James HolderInspired by and tagging Steve Donoghue: youtube.com/@saintdonoghue Prompts: 1. What is your design style? 2. How many rooms in your home contain your personal library? 3. How often do you rearrange or redecorate your spaces? 4. Have you ever had your home professionally remodeled or designed? 5. Do you watch or read media devoted to architecture, interior design, and decorating? 6. You have an unlimited budget to build your dream home. A. What style would your home be? B. What would you do with your library? C. Are there anything specific you would like to do with any rooms or spaces? D. Are there any specific pieces you would like to use in those spaces? 7. Tag People! I tag everyone!
The Decor Tag (Original)James Holder2022-11-29 | Inspired by and tagging Steve Donoghue: youtube.com/@saintdonoghue Prompts: 1. What is your design style? 2. How many rooms in your home contain your personal library? 3. How often do you rearrange or redecorate your spaces? 4. Have you ever had your home professionally remodeled or designed? 5. Do you watch or read media devoted to architecture, interior design, and decorating? 6. You have an unlimited budget to build your dream home. A. What style would your home be? B. What would you do with your library? C. Are there anything specific you would like to do with any rooms or spaces? D. Are there any specific pieces you would like to use in those spaces? 7. Tag People! I tag everyone!Weekly Reads (October 18, 2024)James Holder2024-10-18 | Books Read: Bleach vols 7-12 by Tite Kubo Demon Slayer vols 1-23 by Koyoharu GotougeThe J Tag (Reprise)James Holder2024-10-15 | Created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff The Prompts J is for Japan. What was the last book you read by a Japanese author. J is for Jamaica. What was the last book your read by an author from the Caribbean? J is for Jane Austen and July. What are you reading for #JaneAustenJuly2021? (or 2022) (If you are late to the party: What did you read for #JaneAustenJuly2021?) J is for joke. Tell us a bookish joke. J is for James Joyce. What is your favorite novel by James Joyce? Have you been brave enough to tackle Finnegan's Wake? J is for Jaguar. Enzo Ferrari described the Jaguar E-Type (XKE) as the most beautiful car in the world. What do you consider the most beautiful car in the world?Manga Haul: Im Rooting for the Gods in Ragnarok!James Holder2024-10-12 | Manga Hauled: Bleach vols 16-18 by Tite Kubo Delicious in Dungeon vols 8 & 9 by Ryoko Kui Record of Ragnarok vols 6 & 7 by Azychika, Shinya Umemura, & Takumi Fukui Zom 100 vols 6 & 7 by Haro Aso & Kotaro TakataWeekly Reads (October 11, 2024)James Holder2024-10-12 | Books Mentioned: Delicious in Dungeon vol 6 by Ryoko Kui Zom 100 vols 4 & 5 by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe YuYu Hakusho vols 13-19 by Yoshihiro Togashi Bleach by Tite Kubo Demon Slayer by Koyoharu GotougeManga Haul: The Straw Hats Return to Port!James Holder2024-10-09 | Manga Hauled: One Piece vols 28-36 by Eiichiro Oda in three volume omnibus editionsA Ranty Reads for a Crappy WeekendJames Holder2024-10-09 | Books Mentioned: River of the Gods by Candice Millard The Night of the Iguana by Tennessee Williams Mass For Shut-Ins by Mary-Alice DanielManga Haul: Completing YuYu Hakusho!James Holder2024-10-08 | Manga Hauled: YuYu Hakusho vols 17 & 18 by Yoshihiro Togashi Twin Star Exorcists vols 17 & 18 by Yoshiaki SukenoLibrary Woes: The Place of Classics, Modern, and Contemporary Fiction, Poetry, DramaJames Holder2024-10-08 | Hopefully my ramblings make some sense.The I Tag (Reprise)James Holder2024-10-08 | Created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff
