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mdemanatee

mdemanatee

Joined May 2016

Quirky sidekick w/ a heart of gold. Good for a research montage. Spinoff potential. She/her. https://linktr.ee/mdemanatee
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*I* want the heart of a manatee.

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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.

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Some St. Paddy‘s Day Yeats

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Bedtime stories

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Annie Bot | Sierra Greer
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When the audiobook is good but the subject matter uncomfy so you keep taking breaks.

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Bride | Ali Hazelwood
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February Reading Wrap Up! https://youtu.be/5UhD3mkPt9I

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That college humanities sequence really paying off recently

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The Fox Wife: A Novel | Yangsze Choo
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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

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The Prisoner's Throne | Holly Black
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It's March; you know what time it is https://youtu.be/3tGv6uTjTmw

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Cruel Seduction | Katee Robert
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Sunday morning homestretch of my current read.

DocBrown Is that a cassette?? 1mo
mdemanatee @DocBrown It is! I had been eyeing them for a bit for nostalgia‘s sake and figured 1989 was an appropriate album to take the plunge. (I may also have a cassette of the new album coming) 🙈 1mo
DocBrown @mdemanatee I have some old mixtapes lying around but nothing to play them on! 😂 1mo
mdemanatee @DocBrown somewhere I have the last cassette I recorded from the radio but I can‘t find it for the life of me. I tried to use the cassette player in my childhood bedroom and it definitely needs a clean 1mo
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Faebound: A Novel | Saara El-Arifi
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What‘s everyone working on this weekend?

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Escaping Mr. Rochester | L.L. McKinney
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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.

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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.

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Bride | Ali Hazelwood
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“She cannot be your…” We know what‘s up and we‘re ready

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The (Current) Tortured Poets Department. Openings available.

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Bride | Ali Hazelwood
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February is looking pretty exciting from my end. What's everyone else excited for? https://youtu.be/R2v2EUilnrY

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The Invocations | Krystal Sutherland
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Jk I‘m working and dreaming of lunch hour so I can continue with this one
https://youtu.be/iz3SLtZLPAw

CBee LOVE your mug ♥️ 2mo
mdemanatee @CBee Me too! I debated it being a work mug but then I was like “it‘s my internal dialog it works” lol 2mo
CBee @mdemanatee it totally works 😂😂 2mo
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The Buccaneers: A Novel | Edith Wharton
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Romances to Read After the Buccaneers https://youtu.be/TQumYIVlNpk

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Love on the Brain | Ali Hazelwood
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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

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When romance bookclub helps you prioritize a book that‘s been sitting on your physical TBR

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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

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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

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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.

Bklover I‘m starting ACOTAR. I‘m probably the last to read it. Going to drink cocoa and stay in my pajamas. Hope your day is cozy as well! 2mo
mdemanatee @Bklover That sounds delightful! I will be braving the cold for book club but there will be food and a visit to a stationary shop I love involved. 2mo
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Revisiting the book that inspired Mean Girls in honor of the new movie. https://youtu.be/zonkJm_UOx8

Megabooks I just finished this and it was really good! Released yesterday. 2mo
mdemanatee @Megabooks Added to the TBR thank you! 2mo
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Untitled | Unknown
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What are the book trends do you hope stay in 2023? https://youtu.be/Ip4Z6-UZKXg

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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

Chrissyreadit i just heard about this on Strong Sence of Place podcast. 2mo
mdemanatee @Chrissyreadit I‘ll have to check it out to hear their thoughts! 2mo
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Ghost Roast | Shawne Gibbs, Shawnelle Gibbs
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Did I find the thing that‘s finally going to satisfy those Mediator cravings? Hope we get more of this!

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The Heiress Gets a Duke | Harper St. George
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Wrapping up the end of 2023 in reading. https://youtu.be/KPKTYXymKnw

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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.

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Confidence | Rafael Frumkin
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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

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File under: things they didn‘t teach in Indiana history.

Megabooks Right?? This was such a great education! 2mo
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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

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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.

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Confidence | Rafael Frumkin
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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.)

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Our Share of Night | Mariana Enriquez
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I'm calling it for 2023 and featuring my Top 10 (plus some honorable mentions) reads of the year. https://youtu.be/SXETIcuEgVA

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The Heiress Gets a Duke | Harper St. George
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Books I‘ve started and have convinced myself I can still get done in 2023 (among other projects). We‘ll see 😬

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Godkiller | HANNAH. KANER
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Enjoying the slowdown of the holiday season for the first time in years.

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The Buccaneers: A Novel | Edith Wharton
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How did the Buccaneers show stack up against the book? https://youtu.be/kQ60SGelmWE

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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!

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The Buccaneers: A Novel | Edith Wharton
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I'm going live to chat the Buccaneers (the book) on Youtube in approximately 30 minutes at 1 p.m. CST and would love to see anyone there (live or in the replay). Sorry for the short notice! I definitely forgot to post about it here ahead of time. https://www.youtube.com/live/-qrY5xc-ELc?si=VLkjWVC1YPHvUc2R

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The newest Apple+ adaption of Edith Wharton's Buccaneers, while anticipated by me, also has me pondering the uptick in recent classics adapted in similar tones to Bridgerton, like Netflix's 2022 Persuasion, to varying degrees of success. While the sample size is small, it has me thinking about why we're gravitating to the classics to satisfy the demand of Bridgerton instead of adapting more romance novels. https://youtu.be/JAnoZDloO18

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Wrapping up November reading (including my seemingly unpopular thoughts on Mortal Follies) https://youtu.be/1AgqRHKwdUE

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The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi | Shannon Chakraborty
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I absolutely loved this one! Youtube Thoughts: https://youtu.be/sFUj_iJulKk

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The Buccaneers: A Novel | Edith Wharton
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I'm doing a readalong of the Buccaneers that will culminate in a Youtube Live next weekend. Last minute--but if you want to join or lurk I'd be happy to have you!

https://app.thestorygraph.com/readalongs/c2502714-de51-4677-bb8d-9deb1868a157

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So We Can Glow: Stories | Leesa Cross-Smith
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The Taylor Swift Time Person of the Year profile (some top tier writing in and of itself) has me once again thinking of one of my favorite short stories—“Girlheart Cake With Glitter Frosting” by Leesa Cross-Smith from her collection So We Can Glow.

A play on form that manages to evoke emotion from me I‘m still not really sure how it does. A celebration of stereotypical girlhood and womanhood.

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The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi | Shannon Chakraborty
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Mentally I am here. Loving this one so far. Adventure and humor and magic and also deep pondering on human nature.

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The last monthly anticipated releases of 2023! https://youtu.be/8dh_FSrEU4o

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Rouge | Mona Awad
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Today‘s Feature Friday on YouTube is talking Mona Awad‘s Rouge ft. Noelle‘s second best red—and my first.

Defying my expectations yet again as an exploration of, yes, beauty culture but also intergenerational trauma and the complex relationships between mothers and daughters. Perfect for readers who also enjoyed Natural Beauty and the Glow this year.

Further thoughts on YouTube —>
https://youtu.be/142SbWfASYU

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If you wanted more chaotic Goodreads Choice Awards reactions (Finals edition) I have good news for you. https://youtu.be/qFHFVaJ-nmY