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I'm Rebecca/Becca/Bec (Hey You! also works) and I am obsessed with books! I read 100+ books per year, read all genres, fiction & non-fiction, all age ranges from children's picture books (don't have kids, just books) to adult. I do lean toward majority Sci-Fi and Fantasy, but read very little traditional epic fantasy - my buzzwords are more genre-benders/genre-blenders, diverse and works in translation. Really, I just love reading anything that is coming from a fresh perspective, and am always looking for different experiences.
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Everything I Read in July 2024 - 🔥 HOT OR NOT ❄ ?
My HOT OR NOT rating scale is roughly:
🔥 4-5 Stars
😐 2.5-3.5 Stars
❄ DNF-2 Stars
Find me on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/readxbecca
🔥 4-5 Stars
😐 2.5-3.5 Stars
❄ DNF-2 Stars
Find me on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/readxbecca
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Bookish Week Aug 25 - Conspirituality, Return to Eden
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00:00 Books Read 01:28 Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker 13:07 Return to Eden written & illustrated by Paco Roca, translated by Andrea Rosenberg 18:02 Currently Reading Find me on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/readxbecca
MMBB VLOG Aug 2024 | Cozy-ish Mystery-ish reading + kittens!
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Spend a boring and mundane weekend with me (and the cats) as I read a trio of books that are maybe cozy maybe mystery - ish. 00:00 The plan for MMBB this weekend-ish 07:36 Book 1 - Peg & Rose Stir Up Trouble 13:05 Book 2 - The Kamogawa Food Detectives 30:20 Book 3 - The Mimicking of Known Successes Find me on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/readxbecca
Bookish Week - Mimicking of Known Successes, Kamogawa Food Detectives, Peg & Rose, & Custard Pudding
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00:00 Books Read 00:42 The Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood 02:23 Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble by Laurien Berenson 03:57 The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older 05:16 Lulu & Lala's Custard Pudding 07:12 Currently Reading 07:38 Watching updates 7 Women and A Murder 08:45 Life Updates 15:22 Recommendations Suey on Adults reading YA - ruclips.net/v...
Bookish Week Aug 11 - Beneath the Moon, Hell Bent & a DNF
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00:00 Books Read 01:00 Beneath the Moon: Fairy Tales, Myths, and Divine Stories from Around the World by Yoshi Yoshitani 03:34 Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo (for #bigbooksummer ) Previous Ninth House discussion - ruclips.net/video/11CHwRmhpFo/видео.htmlsi=pEQXFJdPvoBMJU9D&t=415 08:48 It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn 19:...
It Isn't That Bad! - Book Tag
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There are a lot of things we are told we shouldn't do as readers and, honestly, those things really aren't bad! The tag was created by @awebofstories I Tag: @LiterateTexan @actual-spinster @storiesofroa @ThoughtsOnTomes 📚 Prompts: 1. Do you dog-ear your books? 2. Do you annotate your books? 3. Do you roll covers or break spines when you read? 4. Do you listen to something while you read? 5. Do ...
Bookish Week Aug 4 - Q and False & Other Stories, The Wee Free Men, チョコレータひめ
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00:00 Books Read 00:16 チョコレータひめ | Chokorēta-hime by Motoshita Izumi 01:29 Star Trek Explorer Presents: Star Trek "Q And False" And Other Stories - Anthology (for #booktrek ) 04:28 The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett, Narrated by Stephen Briggs 09:15 Currently Reading 09:55 Life updates 10:28 Recommendations Translated Fiction Tuesday - ruclips.net/video/8wMMmbnZ2N0/видео.htmlsi=qjN4md7sspMk-nM...
August TBR! 📗
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Events mentioned: Booktube prize - www.booktubeprize.org/ WIT Month - www.womenintranslation.org/ Garbaugust - ruclips.net/video/yyJfFpWogwc/видео.html #garbaugust Books mentioned: Elena Knows The Housekeeper and the Professor Spacecops Mindblast The Eyre Affair Find me on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/readxbecca
Bookish Week July 28 - My Murder, The Exvangelicals
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00:00 Books Read 00:16 My Murder by Katie Williams (influenced by @leandrathetbrzero ) 06:42 The Exvangelicals by Sarah McCammon 15:26 Currently Reading 15:58 Watching Updates Great British Menu S7 Defending the Guilty 17:48 Life updates 19:46 Recommendations The Importance of Fiction - ruclips.net/video/KXWvcU5VPGc/видео.htmlsi=sFlKXZH4pWpkZTd7 Locus Award Ceremony - ruclips.net/video/_Ss-a0Ug...
