Level up your cat! | Cat + Gamer | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-07-24 | Of course none of my 5 cats joined me for this video about cat manga - go figure! Penny did reluctantly sort of pose for the thumbnail, though, so I'll take it.Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
A female main character?! | The Handmaids Tale | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-18 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Banning a book about an oppressive government? The challengers protest a bit too much, I think...~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
in·ap·pro·pri·ate | The Dictionary of the English Language | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-17 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!You'll find ""ban"" between ""bamboozle"" and ""banal.""~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Call the police! | Enders Game | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-16 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!In this video, I'm talking about why I am against book bans, even when the author is (as in this case) abhorrent. I support everyone's right to decide what they want to read, but it is not right to tell someone what they are allowed to read.To be very clear: Orson Scott Card's homophobic views are disgusting to me and this is video not an endorsement of him or even of his books. I do not ask anyone to separate the books from the author in their own decisions about what to read. Again, that is a personal choice.~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Our poor children | Wheres Waldo | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-15 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Can you find the hidden picture that made this one of the 100 most banned books in America in the 1990s?~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Testing my convictions | Lolita | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-14 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!If you're going to be against banning books, you've gotta be against banning ALL books.~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Please read before you challenge | The Giver | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-13 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!As Lois Lowry once wrote, ""Fear dims when you learn things.""~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
What does this challenge even mean? | The Phantom Tollbooth | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-12 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!If you're gonna ban a book, at least explain why you don't like it.~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Maybe were a bit too brave? | Brave New World | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-11 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Chat about why this classic sci fi masterpiece (what? I'm not biased...) has been such a target of the pearl-clutchers.And check out this spooky interview with Aldous Huxley: youtu.be/alasBxZsb40?si=Bd8DxLDYKSvMh0ZV~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Too holy or not holy enough? | The Bible | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-10 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!As I dug into the history of censorship surrounding the Christian Bible, I learned some interesting things - let me tell you about them!~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Not all who wander are lost | The Lord of the Rings | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-09 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Some people do not find this book precious, gollum. Also, is it pronounced "tol-key-ehn" or "tol-keen"?~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
I am the Answer | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-08 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Don't panic - Ms. Peepers is 42!~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Revolting masses | Animal Farm | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-07 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Some book bans are more equal than others.~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Challenge accepted | Ban This Book | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-06 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!If you can't read about book banning, you can't stop it. Clever.~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
So it goes. | Slaughterhouse-Five | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-05 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!This book is anti-war, and some people really don't like that.~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Bildungsroman or Bildungs-No-Maam? | Looking for Alaska | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-04 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Corrupting children or an honest depiction of the teenage experience?John Green responded to attempts to ban his book 16 years ago; check it out: youtube.com/watch?v=fHMPtYvZ8tM~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Books fall down | Things Fall Apart | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-03 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Despite a trouble-making kitty, I managed to talk about the censorship of Chinua Achebe's classic novel.~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Pass me the conch | Lord of the Flies | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-02 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!How much analysis can I remember from high school?~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
There are many ways to burn a book | Fahrenheit 451 | Banned books week Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-10-01 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Opening with one of my all-time faves - do the book banners see themselves in Ray Bradbury's classic?~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
ANNOUNCEMENT! Banned Books Week Video Extravaganza Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-09-25 | ~Open for resources~ We're celebrating banned books week all month with a daily series throughout October!Also, THANK YOU all for 100+ subscribers! :D~~Here are some resources on banned and challenged books:ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/bannedpen.org/2023-banned-book-listala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/activity#:~:text=Write%20letters%20to%20the%20editor,Check%20out%20a%20banned%20book.~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Heart-wrenching and beautiful | The Known World | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-09-18 | Why are the heaviest books also the most beautifully written?Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Very Specific Booktuber Recommendations | Response Video Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-09-11 | @leandrathetbrzero asked for some very specific book recommendations - so why not make it a video? :)Check out Leandra's original video here: youtu.be/RaaRdljWkwQ?si=vbmik3PCKS0U0OIbFollow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Do I have to read these? | The Reluctant TBR | Book Tag Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-09-04 | Find out what books I kinda sorta want to read and kinda sorta don't.... Original Reluctant TBR tag by @ChloeFrizzle.Tag, you're it!@booksimnotreading @FourPawsandaBook@RobertGReaderofBooks-r3pFollow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Spooky Victorians | Ghosts | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-08-28 | Is this book spooky or spoopy? Maybe a bit of both? Also, we open the September mysterious book.Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Stuck in a loop | Jude the Obscure | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-08-21 | Ms. Peepers' first Thomas Hardy! Guest starring: Baroness T'challa von Schnoodle.Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
