The Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag | Hows 2024 going so far @marcellaandherbooks8733

Marcella and her books The quarter year crisis book tag was created by @RoisinsReading

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

PEOPLE MENTIONED:
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@benreadsgood
@pastorytime2683
@hannahlosttheplot
@erinjandacreative

You're all tagged!

BOOKS MENTIONED
A little luck - Claudia Pineiro
Feminist macabre VI
Our missing hearts - Celeste Ng
The house of mirth - Edith Wharton
The island of missing trees - Elif Shafak
The night alphabet - Joelle Taylor
Witness - Jamel Brinkley

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

updated 6 months ago

The Quarter Year Crisis Book Tag | Hows 2024 going so far

Marcella and her books 2024-04-08 | The quarter year crisis book tag was created by @RoisinsReading

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

PEOPLE MENTIONED:
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@benreadsgood
@pastorytime2683
@hannahlosttheplot
@erinjandacreative

You're all tagged!

BOOKS MENTIONED
A little luck - Claudia Pineiro
Feminist macabre VI
Our missing hearts - Celeste Ng
The house of mirth - Edith Wharton
The island of missing trees - Elif Shafak
The night alphabet - Joelle Taylor
Witness - Jamel Brinkley

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

One more Shorty September reading vlog!

Marcella and her books 2024-09-29 | It's my final vlog for Shorty September 2024, I can't believe it's already over!

@pastorytime2683 @TooManyHeathers

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Oranges are not the only fruit - Jeanette Winterson
The Strong Black Woman - Marita Golden
The Women of Brewster Place - Gloria Naylor

The second vlog of Shorty September 2024!

Marcella and her books 2024-09-15 | The books are still banging!

Shorty September is created by @pastorytime2683 and @TooManyHeathers

Straya September is created by @GunpowderFictionPlot

BOOKS MENTIONED:
The Children's Bach by Helen Garner
Strega by Johanna Lykke Holm, tr. from Swedish by Saskia Vogel
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

Music by Tanya Tagaq, this song is called Teeth Agape youtu.be/8tribOieFWM?si=mtcCf-tcOIzAid1E

Shorty September 2024 has begon!

Marcella and her books 2024-09-09 | Shorty September 2024 is here, and we're off to a good start. Read three books in the first week and you can see my thoughts and what other things I got up to when I spend some days in a cabin in the woods.

Shorty September is hosted by @pastorytime2683 and @TooManyHeathers

Other booktubers mentioned:
@RovingReader and her review of Journal of a queer black nurse youtu.be/g2QAnzbtkqc?si=mHE2oWR2rkaoLbX6
@JentheLibrarianreads

We have always lived in the castle playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4nfqQrng4ADXNsRBzV25IF?si=029d20926bbb4211

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Journal of a queer black nurse by Britney Daniels
The quiet act of loving bones by Katie Willis
Falling Animals by Sheila Armstrong
We have always lived in the castle by Shirley Jackson

Another Women in Translation Month Reading Vlog

Marcella and her books 2024-09-04 | Wrapping up the second half of august, with another vlog for WIT month.

BOOKS MENTIONED:
A greater music - Bae Suah, tr. from Korean by Deborah Smith
Notes from an island - Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietila, tr. from Swedish by Thomas Teal
The faster I walk, the smaller I am - Kjersti A. Skomsvold, tr. from Norwegian by Kerri. A. Pierce
Dit zou allemaal van jou kunnen zijn - Josefine Klougart, tr. frm Danish by Michael van Zelm
What will it take for me to leave - Loranne Vella, tr. from Maltese by Kat Storace
Sphinx - Anne Garréta, tr. from French by Emma Ramadan

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

Women in Translation month Reading vlog

Marcella and her books 2024-08-18 | It's august, so that means Women in Translation month! I'm vloggin my experience of reading only books by women in translation this month.

@charlottemolloy is hosting a readathon for WIT month, you can find her announcement video here: youtu.be/_L8juMTizks?si=eVPH0YzpJMJzvo7m

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Fresh water for flowers by Valérie Perrin, translated from French by Hildegarde Serle
Permafrost by Eva Balthasar, translated from Catalan by Irene van de Mheen (to dutch)
The enlightment of the greengage tree by Shokoofeh Azar, translated from Persian by an anonymous translator
Blood Feast by Malika Moustadraf, translated from Arabic by Alice Guthrie

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

London bookhaul | So many indies!!

Marcella and her books 2024-08-11 | I got so many cool books on my last trip to London, let me tell you all about them!

BOOKS MENTIONED:
The stone house – Yara Hawari
www.hajarpress.com
The dear ones – Berta Dávila, tr. from Galician by Jacob Rogers
www.3timesrebel.com
The children’s Bach – Helen Garner
W&N Essentials
Sphinx – Anne Garréta, tr. from French by Emma Ramadan
www.deepvellum.com
Notes from an island – Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä, tr. from Swedish by Thomas Teal
www.sortof.co.uk
Thora – Lilly Lawless
www.wormsmagazine.com
Balkan bombshells compiled and translated by Will Firth
www.istrosbooks.com
Local fires – Joshua Jones
www.parthianbooks.com
Care work – Leah Lakshmi Piepzna Samarasinha
www.arsenalpulp.com
Margaret and the mystery of the missing body – Megan Milks
www.feministpress.org
Daddy’s gone a-hunting – Penelope Mortimer
mcnallyeditions.com
Azucar – Nii Ayikwei Parkes
peepaltreepress.com
Splith tooth – Tanya Tagaq
andotherstories.org
What will it take for me to leave – Loranne Vella, tr. from Maltese by Kat Storace
praspar.com
This is my body, given for you – Heather Parry
hauntpublishing.com

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

Mid year celebration book tag | Im back!