Everything I Read in June 2024 - 🔥 HOT OR NOT ❄ ?
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My HOT OR NOT rating scale is roughly: 🔥 4-5 Stars 😐 2.5-3.5 Stars ❄ DNF-2 Stars Find me on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/readxbecca
Bookish Week July 20 - Wild Diplomacy, Ninth House
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00:00 Books Read 00:26 Mid Month Book Bash reads - Nonfiction on Doing Nothing In Praise of Wasting Time by Alan Lightman The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way by Héctor García & Francesc Miralles Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto, translated by Don Knotting Praying with Jane Eyre: Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice by Van...
MMBB JUNE VLOG | doing nothing while reading non-fiction books on doing nothing
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Spend a boring and mundane weekend with me (and the cats) as I read Rental Person Who Does Nothing, Praying with Jane Eyre, In Praise of Wasting Time, and Ichigo Ichie. Find me on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/readxbecca
Mid Year Book Freakout Tag!
Просмотров 54Месяц назад
📚Prompts📚 1. Best book you’ve read so far 2. Best sequel you've read so far 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 (Debut or new to you) 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favourite character 10. Book that made you cry 11. Book that made you happy 12. Bes...
Bookish Week Jun 14 - Half an Inch of Water, Wicked
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00:00 Books Read 00:26 Half an Inch of Water by Percival Everett 03:08 Wicked by Gregory Maguire (for #bigbooksummer ) 11:10 Currently Reading 11:46 Watching Updates The Amazing Maurice 12:48 Life updates Find me on Goodreads - www.goodreads.com/readxbecca
Bookish Week Jul 7 - Ten Planets, Bar Harbor Retirement, My Cat is More Impressive Than Your Baby
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Bookish Week Jul 7 - Ten Planets, Bar Harbor Retirement, My Cat is More Impressive Than Your Baby
Bookish Week Jun 29 - Wild Wynchesters, Civil Disobedience, The Strange Bird, Your Driver is Waiting
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Bookish Week Jun 29 - Wild Wynchesters, Civil Disobedience, The Strange Bird, Your Driver is Waiting
Reading Retrospective | Jan-June 2024
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Reading Retrospective | Jan-June 2024
Bookish Week June 22 - Bulletproof Witch, Peg and Rose Solve a Murder
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Bookish Week June 22 - Bulletproof Witch, Peg and Rose Solve a Murder
Watch Later Tag | How do you watch booktube?
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Watch Later Tag | How do you watch booktube?
Bookish Week Jun 16 - Sitcom Star, Love & Saffron, So Many Beginnings
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Bookish Week Jun 16 - Sitcom Star, Love & Saffron, So Many Beginnings
VLOG | Booktube Prize NF Group C | Pt 2 - Master Slave Husband Wife, Crossings, Built From the Fire
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VLOG | Booktube Prize NF Group C | Pt 2 - Master Slave Husband Wife, Crossings, Built From the Fire
Everything I Read in May 2024 - 🔥 HOT OR NOT ❄ ?
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Everything I Read in May 2024 - 🔥 HOT OR NOT ❄ ?
Bookish Week June 8 - The City in the Middle of the Night, Murder Most Royal, Big Panda Tiny Dragon
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Bookish Week June 8 - The City in the Middle of the Night, Murder Most Royal, Big Panda Tiny Dragon
VLOG | Booktube Prize NF Group C | Pt 1 - What An Owl Knows, Doppelganger, Memoir of My Former Self
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VLOG | Booktube Prize NF Group C | Pt 1 - What An Owl Knows, Doppelganger, Memoir of My Former Self
Bookish Week June 1 - Hollow Places, Strike Your Heart, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Center Cannot Hold
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Bookish Week June 1 - Hollow Places, Strike Your Heart, Rabbit Proof Fence, The Center Cannot Hold
2024 Booktube Prize Quarterfinals - Non-fiction Group C Rankings!
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2024 Booktube Prize Quarterfinals - Non-fiction Group C Rankings!