The prompts: I is for immunity and inoculation. Have you been vaccinated yet? I is for Iago. Who is the most sinister villain in your reading and why? I is for Italy. What is the last book you read by an Italian author? I is for Ireland. Who is your favorite Irish author? I is for ink. Do you have any tattoos. What do you think of tattoos? (If you wish you may show and explain your tattoos) I is for Inspiration. What book inspired you to do something? I is for Istanbul. Which city or cities, would you like to see before you die and why? I is for many book titles. What is the last book you read beginning with an "i"?500 Subscriber Q&AJames Holder2024-10-06 | Thanks again for your questions! Sorry for the ending. As I was bringing up the camera, I accidentally shut it off mid signoff.Weekly Reads (October 4, 2024)James Holder2024-10-04 | Books Mentioned: The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome by Guy de la Bedoyere A Kiss For the Absolute by Shuzo Takiguchi translated by Mary Jo Bang and Yuki Tanaka The Words That Remain Stenio Gardel translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill I Thought There Would Be More Wolves by Sara Ryan500 Subscribers Q&A Call for Questions!James Holder2024-10-01 | Thank you! Leave your questions in the comments down below and I will answer the questions October 5!The H Tag (Reprise)James Holder2024-10-01 | Created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff The Prompts: H is for Harry Potter. Would you prefer to travel to Hogwarts in a flying car or on the Hogwarts Express? H is for Horror. Why do kids love horror? (or here you could add your favorite horror titles) H is for Hemingway. Hemingway or Fitzgerald? H is for hardback. Do you prefer hardbacks or paperbacks? H is for Hardy. Which is your favorite Thomas Hardy novel? H is for hot. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere how are you coping with the heat? H is for Hunger Games. Do you prefer the Hunger Games or Harry Potter? H is for Honey. Pooh was addicted to honey. What is you sweet addiction? H is for the Handmaid's Tale. If you've read the book, what did you think of it? H is for Hopper. What are your thoughts on the works of Edward Hopper, the American painter?October Reading Plans?James Holder2024-09-30 | I have nothing.Rearranging My LibraryJames Holder2024-09-30 | I'm still not happy with it.Weekly Reads (September 27, 2024)James Holder2024-09-28 | Books Mentioned: Delicious in Dungeon vols 4 & 5 by Ryoko Kui Zom 100 vols 2 & 3 by Haro Aso and Kotaro Takata YuYu Hakusho vols 10-12 by Yoshihiro Togashi JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Hirohiko Araki: Phantom Blood vol 1 Stone Ocean vol 1 Choujin X vol 7 by Sui Ishida Toilet-bound Hanako-kun vols 1-20 by AidaIroBook Haul: A Kiss for the AbsoluteJames Holder2024-09-27 | A Kiss for the Absolute by Shuzo Takiguchi translated by Mary Jo Bang and Yuki TanakaManga Haul: YuYu Hakusho and Twin Star ExorcistsJames Holder2024-09-26 | Manga Hauled: YuYu Hakusho vol 13 by Yoshihiro Togashi Twin Star Exorcists vols 13-16 by Yoshiaki SukenoBook Haul: The Fall of Egypt, Please Dont Be All About Effing Rome!James Holder2024-09-25 | The Fall of Egypt and the Rise of Rome by Guy de la BedoyereManga Haul: Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun and Choujin XJames Holder2024-09-24 | Manga Hauled: Toilet-bound Hanako-kun vol 20 by AidaIro Choujin X vol 7 by Sui IshidaRead Smart Book TagJames Holder2024-09-24 | Created by @ProseAndPetticoatsand @ToReadersItMayConcern Saw it on @BookTimewithElvis
Read Smart Tag questions:
