Wrapping up a few from #miserymay @GemofBooks & @GunpowderFictionPlot and #readhistoricalfiction2024 @Shellyish

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
Killingly by Katharine Beutner
Sociopath by Patric Gagne
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
James by Percival Everette

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Booker Longlist Predictions ❔Just call it Intuition at this point...

Stalking Kafka 2024-07-13 | To find out more about the Booker Prize follow the link below:
Website: thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/prize-years/2024

I also mentioned Eric, Charlotte, Scott and Ben from @EricKarlAnderson , @charlottemolloy , @GunpowderFictionPlot and @benreadsgood in this video (Hiiiii!)

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#bookerprize

Reading Goals Check-In & July TBR

Stalking Kafka 2024-07-06 | It's sweltering but that won't stop me from adding more books to the old TBR pile!

The Jane Austen Reading Challenge was created by Katie over at @katiejlumsden , you can find the announcement video with all the prompts here youtu.be/wJ6CqZ1Zst4?si=el8sQVjqk34sNde5

To find out more about the Booktube Prize follow the link below:
Website: booktubeprize.org
BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize

I also mentioned Scott and Eric from @GunpowderFictionPlot and @EricKarlAnderson in this video (Hiiiii!)

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Sociopath by Patric Gagne
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
James by Percival Everett
Doppelgänger by Naomi Klein
Emma by Jane Austen
Anita de Monte Laughs Last by Xóchitl González
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda

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2024 Mid-Year Freak Out Book Tag

Stalking Kafka 2024-06-30 | Booktube often makes you feel close to people in ways that are hard to fathom even when you haven't had the chance to meet in person. I felt that way about Alice and like so many in the booktube community I am heartbroken that she is gone. She will be dearly missed.

Here is Alice's Mid-Year Freak Out Video from last year - youtu.be/n5GgUGXmnBQ?si=qSiHZwEv6En_bVYV

Other Creators I mention in this video:
@GemofBooks and @CharlieBrookReads
@bouquinsbooks

I am tagging:
@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing
@madeubook
@HannahsBooks
@eyesonindie

Questions/Prompts:

1. Best book you've read so far this year.
2. Best sequel you've read this year.
3. New release you haven't read yet but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment this year
6. Biggest surprise this year
7. Favourite new author
8. Newest fictional crush
9. Newest favourite character
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy
12. Most beautiful book you've bought (or received) so far this year.
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?

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12 Books to read this Summer 🛶According to The Globe and Mail 🇨🇦 Canadas National Newspaper

Stalking Kafka 2024-06-23 | The original article from The Globe & Mail can be found here - theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-summer-books-2024

The New Yorker Article by Leslie Jamison can be found here - newyorker.com/magazine/2023/11/27/a-friend-died-with-her-novel-unfinished-could-i-realize-her-vision

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A (Bookish) UK Travel Vlog

Stalking Kafka 2024-06-16 | Words can't describe how much I loved every minute of this trip. I only wish I had had the chance to meet up with more bookish folks.

Special shout outs to @kitthereader and @GemofBooks for making time in their lives for little old me.

I also mentioned @EveningReader in this video (Hiii Priscilla!).

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
How To Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
Monsters by Claire Dederer
Parasites by Daphne duMaurier
Beloved by Toni Morrison
A Visit From The Goon Squad by Jennifer Eagan

SONGS 🎤 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
(Epidemic Sound)

Letters by Ever So Blue
Lost In Time With You by Paper Twins

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Booktube Prize 2024 | The Fiction Semifinals

Stalking Kafka 2024-06-14 | To find out more about the Booktube Prize, follow the links below:
Website: booktubeprize.org
BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize
2024 Booktube Prize Semifinalist Announcement video - youtu.be/jIWSv8AYiw4?si=ObUMQ4EX0EmjxIpw

Books in Group B:
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Lone Women by Victor Lavalle
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
Wellness by Nathan Hill
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

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June TBR ☀️Booktube Prize Semifinals, A Historical Fiction Readathon & Pride

Stalking Kafka 2024-06-08 | If you are interested participating in the readalong for East of Eden, please send me a message on Voxer.

My handle is stalkingkafka. web.voxer.com/u/stalkingkafka.