This was fun! I'm interested in that Percival Everett book. I read Ninth House several years ago and enjoyed it.
I really enjoy this quick review format.
I really hate the Young Living vibe. Just had to get that off my chest.
As someone who is into yoga, it seems to be quite different (more capitalist) in the US than the places I've attended in Norway. Did they say anything about Conspirituality being US centered?
Kitties! That's cool that your library receipt told you how much money you saved. Sorry your reading was just meh. I was intrigued by the premise but it sounds like it didn't really deliver.
Conspirituality sounds really good so I think I'll check out the podcast. I rarely listen to podcasts but color me intrigued. Boo to this heat advisory! I'm grateful for a/c. I'm sorry Dusty didn't get his forever home but I'm glad you're taking him in. Are you adopting him or fostering and hoping he's chosen?
I am here for all the cat content!!!! I've had the Kamogawa Food Detectives on hold for months now...man, that book is popular!
Yuck about the weather there! Here it was my favorite type of weather - lightly rainy and in the 60s for much of the weekend. Both books you finished sound like interesting reads. And glad you're able to take Dusty again - too bad the home didn't work out for him.
Oh wow! I will try not to envy the weather there, definitely get out and enjoy it for me if you can! We had a slight drop, the previous week, so I did get out to the park almost every night for a walk, but now it's just intolerable out there. So ready for fall to kick in. Dusty will definitely be a joy to have again, but his overgrooming situation has now been resolved it seems, so hopefully they are going be able to get him out at the shelter to meet & greet once they aren't full and he will find a home quick I think.
seven stories sounds like a great press!! & those covers are gorgeous !
I definitely struggled not to break this bank overbuying from Sever Stories, they carry so much new and existing work that is really exciting politically.
Kittens! 😍😍😍
Such cute kitten footage, and so many delicious meals. The watermelon salad one especially looked good. The coyote howling was intense! For The Mimicking of Known Successes, I think it's told from Pleiti's perspective because the series is an homage to Sherlock Holmes, which is told from Watson's perspective. I think the writing style really mimicks Holmes novels as well (I wonder if the title is actually a meta joke poking fun at that as well).
I think you are completely right, in fact I really need to re-read some Sherlock really. I'm now wondering if Watson just has more of an air of authority, or I was just less credulous when reading a classic.
Those baby kitties are having a good time at your house. 😻😻😻
I can't help but spoil the kitties for their short times with me! They are such a whirlwind of nonsense.
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Oh my goodness, I'm just imagining all those cats going to happy homes! 🥰 That's amazing.
And wow, I also have a hole-in-the-yard saga! We are getting a geothermal system put in, and our front yard is all torn up while the contractor waits for a part to arrive... I'm glad your holes got taken care of and I hope the September round isn't too bad!
Right?! I'm always delighted when I get to see the numbers and just be reminded of real impact it has.
Oh no! That is a bummer they dug things up without having everything lined up for it, you'd think that would be part of prep before you dig eh? Do you at least know how long the wait is? That's really cool you are getting geothermal, I don't think I know anyone who has it, is it more a cost advantage for you long term or sustainability? I'm guessing more the latter?
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@@ReadBecca I think we only have to wait 1 more week (for a total of 6!). Apparently, they couldn't order the final parts until they knew how deep the wells were going to be, and they weren't able to know that until they actually started drilling?? We got it more for sustainability, though we think we will see a minor cost savings in the long term... we'll see! We're sure we'll at least break even, and that's good enough for us. :)
I wonder if you could keep pens or bookmarks in the mushroom? :) and yay for your vacuum cleaner success!
Pens is definitely in the running, I hadn't thought of bookmarks yet! That could definitely be a good idea, I have them in a sort of tea cup right now that is too flat to really hold as many as I have. Good suggestion.
Hooray for a reprieve from holes 🕳️😂
I don't even know what all they did, but I sure hope the utils that were working are really done! they've marked up the sidewalk in front where they were doing it now so I am nervous there will be more construction 😅
The mushrooms 🍄 are adorable 🥰
I love that you repaired rather than bought new!! Way to go!
🥰 It always feels like such an accomplishment when that can be done too, I hate just tossing things so much.
Exactly how I felt about Kamogawa!