Marcella and her books 2024-07-28 | Hello! I took a bit of an unintentional hiatus, but I'm back with a video talking about some of my favourite books of the year so far

I was tagged to do this video by @hasteyebooks who created this tag.
You can find her video here: youtu.be/Plfmq9Ys-4E?si=Pm95jiXABQ8DpLcQ

Booktuber mid-year celebration tag questions:
1. Best fiction book you’ve read so far this year
2. Best non-fiction book you’ve read so far this year
3. Best book you’ve reread so far this year
4. Best series you discovered so far this year
5. Best book that came out this year you’ve read so far this year
6. Best book that took you out of your comfort zone (like a genre you don’t usually read or from a book prize)
7. Favourite new-to-you author for this year
8. Best book that lifted your spirit this year
9. Your favourite booktuber you’ve discovered this year
10. Your favourite video you created so far this year

Video about why we shouldn't use the word freak out': youtu.be/tf5Hln_eSt8?si=0oCdFyeTTMLetHYE

Also check out Karen's Montenegro vlogs!
Part one: youtu.be/ffPvoeeuIN4?si=_z8wpJIZLjjG-hOr
Part two: youtu.be/i5NRI1fGDKQ?si=k8rUlPUqQY_vultN

PEOPLE MENTIONED;
@lizziesliterarylife@awebofstories
@SupposedlyFun
@RecoveringBookSnob
@InfiniteText

BOOKS MENTIONED:
A little luck - Claudia Pineiro
The postcard - Anne Berest
Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
Of mice and men - John Steinbeck
The fellowship of the ring - J.R.R. Tolkien
Black sun - Rebecca Roanhorse
My brother's husband - Gengoroh Tagame
The house of mirth - Edith Wharton
Tom Lake - Ann Patchett
Seven steeples - Sara Baume

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

The Literary Witches Oracle picks my TBR | June 2024

Marcella and her books 2024-06-02 | Gotta make sure I have plenty of wonderthon options!

The video where I explain the rules you can find here: youtu.be/3hRRRQxyGBg?si=Uupvf9a8nScnlNjR

PEOPLE MENTIONED;
@lizziesliterarylife and the wonderthon announcement video: youtu.be/GS-8oQP-Fgc?si=1b8O18FC7es8IdIg
@awebofstories
@TooManyHeathers
@ExpeditionThroughPages

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Een breuk in april (Broken April) - Ismail Kadare
Niki - Christos Chomenidis
Moedermelk (Soviet Milk) - Nora Ikstena
Fiona and Jane - Jean Chen Ho
Oh Pioneers - Willa Cather
Freedom is a constant struggle - Angela Y. Davis
De waarheid zal me bevrijden - Alejandra Cortiz
The deep - Rivers Solomon
Hidden depths - Ifan Morgan Jones
Een klein detail (Minor detail) - Adania Shibli
The age of destroying - Pauline Peyrade
Een schitterend wit (A shining) - Jon Fosse

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

Ill be reading all over Europe | European Literature Prize Longlist

Marcella and her books 2024-05-26 | I'm going to tell you all about the longlist of the Europese Literatuur Prijs or the European Literature Prize!

www.europeseliteratuurprijs.nl

@EveningReader recently did a video on book prize burn out that I watched just after I filmed this video, which I found myself nodding along to a lot.
Watch it here:
youtu.be/WoxZ_MLimyo?si=jFYdeYFH0nYA5Gxb

BOOKS MENTIONED
Een breuk in april by Ismail Kadare, tr: Roel Schuyt. English title: Broken April
Een klein detail by Adania Shibli, tr. Djuke Poppinga. English title: Minor Detail
Een schitterend wit by Jon Fosse, tr. Marianna Molenaar. English: A Shining
Empusion by Olga Tokarczuk, tr. Karol Lesman. English version is also called Empusion and will be released in september.
Erfgrond by Maria Turtschaninoff, tr. Janny Middelbeek-Oortgiesen. No english translation yet.
Geest komt op by Isabella Hammad, tr. Gerda Baardman and Jan de Nijs. English title: Enter Ghost
Halfbaard by Charles Lewinsky, tr. Elly Schippers. No english translation
Lessen by Ian McEwan tr. Niek Miedema en Harm Damsma. English title: Lessons.
M. De laatste dagen van Europa by Anonio Scurati tr. Jan van der Haar.
Moedermelk by Nora Ikstena, tr. Brenda Lelie. English title: Soviet Milk
Niki by Christos Chomenidis, tr. Hero Hokwerda. Same title in English
The age of destroying by Pauline Peyrade, tr. Kiki Coumans. No english translation.
Vernietigen by Michel Houellebecq, tr. Martin de Haan. English title: Annihilation, to be published
Weken, maanden, jaren by Sara Bauma, tr. Lette Vos. English title: Seven Steeples

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

Roving around the Dutch countryside | Happy birthday @RovingReader

Marcella and her books 2024-05-19 | Join me in wishing Karen a happy birthday!!