Here is the schedule:
June 15 - June 22 - Part 1 (p.3 - 129)
June 22 - June 29 - Part 2 (p.129 - 272)
June 29 - July 6 - Part 3 (p.272 - 410)
July 6 - July 13 - Part 4 (p.413 - 602)

To find out more about the Booktube Prize, follow the links below:
Website: booktubeprize.org
BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize

The historical fiction readathon is hosted by @Shellyish and you can watch the announcement video here - youtu.be/m1-KAI2SvFI?si=Bu6n097zcXdQ3ja

I also mentioned Sarah from @eyesonindie in this video (Hiiiii!)

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
White Noise by Don DeLlilo
The Boarding School Girl by Nadezhda Khvoshinskaya tr. Karen Rosneck
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Joan by Katherine J. Chen
James by Percival Everett
Maurice by E.M. Forster
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
The New Life by Tom Crewe
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

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Stalking Kafka 2024-06-07 | ...

April Wrap-Up

Stalking Kafka 2024-05-25 | 1K!

Special Thanks to @Shellyish for the wonderful shout-out!

Trans Girl April Readathon by @CestKevvie - youtu.be/5UaFpMG4uYM?si=2IosfKOxczdXz4Nu

People April by Ros & Elisabeth from @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 and @bouquinsbooks - youtu.be/Gt-_GfGU4wk?si=ZG-EJSoajae_-GSx

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
Ordinary Human Failings by Meghan Nolan
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
Page Boy by Elliot Page
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

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Big Book Haul & (more) Channel Plans

Stalking Kafka 2024-05-19 | There are a few things I forgot to mention in my last video!

I mentioned @GemofBooks , @GunpowderFictionPlot , @Shellyish and @litwithkat in this video (Hiiiii!)

If you are interested participating in the readalong for East of Eden, please let me know in the comments section or send me a message on Voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka. web.voxer.com/u/stalkingkafka. It will run from June 15th - July 31st (ish). I will create a full schedule and post it with my June TBR.

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Fayne by Ann-Marie McDonald
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Mothering by Ainslie Hogarth
Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor tr. Sophie Hughes
A Spell of Good Things by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀
Bliss Montage by Ling Ma
Dances by Nicole Cuffy
The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino tr. Alexander O. Smith
Reproduction by Ian Williams
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Eagan
Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Elfman
Biography of X by Catherine Lacey
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
Milk Teeth by Jessica Andrews
The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett
The Wall by Marlen Haushofer tr. Shaun Whiteside

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Current Reads & Channel Plans Summer 2024

Stalking Kafka 2024-05-12 | Do I actually have plans? Yes, yes, I do. I think.

I mentioned @GunpowderFictionPlot , @GemofBooks and @BookwormAdventureGirl in this video (Hiiiii!)

If you are interested in a read along for East of Eden, please let me know in the comments section or send me a message on Voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka. web.voxer.com/u/stalkingkafka

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan
A History of Burning by Janice Oza
Cocktail by Lisa Alward
Chrysalis by Abuja Varghese
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
Killingly by Katharine Beutner
Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down
Germinal by Emile Zola
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
White Noise by Don DeLlilo
The Boarding School Girl by Nadezhda Khvoshinskaya tr. Karen Rosneck
Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Julia by Sandra Newman
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Fly On The Wall by E. Lockhart
Apeiragon by Colum McCann
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

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May TBR 💬 ChatGPT tells me what to read 🔫 Star Wars Readathon

Stalking Kafka 2024-05-05 | It's here again! The May the Force Read with You Readathon! A Star Wars inspired reading challenge created by Erik from @BreakevenBooks
The announcement video can be found here - youtu.be/BTMxWmVI7pM?si=ayyRHxMuynDooC5J

Readathon Prompts and Info: breakevenbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/May-The-Force-Read-With-You-2024-Prompts-and-Information.pdf

I participated in the readathon last year and had so much fun!
You can see my 2023 TBR video here - youtu.be/1YhYX-aKSR8?si=nl60RAYLaZY6PHmq

Other Readathons and Reading Challenges Mentioned:

Misery May hosted by @GunpowderFictionPlot & @GemofBooks
Mental Health May hosted by @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH & @MarilynMayaMendoza
Asian Readathon hosted by @withcindy
Booktube Spin hosted by @FreshlyReadBooks & @TheBookBully

Other channels mentioned:
@BookwormAdventureGirl
@benreadsgood

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Nothing To See Here by Kevin Wilson
Sociopath by Patric Gagne
Killingly by Katharine Beutner
Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad
Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
Nightbloom by Peace Adzo Medie
Germinal by Emile Zola

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Misery May

Stalking Kafka 2024-04-27 | Misery is synonymous with agony, anguish, despair, discomfort, gloom, grief. hardship, headache, heartache, sadness, sorrow, squalor, suffering, torment. torture, woe and we will experience it all together this month!

