Happy Polin season https://youtu.be/8RJAUWt5N5g
Also doing a readalong over on Storygraph if you wanna join in: https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/c9bb876a-6e1c-4765-b03d-117eae99791d
Happy Polin season https://youtu.be/8RJAUWt5N5g
Also doing a readalong over on Storygraph if you wanna join in: https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/c9bb876a-6e1c-4765-b03d-117eae99791d
Wrapping up March reading (spoiler alert: it was a good month) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoup2uI0pT4
Happy April! No fools just anticipated reads. https://youtu.be/ZPnbaaBl2ms
As close to sports as I generally get. Tagged the first book read-- no spoilers. Can you guess which one comes out on top for me? https://youtu.be/DinTdWeRPl0?si=5Oqps3kEnaanthCJ
Ok, didn‘t get through all three this weekend (though two and a half isn‘t bad) in order to get the planned video out today. Hopefully still sometime this week. In the meantime, can you guess my pizza order?
A weekend reading update. Finished and loved both of these! 🤞🤞 I can get through one more today.
Weekend reading plans and (hopeful) sneak peek at next YouTube video.
I bought this when it came out (pour one out for the mass max) but hadn‘t gotten to it yet — which may have been fate as it heavily features a former heroine whose book I just finally also read (My American Duchess)
Compelling overview though we did speed right through things like the AOL and LiveJournal eras with a quick wave. Made me aware of, even coming up with a lot of these platforms, I wasn‘t really aware of a lot of the big creators. Would have loved a deeper dive into the different subcultures of different platforms/spaces.
Some St. Paddy‘s Day Yeats
When the audiobook is good but the subject matter uncomfy so you keep taking breaks.
Edit to smack myself for not mentioning this is a Pygmalion story
That college humanities sequence really paying off recently
After a week off earlier in the year than ideal due to a bad fever last week, we're back with a Feature Friday on the Fox Wife https://youtu.be/9vnJPhjg9kA
It's March; you know what time it is https://youtu.be/3tGv6uTjTmw
Sunday morning homestretch of my current read.
I‘m not even finished with the first story—which is very much giving Welcome to Nightvale—and this is very, very promising for my kind of short stories. Will report back.
Anybody have a least favorite reading format for reading? Ten years ago I loved the idea of being able to read from my phone even if I didn‘t have an ereader on me. Did I once phone read during a bar birthday party? Guilty. Now, it strains my eyes and I kind of hate it and will only do it if no other format is available. Alas, when rereading Queen Bees and Wannabes I could only get it from the library on my phone.
The (Current) Tortured Poets Department. Openings available.
February is looking pretty exciting from my end. What's everyone else excited for? https://youtu.be/R2v2EUilnrY
Jk I‘m working and dreaming of lunch hour so I can continue with this one
https://youtu.be/iz3SLtZLPAw
Romances to Read After the Buccaneers https://youtu.be/TQumYIVlNpk
I can tell the miscommunications being set up are going to frustrate me but I am also sure I will tear through this audiobook regardless
When romance bookclub helps you prioritize a book that‘s been sitting on your physical TBR
Are you ready to go back to the world of Emily Wilde? I think if you loved the first one, you'll love this one too. While I do still have some critiques, I dive into everything ore in depth on YouTube --> https://youtu.be/8Jd22kkTk3U
Things I was not anticipating? Publishing to enter the chat on the Ultimate World Cruise by sponsoring an influencer on the boat. But I think it opens the door to some interesting discussions. https://youtu.be/VhrkmWYE0QQ
Everyone getting in some good reading this Sunday morning? What are you starting your week with? I‘m working on Emily Wilde‘s Map of the Otherlands. I wish you a very cozy rest of your weekend.
Revisiting the book that inspired Mean Girls in honor of the new movie. https://youtu.be/zonkJm_UOx8
What are the book trends do you hope stay in 2023? https://youtu.be/Ip4Z6-UZKXg
A slow, quiet novel about home and grief that, admittedly, sometimes stumbled for me. The djinn is more metaphor here than active participant in the story and a lot of the narrative lives in metaphor. https://youtu.be/-6vG7_-GOpE
Did I find the thing that‘s finally going to satisfy those Mediator cravings? Hope we get more of this!
Wrapping up the end of 2023 in reading. https://youtu.be/KPKTYXymKnw
Too many thoughts to fit. Egan tells a tight and compelling story here. My only critique would not be getting a fuller vision of Madge. While her actions were undoubtedly brave, her story is also defined by violent trauma (which does include more details than some may be comfortable with). Egan makes efforts to draw her fully, but she can get lost for the villain here. I just wanted to get to know this spunky Hoosier girl.
Be Gay Do Crime (starting a wellness scam/pyramid scheme/cult IS the American Dream after all). Had to adjust my gameplan for start of the year reviews a bit but starting out with this one makes sense somehow https://youtu.be/0NaBmKfXN74
File under: things they didn‘t teach in Indiana history.
Happy first new release Tuesday of 2024 and all the good reading to come for the year! Here's what I'm anticipating for the month, what are you excited for? https://youtu.be/Dk_NxmwtaEs
Sure, I‘m not familiar with Bamford. But….This is not at all what I expected. About halfway into the audiobook and there is very little of real cult exploration. And I‘m not finding it particularly funny.
Maybe it‘s because I watch a lot of anti-scam or cult focused YouTube, but I loved this one. (And yes, I bought the ebook on sale while already having a library copy cause who doesn‘t want to read in two formats if they can.)
I'm calling it for 2023 and featuring my Top 10 (plus some honorable mentions) reads of the year. https://youtu.be/SXETIcuEgVA
Books I‘ve started and have convinced myself I can still get done in 2023 (among other projects). We‘ll see 😬
Enjoying the slowdown of the holiday season for the first time in years.
How did the Buccaneers show stack up against the book? https://youtu.be/kQ60SGelmWE
Stopped at Harold Washington and found a new to me Banned Books display on the third floor. I love that they‘re putting challenged and banned books front and center of a busy part of the library!