1. What is your strategy to stay focused and engaged while reading?
2. How does your environment influence your focus and what can you do to optimize it?
3. What methods do you use to retain and recall information from what you've read?
4. How do you approach difficult or challenging material?
5. What role do note-taking and annotation play in your reading process?
6. How do you balance reading for pleasure with reading for personal or professional development?
7. What is the importance of setting reading goals?
8. What are some strategies for overcoming reading slumps or lack of motivation?
Consider yourself taggedThe G Tag (Reprise)James Holder2024-09-24 | Created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff Here are the prompts: G is for the Great American Novel. What do you consider the Great American Novel? (This was a prompt I used for the A tag and had so many great answers, that I am presenting it again). This can further be broken down to in the 19th Century, 20th Century and 21st Century. G is for many countries like Guatemala, Guyana, Grenada, Greece, Greenland, Germany, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry and Georgia. What was the last book you read by an author from a country beginning with G? G is for Georgia. Have you read any books by Georgian authors or about Georgia? G is for Gone With the Wind (set in the US State of Georgia). Have you read Gone with the Wind and if so what did you think of it? G is for Genre. Is there a book genre you would avoid? G is for Goodreads. If you use Goodreads, what are your statistics like? Books read? books wan to read? Average rating? Book reviews written? Many things begin with G: girl detective, God, gardening, guns, green, Graham Greene, garbage, guides etc.... you may if you wish add a prompt or two related to books and something or someone beginning with GManga Haul: Another Big Haul from Powells!James Holder2024-09-23 | Manga Hauled: Bleach vols 13-15 by Tite Kubo Frieren: Beyond Journey's End vols 4-6 by Kanehito Yamada and Tsukasa Abe Delicious in Dungeon vols 6 & 7 by Ryoko Kui Zom 100 vols 4 & 5 by Haro Aso and Kotaro TakataWeekly Reads (September 20, 2024)James Holder2024-09-20 | Books Mentioned: Swan by Peter Young Rabbit by Victoria Dickenson Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernadez The Chile Project by Sebastian Edwards Dear Vulcan by Laura Davenport The Dream of the Unified Field by Jorie GrahamThe Evolution of a BookTuber TagJames Holder2024-09-17 | Created by @spreadbookjoy Saw it on @BookishTexan Steve Donoghue influenced my turn to history @saintdonoghue
Prompts: (1) EXTINCTION: Are there things you used to do on your channel that you no longer do? (2) ADAPTATION: What things have you done on your channel or as a result of being on booktube that you never thought you would do? (3) EVOLUTION: how has booktube changed you and what do you aspire to do on your channel in future? (4) BONUS PROMPT: Impart your words of wisdom to all of the fledgling booktubers out there! (5) TAG SOME PEOPLE! I tag YOU and EVERYONE featured in this video PLUS the lovely people below!The F Tag (Reprise)James Holder2024-09-17 | Created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff The prompts: F is for France. Who is your favorite French author? F is for fiction. Approximately, what percentage of your reading is fiction? F is for fantasy. Who is your favorite Fantasy author? F is for Five Stars. How many books have been five star reads for you this year? F is for Funny. Funny has two meanings. What book did you find both funny peculiar and funny haha? F is for Fight Club and Film Adaptation. What book and film adaptation both merited five stars, in your opinion? F is for flower. What is the last book you read with the name of a flower in the title? F is for Flash Fiction. What are your thoughts or experiences of this medium?Weekly Reads (September 13, 2024)James Holder2024-09-13 | Books Mentioned: Vertigo by Harald Jahner translated by Shaun Whiteside Conan the Invincible by Robert Jordan Family Dancing by David Leavitt The Ascent of Wonder edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer The Universe, All at One by Salim Barakat translated by Huda J. Fakhreddine Tanto Tanto by Marina Carreira Rabbit by Victoria Dickenson Swan by Peter Young Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernandez The Chile Project by Sebastian EdwardsThe Book Murderer TagJames Holder2024-09-12 | Created by @BookWyrm1060 Saw it on @arronjameshook and @ShawnDStandfast QUESTIONS 1) What are your thoughts on spine breaking 2) Bookmarks or dog-earing pages? 3) Page tearing or ripping? 