@RovingReader
instagram.com/roving_reader

Some book suggestions for Mental Health May | And a misty walk at dawn

Marcella and her books 2024-05-13 | I got nine books for you that all deal with mental health in one way or another. And stay tuned for some footage of a very eary, but very beautiful walk I did this week.

#mentalhealthmay24 is hosted by @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH and @MarilynMayaMendoza

BOOKS MENTIONED
All my puny sorrows - Miriam Toews
East of Eden - John Steinbeck
Heartstopper series - Alice Oseman
Inferno - Catherine Cho
That reminds me - Derek Owusu
The catcher in the rye - J.D. Salinger
The collected schizophrenias - Esme Weijung Wang
The virgin suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
What my bones know - Stephanie Foo

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

May TBR | Springathon, Misery May, Tales of Two Trails

Marcella and her books 2024-05-07 | I'm blaming the weather because I'm not very coherent in this video..

BOOKS MENTIONED:
A court of thorns and roses - Sarah J. Maas
Anna Karenina - Lev Tolstoi
Rosarium - Charlotte Weitze
Sakura - Naoko Abe
The sixth extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert
Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
We zullen doorgaan - Lisanne van Sadelhoff

Springathon is hosted by:
@CuriousReader
@ACupOfBooks
@alldbooks9165
@myreadinglife8816
Announcement video: youtu.be/PAGtW9FdLhA?si=zzxhBV159reSyxDE

Misery May is hosted by
@GemofBooks
@GunpowderFictionPlot
Announcement video: youtu.be/8yzFh9TPMEY?si=lAc6HEV5J_Hxv9lg

Also, if you haven't done so, do yourself a favour and watch Jess's Misery May video, because the intro is booktube gold
youtu.be/dkwKfFB1MYQ?si=fQ2kRuXAtQgcDk7f

Tales of Two Trails is hosted by
@ExpeditionThroughPages
The Battle for May video: youtu.be/YFkK_F_lRqA?si=2Uu2zU-BLz14YhSw

I read books part 13 | Catching up on some recent reads

Marcella and her books 2024-04-28 | Here are some books I read recently. How are you all?

BOOKS MENTIONED
A little luck - Claudia Pineiro
Parable of the sower - Octavia E. Butler
The house of mirth - Edith Wharton
Tom Lake - Ann Patchett
Waar ik liever niet aan denk (What I/'d rather not think about) - Jente Posthuma

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

The Literary Witches Oracle picks my TBR | April 2024

Marcella and her books 2024-03-31 | Hoping to find my reading groove in April!

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

Buying too many books during Boekenweek | A bookhaul

Marcella and her books 2024-03-24 | There's a lot going on in the down below, please do have a look.

It was dutch book week this week, so I made a few trips to my local bookstores. There is a few books I bought earlier this year and late last year, but most of it is from this week.

I don't think I did justice to Joelle Taylor in this video, she talked about so much more and especially around poetry as protest. I'd highly recommend seeing her perform if you are able
There's no record of the event I was at, but plenty of video available on youtube, here's one of the poems she performed.

youtu.be/iVBB_aA3Qns?si=bPmKYLJ5t1NLFdKk

PEOPLE MENTIONED:
@benreadsgood
@JentheLibrarianreads
@MercysBookishMusings
@KendraWinchester

BOOKS MENTIONED:
August Blue - Deborah Levy
Dagen van glas - Eva Meijer (no translations available yet)
De afgronden - Pilar Quintana (tr from Spanish by Brigitte Coopmans, english title: Abyss)
De thuiswacht - Dola de Jong (english title: The tree and the vine)
De vrouw op de berg - Eva Baltasar (tr from Catalan by Irene van de Mheen)
Dit zou allemaal van jou kunnen zijn - Josefine Klougart (tr from Danish by Michal van Zelm), no English translation yet, but available in Swedish and Bulgarian
Empusion - Olga Tokarczuk (tr. from Polish by Karol Lesman)
- English translation is coming september 2024, also available in German, Portuguese, Lithuanian, Bulgarian, Ukranian, Swedish, French, Serbian, Czech and Slovak
Er schuilt een vreemde in ons - Sheila Armstrong (english title: Falling Animals)
Fiona and Jane - Jean Chen Ho
How the word is passed - Clint Smith
Leer me alles wat ik weet - Hanna Bervoets (no translations available yet)
Lotgenoten - Sabrine Ingabire (no translations available yet)
Rosarium - Charlotte Weitze (tr from danish by Lammie Post-Oostenbrink, no english translation yet, but available in German and Croation)
Slechte gewoontes - Alana S. Portero (tr. from Spanish by Annet van der Heijden and Alyssa Sebes). English translation is Bad Habit, coming April 2024
Sula - Toni Morrison
The night alphabet - Joelle Taylor
Waar ik liever niet aan denk - Jente Posthuma (english title: What I'd rather not think about)
Witness - Jamel Brinkley

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram:
instagram.com/weleens.een.boek (I post in dutch over there and use it to stay in touch with people)

The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

TBR Spin 2024 | The First Quarter

Marcella and her books 2024-03-17 | I'm joining in with the TBR Spin again this year, for realsies this time!

