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BooksWeekly: (Un)Familiar Territories

Weeks 25 September - 8 October 2107:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJTI8...

Books and other things mentioned:

Finished from previous weeks (re-read):
- Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being (2013)
Read-along with Jenni King: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTnC...

also read:
- Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale (1985) / re-read
- Nuala Ellwood, My Sister’s Bones (March 2017)
- Camilla Läckberg, The Ice Princess / Patrick Hedström-series #1, translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray (2004)

started this week:
- Rafia Zakaria, Veil (Sept. 2017)
Bloomsbury series ‘Object Lessons’: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/...

BooksWeekly: Running Scared

Week 11- 17 September

https://youtu.be/2lfETtrqajA

Books and other things mentioned:

finished from previous week:
- Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (translated by Mattias Ripa, 2000)
movie trailer (2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PXHe...
Read Around the World Bookclub: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

also read this week:
- Rene Denfeld, The Child Finder (Sept. 2017 / UK: Jan 2018)
Russell’s review (Ink & Paper Blog): https://www.inkandpaperblog.com/singl...

- Celeste Ng, Little Fires Everywhere (Sept. 2017)
Joce’s (@squibblesreads) review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZFx_...

Started this week:
- Iris Murdoch, A Writer at War - Letters & Diaries 1938 - 1946

BooksWeekly: Growing Pains

Weeks 20 August - 10 September:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntuit...

Books and other things mentioned:

finished from previous week(s):
N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky (August 2017)
then re-read the first two books in the series:
- 5th Season
- Obelisk Gate

Also read:
- Elizabeth Day, Scissors Paper Stone (2011)

started this week:
- Marjana Satrapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (translated by Mattias Ripa, 2000)
movie trailer (2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PXHe...
Read Around the World Bookclub: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

- Ruth Ozeki, A Tale For the Time Being (re-read)
Jenni King’s bookclub on goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
her booktubechannel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTnC...

BooksWeekly: Duty-Bound

Week 12- 20 August:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbjDI...

Books and other things mentioned:

Still reading:
Judith Schalansky, The Giraffe’s Neck, translated by Shaun Whiteside (2014), German original: Der Hals der Giraffe, 2011

Finished from long ago:
- Zinzi Clemmons: What We Lose
Olive’s review @abookolive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp6MN...

Also read this week:
- Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire
Read up on Antigone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigon...
Shamsie in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/k...

- Chloe Benjamin, The Anatomy of Dreams (2014)
Benjamin’s new novel, The Immortalists, will come out in January 2018

Starting this week:
N.K. Jemisin, The Stone Sky (August 2017)

BooksWeekly: Domestic Affairs

Week 7 - 12 August:

https://youtu.be/zYoh5U-Vfmo

Books and other things mentioned:

Finished from previous week:
Jennie Melamed, Gather the Daughters (July 2017)
review in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/books/201...

Melamed’s website: http://www.jenniemelamed.com/

Also read this week:
- Yoko Ogawa, The Housekeeper and the Professor, translated by Stephen Snyder (2009), originally published in Japan in 2003

Mel’s channel @Mel’sBooklandAdventures:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpyo...

Goodreads Group: The Read Around the World Bookclub: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

- Ulrike Edschmid, Ein Mann, der fällt (2017)

Started this week:
Judith Schalansy, The Giraffe’s Neck, translated by Shaun Whiteside (2014), German original: Der Hals der Giraffe, 2011

BooksWeekly: Hobbing Along

Weeks 23 July - & August

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mope...

Books and other things mentioned:

Finished from previous week(s):
- Robin Hobb, Assassin’s Apprentice (1995)
- Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin (1996)
- Robin Hobb, Assassin’s Quest (1997)

Sam @sam’s nonsense: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNT1o...

also read the past two weeks / Manbookering:
- Ali Smith, Autumn
- Zadie Smith, Swing Time
- Fiona Mozley, Elmet
- Emily Fridlund, History of Wolves

My thoughts on the longlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhOCC...

started this week:
- Jennie Melamed, Gather the Daughters (July 2017)

BooksWeekly: Battlegrounds

Week 19 -25 June 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWhre...

Books & other things mentioned:

finished from previous week:
Catherine Lacey, Nobody Is Ever Missing (2014)

Also read last week:
- Lidia Yuknavitch, The Book of Joan (April 2017)
Yuknavitch’s website: https://lidiayuknavitch.net/

- re-read: N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1, 2015)

started this week:
- N.K. Jemisin, The Obelisk Gate (The Broken Earth #2, 2016)
The Stone Sky will be published in August 2017

BooksWeekly: Into the Unkown

Week 12 - 18 June:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9nRa...

Books & other things mentioned:

finished from previous week:
Angela Flournoy, The Turner House (2015)

buddyread with Russell @inkandpaper: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHI...

Interview with Angela Turner at the Miami Bookfair in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQWWK...

Also read last week:
- Sarah Lotz, The White Road (1 May 2017)
http://sarahlotz.com/home/about/

- Laura Lam, Shattered Minds (20 June 2017)
June TBR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAkSo...

Started this week:
Catherine Lacey, Nobody Is Ever Missing (2014)

BooskWeekls: Family Ties

Week 5 – 11 June 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LexoT...

Books & other things mentioned:

finished from previous weeks:
Lily Tuck, The Double Life of Liliane (2015)

Also read this week:
- Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends (2017)

- Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985) / re-read
project re-reading by Yamini @scepticalreader: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBxTh...

started this week:
- Angela Flournoy, The Turner House (2015)
buddyread with Russell @inkandpaper: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHI...

Interview with Angela Turner at the Miami Bookfair in 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQWWK...

BooskWeekly: Moral Grounds

Week 29 May – 4 June 2017:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-lY...

Books & other things mentioned:

finished from previous week:

Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguitiy (1944)
The Existential Bookclub: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

also read this week:
- Louise O’Neill, Asking For It (2015)

Vanessa’s review @chobskyy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHN8H... (review starts at 9:15)

- Ayobami Adebayo, Stay With Me (2017)

Bailey’s Prize: http://www.womensprizeforfiction.co.uk/

Jennifer’s discussion of the Bailey’s-books: @InsertLiteraryPunHere
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...

Adeboy talking about her book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtcRP...

started this week:
- Lily Tuck, The Double Life of Liliane (2015)