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The grossest book I ever read 😝!

@@bookstalgic Oh… I could show you grosser ones 😜

Whoohoo! We got our own book tag! :D

Thanks, Joe! It really has been too long. I'll let you know the next time I head there and we can stroll around and you can show me your favorite places! So fun! :)

Thanks Jim, this was a really fun tag, I really enjoyed it! Yes, aren't those paintings beautiful? :)

Ooh great choices there! I'm definitely familiar with Thomas Cole, (stunning paintings), and I just looked up Asher B. Durand (beautiful!) and Fredrick Church (love the color tones in some of those). All gorgeous landscapes and thank you for making me aware of those ones!

It was a fun one! I like ones where you don’t have to think of books for every answer 😂

@@katsnoveladventures1863 Hi Kat! Hmm I can’t remember the time of year the story in Ring Shout takes place in but it’s in the Georgia, sometime in the 1920s. I hope you enjoy it if you read it! I agree about The Troop! I actually read it twice, but skimmed the animals parts the second time through. The body horror was so good and it was told really well. He used the sense of smell a lot which I thought was cool. That’s great you were able to enjoy NYC with your son! We’ve taken my daughters once, but I’m excited to bring them again!

@@awebofstories I’ve actually never been to the Statue of Liberty, but would love to someday! My husband is not a city guy either, but we’ve been twice together and had fun. I’m hoping I can get him there again, probably not lol. It’s definitely my favorite city I’ve ever been to! I hope you get to go back some day. 😊

@@CliffsDarkGems thanks, Cliff! Ring Shout was short, but good! The audio was even better if you enjoy audio books I would recommend it in that format! Yeah,The Troop made me feel a little physically ill during the parts with the animal testing and abuse, but the body horror was great! 😆. I’ve never been to Vegas or Arizona, or pretty much anywhere west of Kansas, but I hope to someday. Hope you’re enjoying your month so far! 😊

@@bookstalgic Thank you so much Farrah! Things are looking better for us after an awful July/ August. Anita is still struggling but we will get there. I also hated the animal cruelty in The Troop, especially with the turtle. It felt so unnecessary, and to be honest, I found the gore and body horror a bit repetitive for my taste. Take care my friend and have an awesome September. 😀

@@DanielsBibliophagy Thanks Daniel! And yeah, I can’t eat udon noodles anymore thanks to that book 🫠😆

@@AlbertTheConjugator Yay, I’m glad you’ll do it! I can’t wait for your answers! 😊

@@cultureden Hi and nice to meet you too! Thank you for your sweet words, I appreciate that. :) It’s definitely mind boggling to think about how many people live in NYC when you really think about it. Luckily, there are so many wonderful movies and videos that show the city , especially now with the use of drones, that you can still enjoy it from afar 😊

@@julieg_quebec-julesselivre8641 Oh yes, NY state legalized recreational marijuana in 2021 I think, so I’m not surprised. I smell it lots of places now that I didn’t used to before.

Hi Steve! Aren't they stunning? I might need to get a print of that 3rd one :)

@@bookstalgic excellent choice. 💯

I'm glad we've met here too, Pat and you're welcome! I was at a loss about the publishing houses question as you could see so I basically skipped over it too. I think some questions might have gotten added or subtracted from the original tag (along the way) as the Broadway question wasn't in the original tag :)

@@bookstalgic I don’t think I had the Broadway question in my tag either. I have to go back and look. You may actually be answering the original prompts and I was answering a newer, shorter version.

I just checked my video notes: I didn’t have the publishing house question or the Broadway question. I must have been tagged by someone with an adapted list of questions. 😊

Pat, I take issue with what she said about your channel name. I’m still holding out for Smut Chat with Pat.