The TBR Spin is created by @TheBookBully and @FreshlyReadBooks

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Crossing to safety - Wallace Stegner
Empusion - Olga Tokarczuk
How the word is passed - Clint Smith
I contain multitudes - Ed Yong
Our missing hearts - Celeste Ng
Real life - Brandon Taylor
Surfacing - Margaret Atwood
The dangers of smoking in bed - Marianna Enriquez
The island of missing trees - Elif Shafak
The water dancer - Ta-nehisi Coates
The women of Brewster Place - Gloria Naylor
Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks (not active, but still use it to stay in touch with people)
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

Im hoping to revive The International Booktuber Tag!

Marcella and her books 2024-03-10 | This tag was first created by @OnlyIfForAPage back in 2018! I'm hoping we can revive it and find lots of new international booktubers!

I tag:
@fayesparallelstories
@WellTraveledBooks
@ReadingwithMani
@AnnNovella
@MilenaReads

Original video:
youtu.be/YAHnKfjYl_c?si=2Vkl2XbpZMJsmXOT

The Questions:
1) Where are you from and what is your native language or languages?

2) In what languages do you read books?

3) Is there Booktube in your native language and if so, what is the community like?

4) If there is a Booktube community in your native language, why did you decide to join the international one?

5) Are there any struggles or challenges for you as a non-native English speaker?

6) How do you get hold of English books?

7) What is the best thing about being part of the international community? (You can answer in your native language and add subtitles if you want to.)

8) Do you watch other international Booktube channels? Shout out a channel that you've found recently.

9) Tag your fellow international booktubers!

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks (not active, but still use it to stay in touch with people)
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

I read books | Part 12 | Or what some people would call a February wrap up

Marcella and her books 2024-03-03 | Still waiting for my first 5 star read or the year...

The greenpeace essay by Aimee Netzukumathatil
greenpeace.org/usa/stories/aimee-nezhukumatathil-on-our-climate-in-crisis

BOOKS MENTIONED
Black faces, white spaces - Carolyn Finney
Heerlijk Monster - Fleur Pierets
Julian - Fleur Pierets
Maurice - E.M. Forster
The comfort of crows - Margaret Renkl
The ethnic cleansing of Palestine - Ilan Pappé
The lovely bones - Alice Sebold
The probability of everything - Sarah Everett
Wold of wonders - Aime Netzukumathatil

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks (not active, but still use it to stay in touch with people)
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

The Literary Witches Oracle picks my TBR | March 2024

Marcella and her books 2024-02-25 | The lighting in this video really has a life of it's own, I hope it's not too jarring.

Here's the information on the viewer card, in case you missed what I said.

Mary Shelley
the cycle of life ~ transitions ~ attachment
Frankenstein isn't the garish zombie story we've seen in pop culture. Inspired by scientific discussions of the day and the complex feelings Mary Shelley (1797-1851) had about parenting, Frankenstein is a painful tale about the creation of life and what happens to shunned, abandoned children. Her life was as harrowing as her famous novel, her great losses of mother (feminist Mary Wollstonecraft), husband (Percy Bysshe Shelley), and three children tried her ideals of domestic harmony.

VIDEOS AND PEOPLE MENTIONED:
The aquarius video by @themusicsnob youtu.be/uke9d8fznRE?si=cjNuU58lwZkfN9yD

Tales of two trails tbr game by @ExpeditionThroughPages youtu.be/pIj4sqXVzOQ?si=NtycohQMfqDkEnU6

The video in which I explain the rules
youtu.be/3hRRRQxyGBg?si=ZhcJae7r1dAdNuXc

BOOKS MENTIONED:
August blue - Deborah Levy
Growing up aboriginal in Australia - Anita Heiss (editor)
Heartstopper vol 5 - Alice Oseman
I have some questions for you - Rebekka Makai
Sula - Toni Morrison
The confessions of Frannie Langton - Sara Collins
The vaster wilds - Lauren Groff
Their eyes were watching god - Zora Neale Hurston
Tom Lake - Ann Patchett
Witness - Jamel Brinkley
You were born for this - Chani Nicholas

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

2024 reading goals

Marcella and her books 2024-02-11 | It's never too late to set reading goals!

PEOPLE MENTIONED
@RubyReads @TheBookBully @FreshlyReadBooks @myreadinglife8816 @alldbooks9165

The feminist reading challenge on StoryGraph
app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/851fdf07-d54b-4f9d-b508-df0b0825bfcb

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks (not active, but still use it to stay in touch with people)
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

I (re)read books | Part 11| Read it again January edition

Marcella and her books 2024-02-04 | In January I embarked on a project to only reread books, here's how it went.

BOOKS MENTIONED
Crow lake - Mary Lawson
How to breathe underwater - Jullie Orringer
No visible bruises - Rachel Louise Snyder
Northanger abbey - Jane Austen
The Essex serpent - Sarah Perry
The virgin suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks (not active, but still use it to stay in touch with people)
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

The Literary Witches Oracle picks my TBR | February 2024

Marcella and her books 2024-01-28 | The literary witches oracle is back for my February TBR!