4) Writing in books 5) Ripping covers & Book Binding 6) Who do you tag?The E Tag (Reprise)James Holder2024-09-10 | Created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff E is for Ernest. What is the importance of being Hemingway? (that wasn't a true prompt, just a little joke) E is for elephant. What is the biggest book you have read this year? E is for English. Who do you consider the greatest English novelist? If English is not your first language, what was the first book you read in English? E is for Elantris. What is your favorite book or series by Brandon Sanderson? E is for experimental. Have you read any experimental books? E is for e-books. Do you prefer physical books or e-books? E is for exploration. What is your favorite travel book? E is for Elene. If you have grandkids, kids, pets etc...beginning with the letter E and you want to show them, this is your opportunity. E is for elf. What is your favorite fantasy creature? E is for extraterrestrial. What is your favorite book about another world (or your favorite planet, real or fictitious)? E is for exodus. What is the most interesting book you have read about an exodus?Reacting to the 2024 Cundill Prize ShortlistJames Holder2024-09-09 | cundillprize.com The Shortlist: Judgement at Tokyo by Gary J. Bass They Called It Peace by Lauren Benton Shadows at Noon by Joya Chatterji Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal Gun Country by Andrew C. McKevitt Before the Movement by Dylan C. Penningroth The Lumumba Plot by Stuart A. Reid Revolusi by David Van Reybrouck translated by David Colmer and David McKayManga Haul: YuYu Hakusho-Three Volumes Left!James Holder2024-09-09 | Manga hauled: YuYu Hakusho vol 11 by Yoshihiro TogashiWeekly Reads (September 7, 2024)James Holder2024-09-08 | Books Mentioned: Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie Glitter Road by January Gill O'Neil Cathedral by Raymond Carver The Life & Times of Michael K. by J.M. Coetzee What I'd Rather Not Think About by Jente Posthuma translated by Sarah Timmer Harvery Telephone by Percival Everett Catherin de Medici by Mary Hollingswoth Vertigo by Harald Jahner translated by Shaun Whiteside Conan the Invincible by Robert Jordan Family Dancing by David LeavittManga Haul: I Needed ThisJames Holder2024-09-06 | Manga Hauled: Zom 100 vols 2 & 3 by Haro Aso & Kotaro Takata Delicious in Dungeon vols 4 & 5 by Ryoko Kui Bleach vols 10-12 by Tite Kubo YuYu Hakusho vols 14-16 & 19 by Yoshihiro TogashiBook Haul: Germany and KoreaJames Holder2024-09-05 | Books Hauled: Korea by Victor D. Cha and Ramon Pacheco Pardo Vertigo by Harald Jahner translated by Shaun WhitesideWeekly Reads (August 30, 2024)James Holder2024-08-31 | Books Mentioned: Black Clover vols 24-35 by Yuki Tabata Daemons of the Shadow Realm vols 1-5 by Hiromu Arakawa Bleach vols 4-6 by Tite Kubo Delicious in Dungeon vols 2 & 3 by Ryoko Kui Jujutsu Kaisen vol 23 by Gege Akutami Four Knights of the Apocalypse vol 13 by Nakaba Suzuki Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie Glitter Road by January Gill O'Neil The Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee Cathedral by Raymond CarverSeptember Reading Plans?James Holder2024-08-30 | The Plan: Toilet-bound Hanako-kun by AidaIro Choujin X by Sui Ishida Shorty September: The Life & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee Cathedral by Raymond Carver Telephone by Percival Everett Glitter Road by January Gill O'Neil The Words That Remain by Stenio Gardel translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato or Little Big Recipes by Emma Laperruqe Barefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina Garten What I'd Rather Not Talk About by Jente Posthuma translated by Sarah Timmer Harvey Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie Family Dancing by David Leavitt The Ascent of Wonder edited by David G, Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer Conan the Invincible by Robert Jordan Painting Brilliant Skies & Water in Pastel by Liz Haywood-SullivanPoetry Thursday: The Pokemon Go People by Nate KlugJames Holder2024-08-29 | from his collection Hosts and GuestsThe D Tag (Reprise)James Holder2024-08-28 | Created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff Prompts: D is for Dahl. What is your favorite book by Roald Dahl? D is for Dr Who. What is your favorite book about time travel? (Or Who is your favourite Dr Who?) D is for Dark. What is the darkest book you have read? D is for Dickens. How many Dickens' novels have you read (there were 15 including the Mystery of Edwin Drood)? D is for Dictionary. In these the internet years, do you still use physical paper dictionaries? D is for Dagger and Detective. What was the last detective novel you read? D is for Dostoevsky. What is your favorite Dostoevsky novel? D is for Diversity. Which book from your reading ticked the most diversity boxes? D is for Drawing. Who is your favorite visual artist?