Misery May is hosted by @GunpowderFictionPlot and @GemofBooks

Please check out their recommendation videos
youtu.be/H0V8s-qvgPQ?si=VdyXy7j1nNcNwWEB
youtu.be/W9U3Kq6oL7I?si=SfGS95_1QbFesZLM

In the opening montage:
Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Stoner by John Williams
The Bell Jar by Silvia Plath
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

My picks:
Host Pick, Classic - Germinal by Emile Zola
Illness - Notes On An Execution by Danya Kukafka
Group Read - Bodies of Light by Jennifer Down
War - Brotherless Night V. V. Ganeshananthan
Translation - Hour of the Star by Clarice Lispector tr. Benjamin Moser
Immigrant - Wandering Souls by Cecile Pin
Feminist - Killingly by Katharine Beutner

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March Reading Wrap-Up | Mind Blown 🤯 | Buckle Up Buttercup 🌼

Stalking Kafka 2024-04-20 | Reading Invisible Man and two slave narratives concurrently really blew my mind this month. Let me tell you about it - or try because I also can't seem to find the words.

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas An American Slave by Himself
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Dopesick by Beth Macy
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
The Observer by Marina Endicott
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

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The Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag

Stalking Kafka 2024-04-14 | Original Tag – @RoisinsReading – youtu.be/_rakAxBu-dM
My video from last year - youtu.be/4dxideJfJD4?si=IowlwiavBIVdblJt

Channels Mentioned
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@benreadsgood
@BookishTexan
@M-J
@GemofBooks
@RosieCockshutt

Shout-outs
@alysereads
@BeyondBooks-wt5il
@Showmeyourshelfie

Questions:
How many books have you read so far?
Have you already found a book you think might be a 2024 favourite? If not what was your favourite book you read that wasn't quite five star?
Any 1 star books / least favourite book of the year?
Most read genre so far?
A book that surprised you?
Book that's come out in 2024 already that you want to read but haven't yet?
One goal you made that you're succeeding at
One goal you made you need to focus on
New to you Booktubers/bookstagrammer/booktokers for 2023 you recommend?

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas An American Slave by Himself
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
Boulder by Eva Baltasar tr. Julia Sanches
Rouge by Mona Awad
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
James by Percival Everett
Clear by Carys Davies
Loot by Tania James
Page Boy by Elliot Page
Cocktail by Lisa Alward
Chrysalis by Anuja Varghese
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Nightbloom by Peace Medzie
Ordinary Human Failings by Meghan Nolan

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My BookTube Prize Rankings - Let me explain...

Stalking Kafka 2024-04-06 | Talking through my rankings from Group D - #booktubeprize Octofinals.

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
The Vaster Wild's by Lauren Groff
Big Swiss by Jen Beagan
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt

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Reading Prize Listed Books 🚘Visiting Ottawa 🎈Birthday Books & Glasses Shopping 🤓

Stalking Kafka 2024-04-01 | What a week it's been! From shopping for books from the Women's Prize longlist in Ottawa to buying new glasses at Costco to trying to decide on my rankings for the #booktubeprize...hope you'll tag along with me.

Oh and I sort of celebrate my birthday too!

Bookstores I visited in Ottawa

1. Octopus Books - octopusbooks.ca

2. Black Squirrel Books - blacksquirrelbooks.ca

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
Cocktail: Stories by Lisa Alward
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai
Ordinary Human Failings by Meghan Nolan
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan
Chrysalis by Anuja Varghese
Nightbloom by Peace Medzie

SONGS 🎤 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
(Epidemic Sound)

Sleepwalking by Mindme
Who's That Girl by ElFL Feat. Vicki Vox

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April TBR 💐 Reading Prize Books, Memoirs and more...

