The Discworld Tag Beating around the Books 2021-11-14 | In which I do Katja's Discworld Tag and tell you about our readalong of Going Postal by Terry Pratchett again. I was tagged by the creator Katja Weinert: youtube.com/watch?v=sRn_GhDz29IReadalong Announcement video: youtube.com/watch?v=VGqhL2odpbo&t=6sRosie Cockshutt: youtube.com/c/RosieCockshuttScott @ Gunpowder, Fiction and Plot: youtube.com/channel/UCWyPjOR4heQ9urvB3eOZJOwPROMPTS 1. THE WITCHES What is your favourite story where the so-called odd folk are far kinder than normal folk? 2. THE CITY WATCH Your favourite police procedural, or sleuthing story where the hero(es) create(s) nearly as much drama as the villains3. DEATH What is your favourite story that moves away from painting death as life’s ultimate villain? 4. MOIST VON LIPWIG What is your favourite story featuring the ultimate anti-hero? 5. RINCEWIND/THE WIZARDS What is your favourite story featuring eccentric academics or academic institutions? 6. TIFFANY ACHING & THE NAC MAC FEEGLES What is your favourite coming of age story? 7. DISCWORLD What story has some of the best world-building elements you can think of? FUN FACT BEFORE THE FINAL BIT: Going Postal doesn’t have a Chapter 8 and instead has chapter 7A between chapters 7 and 97A. TAG PEOPLEFraser Simons – Springboard Thought youtube.com/c/FraserSimonsBethanne Bruninga-Socolar youtube.com/channel/UC2_F857G5iXzchzxpsarCbgSummer @ Cozy Reading with Quaker Cats youtube.com/channel/UCN3n2ZLhhPE3H2hRl5K0BeAMishelle Lexi youtube.com/c/MishelleLexiMark @Book Time with Elvis youtube.com/c/BookTimewithElvisGOING POSTAL READ-ALONG Find details for the Going Postal Read-along using the hashtag #GoingPostalTP2021Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#readalong #discworld
ADHD Myths & Late Diagnosis | Why ADHD may be trending but isnt a trend Beating around the Books 2022-10-26 | In which I talk about getting diagnosed with ADHD at 34, common ADHD misconceptions, misdiagnosis in women and, as usual, go off on tangents...*Time Stamps*0:09 Intro03:19 Why did seek an ADHD diagnosis?05:00 Barriers to diagnosis08:48 Perfectionism & Fear of Failure09:49 Neurotypical advice for neurodivergent people: a recipe for failure10:43 Harmful Messages 111:20 Harmful Messages 2 (Rant begins)11:55 Uni Counsellor not up to the task13:48 Big life changes exacerbate ADHD symptoms14:29 Harmful messages 315:33 ADHD is not a trend17:19 Reasons for rising numbers of ADHD diagnoses18:34 Executive Dysfunction isn't limited to ADHD19:50 Misdiagnosis & Medical Bias21:09 Medication Stigma 22:15 Untreated ADHD: Higher Risk of Addiction23:14 (End of rant) Seeing an ADHD specialist, finally!26:25 Help me: Your Questions & Recommendations Wanted 27:30 Outro*Great ADHD Youtubers*@HowtoADHD @theadhdadults @WhatintheADHD @Catieosaurus *Helpful German Videos*Guter Überblick bei @psychologeek_funk: youtube.com/watch?v=GmWKj3IPF3Mund bei @lunarjess: youtube.com/watch?v=p31sd5zlIEA&t=1425ssehr ausführlich aus Expertensicht: "ADHS im 21. Jahrhundert": youtu.be/o4ry0p8taWAGet 60 days free audiobooks and ebooks on Scribd: scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooksInstagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooks#ADHDAwarenessMonth #adhd #MentalHealth #neurodivergent #adhdawareness
Non-Fiction November TBR 2022 Beating around the Books 2022-10-21 | In which I talk about my TBR or Pile of Possibilities for #NonfictionNovember and get interrupted by my rambunctious cat...Nonfiction November is hosted by the brilliant @abookolive youtu.be/8HG1QL3wN6E~~~Books Mentioned~~~Small Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya PowlesTwo Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. LeeLuftkrieg und Literatur by W.G. Sebald (English title: On the Natural History of Destruction)On Photography by Susan SonntagData Power: Radical Geographies of Control and Resistance by Jim E. Thatcher and Craig M. DaltonCultish by Amanda MontellDas geheime Leben der Bäume by Peter Wohlleben (English title: The Hidden Life of Trees)The Seven Ages of Death by Richard ShepherdTell Me How it Ends by Valeria LuiselliGet 60 days free audiobooks and ebooks on Scribd: scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooksInstagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooks#nonfictionnovember
September Reading Wrap-up | a 2022 reading highlight and a DNF Beating around the Books 2022-10-08 | ...in which I wrap up my September 2022 reading, most of which was part of #ShortySeptember.Other Videos Mentioned:@MarcNash's Friday Reads that includes Wolfgang Hilbig's I: youtu.be/UK7crzWazMoReading Vlog with mini reviews of All Yours and Bear: youtu.be/DU1QwdE2d74Borges' Fictions discussion with Marc: youtu.be/QJo4oiOKoM0Shorty September Hosts:@pastorytime2683 youtu.be/-WaEz-693cU@TooManyHeathers youtu.be/DpkJ7mYWrnY ~~~Books Mentioned~~~All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Miranda FranceBear by Marian EngelCall Me Zebra by Azareen Van der Vliet OloomiFictions by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew Hurley"Ich" by Wolfgang Hilbig, English title: 'I' translated by Isabel Fargo ColeThe Shame by Makenna GoodmanTravesty by John HawkesWe Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel WaidnerScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooksInstagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooks#ReadingWrapUp #BookReview
Short Story Classics Worth Your Time? Discussing Borges Fictions with Marc Nash | Part 1 Beating around the Books 2022-09-30 | ...in which @MarcNash and I discuss The Garden of Forking Paths by Jorge Luis Borges (the first collection in Fictions)~~~Books Mentioned~~~Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges, transl. by Andrew Hurley uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9780141183848bookshop.org/a/87157/9780802130303The Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges, transl. by Andrew Hurley uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9780141183831bookshop.org/a/87157/9780142437889House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9780385603102bookshop.org/a/87157/9780375703768Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/978191158517628 Far Cries by Marc Nash (this one contains the flash fiction piece on Ur-language) bookshop.org/a/87157/9781500196745 Get 60 days free audiobooks and ebooks: scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooksInstagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooks#bookrecommendations #bookreview #buddyread
Remember to leave room for that tome you wont read all summer: Travelling with Books Tag Beating around the Books 2022-09-27 | The original tag is by @GinaStanyerBooks youtu.be/7inexY0fWOUI was tagged by @bighardbooks770 youtu.be/BtNGWR2_dZoI tag: @BobTheBookerer @AnnNovella@BookTimewithElvis PROMPTS: 1- do you read when you travel?2- do you travel with paper books? 3- do you travel with an e-reader? 4- how many books do you pack when you travel? 5- does where you go or how long your are traveling impact the amount/type of books you take? 6- do you buy books when traveling or visit bookshops/libraries?7- tag some travelers!Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/beatingaroundthebooksInstagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#TagTuesday #booktube