The video in which I explain the rules
youtu.be/3hRRRQxyGBg?si=ZhcJae7r1dAdNuXc

Here's the information on the viewer card, in case you missed what I said.

Joy Harjo
plunging in ~ making decisions ~ fear
Harjo, a common Mvskoke (Creek) name, means "so brave, she's crazy." Joy Harjo (b. 1951) courageously surived an oppresive childhood, teenage pregnancy and domestic abuse before becoming a spiritually charged poet of wild natural imagery and urgent social activism, as well as an award-winning saxophone player and singer.

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Black faces, white spaces: Reimagining the relationship of African Americans to the great outdoors - Carolyn Finney
Blood Feast: The complete short stories - Malika Moustadraf
Heerlijk monster - Fleur Pierets
Maurice - E.M. Forster
They're going to love you - Meg Howrey
World of wonders - Aimee Nezhukumatathil

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

My favourite books of 2023!

Marcella and her books 2024-01-22 | It's still January, so I'm not too late, right? It's my favourite books of 2023!

BOOKS MENTIONED
Cantoras - Caro de Robertis
Crow lake - Mary Lawson
Fair play - Tove Jansson
Fool's fate - Robin Hobb
How high we go in the dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu
Matrix - Lauren Groff
Summerwater - Sarah Moss
The long way to a small angry planet - Becky Chambers
The marriage portrait - Maggie O'Farrell
The secret lives of church ladies - Deesha Philjaw

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks (not active, but still use it to stay in touch with people)
The StoryGraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/marcellaandherbooks

My ~almost~ favourite books of 2023

Marcella and her books 2024-01-14 | Talking about those books that didn't quite make my top 10. These are all books I read in 2023, not necessarily published in 2023.

BOOKS MENTIONED
Devotion - Hannah Kent
Disoriental - Negar Djavadi
Forbidden notebook - Alba de Cespedes
Foster - Claire Keegan
I who have never known men - Jacqueline Harpman
The adventures of China Iron - Gabriela Cabezon Camara
The blue book of Nebo - Manon Steffan Ros
The last quarter of the moon - Chi Zijian
The Street - Ann Petry
The tie that binds - Kent Haruf

WHERE ELSE TO FIND ME
Instagram: instagram.com/marcella.andherbooks (not active, but still use it to stay in touch with people)
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I read books | Part 10 | The last books of 2023

Marcella and her books 2024-01-07 | These are the last books I read in 2023. Including my biggest disappointment, yikes!

BOOKS MENTIONED
Slechts een diefstal (english title: Stolen) - Ann-Helén Laestadius
The Other Bennet Sister - Janice Hadlow
The tie that binds - Kent Haruf
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell
W. - Tiemen Hiemstra

Vlogmas inspired reading vlog youtu.be/GTQpakDY7j4?si=yywQvgoArxkGahxv

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A vlogmas inspired day of cosy reading

Marcella and her books 2023-12-30 | I picked the best bits of other people's vlogmas and turned it into a cosy reading day!

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Stolen by Ann-Helén Laestadius
The world worst parents - David Walliams

PEOPLE MENTIONED:
@TooManyHeathers
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers
@Jennikreads

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Read It Again January | A Reading Project

Marcella and her books 2023-12-23 | I'm only reading books I've already read before in January. In this video I talk about how this idea came about and I share all the books that are on my pile of possibilites.

Here's the prompts on the bingo board if you want to join.
1. A book read in 2023
2. Non fiction
3. Short story or short story collection
4. Classic
5. Free pick
6. Second change book
7. Childhood favourite
8. Library book (or browse through your audiobook app)
9. 5 from 5 (a 5 star book from over 5 years ago)

PEOPLE MENTIONED:
@AnnNovella
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I read books | Part 9

Marcella and her books 2023-12-19 | Talking about another 6 books I read over the last couple of weeks

BOOKS MENTIONED
A line in the world - Dorthe Nors
Diepdiepblauw - Nikki Dekker
Disability visibility - Edited by Alice Wong
Hungry hearts and other stories - Anzia Yezierska
The break - Katherena Vermette
The woman in me - Britney Spears

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My favourite non-fiction books I read in 2023!

Marcella and her books 2023-12-10 | Maybe a little early, but here's my favourite non fiction books I read in 2023!

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The Literary Witches Oracle picks my TBR | December 2023 Edition

Marcella and her books 2023-12-03 | Picking my tbr for December, using the Literary Witches Oracle Cards.

Here's the information on the viewer card, in case you missed what I said.

Anne Carson - Intellectual growth/delights of the mind/plagues of the mind.
Anne Carson (b. 1950) - a prolific writer of poems, essays, and various literary hybrids - works with themes of lost family members, love and lust, religion and the intellectual tradition. The combination of this MacArthur Fellowship recipient's austerity, startling insights and relentless questioning is as awe-inspiring and explosive as the volcanoes she has been known to paint. Carson is also a scholor of Ancient Greek and Latin texts and a champion of fellow Witches, having translated Sappho and written about Emily Brontë and Virginia Woolf.