Stalking Kafka 2024-03-29 | TBR Clearout hosted by Katie @katiejlumsden - youtu.be/pElOO3PrFkU?si=V1rjsSeXxXa6BUhg

Trans Girl April Readathon by @CestKevvie - youtu.be/5UaFpMG4uYM?si=2IosfKOxczdXz4Nu

People April by Ros & Elisabeth from @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 and @bouquinsbooks - youtu.be/Gt-_GfGU4wk?si=ZG-EJSoajae_-GSx

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Page Boy by Elliot Page
Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee
How To Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Ordinary Human Failings by Meghan Nolan
Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy
Nightbloom by Peace Medzie
The Wren, The Wren by Anne Enright
Chrysalis by Anuja Varghese
Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan

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The Book Prize Tag

Stalking Kafka 2024-03-23 | I created a book tag!

The Book Prize Tag Questions:
1. Which book prizes are you familiar with?
2. Do you follow any of the lists for book prizes? If you do, which ones and why?
3. Do you make it a point to read books long or short listed for any of the book prizes?
4. If you have, have the books you’ve read been as good as the prize jury thought?
5. Are there any books that you have loved that you think should have been awarded a prize?
6. Have you ever made any predictions for book prizes? Was it difficult to do? How accurate were your predictions?
7. What do you think about book prizes? Do you think book prizes are a good idea?
8. Tag people

Creators mentioned in this video (Hiiii!)
@BookwormAdventureGirl
@shawnbreathesbooks
@GemofBooks
@CharlieBrookReads
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@eyesonindie
@lindysmagpiereads

Lindy's video on classifications of books - youtu.be/6DWRwKxqiKw?si=KgicMYE4QeEri7ng

Scott's video about the Jhalak Prize Longlist - youtu.be/Tcb82lF7HQg?si=6SIUOdzgsjhk8Psd

Sarah's video about The Republic of Consciousness Prize Longlist - youtu.be/Pr6v63RnLBY?si=tb-vBi6bLNlvXf-t

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Jan-Feb Wrap-Up Pt. 2 | 🥵 Starting with a Rant 🌹Rouge, Bad Cree & more

Stalking Kafka 2024-03-16 | Hi Everyone, in the beginning of this video, I give a bit of a rant-y response to a comment made complaining about my noisy animal on my recently published video about Middlemarch.

If you want to skip it, the actual book reviews start at - 06:00 Bad Cree

N.B. I put a lot of thought into that MIddlemarch video, so nobody is more annoyed than I am that it isn't perfect and that the background pitter patter of Fifi's unclipped paws would be such an irritant (I found it very annoying myself!) Luckily, it doesn't last for the whole video so you can skip ahead to get past it if it is too distracting.

The imperfect sound recording is simply the result of the undeniable reality that my channel offers free (to youtube) content created by an amateur with less than enough extra time for her passion projects. All of my videos reflect the production values of a hobbyist doing her best to make the content interesting and conversation worthy. I will strive to improve when and where I can but I can't be making any promises until the day dawns when I have a technical team I can blame (or at least a dog wrangler).

I truly hope it doesn't deter any of you who are interested in my ideas about Middlemarch from checking it out.

Here is a link to it - youtu.be/w7q5fbQT2WA?si=2uEuWP0YH7dc6KTC

As always, thanks for watching and enjoy!

Jess.

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
The Appeal by Janice Hallet
The Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes tr. Ann Goldstein
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O'Donoghue
Rouge by Mona Award

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Middlemarch | The Greatest Novel Of All Time

Stalking Kafka 2024-03-13 | Let's unpack the reasons that Middlemarch is widely considered to be the greatest novel of all time.

Chapters:
00:00 - 01:18 Introduction
01:18 - 02:30 Themes Discussed
02:30 - 05:30 George Eliot's Life
05:30 - 08:20 Brief Plot Summary
08:20 - 13:50 Why It's The Greatest Novel
13:50 - 23:11 Characterization
23:11 - 27:31 Country Life
27:31 - 31:10 Romance and Love
31:10 - 34:29 Comedy
34:29 - 39:09 Is Middlemarch a feminist novel?
39:09 - 42:10 An Enduring Legacy

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Jan-Feb Wrap-Up Pt. 1 | 7 Mini Book Reviews 🪲 North Woods, 🦜 Still Life + My first Toni Morrison!

Stalking Kafka 2024-03-10 | How have I not been able to post a reading wrap-up yet in 2024?!

Here it is! Part 1 of a 2 part wrap-up for January and February.

I mentioned @EricKarlAnderson in this video (Hiiii!)