Shorty September Reading Vlog | Pineiro, Engel, Borges... Beating around the Books 2022-09-22 | ...in which I vlog about 4 of my #ShortySeptember reads, briefly take you to the library and share my holiday book packing deliberations.Shorty September Hosts:@pastorytime2683 youtu.be/-WaEz-693cU@TooManyHeathers youtu.be/DpkJ7mYWrnY The fantastic prompt sheet: drive.google.com/file/d/1e5sX_aiDyu6g6W1nR3xf02RpmNdKWknj/view~~~Books Mentioned~~~All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro, translated by Miranda FranceBear by Marian EngelFictions by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew HurleyTravesty by John Hawkes"Ich" by Wolfgang Hilbig, English title: 'I' translated by Isabel Fargo ColePark by Marius GoldhornIn Transit: Poems of Travel, edt. by Sarah Jackson and Tim Youngs28 Far Cries by Marc NashWe Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel WaidnerOther BookTubers mentioned:@MarcNash Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksStorygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #ShortySeptember22
Reading Vlog | Getting out of a Reading Slump Beating around the Books 2022-08-05 | In which I try new things to get out of my reading slump: vlogging (not very successfully) and following the draw of shiny (short) new baubles. ~~~Books Mentioned~~~Another Country by James Baldwin Seeing Red by Lina Meruane, transl. by Megan McDowellWhite Noise by Don DeLilloNoopiming by Leanne Betasamosake SimpsonAdibas by Zaza Burchuladze, transl. by Guram Sanikidze The Rooftop by Fernanda Trias, transl. by Annie McDermott The Place of Scraps by Jordan Abel Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov, transl. by Angela RodelScribd Referral Link* (60 days free instead of 30): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu *Disclaimer: If you use this link to join, I get one month for free at no extra cost to you.Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
August TBR | Women in Translation Pile of Possibilities & Recommendations Beating around the Books 2022-07-31 | In which I tell you about my upcoming buddyreads in August and talk about some potential reads & recommendations for Women in Translation Month. English article about May Ayim (incl. some translated poems): gerlindinstitute.org/resources/articles/Ayim_FLANC.pdfUnfortunately, the individual reviews of May Ayim's work by @booksbyleynes aren't available anymore, but here are a few videos that include her books: youtube.com/watch?v=DuDYy5GJjkE&t=59syoutube.com/watch?v=5oYSIKEP8Fwyoutube.com/watch?v=g-apsdgL_ko~~~Books Mentioned~~~The Painted Drum by Louise ErdrichTime After Time by Marc Nash#WIT Titles*Forgot to mention the buddyread choice for the WIT Readathon:Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko, transl. by Halyna Hryn (the audio which conveniently is available on Scribd: scribd.com/audiobook/237870604/Fieldwork-in-Ukrainian-Sex )Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, transl. by Antonia Lloyd-Jones (audio also on Scribd: scribd.com/audiobook/556519274/Drive-Your-Plow-Over-the-Bones-of-the-Dead-Unabridged - Referral Link*: scribd.com/g/7mu2xu )Das kunstseidene Mädchen by Irmgard Keun (English: The Artificial Silk Girl, transl. by Katharina von Ankum)All Yours by Claudia Piñeiro, transl. by Miranda France Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, transl. by Frances RiddleExteriors by Annie Ernaux, transl. by Tanya LeslieThe Years by Annie Ernaux, transl. by Alison StrayerAgua Viva by Clarice Lispector, transl. by Stefan ToblerMinor Detail by Adania Shibli, transl. by Elisabeth JaquetteTheatre of War by Andrea Jeftanovic, transl. by Frances RiddleThe Rooftop by Fernanda Trías, transl. by Annie McDermottBlues in Schwarz und Weiß by May Ayim (English: Blues in Black and White, transl. by Anne Adams)|| Booktubers Mentioned ||@booksimnotreading @bighardbooks770 @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 @SpringboardThought @BobTheBookerer @MarcNash @EveryoneWhoReadsitMustConverse @shawnbreathesbooks Hosts of the #WITReadathon & announcement videos:@MatthewSciarappa youtube.com/watch?v=KnHeDbXhsxA&t=61s@InsertLiteraryPunHere youtube.com/watch?v=uiuuFYWAkGE&t=1s@KendraWinchester youtube.com/watch?v=Sb67xwOZYDoScribd Referral Link* (60 days free instead of 30): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu *Disclaimer: If you use this link to join, I get one month for free at no extra cost to you.Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
Mid Year Check In Tag 2022 Beating around the Books 2022-07-14 | Original by Harriet Rosie: youtube.com/watch?v=wgecnTP-zjA and Dane Cobain: youtube.com/watch?v=gJREPL7S1_s&t=85sI saw this on@EricKarlAnderson's channel: youtube.com/watch?v=MCJ9enHG-egOther Videos mentioned:Talking Books with @BobTheBookereryoutube.com/watch?v=IOYPeQ_f13MSecondhand book haul with @MarcNash youtube.com/watch?v=yKggiSj2SNA****Other Booktubers mentioned*** @SpringboardThought @CourtneyFerriter ~~~Books Mentioned~~~The Candy House by Jennifer EganHeaven by Mieko KawakamiKhalil by Yasmina KhadraLost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliThe Colony by Audrey MageeElena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro, transl. by Frances RiddleQUESTIONS:1. How many books have you read so far this year?2. What’s your favourite book so far this year?3. What’s your most disappointing book so far this year?4. What genre have you read most this year? 5. Name a favourite newly discovered author.6. Name the most surprisingly good book you’ve read.7. Name your favourite (and most anticipated) 2022 releases.8. What’s your next big priority for your reading?9. What’s been your bookish highlight?10. Who do you tag?Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you use this, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
London Book Haul pt. 2 aka The Generosity of BookTubers Beating around the Books 2022-07-05 | In which I show you part 2 of my London book haul, courtesy of @BobTheBookerer and @MarcNash~~~Books Mentioned~~~Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erik's on Pasaribu (transl. by Tiffany Tsao)We Are Made of Diamond Stuff by Isabel WaidnerNight As It Falls by Jakuta Alikavazovic (transl. by Jeffrey Zuckerman)The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei (transl. by Ari Larissa Heinrich)Musos by Charlene ElsbyThe Trumpets of Jericho by Unica Zürn (transl. by Christina Svendsen)I Am Sovereign by Nicola BarkerThe Cartographer Tries to Map a Way to Zion by Kei MillerScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you use this, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
a catch-up, a thank you and some very green English countryside Beating around the Books 2022-07-02 | Trying to explain why I disappeared, mostly rambling instead. If you're interested in that ADHD blog I mentioned in the video, here are two of my posts for it:getinflow.io/post/task-avoidancegetinflow.io/post/adhd-hobbies-and-interestsScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you use this, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
Talking Books with Bob the Bookerer Beating around the Books 2022-06-23 | ...in which @BobTheBookerer and I chat about our latest, current and future reads - although this is so late that he's probably read about 50 other books in the meantime.Booktubers Mentioned@SpringboardThought @MarcNash @CourtneyFerriter Books MentionedThe Bread the Devil Knead by Lisa Allen-AgostiniPsychros by Charlene ElsbyThe Membranes by Chi Ta-wei (transl. by Ari Larissa Heinrich)The Public Burning by Robert CooverThe Sentence by Louise ErdrichLost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliMona by Pola Oloixarac (transl. by Adam Morris)The Trumpets of Jericho by Unica Zürn (transl. by Christina Svendsen)Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you use this, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#RecentReads