Hilariously, that will be in the vlog, I was like "I'm pretty sure I'm just repeating exactly what Deea said about this"
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Glad you had some chill reads! That's always so nice when life is busy. The Mimicking of Known Successes really worked for me when I read it. The mushroom pot looks like maybe you could also use it as a pen holder. Glad the holes in your yard have been filled, but it really is ridiculous that there will be more soon.😅
Mimicking was on my radar to prioritize because of you I'm pretty sure! Under normal circumstances I think I would have absolutely loved the writing, objectively I can see how my thing it was, but silly brain bounced off it hard right now. I am excited for when I've got more space to get to the next one. Pen holder is a fantastic idea! Several pens have perished on me recently, then I've had to go hunt some down, so maybe I need that. I truly laughed when the gas company called about scheduling maint a couple days after, unbelievable.
Peg and Rose Stir Up Trouble sounds delightful. I am SO impressed that you repaired your vacuum cleaner! Wow! I’m not sure if you were notified, but I tagged you in The Phenomenal Woman Tag last week-and that was before I knew you could repair vacuum cleaners! 😊
It is actually amazing what I've been able to repair with a little creative youtube searching, there are sooo many tutorials and walkthroughs out there. Especially if it's already at the point of being replaced it sure can't be broken more by trying at least! 😂 Yay! I've been getting more and more behind on everything lately with other demands on my time, but as a former friend who isn't on booktube anymore always said whether you do them or not, the love is in the tag! So I am happy for the tag whenever I am able to get around to it.
@@ReadBecca No pressure EVER from me. I am way behind on these tags too. I just wanted you to know that you were tagged in case you hadn't been notified. By the way, on the subject of tags, I have been trying to do the tag that you created on how we watch videos for weeks now. I'm sort of embarrassed that I didn't even know that half of the things that you are talking about in that tag existed. Clearly, there is almost no method to my booktube watching. But I didn't want you to think I've forgotten about it. I'm just trying to have something to say! Anyway, back to my admiration! I had my mother's Electrolux vacuum for years, and I finally had to part with it. Had I known you at the time, I would have called on you.
That is actually super exciting that you were able to replace that part in your vacuum. I try to celebrate as many practical wins as I can because life is basically full of semi-mundane and practical tasks and why not celebrate them?
That is such a great perspective, it seems like we all gloss over these things that are small but affect us day to day. I can be terrible about not wanting to buy things or be wasteful, so I often wind up stuck in either not having the mental energy to try repairs/never making time, or just not replacing something because I can work around not having it in some way, that usually makes things harder in life in some way. It's tough to find that balance between giving the internal go ahead to just replace things and not make life harder and putting in the effort to at least try possibilities in between.
@@ReadBecca that is very real!! I also have a hard time striking a balance between being wasteful and trying to be “handy” with fixing things when possible
aah im so behind on watching booktube atm sorry!! im def in the camp of letting life happen to books and not worrying sm about like spines breaking etc... i definitely dont do it on purpose or anything but i dont rly understand ppl who are super precious about books because they are supposed to be read ! :) im terrible at doing tags but ty for tagging me !!! i def might do this bc the questions r cool :)
Exactly my feeling, books are for reading, even the pretty ones! How are we supposed to fully enjoy them if they just sit on the shelf eh? No pressure on doing the tag, the love is in the tag not the doing!
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Ooh I have read some of these and also adding some to my TBR! I loved Are Prisons Obsolete? I think I finished it in a day and thought it was very well done
I feel like Are Prisons? is vastly under read around booktube given it's impact, but everyone who has felt so informed by it, also fit into a niche of people I aspire to be more like in my life... so I need to get to it and chase those aspirations.
Beautiful books. Very interested in ypur thoughts on Techno Capitalism.
I'm looking forward to Techno Capitalism most of these, I think it's top of my nonfiction november list.
Oooh these are some gorgeous books! I love collecting fancy copies of favourite books/authors.
Absolutely, I don't shell out for any old beautiful book with hype, but I feel like I lucked out with encountering some favorites all at once. Brings some delight for sure.
The Seven Stories Press books all look beautiful!
I need that Omelas
It gave me a bit of sticker shock, but such a wonderful item to have that will likely not have something similar again. I'll be sure to pass it to you in my will, I doubt any trustee would have an appreciation for a weird art piece of a short story 😄
I was telling someone else this recently, and that is that I am very hesitant to order direct from a company I know little to nothing about, even if they seem legitimate (it's the gen x-er in me, I'm sure), so I deeply appreciate when PEOPLE I trust order from them and have good things to say. 🤗 Thank you.