@@BookBlather Dave! Why do I think this name-and a few other variations-will follow me for the rest of my days? I’ll tell you: I have re-watched a good part of our livestream more than once just to pick up my mood. I don’t know when I’ve laughed so hard. 😂🤣

Thank you, hope you have a good week as well! Having to hold back parts of yourself for fear of violence or being labeled as different, is definitely hard. My husband doesn't generally like people that much either and we clash a lot when it comes to "thinking positively". He says a lot of what he feels out loud and although the lack of filter annoys me sometimes, it's refreshing sometimes because I think there are many of us that can be overly positive despite what we feel on the inside. What you see is what you get with him, lol. My positivity has grown with age. I definitely didn't have the same mindset I did in my teens or 20s, let along my 30s. Somehow, in my 40s, it was like a realization struck that we aren't guaranteed a single day and how we feel throughout our day is the only thing we can control. Maybe future you will feel less pessimistic and maybe not; I guess you'll have to wait to find out! But yes, there is definitely a scale of authenticity when it comes to Booktubers and people in general, so we do our best to be aware of the ones we resonate with and filter out all the rest.

@@bookstalgic I think it's actually a good thing that you and your husband have that contrast. It's also pretty good parenting wise because your children get to see both sides of the coin and are better equipped to understand these things. I could probably hang with your husband, haha. 😆

@@scoutdarpy4465 I’m sure you would have a lot to talk about regarding people and the world lol

@@bookstalgic All good things of course. 😅

@@TriumphalReads thanks Justin!!

@@books_and_bocadillos hi Mariandrea! I hope you enjoy both if you end up getting to them!

Thanks Adam! I really appreciate your comments as always! I would love to hear about the podcast you're talking about. That period in history is so fascinating to me and I've been really into learning about it lately. Yeah, that title is a doozy and he has many in the "Killing.." series like "Killing Lincoln, Killing Reagan, Killing England" etc. It was definitely an interesting book. The reviews were a bit polarizing on Goodreads and I can see how some were upset that it wasn't Biblical enough and some were upset that it wasn't "historical" enough. Can't please everyone as we all know. :)

@@bookstalgic The podcast episode is presented by cosmicskeptic (aka) Alex O’Connor and Elaine Pagles a historian of both the standard biblical canon and the relatively recent discovery of the scriptures from Nag Hammadi, Egypt (ca. 1945). Anyway they discuss in this episode the evolution of Satan in the bible from Job to Zachariah to Revelations and at about 28:58 they discuss the discrepancy between the Bible’s recording of the death order of Jesus and what is more likely to have occurred according to contemporary evidence. The discrepancy has more to do with Pilate and the Roman military than anything else. And unfortunately that is how people tend to think when it comes to sacred texts. Either you’re going too easy on the interpretation or you’re being blasphemous. It’s tough ground to tread in order to be a biblical scholar. I certainly have a lot of respect to the people that are attempting to break new ground or to provide enlightened interpretations. It’s a tough crowd to please.

@@Adam_Dupree thanks Adam! You summed up my thoughts about Bible scholars so perfectly in that last paragraph and I couldn’t agree more. I’ll definitely check out that podcast and thanks so much for the timestamp!

@@bookstalgic Of course, no problem, and I forgot to link the video lol. Sorry about that😂. ruclips.net/video/tQNZtajqKNM/видео.htmlsi=4GnHyMo0HLKPZIZW

Haha, funny you say that about Bill O'Reilly. I didn't really know much about him while I was reading the book, beside remembering that he was a political commentator. Then I looked him up because I thought I remembered some controversy about him come up in recent years and saw all of those sexual harassment cases he had! Yuck! I didn't realize he has another book about witches and yeah, him leading the witchhunts sounds about right haha. But you're right, he's definitely multi-faceted. I returned Big Magic, but a few people have commented that they really loved it so I think I'm going to give it another try. I like listening to books like that too when I'm anxious or overwhelmed. There's usually something comforting in them that always seems to help. :)

Awesome, that's good to hear! I put it on hold to try a different audiobook, but I will go back to it once I'm done with this one! :)

Thanks! I put Big Magic on hold, but sounds like I need to give it a try! Glad to hear the audio works well as that is the format I was going to try it in. Thanks for letting me know! :)

Thanks, Kat! Oh I know, we were just at a Scottish Festival recently had they had them there! The calves are beyond adorable, like teddy bear cows. So cute! :)

@@bookstalgic that’s awesome!! There was a baby cow at the reindeer farm last year, but it was young enough mama was looking by extra protective. One day I will pet one! In the mean time, you’ll have to love on yours a bit for me 😂 glad you’re enjoying summer!