went to London, met Marc Nash, bought books | the randomness of secondhand bookshops Beating around the Books 2022-05-31 | In which @MarcNash and I share our book haul~~~Books Mentioned~~~Portrait of an Unknown Lady by María Gainza (transl. by Thomas Bunstead)The Ingenious Gentleman and Poet Federico García Lorca Ascends to Hell by Carlos Rojas (transl. by Edith Grossmann)The Gap of Time by Jeannette WintersonThe Death of the Author by Gilbert AdairInto the War by Italo Calvino (transl. by Martin L. McLaughlin)The Conquerors by André MalrauxMortal Coil: A Short History of Living Longer by David Boyd HaycockThe System of Vienna: From Heaven Street to Earth Mound Square by Gert Jonke (transl. by Vincent Kling)How To Read Water: Clues & Patterns from Puddles to the Sea by Tristan GooleyConfabulations by John BergerHow to be both by Ali SmithSlapstick or Lonesome No More by Kurt VonnegutCosmopolis by Don DeLilloOn Photography by Susan SontagAttrib by Eley WilliamsThe Council of Egypt by Leonardo Sciascia (transl. by Adrienne Foulke)Cain's Book by Alexander TrocchiDistant Light by Antonio Moresco (transl. by Richard Dixon)adibas by Zaza Burchuladze (transl. by Thomas Wiedling)Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you use this, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#bookhaul
Announcing FITZUARY: Fitzcarraldo Readalong | Minor Detail | Ill Feelings Beating around the Books 2022-01-26 | In which I announce #Fitzuary, the Fitzcarraldo Editions Readathon in February. ***I forgot to mention two other book readalongs that Kieran will be hosting: Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones and Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor***Join my Discord: discord.gg/7gzeyCY8s4Kieran's Discord via Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/kdbooksScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xuCO-HOSTSKieran @kdbooks youtu.be/3xS9RTtShwMBob the Bookerer youtu.be/BEPhb645qgc~~~Books Mentioned~~~Minor Detail by Adania ShibliIll Feelings by Alice HattrickDrive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga TocarczukThe Years by Annie ErnauxSeptology by Jon FosseIf you're taking part and making videos or other social media content, please use the hashtag #Fitzuary so we can compile a playlist.Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
Buddyread with me & other Reading Plans for 2022 Beating around the Books 2022-01-03 | In which I invite you to join me for some buddyreads in the next few months and ask for poetry recommendations.~~~ Books Mentioned ~~~Minor Detail by Adania Shibli, transl. by Elisabeth JaquetteBeloved by Toni MorrisonLost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliThe Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonTower by Bae Myung-hoon, transl. by Sung RyuThe Keening by Margaret PinardHey Bert by Roberto PastoreA Portable Paradise by Roger Robinsonis, thinks pearl by Julia Bird*In Transit: Poems of Travel by Sarah Jackson and Tim Youngs (eds.)*What the House Taught Us by Anne Bailey**kindly sent to me by The Emma Press theemmapress.com--- BookTubers Mentioned ---Bob the Bookerer youtube.com/c/BobTheBookererCourtney Ferriter youtube.com/c/CourtneyFerriterMargaret Pinard youtube.com/c/MargaretPinardBert @ PaSTORY Time youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I get one month for free.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksVoxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#BuddyReads #FitzcarraldoFebruary
The Ratings and Reviews Tag Beating around the Books 2021-12-07 | Originally created by Scott & Nelle @ Gunpowder, Fiction and Plot: youtu.be/IuynyN67WI4Discussion video: youtu.be/XAIRew-qVOgI was tagged by Marc Nash: youtu.be/ZTrp3ftyZccWhat kind of reader am I: youtu.be/q4pML2CtQAgBrian's original video: youtu.be/fvT-m5RODCMI TAG: Mishelle Lexi youtube.com/channel/UCboGrYXHeVXAxTpn7bGJqugRosie Cockshutt youtube.com/c/RosieCockshuttSamantha @ Paper Knot Books youtube.com/user/illustratorsamJolene @ Bookworm Adventure Girl youtube.com/c/BookwormAdventureGirlPROMPTS:1. Tag folks.2. How do you know you’ve just finished a good book? Is it a thinking or a feeling response?3. When you begin to form your review/rating - what is the first question you ask yourself?4. Do you do star ratings? Why? Why not?a. If YESi. Explain your star rating system – what does a good book get in your rating system?ii. Is your star rating consistent? ie. are all your 5 star books better than all your 4 star books?b. If NOi. What language do you use to convey the quality of a book in your reviews?ii. Does this form an informal rating or ranking?5. Do you believe every book has its perfect reader? Does this contradict the idea that a book can be “bad”?6. What book that you hated have you recommended?7. What makes a book good, bad or great by your evaluation?8. When evaluating the quality of a book do you have specific criteria or aspects of the book, such as character development, that you consider? Does this change if you are writing an in-depth review vs. just thinking about the book for enjoyment?9. Do you consider star ratings or ave. ratings when choosing books to read/add to your TBR?10. Who on BookTube; does reliable and interesting reviews of books that you know you can use to decide if a book is for you or not. What makes their reviews so good?11. Does that/those booktuber(s) use different language than you to evaluate and review the overall quality of a book?Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#TagTuesday #booktube
November Reading Wrap-up | House of Leaves Readalong Discord | #NonfictionNovember Beating around the Books 2021-12-03 | House of Leaves Readalong: discord.gg/7gzeyCY8s4Katja Weinert's latest Discworld readalong announcement: youtu.be/5VDnxiTPP5U ***BookTubers mentioned***Ros @ Scallydandling about the books~~~Books Mentioned~~~Gut by Giulia EndersMy Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth RusselNotes to Self by Emilie PinePandora's Jar by Natalie HaynesGoing Postal by Terry PratchettHood Feminism by Mikki KendallGegenwartsbewältigung by Max CzollekDie letzten Tage des Patriarchats by Margarete StokowskiBarracoon by Zora Neale HurstonI'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya
How to read House of Leaves | What is ergodic literature? [CC] Beating around the Books 2021-11-20 | In which I attempt to explain my thoughts on reading guides for House of Leaves, using a very surface level understanding of the term 'ergodic literature'.The book I took the introduction from isCybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature by Espen AarsethPlease come and join the readalong! Join the Discord: discord.gg/7gzeyCY8s4Find me on Voxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksIt will be from Dec '21 to Jan '22 and we'll take it at a leisurely pace, so you'll hopefully be able to fit it into a busy reading schedule. #HouseOfLeaves #readalong #groupread #buddyread