Books Mentioned: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Edens Zero by Hiro Mashima Black Clover by Yuki Tabata Dandadan by Yukinobu Tatsu The Darkness That Comes Before by R. Scott Bakker Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie By Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities A Christmas Carole Bleak House Our Mutual Friend The Old Curiosity Shop2024 Cundill History Prize LonglistJames Holder2024-08-28 | The Cundill History Prize: cundillprize.com The Longlist: Judgement at Tokyo by Gary J. Bass The Called It Peace by Lauren Benton Shadows at Noon by Joya Chatterji Native Nations by Kathleen DuVal Smoke and Ashes by Amitav Ghosh Lucky Valley by Catherine Hall France on Trial by Julian Jackson Remembering Peasants by Patrick Joyce Vagabond Princess by Ruby Lal Gun Country by Andrew C. McKevitt Before the Movement by Dylan C. Penningroth The Lumumba Plot by Stuart A. Reid Revolusi by David Van ReybrouckLibrary Update: A Month After the MoveJames Holder2024-08-26 | I'm happy with how the new library looks. I'll probably add some new bookcases in the future. And I'll likely be doing some rearranging of the books themselves.Manga Haul: YuYu Hakusho and Three New ReleasesJames Holder2024-08-25 | Manga Hauled: YuYu Hakusho vols 10 & 12 by Yoshihiro Togashi Daemons of the Shadow Realm vol 5 by Hiromu Arakawa Four Knights of the Apocalypse vol 13 by Nakaba Suzuki Jujutsu Kaisen vol 23 by Gege AkutamiWeekly Reads (August 23, 2024)James Holder2024-08-23 | Books Mentioned: Alexander at the End of the World by Rachel Kousser Great Kingdoms of Africa ed John Parker Against the World by Tara Zahra Paradais by Fernanda Melchor translated by Sophie Hughes Night Logic by Matthew Gellman Stem by Stella Wong I Was Working by Ariel Yelen Screams of War by Akram Alkatreb translated by Jonas ElboustyBook Haul: Preppy Kitchen Super EasyJames Holder2024-08-22 | Book Hauled: Preppy Kitchen Super Easy by John KanellPoetry Thursday: The Journey by Maria Negroni translated by Anne TwittyJames Holder2024-08-22 | from the collection Night JourneyThe C Tag (Reprise)James Holder2024-08-20 | Created by @jimsbooksreadingandstuff Prompts: C is for Countries. Cuba, Colombia, Chile, Congo, Cyprus, Czechia, China and Canada...what was the last book you read by an author from Canada or China or another country beginning with C? C is for Canine and Cat...show me yours C is for Classic. What is the last classic book you read? C is for Children's Book. What was the last children's book you read for your own enjoyment? C is for Coloring Book. Adult Coloring Books are a thing, have you tried one, what are your thoughts on this? C is for Comedy. What is the funniest book you have read? C is for Comic Books? Can you explain to me the attraction of these? C is for Cookbook. Do you have a favorite?
C is for Cancel Culture, but both sides of the debate annoy me, so there is no prompt for that!A Short Story ConundrumJames Holder2024-08-19 | Inspired by @readandre-read
Books Mentioned: Family Dancing by David Leavitt Cathedral by Raymond Carver The Moons of Jupiter by Alice MunroBook Haul: Two of Three Poetry Preorders from Princeton University PressJames Holder2024-08-19 | The Poetry Collections that Arrived: Stem by Stella Wong I Was Working by Ariel Yelen The Outstanding Preorder: A Kiss for the Absolute by Shuzo Takiguchi translated by Mary Jo Bang and Yuki TanakaWeekly Reads (August 16, 2024)James Holder2024-08-16 | Books Mentioned: Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck translated by Michael Hoffmann What Work Is by Philip Levine Dien Cai Dau by Yusef Komunyakaa Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty by Tony Hoagland Ivory Cradle by Anne Marie Macari Alexander at the End of the World by Rachel Kousser Great Kingdoms of Africa edited by John Parker Against the World by Tara ZahraManga Haul: Fine Dining with Ichigo in the Dungeon!James Holder2024-08-16 | Manga Hauled: Delicious in Dungeon vols 2 & 3 by Ryoko Kui Bleach vols 7-9 by Tite KuboBook Haul: Poetry from the University of Chicago PressJames Holder2024-08-16 | Books Hauled: Night Logic by Matthew Gellman Glitter Road by January Gill O'Neill The Universe, All at One by Salim Barakat translated by Huda J. Fakhreddine The Screams of War by Akram Alkatreb translated by Jonas Elbousty