Hehe that is definitely very gen-x, distrust of anything and everything for money! Having trusted sources and reviewers is such a big thing for me too. I have tried to find a balance for myself of both using those trusted sources to find things, but also opening myself up once in awhile to some risk trying to also provide that myself here to others where I can hedge a bit on things I think I will like anyway even if they don't live up entirely. Thankfully I've found that has worked out more often than it has not.
Love small presses! Great haul! When you talked about Tecno-capitalism you said it's in your realm of expertise. Will you make more discussion videos on it, I'd love to hear more of your thoughts on that (no pressure of course, but it's a topic I know almost nothing about)
Absolutely small presses are publishing so much great and innovative work, it's always great finding new ones. As far as Technocapitalism, that's tricky. I definitely will talk about it when I read it in some capacity, there are lots of past books I've rambled quite a bit around the topic, but because of my work I basically can't directly address anything very directly relevant to my actual job area without it being a risk because I work for a stock exchange and basically everything is considered proprietary knowledge, so I have to avoid a lot of what I am most specialized in.
OMG, kittens!!❤
They have been the absolute sweetest little houseguests! 🐈
Beneath the Moon sounds fun! Glad you've been escaping into some reality TV while sleep has been rough. I've seen a few episodes of celebrity Bargain Hunt, and it's really such a silly premise, but I also get the appeal.
I had no idea there was a celebrity version, that is so funny. Bargain Hunt is just such a hilariously low stakes show, and no one seems to actually care if they win or profit in any way, completely agree so silly.
I haven’t seen bargain hunt in years! 😂 I hope the week ahead is filled with more beauty than frustration ❣️❣️
I think all of the Bargain Hunt I'd been watching is probably also from years ago, so may be the same era you saw, definitely not up to date. That's probably part of the appeal right now.
lol Bargain Hunt! It almost sounds stereotypically British in the sense that they are being too polite to actually haggle 😂 I will have to check out the LeGuin video because I am going to pick up my first LeGuin this year
That is exactly it, the overly polite brit sensibility is strong on Bargain Hunt. There have been people who get massively in the hole in the end and just sort of wind up like "ah well *chuckle*" it's terribly british. I wish you well in your LeGuin journey! Despite being a massive fan, I think it's a neverending journey to be on, I am always finding new scraps of things she did that are out there I've never even heard of, on top of not even having read all I have on my shelves still!
It stuns me that people are so insistent for reconciliation with estranged relationships when it might actually be healthier to go no contact. I'm glad you dnfed rather than reading more nonsense. I'll check out Brittas video although I'm pretty sure I'm going to pick up A Wizard of Earthsea next.
DNFing was definitely a mental wellbeing choice with that book 🤯 Yay for Wizard of Earthsea, I think you will like the worldbuilding, themes and writing hopefully, but that one the story is by far the weakest. Tombs really picks up in that area, and Tehanu is really fantastic probably my favorite though much slower and more contemplative, old lady protagonist FTW!
I love a good BBC quiz show. If you can find Only Connect, I highly recommend it - the questions are absurdly difficult but in a delightful way. Pointless is also good (co-hosted by Richard Osman, of Thursday Murder Club fame), basically Family Feud in reverse, where the idea is to give the most obscure correct answer.
Ooh thank you, I think Only Connect was on the quiz channel one time but I had no idea what I was so I didn't click, I'll have to try it if I see it again. I've also not heard of Pointless, but I am glad you've mentioned Osman, I totally forgot there is also loads of House of Games on YT I have not watched, that will be perfect too.
@@ReadBecca Only Connect is about finding the connections between seemingly random sets of clues. If you’ve seen the Connections game on the NYT website, one of the rounds is basically like that. Ooh yes, House of Games is fun. I love the Answer Smash round.
Bargain Hunt is great daytime tv, reminds me of my student days. Antiques Road Trip is quite interesting too, which is experts just driving around looking for things, theres a couple of great clips of that when they have made massive profits. Antiques Roadshow is proper sunday tv too for many years. Repair Shop is big now, I never got into that one.