Non-Fiction Audiobook Recommendations | #NonFictionNovember Beating around the Books 2021-11-17 | In which I recommend 14 non-fiction audiobooks and one podcast for #NonFictionNovember.In the video I forgot to match the books to this year's prompts, so let me try and do it here... Some of these worked for two prompts, a few are a bit of a stretch if not impossible to fit anywhere.Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu~~~Books Mentioned~~~*) Books marked with * were available on scribd at the time of recording.^) only ebook available on scribdBrown Baby by Nikesh Shukla* youtu.be/LTtcknH-fRkCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner* youtu.be/5VA4Vf8v_VwCOLLECTIONConstellations by Sinead Gleeson* youtu.be/LTtcknH-fRkSitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig* youtu.be/ab3PJVP0TCoWhat My Mother and I Don’t Talk About edited by Michele Filgate*INDUSTRYEmpire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe* youtu.be/mWK3b4Q6VDYyoutu.be/mWK3b4Q6VDYThe Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris^ youtu.be/M0cN7iUpFuYConsent by Vanessa Springora*STYLE My Broken Language by Quiara Alegria Hudes* youtu.be/LTtcknH-fRkA Still Life by Josie George youtu.be/7BLx9HiJLHsTREATMENTConsent by Vanessa Springora* youtu.be/ab3PJVP0TCoConstellations by Sinead Gleeson* youtu.be/LTtcknH-fRkSitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig* youtu.be/ab3PJVP0TCoA Still Life by Josie George youtu.be/7BLx9HiJLHsPandora’s Jar by Natalie Haynes*24 Hours in Ancient Rome by Philip Matyszak^24 Hours in Ancient Athens by Philip Matyszak^The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine by Lindsey Fitzharris^ youtu.be/M0cN7iUpFuYGut: The Inside Story of our body’s most underrated organ by Giulia Enders^Podcast rec: Huberman Lab Podcast hubermanlab.comScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
October Wrap-up Part 2 | Austerlitz dreamlike prose, disaster women, 1st #NonFictionNovember read Beating around the Books 2021-11-08 | In which I wrap up the second half of my October reading.~~~Books Mentioned~~~M Train by Patti SmithThe Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura (translated by Lucy North)Austerlitz by W. G. SebaldHysteria by Jessica GrossMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghMilk Fed by Melissa BroderLuster by Raven LeilaniThe Dissent of Annie Lang by Ros FraneyEmpire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeSay Nothing by Patrick Radden KeefeSeverance by Ling Ma°°°BookTubers Mentioned°°°Bert @PaSTORY Time youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgBrian @ Bookish youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYACourtney Ferriter youtube.com/channel/UC6f2IQ2BSjJT0xXiVfba2YgMarc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
Going Postal Readalong | #GoingPostalTP2021 | Discworld Beating around the Books 2021-11-05 | In which I announce the readalong of Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel Going Postal.Feel free to comment on this video or any others (incl. the live chats) by the hosts if you're taking part.Join the Discord: discord.gg/zB8Q6tjCLIVE CHATS on 12th Nov and 19th Nov at 6 pm EST, 11 pm GMT, 12 pm CET, 9 am ACTHOSTED BYKatja Weinert youtube.com/watch?v=VGqhL2odpboCO-HOSTSRosie Cockshutt youtube.com/c/RosieCockshuttScott @ Gunpowder, Fiction and Plot youtube.com/channel/UCWyPjOR4heQ9urvB3eOZJOwScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#Readalong #discworld
The B Tag Beating around the Books 2021-10-26 | In which I finally do The B Tag with a 5 month delay.I was tagged by Jim, who's also the creator of this youtube.com/watch?v=5OfDzdyMoWE&t=2sNervous System Review: youtu.be/0eHU-xFzARQBookshelf Tag: youtu.be/H4oOjGtx9_8The Prompts1. B is for Bildungsroman. Do you have a favourite bildungsroman (or coming of age story)?2. B is for Beach (be careful how you pronounce it!). What would you recommend for a beach read?B is for Beagle, not a prompt but a chance to see our Beagle, Abby.3. B is for Best. What is the best book you have read this year so far?4. B is for Bookshop or Bookstore? Do you have a favourite Bookstore?5. B is for Banned Books? Is there any book you think should be banned?6. B is for Bible? What is your favourite book of the Bible and what trigger warnings do you think it should have?7. B is for Bookshelf. Show me your bookshelf/bookshelves.8. B is for Brazil. Paolo Coelho's The Alchemist has been translated into 70 languages, have you read any Paolo Coelho and if so what did you think of his book(s)?Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#TagTuesday
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski | Readalong Announcement Beating around the Books 2021-10-23 | In which I announce a readalong of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves.Please come and join us! Find me on Voxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksIt will be from Dec '21 to Jan '22 and we'll take it at a leisurely pace, so you'll hopefully be able to fit it into a busy reading schedule. Fraser Simons - Springboard Thought youtube.com/c/FraserSimonsCo-hosts to be announced. #HouseOfLeaves #readalong #groupread #buddyread
Nervous System by Lina Meruane | an attempted book review Beating around the Books 2021-10-22 | In which I try to review Nervous System by Lina Meruane, translated by Megan McDowell, my favourite read of the year so far. Lots of quotes, not a lot of coherent thoughts.Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#BookReview
The End of The Year Book Tag Beating around the Books 2021-10-19 | Original by Ariel Bissett: youtube.com/watch?v=UddPv6ROQXkI got the pub date for Stanisic's Where You Come From wrong: UK pub date: 4th NovUS pub date: 7th DecQuestionsAre there any books you started this year that you need to finish?Do you have an autumnal book to transition into the end of the year?Is there a new release you're still waiting for?What are three books you want to read before the end of the year?Is there a book you think could still shock you and become your favourite book of the year?Have you already started making reading plans for 2022?~~~Books Mentioned~~~Severance by Ling MaM Train by Patti SmithAusterlitz by W.G. SebaldMac & His Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas (transl. by Margaret Jull Costa & Sophie Hughes)Ali Smith's Seasonal QuartetHerkunft by Sasa Stanisic (English title: Where You Come From, translated by Damion Searls)The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by Machado de AssisThe Years by Annie ErnauxLittle Scratch by Rebecca WatsonI Tag: Bob the Bookerer youtube.com/c/BobTheBookererFraser Simons youtube.com/channel/UClLuAgDLJoPjBDOZqpAlWtQBrandon's Bookshelf youtube.com/channel/UCTXu9okJfXLuQTP0AhT9bSwMarc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwRos @ Scallydandling about the books youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0gPae @ Attention! youtube.com/channel/UC_7IPEXaZuRlPeE90dFSDbw Other Booktubers & Bookstagrammers MentionedJulia @wortknistern: instagram.com/wortknisternAlba @ seriela youtube.com/user/serielaSian and Bert @ PaSTORY Time youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgBrian @ Bookish youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYACourtney Ferriter youtube.com/channel/UC6f2IQ2BSjJT0xXiVfba2YgScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#TagTuesday #EndOfYearBookTag