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Junie by Chelene Knight
Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
Boulder by Eva Baltasar tr. Julia Sanches
Still Life by Sarah Winman
Tides by Sara Freeman
North Woods by Daniel Mason

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The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist Reaction

Stalking Kafka 2024-03-09 | The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction Longlist: carolshieldsprizeforfiction.com/2024-longlist

I mentioned @jenniferlovesbooks and @hasteyebooks in this video (Hiiii!)

Camila's prediction video - youtu.be/oodjqdtdHfQ?si=E2-aLnhzhIFfFVOz
Jennifer's review of I Have Some Questions For You - youtu.be/MRCSk3vB9Dw?si=qKky_rxjAEU25a5_

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Womens Prize for Fiction Longlist Reaction & March TBR

Stalking Kafka 2024-03-05 | The Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist: womensprize.com

I mentioned @lindysmagpiereads in this video (Hiiii!)

Fierce Reads Readathon:
Shelly: @Shellyish
Sandy: @MsReadsAlot
Julie: @Bookishtravels1
Kristin: @EntertheBook

TBR Spin:
Sara: @FreshlyReadBooks
Jill: @TheBookBully

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas An American Slave by Himself
Dopesick by Beth Macy
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
The Observer by Marina Endicott
Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler

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Womens Prize for Fiction Predictions 2024

Stalking Kafka 2024-03-01 | To find out everything you need to know about the Women's Prize, please visit: womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/2024-prize

Scott's video - Reading Booktubers Favourites - youtu.be/rUPW-IzCfOM?si=AfoPcdrqjesKNvjl

Chapters:
00:00 - 00:36 Intro
00:36 - 03:28 Welcome
03:28 - 08:18 Heavy Hitters
08:18 - 12:13 Irish
12:13 - 17:57 Canadian
17:57 - 22:03 Other possibilities
22:03 - 23:18 Closing
23:18 - 24:18 Outro
24:18 - 25:18 I have no idea why this happened in editing....enjoy a black screen

I mentioned all of these lovely book tubers in this video (Hiiiiii!) - please check out their channels.
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@lindysmagpiereads

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Book Haul

Stalking Kafka 2024-02-18 | The fabulous independent bookstores mentioned (please check them out if you are in the area)

Drawn and Quarterly
drawnandquarterly.com

Saint Henri Books
sainthenribooks.com

I also mentioned Coach House Books
chbooks.com

To join the reading group for Invisible Man, please send me a message on Voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka. web.voxer.com/u/stalkingkafka

Here is the schedule we will be following:
Feb 17 - Feb 24 - Prologue, Ch. 1 - 4 - up to pg. 98
Feb 24 - Mar 2 - Ch. 4 - Ch. 10 - up to pg. 196
Mar 2 - Mar 9 - Ch. 10 - Ch. 14 - up to pg. 296
Mar 9 - Mar 16 - Ch. 14 - Ch. 18 - up to pg. 383
Mar 16 - Mar 23 - Ch. 18 - Ch. 23 - up to pg. 479
Mar 23 - Mar 30 - Ch. 23 - End - pg. 581.

I mentioned all of these lovely book tubers in this video (Hiiiiii!) - please check out their channels.
@lindysmagpiereads
@GunpowderFictionPlot
@GemofBooks
@BookwormAdventureGirl
@litwithkat
@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH

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16 Most Anticipated Books Of 2024 (so far) According to The Globe & Mail

Stalking Kafka 2024-02-10 | The most anticipated books of 2024 (so far) - theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/article-2024-books-to-read

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Burma Sahib, by Paul Theroux (Mariner, January)
Code Noir, Canisia Lubrin (Knopf, February)
Alphabetical Diaries, Sheila Heti (Knopf, February)
Wild Houses, Colin Barrett (M&S, March)
All Fours, Miranda July (Riverhead, May)
American Spirits, Russell Banks (Knopf Doubleday, March)
The Road from Belhaven, Margot Livesey (Knopf Doubleday, February)
The Book of Love, Kelly Link (Random House, February)
Until August, Gabriel García Márquez (Knopf, March)
Parasol Against the Axe, Helen Oyeyemi (Penguin, March)
James, Percival Everett (Doubleday, March)
The Alternatives, Caoilinn Hughes (Riverhead, April)
Long Island, Colm Toibin (McClelland and Stewart, May)
This Strange Eventful History, Claire Messud (Norton, May)
Parade, Rachel Cusk (HarperCollins, June)
Caledonian Road, Andrew O’Hagan (M&S, June)