PEOPLE MENTIONED
instagram.com/suusreadsbooks

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Diepdiepblauw - Nikki Dekker
Hungry hearts and other stories - Anzia Yezierska
Ik ben jullie meester - Jeffrey Spalburg
Slechts een diefstal (English title is Stolen) - Ann-Helén Laestadius
The island of missing trees - Elif Shafak
The tie that binds - Kent Haruf
The vanishing act of Esme Lennox - Maggie O'Farrell
Vlucht/Dans/Vondst - Daphne Huisden, Yael van der Wouden and Simone Atangana Bekono

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I read books | Part 8

Marcella and her books 2023-11-19 | Wrapping up some books I read recently. Excuse the gloominess and central heating being noisy, winter time sure is kicking in.

BOOKS MENTIONED
Devotion - Hannah Kent
Her Majesty's Royal Coven - Juno Dawson
How to break up with your phone - Catherine Price
Know my name - Chanel Miller
No friend but the mountains - Behrouz Boochani
Tosca - Maud Vanhauweart

OTHER PEOPLE MENTIONED:
@themidnightreader

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How do we rate our books? | Tag

Marcella and her books 2023-11-12 | I was tagged by @ReadingwithMani to do the How do we rate our books tag.

The creator of this tag is @novellenovels

I tag @awebofstories , @RovingReader , @pineconek and @MargaretPinard

THE QUESTIONS:
1. How often to you DNF and what makes you DNF?
2. Do you rate books one star?
3. What is a two star book to you?
4. Is a three star book a good book for you?
5. What does four stars mean to you?
6. Do you ever do half star ratings?
7. Do you rate books five stars often? What do five stars books do to make them rate that High?
8. Has your rating of books changing over the years?
9. Where do you record your ratings of your books?

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The Literary Witches Oracle picks my TBR | A Nonfiction November Pile of Possibilities

Marcella and her books 2023-11-05 | Last month I introduced a new TBR game, and I'm going to continue with it for November.

Thank you to @mc6348 @martureads and @ReadingwithMani for participating with me in October!

If you want see what card I picked for you in November, please stay tuned to the end of the video!

00:00 Introduction and how I fared in October
04:17 Plans for November
06:25 The Rolls
08:54 The Books I picked
15:10 Viewer card draw!

PEOPLE MENTIONED
@MargaretPinard

BOOKS MENTIONED
A line in the world - Dorthe Nors
All that she carried - Tiya Miles
De mitsukoshi troostbaby company - Auke Hulst
Disability Visibility - Edited by Alice Wong
Swimming in the dark - Tomasz Jedrowski
The Break - Katherena Vermette
The Windeater - Keri Hulme
Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
White tears/Brown scars - Ruby Hamad
World of wonders - Aimee Nezhukumatathil

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A whopping birthday bookhaul | Backlist titles galore

Marcella and her books 2023-10-29 | I went bookshopping for my birthday and here's all the books I got!

BOOKS MENTIONED:
A line in the world - Dorthe Nors
A little luck - Claudia Pineiro
All that she carried - Tiya Miles
Breath, eyes, memory - Edwidge Danticat
Crossing to safety - Wallace Stegner
Exhalation - Ted Chiang
Femina - Janina Ramirez
Fruit of the drunken tree - Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson
How green was my valley - Richard Llewellyn
Hungry hearts and other stories - Anzia Yezierska
I contain multitudes - Ed Yong
Jonah's gourd vine - Zora Neale Hurston
Pilgrim at tinker creek - Annie Dillarrd
Real life - Brandon Taylor
Swimming in the dark - Tomasz Jedrowski
The book of difficult fruit - Kate Lebo
The break - Katherena Vermette
The rain heron - Robbie Arnott
The windeater - Keri Hulme
They're going to love you - Meg Howrey
Travels with Charley - John Steinbeck
We have always lived in the castle - Shirley Jackson
World of wonders - Aimee Nezhukumatathil

PEOPLE MENTIONED:
Russell @InkandPaperBlog
Jen @JentheLibrarianreads
Mercedes @MercysBookishMusings
Simon @SavidgeReads

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40 books before 40 | The list

Marcella and her books 2023-10-22 | It's my birthday and I'm sharing the list of 40 books I want to read before I turn 40 (in two years, yikes!)

The list in full in case you missed a title:
1. The count of Monte Cristo - Alexander Dumas
2. The woman in white - Wilkie Collins
3. Middlemarch - George Elliot (read)
4. Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoj
5. The house of mirth - Edith Wharton
6. Oh Pioneers! - Willa Cather
7. Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner (read)
8. The Street - Ann Petry (read)
9. We have always lived in the castle - Shirley Jackson
10. Anything by James Baldwin
11. Picnic at Hanging Rock - Joan Lindsay
12. I know why the caged bird sings - Maya Angelou
13. The lefthand of darkness - Ursula K. Le Guin
14. Maurice - E.M. Forster
15. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek - Annie Dillard
16. The living mountain - Nan Shepherd (read)
17. Housekeeping - Marilynne Robinson
18. Anything by Stephen King
19. The woman of Brewster Place - Gloria Naylor
20. The magnificent spinster - May Sarton
21. Lonesome dove - Larry McMurtry
22. Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto (read)
23. Remains of the day - Kazuo Ishiguro
24. Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood
25. Into thin air - Jon Krakauer
26. The namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri (read)
27. Small island - Andrea Levy
28. The new Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander (read)
29. The sound of a wild snail eating - Elisabeth Tova Bailey
30. The long way to a small angry planet - Becky Chambers (read)
31. The body keeps the score - Bessel van der Kolk
32. The sixth extinction - Elizabeth Kolbert
33. The hidden life of trees - Peter Wohlleben
34. The break - Katherene Vermette
35. I contain multitudes - Ed Yong
36. Upstream - Mary Oliver
37. Cantoras - Caroline de Robertis (read)
38. Know my name - Chanel Miller
39. Maybe you should talk to someone - Lori Gottlieb
40. Disability visibility - edited by Alice Wong

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I read books | Part 7

Marcella and her books 2023-10-17 | Wrapping up some books I read recently.