October Mid-Month Wrap-Up Beating around the Books 2021-10-16 | In which I wrap up the books I read in the first half of the month. Given the length of this I'm seriously considering weekly videos after all.I feel like I didn't do a very good job describing Parakeet, so please have a look at these two much more coherent reviews by...Matthew Sciarappa youtu.be/ixflkszjUVUMarc Nash youtu.be/WfscIyQr7XY~~~Books Mentioned~~~Aller Tage Abend by Jenny Erpenbeck (English title: The End of Days)A Life's Work by Rachel CuskDesintegriert euch by Max CzollekPassing by Nella LarsonJust Kids by Patti SmithParakeet by Marie-Helene Bertino***BookTubers Mentioned***Matthew Sciarappa youtube.com/channel/UCb7srjyBRVjcGpf2LJS7pQQBert @ PaSTORY Time youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#wrapup #RecentReads #booktube
Non-Fiction November 2021 TBR | Pile of Possibilities Beating around the Books 2021-10-12 | In which I share my choices for a #NonFictionNovember TBR or, a term this mood reader prefers, PoP - Pile of PossibilitiesNonFiction November Announcement video by abookolive youtu.be/63vihsyADUYMax Czollek's essay in English translation https://transit.berkeley.edu/2020/czollekcho-polizzi/~~~Books Mentioned~~~Collection:Blueberries by Elena SavageDisability Visibility ed. by Alice WongSmall Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya PowlesIndustry:Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden KeefeStyle:The Years by Annie ErnauxSuppose a Sentence by Brian DillonTreatment:Gegenwartsbewältigung by Max CzollekThe Way We Survive by Catriona Morton***BookTubers Mentioned***Rebecca Eats Books youtu.be/q4-5B5o7w44Siân @ PaSTORY Time youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#TBR #booktube
September Reading Wrap-Up | DNFs, motherhood, creativity & connection, dark obsessions Beating around the Books 2021-10-09 | In which I belatedly wrap up my September Reading.Book discussion with Bob the Bookerer: youtu.be/POD9FiJye7QHoliday Reading Wrap-Up: youtu.be/5VA4Vf8v_Vw~~~Books Mentioned~~~Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman Scabby Queen by Kirstin InnesPaul by Daisy Farage Everyone In This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R. AustinOn Connection by Kae TempestSpilt Milk by Courtney ZoffnessAddress Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor (dt.: Adressat Unbekannt, transl. by Dorothee Böhm)How To Kill Your Family by Bella MackieTell them of Battles, Kings and Elephants by Mathias Énard (transl. by Charlotte Mandell)Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc NashThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges (transl. by Andrew Hurley)Crying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerDunkler Frühling by Unica Zürn (English title: Dark Spring, transl. by Caroline Rupprecht)Mac & His Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas (transl. by Margaret Jull Costa & Sophie Hughes)Austerlitz by W.G. SebaldHarlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead***Booktubers Mentioned***Bob the Bookerer youtube.com/c/BobTheBookererRos @ Scallydandling about the books youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0gBrian @ Bookish youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYACourtney Ferriter youtube.com/channel/UC6f2IQ2BSjJT0xXiVfba2YgMarc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwBert @ PaSTORY Time youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgDaniel @ Guilty Feat youtube.com/channel/UC8xGNjmdTgg1LxeQzacU5hQScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#buddyreads #shortySeptember #wrapup #booktube
The How Do You Find Time to Read Tag Beating around the Books 2021-10-05 | Originally* created by Working Man Reads youtube.com/watch?v=wUHKPmn_VWg&t=0s*In the video I named someone else as the original creator, as I lazily took this info from Mark's video. However, that video is unavailable now, and it looks like the above linked one is the actual creator.Seen on these channels:Gina Stanyer youtube.com/watch?v=3ntIBpRcfBooktime with Elvis youtube.com/watch?v=IoqoD8XkktEQUESTIONS:Question 1 Where is your favourite place to read?Question 2 Do you read every day?Question 3 Do you read out loud to any family members?Question 4 Your favourite career for a main character to have? (give an example of a book that has that job in it)Question 5 Do you read at work? (Audiobook or other)Question 6 Tell me what book you are going to read today. Also tag someone to do the tag.I tag:Chloe H: youtube.com/channel/UCiVT5Nx8111wShFY3vz30LgBob the Bookerer: youtube.com/c/BobTheBookererScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#TagTuesday #booktube
Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash | Experimental Fiction | ft. Bob the Bookerer Beating around the Books 2021-09-30 | In which the lovely Bob the Bookerer and I discuss our buddyread of Three Dreams in the Key of G by BookTube's very own Marc Nash.Bob the Bookerer:youtube.com/c/BobTheBookererMarc Nash:youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwMarc Nash reading The Etiquette of Party Goody Bags:youtube.com/watch?v=eL2_ANfyLZQ~~~Books Mentioned~~~Marc Nash - Three Dreams in the Key of GMark Z Danielewski - House of LeavesMark Z Danielewski - Only RevolutionsJennifer Johnston - Shadows On Our SkinJames Joyce - UlyssesJordan Tannahill - The ListenersScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#buddyread #booktube
Holiday Reading Wrap Up | beautiful prose, books about ideas, wonderful wordplay | read with me? Beating around the Books 2021-09-27 | In which I wrap up my recent holiday reads, ask a few questions regarding filming schedules and contemplate a buddy/group reading project for next year (including Toni Morrison's Beloved).Discussion with Bob the Bookerer on Three Dreams in the Key of G: youtu.be/POD9FiJye7Q~~~Books Mentioned~~~How to Kill Your Family by Bella MackieTell Them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants by Mathias Enard (transl. by Charlotte Mandell)Three Dreams in the Key of G by Marc NashThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis Borges (transl. by Andrew Hurley)Mac & His Problem by Enrique Vila-Matas (transl. by Margaret Jull Costa & Sophie Hughes)Crying in H Mart by Michelle ZaunerDunkler Frühling by Unica Zürn (English translation: Dark Spring)Beloved by Toni Morrison***Booktubers Mentioned***Bob the Bookerer youtube.com/c/BobTheBookererRos @ Scallydandling about the books youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0gPae @ Attention! youtube.com/channel/UC_7IPEXaZuRlPeE90dFSDbwMarc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwBert @ PaSTORY Time youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#buddyreads #shortySeptember #wrapup #booktube
August Reading Wrap-up | a highlight of the year, a brilliant debut and some mediocre non-fiction Beating around the Books 2021-09-12 | In which I belatedly wrap up my month of reading in August and recommend a film adaptation of a German classic. Fabian: Going to the dogs trailer (English subtitles) imdb.com/title/tt13846414***Booktubers and Bookstagrammers Mentioned***Ros @ Scallydandling about the books talking about her Women in Translation reading (incl. Nervous System): youtube.com/watch?v=RY1EV4Fkov8Nathi @bookepiphanies (Instagram): instagram.com/bookepiphanies~~~Books Mentioned~~~North Korea Confidential by Daniel Tudor and James PearsonPizza Girl by Jean Kyoung FrazierNervous System by Lina Meruane (translated by Megan McDowell)We Need To Talk About Money by Otegha UwagbaOne Of Them by Musa OkwongaAlmond by Won-pyung Sohn (translated by Joosun Lee)Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant by Joel GolbyAssembly by Natasha BrownSorrow and Bliss by Meg MasonFabian/Der Gang vor die Hunde (Fabian/Going to the dogs) by Erich KästnerScribd Referral Link (60 days for free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