That is hilarious, now want to know if that is a wider student phenomenon. I too watched a fair amount of midday game shows in uni years, here it was things like Price is Right as the big one. I feel there is a correlation of overworked brains in that time to my current state 😂 I also never got into antiques roadshow, I think because at least in the US version, what I saw of it had money grubbing vibes, which sort of lacks the appeal of people being there for a good time, and just feeling like winning something is an extra.
One of my local little free libraries run by a local community centre put up a sign saying you should only take books if you leave one, and after that it got waaaay more full of rubbishy books that no-one wanted so that was a big mistake on their part, I think.
Yikes, yes I can see how that would turn out a lot more garbage in the LFLs. I feel like some people who run their own run into people just taking them all to resell, I can kind of understand the want to put more limits, but eh on the official site it's like you can't stop people from being poo even with those measures so just keep it all free eh. It seems like here that happens once in awhile, but more often people do dump religious and sales junk in them, which is more frustrating to me.
Loved all the kitty bits. ❤️😻
I enjoyed hearing your answers to this. This is a fun tag, I filmed my answers the other day 😊
For Discworld, I've only read Going Postal but I'm hoping to read Hogfather around the holidays. Your editions are gorgeous. I hope you're feeling better.
I'm kind of an outlier in that I like Hogfather for haloween more than being for christmas, though the holiday in it is indeed a barely obscured version of christmas. It is one of the darkest of the series. The adaptation is also excellent! The guy who was the man with thistledown hair in the Jonathan Strange adaptation had earlier played a villain in this, and pulled from that role as his inspiration when doing the creepy fae in Strange. Slowly but surely feeling better, thank you!
@@ReadBecca Was it made into a movie or miniseries?
The Wee Free Men sounds interesting...I have 2 questions: First, do you need to read at least some of the Discworld books first? Secondly, you said the heroine was young...is this directed towards a younger audience?
Yes, because of Tiffany Aching's age and the strong coming of age journey as a plot arc, some people think it is YA - though I don't think it has ever been specifically sold under YA publisher/marketing. I tend to think it's pretty solid all ages writing/storytelling though. Wee Free Men has probably the least overlap with other books/subseries in the discworld, so it is a great place to start. It takes place in a very small rural community, and the only crossover character are the witches, somewhat briefly, whose subseries of books starts with Equal Rites. However, all of the discworld books expect the very first two (Colour of Magic/Light Fantastic, which are a single story together) can be picked up on their own for a satisfying story. What you get by reading in order is much more of the character & relationship progression, than needing to read in order to understand. Personally, I fully think the right way to read discworld for a start is just to pick up a book whenever you run into one, in any order 😁
This is a fun one! I did it, too. I enjoyed hearing your answers. You and I are similar on most of the questions!
Roux’s olympic moment! 🏅♥️ I am still way behind on TAGs !
This was super fun and interesting to think about the answers! I might end up doing this tag, too 😊
Big booktubers really live in another world 😂I literally can't keep up with all the tags
Tags have gone away??? Loved your answers on this one! “Little free libraries are not transactional.” Exactly. I, in fact, have never taken a book from one, though I may have actually donated hundreds of books to them. 😊
I agree that Little Free Libraries are not transactional. Lately, I have taken more books from Little Free Libraries than I have donated, but that’s only because I donated so many of my books to Little Free Libraries before I moved to a new city.
ive also spoiled a book for myself by checking page count too lol great video i think i might try this tag
hehe I think we need a blank numbered last page for checking purposes as a publishing standard 🤣 You should!
The Wee Free Men are the best. I hope you enjoy Elena Knows! I thought it was super good.
...and here we are a couple weeks later, just getting to this, and Elena Knows is still on the shelf. I am excited for it though, excellent to hear your praise for it. I saw she has another book coming/out, so I already need to catch up on her new releases if this one works for me.
I have Wee Free Men, but haven't read it quite yet. I'm a noob with discworld. I've read 5 and not in order! I have Repairman on hold... just waiting. I'm excited about Katie's series too! Glad the health issue wasn't major.
I was momentarily confused by repairman, but that is a brilliant autocorrect I'm absolutely sure Terry would have appreciated. I very strongly maintain that the preferred reading order the first time for anyone, rather than all the complex charts and subseries, is to simply pick up whatever book is most readily at hand 😄 I think you will be very charmed by Tiffany whenever you do get to Wee Free Men.