BOOKS MENTIONED
Corregidora by Gayl Jones
Een modern verlangen by Hanna Bervoets
Gebied 19 by Esther Gerritsen
In the Kitche: Essays on food and life, published by Daunt Books
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Summerwater by Sarah Moss

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New TBR game ft The Literary Witches Oracle | October 2023

Marcella and her books 2023-10-06 | I came up with a new way to pick my tbr each month, with The literary witches oracle card deck. I hope you enjoy it!

Books mentioned:
Devotion - Hannah Kent
Een modern verlangen - Hanna Bervoets
Gebied 19 - Esther Gerritsen
Heerlijk monster - Fleur Pierets
Know my name - Chanel Miller
Kwallen hebben geen oren - Adèle Rosenfeld
Matrix - Lauren Groff
Our missing hearts - Celest Ng

The Literary Witches Oracle is written by Taisi Kitaiskaia and illustrated by Katy Horan.

Shorties on tour | Salzburg

Marcella and her books 2023-09-27 | Welcome to the last stop of the Shorties on Tour, Salzburg!

If you want any particular details of where I've been or stayed, please don't hesitate to ask.

Books mentioned:
De eerlijke vinder - Lize Spit
Heks! Heks! Heks! - Jente Posthuma
Miss Iceland - Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir

Shorties on tour | Innsbruck

Marcella and her books 2023-09-22 | Welcome to shorties on tour! Where I take shorty september on a holiday in Austria. Next stop, Innsbruck!
If you want any particular details of where I've been, please don't hesitate to ask.

Shorty september is hosted by:
@pastorytime2683 and @TooManyHeathers

00:00 Welcome to Innsbruck and my first hike
02:44 Alpine flower intermezzo for @alldbooks9165
04:45 A catch up
07:42 Catching up on some books
12:45 More hiking
14:09 Catching up on some more books
19:06 Even more hiking
20:39 Currently reading update
23:16 Bookshop crawl
24:54 A little bit of reading before I leave innsbruck

Books mentioned:
A Small Place - Jamaica Kincaid
Flush - Virginia Woolf
Miss Iceland - Audur Ava Ólafsdóttir
Sweet days of discipline - Fleur Jaeggy
The Employees - Olga Ravn

Shorties on tour | Vienna

Marcella and her books 2023-09-12 | Welcome to my first installment of shorties on tour! Where I take shorty september on a holiday in Austria. First stop, Vienna!
If you want any particular details of where I've been, please don't hesitate to ask.

Shorty september is hosted by:
@pastorytime2683 and @TooManyHeathers

Books mentioned:
Flush - Virginia Woolf
Gespenstern bitte warten - Friedl Hofbauer
Moontiger - Penelope Lively
The last one - Fatima Daas

August Reading Wrap Up

Marcella and her books 2023-09-06 | All the books I read in August. Apologies for all the glare..

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Feria - Ana Iris Simón
Forbidden notebook - Alba de Cespedes
I who have never known men - Jacqueline Harpman
Over the top - Jonathan van Ness
Skandar and the unicorn thief - A.F. Steadman
Skinship - Yoon Choi
The blue book of nebo - Manon Steffan Ross
The day the world came to town - Jim DeFede
The last quarter of the moon - Chi Zijian
The prince and the dressmaker - Jen Wang

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September TBR | Mostly Shorty, with a bit of Straya

Marcella and her books 2023-08-30 | I go through all the books I have on my pile of possibilities for september in a quick fire fashion. Let's count how many times I can say "i don't really know what this book is about.."

I'll be participating in #shortyseptember and #strayaseptember

PEOPLE MENTIONED:
@GunpowderFictionPlot youtu.be/UKhwP7W-u_Y?si=hdiMpi7kHDajXk4d
@pastorytime2683
@TooManyHeathers

BOOKS MENTIONED:
A lot, might add later, but please do ask if you missed a title.

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The Currently Reading Tag

Marcella and her books 2023-08-22 | I was tagged by @awebofstories to do the Currently Reading Tag.
This was orginially created by @charlyreynhorse

Prompts:
1. How many books do you read at once?
2. If you're reading more than one book at a time, how do you decide to switch
to reading the other book (do you read a certain amount of pages each?)
3. Do you ever switch bookmarks while you're part way through a book?
4. Where do you keep the book you're currently reading?
5. What time of day do you spend the most time reading?
6. How long do you typically read in one go?
7. Do you read hardcovers with the dust jacket on or off?
8. Which position do you mainly use to read?
9. Do you take the book you're currently reading everywhere you go?
10. How often do you update your progress on GoodReads?
11. Who would you like to tag?
@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH
@GemofBooks

BOOKS MENTIONED
Skandar and the unicorn thief by A.F. Steadman
The last quarter of the moon by Chi Zijian

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Short book recommendations | Shorty September 2023

Marcella and her books 2023-08-15 | I'm celebrating one year on booktube! One of my first videos last year was recommending some great short books, so what greater way to celebrate then to recommend you some more short books!