The Mookse and Gripes Bucket List Book Tag Beating around the Books 2021-09-05 | In which I do Shawn's delightful new tag. It was so difficult to make a selection. This is likely subject to change, after filming this I already remembered a few other ones that could just as easily have been added.Original by Shawn the Book Maniac: youtube.com/watch?v=CVch2Pb6rl4&t=76sI was tagged by Ros @ Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/watch?v=OUkCtFPIlTsIMPORTANT NOTE FROM SHAWN THE BOOK MANIAC FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO DO THIS TAG: please use the full tag name for your version. If it feels authentic for you to shout out the podcast in your video, that would be great. However, if you’re not into book podcasts, you don’t have to pretend. But at minimum do keep the title intact, and copy and paste both the information below about the podcast AND this paragraph in your show notes. Thank you!The Mookse and the Gripes website: mookseandgripes.com/reviewsThe Mookse and the Gripes Podcast debut episode, Bucket List Books: mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2021/08/02/bucket-list-books-episode-1Co-host Trevor on Twitter: @mookse Co-host Paul on Twitter: @bibliopaul This is a very simple tag: simply tell us about 10 books on your bucket list, books you want to read sometime before you shuffle off this mortal coil, in the fullness of time but not necessarily anytime soon.Optional plot twist: have your subscribers vote, either in the comments section or in some kind of a Google docs poll or whatever, on which two books from your bucket list you have to read by a certain date (I’m going with “by the end of 2022.”)~~~Books Mentioned~~~1) The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri2) The Iliad by Homer3) Metamorphosis by Ovid4) Don Quixote by Migel de Cervantes5) The Aleph OR The Labyrinth by Jorge Luis Borges6) The Castle OR The Trial by Franz Kafka7) Moby Dick by Herman Melville8) Beloved by Toni Morrison9) The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston10) recommend me a German woman writer, please! I'm tagging:Grace is Reading: youtube.com/user/gracediffordBert @ PaSTORY Time: youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgMargaret Pinard: youtube.com/c/MargaretPinardScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
Should they stay or should they go? Unhaul & Giveaway | currently reading Beating around the Books 2021-08-11 | In which I try to #unhaul some books, but also ask you for reasons not to get rid of them, because that's the book hoarder I am. If you'd like me to send you any of these books, please leave me a comment and some way of contacting you via Voxer, Instagram or email.Also a little catch-up about my #RecentReads~~~Books Mentioned~~~To unhaul:Die Go-Spielerin by Shan SaTausend strahlende Sonnen by Khaled HosseiniInneres Land by Maria BarbalDas Spiel des Engels by Carlos Ruiz ZafónBella Germania by Daniel Speck Ghost Wall by Sarah MossPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Doll Factory by Elizabeth MacnealThe Familiars by Stacey HallsThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodTelegraph Avenue by Michael ChabonThe Past by Neil Jordan Holes by Louis Sachar The Marble Collector by Cecelia Ahern Recent Reads:Nervous System by Lina MeruaneInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThree Dreams in the Key of G by Marc Nash ***BookTubers Mentioned***Ros @ Scallydandling about the books youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0gMarc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwBob The Bookerer youtube.com/channel/UCo9wDCo3u3J5Sky9skhVkXAPae @ Attention! youtube.com/channel/UC_7IPEXaZuRlPeE90dFSDbwScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
July Reading Wrap-Up | lit fic, memoirs, essays and a magazine recommendation Beating around the Books 2021-08-02 | Reasons to be Cheerful: reasonstobecheerful.co.ukMy review of Siphonophore: youtube.com/watch?v=VETPCj3fkzI&t=117s~~Books Mentioned~~Tell Me How It Ends by Valeria LuiselliTrick Mirror by Jia TolentinoMy Broken Language by Quiara Alegría HudesConstellations by Sinéad GleesonBrown Baby by Nikesh ShuklaSiphonophore by Jaimie BatchandayliGht by Roya MarshStories We Tell Our Children by Marc NashMostly Hero by Anna BurnsWe Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha IrbyInterior Chinatown by Charles YuThe Rise of the Iron Men by Misha Glenny (podcast)***Booktubers Mentioned***Marc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwMark @ Booktime with Elvis youtube.com/channel/UC4qlW3ek-Bat1MEljG5eTDQHannah @ Letz talk about books baby youtube.com/channel/UCfZqchGTYSWUOeVqG9XMdAwScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #reading #wrapup
Siphonophore by Jaimie Batchan Book Review Beating around the Books 2021-07-29 | In which I attempt my very first single book review. Forgot to mention: The author is also the co-host of a really interesting podcast where they interview different authors about their novels and writing process - linked below.Watch Marc Nash's review of Siphonophore: youtube.com/watch?v=3jx5kTkeiMc~~~Books Mentioned~~~Buy the book online and support indie bookshops (affiliate link)Siphonophore by Jaimie Batchan uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781912436545An Inventory of Losses by Judith SchalanskyJaimie Batchan's literary podcast Unsound Methods: unsoundmethods.co.ukScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #bookreview #indieauthor #indiepress
The Books and Life Tag Beating around the Books 2021-07-17 | Originally created by Steve Donoghue: youtube.com/watch?v=8AI_wnQfIXo&t=1sI was tagged by Shawn the Book Maniac: youtube.com/watch?v=OksvG2G5-AUElbow - Friend of Ours: youtube.com/watch?v=PGXDzqnJ-zwPrompts:1 On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being a normal person and 10 being the late Harold Bloom, how much are books and reading a part of your life?2 Where does your personal library stand right now in relation to the rest of your life? Do you have more books now than you ever had? Fewer? How has your library changed?3 Take a mental step back and ask yourself: what is the most likely first bookish impression a newcomer would have in your home?4 How often (if ever, gulp) do you clean or re-organize your books?5 On average, how many books do you acquire in a given week?6 What song is your current ear-worm?7 What percentage of your self-control do you retain in a well-stocked bookshop?8 Do you ever feel the need to take a break from books? If so, what form does it take?9 When you meet a new person, how long does it take you to bring up books?10 Have you given any thought/made any provisions for your personal library after you croak?11 Are you known among your friends & loved ones for your weird and probably unhealthy relationship with books?Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #tag
