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my goal was to read one NF per month. In 2024, my favorite is _Seabiscuit: An American Legend_ I've only read 9, so I am 2 behind with a month to go.

yes, you are gonna cry with _Flowers For Algernon_ For sci-fi, I will recommend _Kindred_ by Octavia Butler (which is only loosely sci-fi, more historical fiction). Or, try her _Parables of the Sower_. LeGuin is really good, but deeper than most modern sci-fi. For example, _Left Hand of Darkness_ is 55 years old, and still relevant. The sci-fi is just a vehicle to talk about something relevant to humans on earth now, without offending a certain group - whether it is political, ethnical, economic, cultural or societal. I find the a lot of modern sci-fi is more like sci-fantasy (fantasy in space - Star Wars is just a slash-and-sword fantasy where the steel sword is replaced by a light saber.)

While _James_ could stand on its own, I think you get a lot more if you read AoHF first. Mostly, because most of the humor is how the situations are told differently. A lot of AoHF is imagined heroics of a teenager envisioning himself as something special as opposed to an adult who sees the reality of the situation. That first paragraph sets the tone for the book, and if you haven't read AoHF, you won't understand that tone. The contrast of the situations is what makes it a bit more enlightening. Without having read AoHF, I don't think you get that full impact.

I just got done with the nightmare before kissmas and it so cute lol I need more queer holiday stories. I really enjoy Make your season bright by Ashley Blake and Holly Dates by Brittan Cherry❤️💚❤️💚

Yes we had to read flowers for algernon I remembered liking it but it’s on my list to read same as brave new world 🤎

Honestly, this is super slay and relaxing to watch! I love book core and just reading throguh a pile. If your interested in Paranormal Romance, could I recommend BRIDE by Ali Hazlewood. I realy enjoyed it in terms of charcters and dialuuge.

I have been contemplating on whether or not to use a physical list or log to track my reading. I have never really used a planner or log before. Honestly, I just track everything through my goodreads account, but I have some reluctancy in relying merely on digital platforms. I'm so lost as to how to move forward. This was a very interesting view.

I’m reading A Fatal Inheritance. Great learning opportunity for me as an oncology nurse to see the discoveries of how genetics was found as a factor in cancer.

Oooh-God: An Anatomy sounds fascinating. Any chance you have seen the response to Baldwin’s book called The Fire This Time, edited by Jesmyn Ward? It is pretty powerful, too.

I finished Children of Blood and Bone but didn't continue the series for the same reason. I heard good things about Model Home, I hope it works well for you.

Ah man, a DNF? Sorry to hear it was dissatisfied enough to warrant such a decision. Hope the the next king is far more satisfying.

Awesome! Awesooooooome! I love the way you closed this out with the bookmark selection AND mini reading montage! Chef's Kiss!

As someone who just had a month between videos, yes, i should bulk record 😂

I guess I didn't realize you were in Texas too. I too know about Dutch Brothers...

Oopf, yes please straighten them books out at the free library.... oh, the child's clothing back pile i remember this well.

PREACH

My first hobby will always be reading, my second is crochet but I have so many books to read and really struggle with audiobooks so I can't do both 😂Your TBR jar turned out so pretty!

I love getting used books!! Thanks for all these recommendations for where to shop!

Hey! Awesome video, very helpful info. Not sure if i even thgt to check Booktube for places to buy books. I'm about to start searching for abs visiting local shops. Searching for specific books.

I love the prices and selection of Thriftbooks, but I HATE HATE HATE the stickers they use. I can see some of them on your shelf, taunting you to try to remove them without tearing the cover paper off!

Love this!!

What's the recipe

I’m so glad you found a romance you like!! I’ve also struggled with that but, after reading about 100 of them, I think I have around 10 I like.

Your voice is so soothing 🥰🥰🥰

David Copperfield is one I want to read eventually but it is chunky lol. Great video and thanks so much for the tag!

"2 is too many" TRUTH!! 😂Let me know when you finish David, maybe we can buddy read Demon Copperhead together! (No rush as I'm in no hurry to pick it up.)

Happy belated booktube bday! This was a great video with some interesting insights into your channel!

Love a good unhaul!!

Welcome to the party!!! I’m over 6 months in to my own TBR Zero and it has been such a great journey so far, I wish you all the best ❤ look forward to seeing your updates

Looks like a great start to the project! Can relate to non fiction being longer than it needs to be hahaha. I’ve been curious about a couple of these but don’t own them physically, I think they’re on my Everand.

Love your covers of Parable of the Sewer and the Talents!!

I had some similar questions to yours when I read Recitatif. It felt more like just an exercise or challenge. After the incredible books Beloved and Bluest Eye and Song of Solomon, the story was a disappointment. Those Butler editions are gorgeous!

As someone who never read AoHF but knew the plot, I found James to stand on its own. I just finished James and NOW I’m reading AoHF, and I find myself enjoying it AND wanting to read James again. Anyway you slice it, they’re both classics. I think they will be studied together for generations.

Woah I've never seen that Harry Potter cover before. Does it have any illustrations inside?

Hellll yasssss !

Love hearing this!

Oh, I love Barbara Kingsolver! Hope the book is good :)

And what is it about

What does YA stand for? I'm new to the community and have been hearing this term quite often since starting Booktubing.

Happy b day mom. Celebrating with books is always fun

Congrats on your baby!!! My youngest turns 2 in a couple of weeks. :D

Ugh! I had a comment all written out but then lost it. Basically it said, you are my people. I do not get on booktube to see super edited videos. They are often very nice & sometimes entertaining but I'm interested in hearing people's views of reading, not 20 mins of montage of reading in different places. LOL I'm not going to make those kind & have no expectations of ever making any kind of real money here, just hopefully a few like-minded book nerd friends. :)

I need to read this book. Thank you for bringing it to our attention. William T. Vollmann has a two-volume set called Carbon Ideologies-Volume 1, No Immediate Danger; Volume 2, No Good Alternative-that struggles with precisely what you communicate in this video. He strives to understand the causes of climate change as best he can, and then he reaches a similarly horrifying conclusion: the math for how to deal with it doesn't add up, and many solutions come at a great cost to massive amounts of people throughout the world. It's not a book that connects to the Congo; instead it's another road that leads to the same position you express here, one that leaves the author himself quite forlorn and fatalistic (it's written as a letter to future generations explaining why we did not solve the problem).

Hoopla and libby are great ways to start! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Lol that part