A Classic Tale of East vs. West | Spy x Family | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-08-14 | Am I becoming a manga reader? I think I just might be.... Guest starring: Archmage Sylvie of TortlebyFollow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Can you trust me? | The Honest Booktuber Tag Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-08-07 | Tag was created by @HarrietRose and I was tagged by @booksimnotreading Prompts:1. Have you ever lied about reading a book?2. Have you ever avoided a book because of controversy around the content/author?3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it?4. Have you ever bought a book with no intention of reading it?5. Have you ever got caught up in Booktube drama?6. Have you ever had a hate comment and did you respond?7. Have you ever made a video just because you knew it would get views?8. If you could go back to the beginning of your channel, would you do anything differently?9. Are there any channels you wish you could be more like?10. What's something you love about your channel?Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Drowning in Characters | Into the Water | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-07-31 | How many POVs is too many? Let's find out! Special Guest: Baroness T'challa von SchnoodleFollow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
If you give a cat a steak bone Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-07-27 | It seems my last video didn't make it to subscription feeds! New YouTuber mistake. So here's a video of my cats and a link: youtu.be/y_kprGeTF2A
Read & Relax | Mid-Year Calm Down Tag Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-07-17 | Since we're halfway through the year, let's take a moment to relax! Guest stars: Mrs. Pickles and Baroness T'challa.This is the Mid-Year Calm Down tag by @leandrathetbrzero. Check our her original video here: youtu.be/x8A3Rl-3F4c?si=rW6QeLXUgJC9pRd6Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Grief in Mystery | Careless in Red | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-07-10 | Am I weird for finding this book cozy? Let's chat about this traditional British mystery that is actually about grief, class, and other serious topics.Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-07-03 | ~~Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Telling your own story | Things Fall Apart | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-06-26 | BookTubing like a Bond villain with a cat on my lap. Thank you to Nicole @noteworthyfiction for the readalong!Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Surviving an ice age | Snow Piercer | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-06-20 | Upstaged by the cat, I discuss the dystopian graphic novel Snow Piercer (Le Transperceneige). Guest star: T'challa, who believes that this is CatTube, not BookTube.Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Books to read for Fathers Day Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-06-16 | Here are some books about fathers and fatherhood!Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Dont judge a book by its genre | Second Chance | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-06-12 | I read chick lit - and I liked it! Learn a bit about what chick lit actually is, why I don't normally read it, and why Second Chance by Jane Green defied those genre expectations for me.Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Ruining a childrens classic | Redwall | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-06-05 | Redwall, rodent racism, & replacement reading recommendations.Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
This is my new favorite book! Kindred | Book Review Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-05-31 | I absolutely LOVED Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, and I want to tell you about it!Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
Finish my reading room with me! Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-05-23 | Take a behind-the-scenes tour to the side of Ms. Peepers' Reading Corner that is typically behind the camera! It's a mess, but we're going to fix it together.Unsolicited exercise recommendation: @SeniorShapeFitness (I'm middle-aged, and this is the reason I can assemble furniture on the floor)Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
DNF your way to a happier reading life! Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-05-17 | Do you always finish every book you start? Do you wish you could stop slogging through books you don't like? Let me help you find a happier and more fulfilled reading life!Question of the week (QotW): do we, as a society, have too many acronyms or not enough?
Mothers Day Book Recs Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-05-12 | Here are some books about mothers and motherhood!Follow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers
April Wrap Up | Tomes & Treasures Readathon Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-05-10 | Hear about the books I read in April! The Tomes & Treasures Readathon is hosted by @the_creepy_geek and @ashleighsbookishlifeFollow me on Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/152163134-ms-peepers~0:00 Intro1:42 "The Housemaid" and "The Housemaid's Secret" by Frieda McFadden5:07 "Ward D" by Frieda McFadden8:05 Tomes & Treasures Readathon8:33 "The Watchers" by A.M. Shine13:02 "The Creeper" by A.M. Shine16:54 "The Murder Room" by P D James19:57 "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury25:43 "The Kaiju Preservation Society" by John Scalzi29:17 "Second Chance" by Jane Green32:44 "Legends & Lattes" by Travis Baldree36:26 "Heartstopper vol 5" by Alice Oseman40:15 May mystery book41:58 Outro
Fahrenheit 451 (no spoilers) | Ms. Peepers Favorite Books Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-04-24 | Hear my sometimes-rambling thoughts about my favorite book of all time.Question of the week: do you squish things or squash them?
The Time and Place Tag Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-04-17 | This tag was created by Carl @pleasereadyourbookI was tagged by Kelly @booksimnotreading Guest starring: Penny• The Time and Place TagThe prompts are:1. A book that reminds you of your past2. A book that is set in a place you want to visit but have not3. A book that is set in a foreign country that you admire4. A book that is set in the city/province/district you live in5. A book set in the future that you think is or will be realisticTag others and pay it forward.I tag:@katiemariereads @Danni.Dabbles @emmiereads And anyone else who wants to do this tag!
How could I resist? | Tomes & Treasures Readathon Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-04-11 | I wasn't going to do a readathon in April, but I couldn't possibly skip one about D&D!Question of the week: How do you justify a TBR that is totally separate from reality?The Tomes & Treasures Readathon hosted by @the_creepy_geek and @ashleighsbookishlife. Join their Discord to get templates like the one that inspired my thumbnail.
March Wrap Up & Mini April TBR Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-04-03 | Hear about the books I read in March! Guest stars: T'challa and SylvieQuestion of the week: How many cats is too many?
Why arent people reading anymore? Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-03-30 | Is it just me, or are people reading less than they used to?Question of the week: If a booktuber rants in the forest and no one is there to hear, do they make a sound?Gallup poll on American reading: news.gallup.com/poll/388541/americans-reading-fewer-books-past.aspxThe American Library Association: ala.org/advocacy/bbooks
Is the book always better? Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-03-21 | There’s lots of discussion about whether the book is always better - watch to see if I manage to settle this debate once and for all!Question of the week: Wonkapiercer - fact or fiction?youtu.be/jEX52h1TvuA?si=rT5zE31UoqUWQM8n
Reading slumps Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-03-12 | Ms. Peepers' first short! How to overcome a reading slump.
February Wrap Up and March Mini-TBR Ms Peepers Reading Corner 2024-03-09 | Grab a cup of tea and join me for a review of the books I read in February, as well as a small reading plan for March.Question of the week: Does anyone else get tripped up when trying to say “February?” Is it feb-yoo-ary or feb-rew-ary? Why is the shortest month so difficult to pronounce?