My Favourite Novels & What They Say About Me as a Reader Beating around the Books 2021-07-12 | Inspired by Brian @ Bookish I talk about some of my favourite novels and try to categorise them according to what stood out to me the most. Brian's original video: youtube.com/watch?v=fvT-m5RODCMMarc Nash's version: youtube.com/watch?v=8etRoIWSzEk&t=32sMy attempt at explaining what The Glass Bead Game is about (starts at 8:25 mins): youtube.com/watch?v=6Ugh1TieXkACategories:- Unconventional- Ideas- Character- Plot- Language~~~Books Mentioned~~~A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganDie Verwandlung (engl. Metamorphosis) by Franz KafkaDas Glasperlenspiel (engl. The Glass Bead Game) by Hermann HesseMilkman by Anna BurnsHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellThe Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski Scribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
June Wrap Up | a memoir, some SF/Fantasy and Detransition, Baby | Do I ever do these on time? Beating around the Books 2021-07-08 | In which I belatedly wrap up my reading in June and a cat derails the filming once again.~~~Books Mentioned~~~How to Do Nothing by Jenny OdellFugitive Telemitry by Martha WellsThe Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora GossEuropean Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman by Theodora GossA Still Life by Josie GeorgeDetransition, Baby by Torrey Peters***Booktubers mentioned***Hannah @ Letz talk about books baby: youtube.com/channel/UCfZqchGTYSWUOeVqG9XMdAwBrian @ Bookish: youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYAMarc Nash: youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwRos @ Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0gScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #wrapup #readingwrapup
Midyear Freakout Tag Beating around the Books 2021-07-02 | Tag Questions:1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2021? 2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2021? 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? 6. Biggest surprise? 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 so far this year (or received)? 13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?***Videos & People Mentioned***Marc Nash's reading from Stories We Tell Our Children: youtube.com/watch?v=MwB8YDGXWoUHis discussions on different themes in the novel: White Lies youtube.com/watch?v=PGmtAQdMEFQChildren's Imaginations youtube.com/watch?v=NJhPak_2QboHamnet Reading Vlog: youtube.com/watch?v=3Qqom9WjaTk&t=1sThoughts on Piranesi: youtube.com/watch?v=YUdMer7-78k&t=990sMini Review of Shapton's Important Artifacts.... (around the 14 min mark): youtube.com/watch?v=ab3PJVP0TCo&t=585sMariam anotherbookthought: youtube.com/channel/UCrnFZKBlAJoo5xE4uddn37Aher IG: instagram.com/anotherbookthoughtbookepiphanies on IG: instagram.com/bookepiphaniesRos @ Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0gBert @ PaSTORY Time: youtube.com/channel/UCfL19Zqjv6R0N94XcrhxgLgCourtney Ferriter: youtube.com/channel/UC6f2IQ2BSjJT0xXiVfba2YgBrian @ Bookish: youtube.com/channel/UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYAPae @ Attention!: youtube.com/channel/UC_7IPEXaZuRlPeE90dFSDbw~~~Books, Authors, Publishers Mentioned~~~Hamnet by Maggie O'FarrellA Still Life by Josie GeorgeFugitive Telemetry by Martha WellsLittle Scratch by Rebecca WatsonHarlem Shuffle by Colson WhiteheadSmall Bodies of Water by Nina Mingya PowlesStories We Tell Our Children by Marc NashImportant Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry by Leanne ShaptonRaven LeilaniExciting Times by Naoise DolanRoya MarshEileen by Ottessa MoshfeghWhat My Mother and I Don't Talk About by Michele Filgate Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen Honford Star PressFreshwater by Akwaeke EmeziFifty Sounds by Polly BartonNervous System by Lina Meruane, transl. by Megan McDowellM Train by Patti Smith Austerlitz by W.G. SebaldThe Aleph by Jorge Luis BorgesThree Dreams in the Key of G by Marc NashInterior Chinatown by Charles YuWhite Noise by Don DeLilloTwo Trees Make a Forest by Jessica J. LeeI Tag:Mark @ Book Time with Elvis: youtube.com/channel/UC4qlW3ek-Bat1MEljG5eTDQLaura @ The Reading Mushroom: youtube.com/channel/UCsB7NmmHKaVQjK3KaRgTg5QMisa @ Books and Sushi: youtube.com/channel/UCiiOjFLJvvVBNI6zmgsP1ywScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
May Reading Wrap up | lots of audiobooks, some literary & contemporary fiction Beating around the Books 2021-06-15 | In which I belatedly wrap up my May reading and tell you briefly about my current reads.Booktube Prize Ranking video: youtu.be/YUdMer7-78k~~Books~~Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9780349003696Infinite Country by Patricia Engel uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781398506626Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9780008366520Real Life by Brandon Taylor uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781911547747Piranesi by Susannah Clarke uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781526622426Summerwater by Sarah Moss uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781529035438Gentleman Jack: An Autobiography of Anne Lister... by Angela Steidele uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781788160995Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781788167208Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781787702578A Still Life by Josie George uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781526611970Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781250765376***Booktubers Mentioned***Marc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwRos @ Scallydandling about the books youtube.com/channel/UCE-lxdtxTUTWEs0xJn-dH0gBrian @ Bookish UCrrFo3tDRDVbX7PZjWx1qYAHannah @ Letz talk about books baby youtube.com/channel/UCfZqchGTYSWUOeVqG9XMdAwScribd Referral Link (60 days free) scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #wrapup #beatingaroundthebooks
BookTube Prize 2021 Quarterfinals Ranking | Fiction Group B Beating around the Books 2021-06-03 | In which I talk about my ranking of #BookTubePrize Fiction Group B in the Quarterfinals (Round 2).BookTube Prize Channel: youtube.com/channel/UC4CDC3kHYL8z95SXXNli5HgRound 2 Results and Semifinal Pairings: youtube.com/watch?v=blWV-o7tBTIPlaylist for the BookTube Prize 2021: youtube.com/watch?v=BtSIz5_l_vg&list=PLRyOQYw_aL69vYrRRIezlBv6qzccrjBRa~~~Books Mentioned~~~The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781529046199Real Life by Brandon Taylor uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781911547747The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781509882830Piranesi by Susanna Clarke uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781526622426Writers & Lovers by Lily King uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781529033137Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart uk.bookshop.org/a/7916/9781529019292Support indie bookshops whilst shopping online (affiliate link): uk.bookshop.org/shop/beatingaroundthebooksScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks