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My Huge February TBR | A Readalong 📚 Canada Reads 🇨🇦 Booktube Prize, Spins & Booktuber Book Clubs

Stalking Kafka 2024-02-03 | To join the reading group for Invisible Man, please send me a message on Voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka. web.voxer.com/u/stalkingkafka

Here is the schedule we will be following:
Feb 17 - Feb 24 - Prologue (optional), Ch. 1 - 4 - up to pg. 98
Feb 24 - Mar 2 - Ch. 4 - Ch. 10 - up to pg. 196
Mar 2 - Mar 9 - Ch. 10 - Ch. 14 - up to pg. 296
Mar 9 - Mar 16 - Ch. 14 - Ch. 18 - up to pg. 383
Mar 16 - Mar 23 - Ch. 18 - Ch. 23 - up to pg. 479
Mar 23 - Mar 30 - Ch. 23 - End - pg. 581.

If you're interested in the banned books challenge, check out the announcement video here - youtu.be/6EFUXO8mC3k?si=7VY5q7r6d26e7QGc

To find out more about the Booktube Prize, follow the links below:
Website: booktubeprize.org
BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize
2024 Field Announcement youtu.be/6shWVt-IblA?si=rErELA_MTKFaAm5F

Books in Group D:
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt

For more information on Scott's wonderful books club hosted on patreon, you can find his announcement video @GunpowderFictionPlot or follow this link - youtu.be/uKITAcvmwoU?si=wk8Bc1i6iZVI8L_j

Check out Rick's channel @RickMacDonnell and spin video here - youtu.be/RH6Gc1-3-FQ?si=7SMnTcCnfguq8YuB

The TBR Spin is hosted by Jill @TheBookBully and Sarah @FreshlyReadBooks
Storygraph Challenge: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading...

To join the Reading Across Canada reading challenge, check out Jolene's channel @BookwormAdventureGirl and her announcement video here - youtu.be/DieL5fjs2Uw?si=jyTArruq4qcAGGwZ

For more information on the Canada Reads Shortlist, you can check out the CBC website here - cbc.ca/books/meet-the-canada-reads-2024-contenders-1.7073689

Booktube Prize 2024 | The Fiction Octofinals

Stalking Kafka 2024-02-03 | To find out more about the Booktube Prize, follow the links below:
Website: booktubeprize.org
Robert @Robert.Sheard
BookTube Prize @BookTubePrize
2024 Field Announcement youtu.be/6shWVt-IblA?si=rErELA_MTKFaAm5F

Books in Group D:
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff
Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Old God's Time by Sebastian Barry
Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Loved and Missed by Susie Boyt

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Reading 1 Star Reviews of Books I Loved in 2023

Stalking Kafka 2024-01-27 | It's been a tough week so I thought I would make a video about all the terrible reviews of the books I've loved this year.

I read Stoner with the lovely Scott @GunpowderFictionPlot and Gemma @GemofBooks (Hiiiii!)

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Tin Man by Sarah Winman
The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
Stoner by John Williams
In Memoriam by Alice Winn
Foster by Claire Keegan
Our Share Of Night by Mariana Enriquez
Kindred by Octavia Butler
Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton
Middlemarch by George Eliot

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December Reading Wrap-Up ⛷️

Stalking Kafka 2024-01-20 | To join in on the read-along for Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, send me a quick hello in voxer and I will add you to the group chat. web.voxer.com/u/stalkingkafka

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
The Break by Katherena Vermette
The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven by Nathaniel Ian Miller
The Anthill by Juli
Other People's Clothes by Calla Henkel
Riot Days by Maria
I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home by Lorrie Moore

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SOCIALS:

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2024 Classics TBR & Announcing A Readalog!

Stalking Kafka 2024-01-15 | N.B. I misspoke when introducing The Invention of Morel and attributed the author as Borges in error - I apologize!

To join me in reading The Invisible Man, please send me a message on Voxer. My handle is stalkingkafka.
Vox me on Voxer! web.voxer.com/u/stalkingkafka

If you're interested in the banned books challenge, check out the announcement video here - youtu.be/6EFUXO8mC3k?si=7VY5q7r6d26e7QGc

I mentioned @EricKarlAnderson in this video (Hiiiiii!)