Shorty September is hosted by
@pastorytime2683 youtu.be/y-tOINKwgDM
and @TooManyHeathers youtu.be/CXLft9P8Tj0

BOOKS MENTIONED
De dolende god - Fabrizio Dori
Fair play - Tove Jansson
Forget-me-not - Alix Garnin
Foster - Claire Keegan
I who have never known men - Jacqueline Harpman
Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
Open water - Caleb Azuma Nelson
Snow, dog, foot - Claudio Morandini
The adventures of China Iron - Gabriela Cabezon Camara
The blue book of Nebo - Manon Steffan Ros
The English understand wool - Helen deWitt
The living mountain - Nan Shepherd
The lottery - Miles Hyman
The secret lives of church ladies - Deesha Philyaw

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I read books! | Booktube Prize Edition | Semifinal Fiction Group A

Marcella and her books 2023-08-05 | I was a judge for the semi finals of the booktube prize, and these are my thoughts! I was suprised to say the least.

BOOKS MENTIONED
Carrie Soto is Back - Taylor Jenkins Read
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Foster - Claire Keegan
How high we go in the dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu
Nightcrawling - Leila Mottley
Our wives under the sea - Julia Armfield

Some further viewing:

The @BookTubePrize results! youtu.be/x-qs43eFvqo

Where I talk about Nightcrawling: youtu.be/ppF5aST9yaU

Kim wasn't a big fan of Demon Copperhead either, and shared some interesting thoughts about it. I struggled to put into words what my thoughts were, but she manages to talk about some issues I had aswell.
youtu.be/5NJN8JP-T_Q

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August TBR Game | Women in Translation Month

Marcella and her books 2023-07-29 | Picking the books I want to read in august. August is Women in Translation month, so I'm hoping to read around the world!

And I'll also be participating in the heartstopper readathon troughout the month.

PEOPLE MENTIONED:
@justmartine youtu.be/znqBdmoSufQ
@ItsHopebooks youtu.be/C7K6UBG0Tp0
@MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH

BOOKS MENTIONED:
Feria - Ana Iris Simón (tr. Trijne Vermunt)
Het personeel - Olga Ravn (tr. Michal van Zelm)
I who have never known men - Jacqueline Harpman (tr Sophie Mackintosh)
Skinship - Yoon Choi
Slechts een diefstal - Ann-Helén Laestadius
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin
The last quarter of the moon - Chi Zijian (tr Bruce Humes)
The memory of love - Aminatta Forna
Verboden Schrift - Alba de Céspedes (tr Manon Smits)

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Second Quarter Bookhaul | 2023

Marcella and her books 2023-07-22 | I talk about all the books I acquired in April, May and June of 2023.

Meanwhile, my hands apparently lead a life of their own..

BOOKS MENTIONED
A Small Place - Jamaica Kincaid
All About Love - bell hooks
Bloodfeast - Malika Moustadraf
De Eilanden - A. Alberts
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Dragon Keeper - Robin Hobb
Een Modern Verlangen - Hanna Bervoets
Feria - Ana Iris Simón
Heads of the Colored People - Nafissa Thompson Spires
Ik ben jullie meester - Jeffrey Spalburg
Net echt - Saskia de Coster
Shakespeare kent me beter dan mijn lief - Ibe Rossel
Small Island - Andrea Levy
The Garden of Evening Mists - Tan Twan Eng
The House of Mirth - Edith Wharton
The Last One - Fatima Daas
White Tears/Brown Scars - Ruby Hamad

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The Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag | Or some version of it | 2023

Marcella and her books 2023-07-09 | Doing some version of the Mid Year Book Freak Out Tag!

I was tagged by Kim @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH

Check out her channel and the channels of all the lovely people I've tagged. They are:
@RubyReads
@ReadingwithMani
@KendraReadsTomes
@KaylaRaeReads
@martureads

The questions:
1. The best sequel you’ve read so far this year? or Best book by a repeat author…
2. A new release you haven’t read yet but want to?
3. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year?
4. The biggest disappointment?
5. The biggest surprise?
6. Favorite new author (debut or new to you)?
7. What is your newest fictional crush?
8. What is your newest favorite character?
9. A book that made you cry?
10. A book that made you happy? or A book that made you laugh?
11. Most beautiful book you have acquired this year?
12. What books do you need to read before the end of the year? or A book that’s been calling to you.
13. The best book you’ve read so far this year?
14. Content creators you've been loving -- Small Booktuber shoutouts…and tags...

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July TBR Game | What will I read besides Booktube Prize books?

Marcella and her books 2023-07-02 | Here's all the books I hope to read in July, picked by my tbr game.

BOOKS MENTIONED:
All about love - bell hooks
Carrie Soto is back - Tayler Jenkins Reid
Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
Foster - Claire Keegan
I who have never known men - Jacqueline Harpman
Lolly Willowes - Sylvia Townsend Warner
Skinship - Yoon Choi
The bluest eye - Toni Morrison
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
What my bones know - Stephanie Foo

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