Hi Julie and thank you! We used to go to Hampton Beach all the time when we were younger as my aunt used to live in Somersworth, NH. We actually just got back from Maine last week and surprisingly the ocean was the warmest I've ever felt! I saw so many people from Quebec there and I always love hearing the French language when I walk by them. :) Last summer, the ocean was so cold, it was actually painful to be in the water, lol. I remember the first time I went in the ocean in Florida and I couldn't believe how much warmer it was. South is probably the answer, haha. I hope you're having a great weekend as well. :)

@@bookstalgic yes FL is where we usually go! It was so funny in HH sometimes we were more people speaking French than locals in restaurants! 🤣

Hi Floss! I'm so glad you liked the vlog! I was hesitant to read Killing Jesus: A History as well when I first saw it at the library. It's an interesting choice for a title, that's for sure, but I think it was pretty well done. I liked hearing about what else was going on in Rome at the time. Some of those rulers were really sketchy! I think you would enjoy All Boys Aren't Blue. I liked the positive tone despite some of the difficult moments he had. Thanks so much for watching! :)

Haha, I figured that hat would make a few people mad! :D Thank you! It was the only tournament they won all summer, so it felt extra special that they won there and it made the drive worth it, lol. I can see how the His Dark Materials books aren't for everyone. When I was done reading it, I read a few of the negative comments on Goodreads and there were definitely some valid point made as to whey some gave it a low rating. I have never seen the movie and I probably won't, but I've heard that the show streaming on HBO Max was really good so I might try that one. Thank you for watching and I'm glad you liked the campfire scene! :)

@@bookstalgic I'll look forward to your thoughts on the tv show, even if I didn't really connect with the story, it's still interesting to hear you talk about it I could live by a campfire, the sounds and sights make me wish I could smell it!!

@@thegkbc4510 me too; there’s something so comforting about a campfire! 🔥

@@martinelanglois3158 thank you, Martine! I’m so glad you enjoyed the vlog. Actually, I haven’t been in the shire either yet! Reading these during fall sounds like a great idea though. Maybe I will see you there in September! 🍁 I have heard wonderful things about One Hundred Years of Solitude and it’s definitely on my list to get to. I hope you have a wonderful weekend as well 😊📚✨

@@CliffsDarkGems Thank you, Cliff! I can’t believe how fast the summer is going for us. We will probably have snow again in a few months 😆. I’m glad you liked that Trilogy too. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. 😊

@@insearchofwonder thank you, Anne! 🩷

@@clarepotter7584 thanks Claire! Sadly, we didn’t get to explore much and went to the first beach we could find. I would love to go back there for a vacation sometime to truly enjoy it!

@@FacelessBookReviews Whoohoo, another Yankees fan! People will either love that hat or unsubscribe lol. Ironically, the one week it wasn’t hot was our vacation to Maine and the ocean a week ago; Got a nice cool, rainy front just in time for that 😆. Then back up for 80s again now that we’re home! Thanks for watching 😄

@@AlbertTheConjugator Thanks Albert! Whoohoo! Refreshed and back! Haha, I needed that break 😆. I’ll be looking forward to your tag! I will be posting a tag to soon that I prerecorded and I tagged you in it too haha. Maybe it’s the same tag!!? I guess we’ll have to wait to find out. 😎

@@BeyondBooks-wt5il thanks Reney! The first camping trip where we sat around and did nothing was so relaxing! The second one was watching softball all day lol. Both fun in their own way :)

@@bookstalgic Oh, and I meant to add - I've read "All Boys Aren't Blue" and I really liked it. Shouldn't be banned, of course, but I can understand a parent wanting to know if they're child is reading it - especially the younger teens.

Thanks, Heather! I agree, so adorable! We have the next one, Garlic and the Witch, which I’m looking forward to!

@@awebofstories I hear you, it’s not a book for everyone as it can bring up a lot of memories and emotion of that day. The audio brings it to another level, but I think reading it physically would be less intense.

I felt the same after reading The Bluest Eye as well and so glad you enjoyed it. Heartbreaking and tragic, but such a well written story. I can’t wait to read more from her.

Haha, I don’t know if I would be able to tackle A Suitable Boy anytime soon! By the way, I got your package yesterday when I got am back from vacation and thank you so much!