An Ex-Lurker Tag Beating around the Books 2021-05-23 | In which I do "An Ex-Lurker Tag" and fail at cutting down the gratuitous dog footage to a reasonable amount.Tag originally created by Kate Luna: youtu.be/Ywv45hxjM8k I was kindly tagged by Gina Stanyer: youtu.be/Ywv45hxjM8kPrompts:1. What had been stopping or is stopping you from leaving comments or starting a booktube channel?2. You've already left a bunch (or a million) of comments under booktubers' videos. Do you remember the very first comments you've left? Did you get any reply?3. Pick a book which you've read because of the booktuber's review. It has to stand out (be the one you either loved or hated with passion).4. Tell us a bit about the book you’re currently reading. Is it any good? Could you read a passage from it which you loved (or found ridiculous)?5. Do you keep a reading journal?I tag: Katja Read Write Create: youtube.com/c/KatjaWeinertDavid Wiley: youtube.com/user/wileydavid1Laura @ The Reading Mushroom: youtube.com/channel/UCsB7NmmHKaVQjK3KaRgTg5Q***Books Mentioned***Milkman by Anna BurnsDisability Visibility by Alice Wong (Ed.)~~Other BookTubers Mentioned~~Jason @ Old Blues Chapter and Verse: youtube.com/c/OldBluesChapterandVerse Kelly @ Books I'm Not Reading: youtube.com/channel/UCVKWtZJ7Rl6WitFb2jcnlnQKit @ Kit's World: youtube.com/user/kitellis74TheBookchemist: youtube.com/c/TheBookchemist Steve Donoghue: youtube.com/user/saintdonoghueScribd Referral Link (60 days for free): scribd.com/ga/7mu2xuLet's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #tag
BookTube made me buy it: Book Mail Haul UK edition Beating around the Books 2021-05-18 | In which I do my first proper book haul, UK edition.~~Books Mentioned~~The Years by Annie ErnauxFifty Sounds by Polly BartonTell them of Battles, Kings, and Elephants by Mathias ÉnardThe Other Name by Jon FosseTower by Bae Myung-hoonHunter School by Sakinu Ahronglong Scales of Injustice by Lōa HôDisability Visibility by Alice Wong (ed.)Little Scratch by Rebecca WatsonSiphonophore by Jaimie BatchanYou Know You Want This by Kristen RoupenianSalt Slow by Julia Armfield***BookTubers mentioned***Kieran @ KDBooks youtube.com/c/Worldtakeyourplace Marc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwMel @ Mel's Bookland Adventures youtube.com/c/MelsBooklandAdventuresHannah @ Letz talk about books baby youtube.com/channel/UCfZqchGTYSWUOeVqG9XMdAwJen Campbell youtube.com/user/jenvcampbellSophie @ Portal in the Pages youtube.com/c/PortalinthePagesScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/ga/7mu2xu
The Pain Over Joy Tag Beating around the Books 2021-05-16 | In which I do The Pain Over Joy Tag.originally created by Lady Lovestead Reads: youtube.com/watch?v=tznUWeFcmAwI was tagged by Marc Nash youtube.com/watch?v=ICf_iI5cC4A&t=220sTag Questions1. Do you mostly read books illustrating pain or books illustrating joy? Why? 2. Do you see books about pain as more intellectually valuable? Why or why not?3. Why do you think major book prizes like the Booker and the Pulitzer mainly award books about pain? 4. Do you use and agree with the phrase “guilty pleasure”? Why or why not?5. Do you think books centering joy are guilty pleasures?6. Do you read in secret? Are there books you read but never talk about because of embarrassment, shame, or guilty about liking them?7. Who do you tag? I tag:Hannah @ Letz talk about books baby: youtube.com/channel/UCfZqchGTYSWUOeVqG9XMdAwKit @ Kit's World: youtube.com/user/kitellis74Margaret Pinard: youtube.com/channel/UC315Rc3qIIC77BW4-lHObVwScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #tag #beatingaroundthebooks
200 subs Q&A | job, music taste, rescue cats background | If dogs could read... Beating around the Books 2021-05-12 | In which I finally do the 200 sub Q&A, show you a lovely dog we've been missing and think about what a dog may like to read.~~~Books mentioned~~~Milkman by Anna BurnsHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellSitting Pretty by Rebekah TaussigVox by Christina DalcherImportant Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry by Leanne ShaptonThe Unfortunates by B. S. JohnsonThe Discworld Series by Terry PratchettTimbuktu by Paul AusterScribd Referral Link (60 days free): scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube
A belated April Wrap-Up | #DisabilityReadathon | I think I love memoirs now | Experimental Fiction Beating around the Books 2021-05-10 | In which I belatedly wrap up my April reading.~~Books Mentioned~~From Here to Eternity by Caitlin DoughtyThe Pull of the Stars by Emma DonoghueThe Glass Hotel by Emily St. John MandelWriters & Lovers by Lily KingUntenrum Frei by Margarete StokowskiOdd Girl Out by Laura JamesSitting Pretty by Rebekah TaussigConsent by Vanessa SpringoraImportant Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion and Jewelry by Leanne Shapton***Booktubers Mentioned***Marc Nash youtube.com/channel/UCmpwlYof4SuU7kihPp0ozdwHannah @ letz talk about books baby youtube.com/channel/UCfZqchGTYSWUOeVqG9XMdAwScribd Referral Link (60 days free) scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#booktube #wrapup #beatingaroundthebooks
Giveaway | Fundraising for India #missionoxygen Beating around the Books 2021-05-08 | Donate here: ketto.org/fundraiser/mission-oxygen-helping-hospitals-to-save-livesKieran's video: youtube.com/watch?v=s7TJNV4JR1YIf you'd like to take part in the giveaway, please follow this link to my Instagram post instagram.com/p/COnbPLDrtwy or contact me via Voxer: web.voxer.com/u/beatingaroundthebooksThe giveaway is limited to Europe and the UK and ends on 12th May, as that's when the fundraiser ends.If you have a bigger channel or other social media, I'd really appreciate it if you shared this (or the Insta post) wherever you see fit - your community tab, your next video, twitter etc.
The Moody Book Tag & a Mini Indie Book Haul Beating around the Books 2021-04-27 | In which I do The Moody Book Tag and show you an anxiously awaited mail haul of translated Asian fiction.The tag was originally created by Slanted Spines: youtu.be/7mhq-AXn3A0I was kindly tagged by Ros @ Scallydandling about the books: youtube.com/watch?v=2iXUm3WUrno&t=1sI tag: Misa @ Books and Sushi: youtube.com/channel/UCiiOjFLJvvVBNI6zmgsP1yw***Questions***1. Do you consider yourself a mood reader?2. Do you set TBR lists and do you stick to them?3. Do books affect you emotionally? Does the mood of a book rub off on you?4. When you’re feeling sad, what do you read? (Or do you not read when sad?)5. Most often, do you use reading to escape, to learn, or to critically reflect?6. What is a book that made you laugh out loud?7. What is a book that has made you cry? Or, if you don’t cry, one that really moved you?8. What is a book that you didn’t even know how you felt about?9. Are you more likely to read on a sunny day or a cloudy day?10. Do you usually “set the mood” when you read? Music, lights, smells, etc?11. Can you leap from book to book or do you need buffer time between them?~~~Books Mentioned~~~Exciting Times by Naoise DolanUntenrum frei by Margarete StokowskiHamnet by Maggie O'FarrellMetamorphosis by Franz KafkaTo the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young (transl. by Soje)Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung (transl. by Anton Hur) Severance by Ling MaThe Indie press mentioned here is: honfordstar.comBlog post about their cover art: booksandbao.com/asian-cover-artists-honford-starThanks to Mel @ Mel's Bookland Adventures for bringing them to my attention youtube.com/watch?v=A9KLYAj4H6I&t=742sI use scribd for a lot of my audiobooks and sometimes for ebooks, too...Get 2 months free trial of scribd using the link scribd.com/g/7mu2xu(Disclaimer: If you do end up joining, I earn one free month.)Let's connect in other places...Instagram: instagram.com/beating_around_the_booksGoodreads: goodreads.com/beatingaroundthebooks#TagTuesday #BookHaul #booktube #beatingaroundthebooks