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs
Narrative of The Life of Frederick Douglas An American Slave by Himself
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Quicksand by Nella Larson
The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
Maurice by E.M. Forster
Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
Germinal by Emile Zola
Despair by Vladimir Nabokov
The Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares tr. Ruth L.C. Sims
The Waves by Virginia Woolf
Emma by Jane Austen
1984 by George Orwell
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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Reading Goals & Channel Plans for 2024

Stalking Kafka 2024-01-11 | A very chatty video about reading goals, channel plans, bookish "resolutions" and habits for 2024.

"Loose" Chapters:

00:00 - 00:33 Intro
00:33 - 02:01 Welcome Chit Chat
02:01- 05:45 Reading Goals
05:45 - 11:30 Prizes & Bookish Events
11:30 - 14:48 Bookish Resolutions
14:48 - 16:45 Formats & Accessing Books
16:45 - 18:47 Book Clubs & Readalongs
18:47 - 23:20 Videos, Vlogs & Channel Plans
23:20 - 23:50 What do you want?
23:50 - 24:26 Outro

To find out more about the Booktube Prize, please check out the official channel here: youtube.com/@UC4CDC3kHYL8z95SXXNli5Hg

To find out more about Scott's Book Club follow this link: patreon.com/GunpowderFictionandPlot

To find out more about Eric's Book Club follow this link: patreon.com/TheLonesomeReaderBookClub

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January TBR Spin + Past and Future Readathon

Stalking Kafka 2024-01-05 | The Past and Future Readathon runs throughout January and is the brain child of @novellenovels the cohosts are:

@GemofBooks
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
@spreadbookjoy
@CharlieBrookReads
@danisbookworld

Gemma's announcement video is linked here - youtu.be/IlNy79DatrY?si=96FdSapz88Oj2W50

The Prompts:

Past:
1. Read the oldest book on your TBR
2. Old Favourite: Reread an old favourite or read a book by a favourite author
3. Bucket List: Read a book from your bucket list (check out @MsReadsAlot for more bucket list options!)

Future:
1. New Addition: Read a recent addition to the TBR/your newest book
2. New Year's Resoloution: Read a book that gets you off to a good start with a reading goal
3. Try something new: Pick a read using a colour wheel (here is a link if you need it - https://spinthewheel.app/wheel-of-colors)

Either/Or:
1. Series sort out: Continue a series, or start a new one
2. Book buddy: Have a fried choose you a book

Moody Monday: Mood read pick, any Monday of the month!

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The TBR Spin (different from the Booktube spin created by @RickMacDonnell is hosted by Jill @TheBookBully and Sarah @FreshlyReadBooks

Their livestream spin can be found linked here - youtube.com/live/bLDvhk_DP_k?si=QLDclkTx32GrfLPt

Storygraph Challenge: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading...

I also mentioned @EricKarlAnderson and @EveningReader in this video (Hi!)

My TBR Spin Pile:
The Tides by Sara Freeman
The Magician by Colm Tóibín
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
Unreconciled by Jesse Wente
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
The Appeal by Janice Hallett
Fight Night by Miriam Toews
Olive Kitteredge by Elizabeth Strout
A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
Pew by Catherine Lacey
Salvage th Bones by Jasmyn Ward
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

BOOKS 📚 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews
Junie by Chelene Knight
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Boulder by Ava Baltazar
Day by Michael Cunningham
Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens
North Woods by Daniel Mason
Mr. Wilder & Me by Jonathan Coe
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa

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SOCIALS:

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#booktube #readathon #pastandfuturereadathon #tbrspin

Wrap My TBR 2024 🎁 Lets Wrap Books Together!

Stalking Kafka 2024-01-03 | I did this last year - here's that video youtu.be/IGcfIU5GQBA?si=0ZrMOZlWBGd5Ac27

Radio Silence by Alice Osman
Quicksand by Nella Larson
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
The Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight by Riku Onda
Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
Heartburn by Nora Ephron
The Vegetarian by Han King
The Housekeeper and The Professor by Yōko Ogawa
The Son of Good Fortune by Lesley Tenorio
Crying in H-Mart by Michelle Zauner
Despair by Vladimir Nobokov
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Stuart
The Dry by Jane Harper
A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux
Mouth To Mouth by Antoine Wilson
Apeiragon by Colum McCann
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Riot Days by Maria Alyokhina
Golden Hill by Francis Spufford
Pet Cemetery by Stephen King
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Picnic At Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsay

SONGS 🎤 IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:
(Epidemic Sound)
Auld Lang Syne (Acoustic Version) by Loving Caliber

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