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Reading Ramble: winter walks in Dartmoor, life update, recent reads and reading plans.
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Reading Ramble: winter walks in Dartmoor, life update, recent reads and reading plans.

Winter in Devon has been quiet and has involved a lot of staying home and reading but we did manage to get out and see some of the beautiful countryside in Dartmoor including a visit to a 500-year-old coaching inn for some mulled wine. CORRECTION: in the video, I mentioned the Oxenham Arms in South Tawton when it is in fact in South Zeal apologies! #fomobookclub #readingtheglobeya 0:00 Life update 4:08 Christmas book haul 9:25 Recent reads 19:31 Reading and channel plans 27:27 Exploring Devon šŸ“ŗ MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: FOMO book club https://youtu.be/pEfDuPJQnS8?si=9y8UHl9jciJ6RYeT Reading the Globe YA announcement video https://youtu.be/jn1eS6RUiXQ?si=YlpLg55hIaschzm8 which i run with @PageTurnersWithKatja By monthly belief and behaviour book club run by Gareth ā€‹ā  https://youtu.be/8I53Sbr58is?si=UfRU-BMLwhnlINZj Read Good Challenge hosted hy ā€‹ā  https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/b9e80f78-e8d0-464e-b460-c2e1034dc707 Reading plans video https://youtu.be/yS8YhIoUFxU?si=Pl_NANX03CcMEdWR FOMO book club https://youtu.be/pEfDuPJQnS8?si=9y8UHl9jciJ6RYeT Reading the globe YA announcement video https://youtu.be/jn1eS6RUiXQ?si=YlpLg55hIaschzm8 Emily @novellenovels Dani @danisbookworld Sally @salboreads on Instagram Ange @anges_book_chatter Gemma @GemofBooks Charlie @CharlieBrookReads Sandy @MsReadsAlot Deea @novelideea Aaron @AaronReadABook PiƱeiro group: @BookChatWithPat8668 @readandre-read @MIDDLEoftheBookMARCH @scallydandlingaboutthebooks @RaynorReadsStuff @books_and_bocadillos @stalkingkafka @BookishTexan @anotherbibliophilereads @BernasBookishAdventures Arianne F. Erin H. šŸ›’GET THE BOOK*: Ā£Ā£Ā£ ONLINE DISCOUNT CODEĀ£Ā£Ā£ Use my ā€˜Books Pleaseā€™ affiliate code SPREADBOOKJOY at checkout for 5% off your order: https//booksplea.se/ šŸ¤ Picture Book Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmgO1TA62MOuiMK09Q6WGd63&si=KakyeQwYajEfG7QB šŸ¤ Middle Grade Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmiG2l9EqiQaE3ixFF5R0J28&si=ZO7saocTd78DI2oR šŸ¤ Teen and YA Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmjx6wwIdJtMbJsnCFMI01Yx&si=DjnE1rsHftRb51wP ā¤šŸ’ŒšŸ—Ø WEBSITES / EMAIL/SOCIAL MEDIA: All the links you need can be found in my bio and channel banner, including links to both the Discord Server and Goodreads Group for the FOMO Book Club šŸ’ŒWANT FREE LESSON PLANS, TEACHING RESOURCES AND CHILDREN'S BOOK NEWS? Join my mailing list! ā˜•If you feel so inclined, you can now buy me a Kofi - all donations go towards the running of Spread Book Joy where my mission is to promote great books to get kids reading, so any donation is gratefully received! I also have an Amazon wish list if you ever feel like sending me a book! Link in bio!šŸ¤ *DISCLAIMER: I sometimes use Bookshop.org affiliate links and codes. Should you purchase anything from these, I get a small percentage at no extra cost to you! This just supports me to make free videos and resources. If you use my affiliate code for Books Please, you will also get a 5% discount. The links to books on Bookshop.org do not give you a discount, however, Bookshop.org supports local bookshops who are also given a percentage of the profits at no cost to you. Thanks in advance ā¤
Genre Snobbery, Literary ā€œMeritā€ and Terry Pratchett | Night Watch to be a Penguin Modern Classic
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Genre Snobbery, Literary ā€œMeritā€ and Terry Pratchett | Night Watch to be a Penguin Modern Classic

Ten years after his death, Sir Terry Pratchett has been ā€œaccused of literatureā€ as Night Watch, widely acclaimed to be his ā€œbestā€ Discworld novel, is selected for publication* by Penguin Modern Classics. As a lifelong Discworld fan, I feel a mixture of excitement and poignancy as I look back over Terry Pratchettā€™s long battle with genre snobbery and wonder what he would have made of it all. I also give my thoughts on Night Watch and add some of my own suggestions for the ā€œbestā€ of Discworld. Would love to hear yours! *On 28th of April 2025 complete with academic notes and annotations! And, of course, footnotes! šŸ˜‰ 0:00 Intro: Penguin Modern Classics and Night Watch 7:10 Sir Terry Pratchettā€™s life and education 11:50 Pratchett on the merit of fantasy 16:15 My ā€œBest ofā€ Discworld picks for Penguin to add to their collection šŸ“ŗ MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: Announcement: https://www.discworldemporium.com/product/night-watch-penguin-modern-classics-edition/ ā€œGet Real: Terry Pratchett is not a Literary Geniusā€: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2015/aug/31/terry-pratchett-is-not-a-literary-genius ā€œTerry Pratchettā€™s Books are the Opposite of Potboilersā€: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/aug/31/terry-pratchett-opposite-of-ordinary-potboiler-jonathan-jones Interview with STP on fantasy as a ā€œghettoised genreā€: Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.comQuote by Terry Pratchett: ā€œO: You're quite a writer. You've a gift for lan...ā€ A little advice on life: Tumblrhttps://www.tumblr.comA Little Advice for Life Terry Pratchett, 2014 I have been blessed with good ... Where to start with Discworld: https://youtu.be/SThKkYsuhNo?si=G_rqjpByxfKsL9aa The scathing tv review I mentioned was apparently from the BBC Late Review Show in the 90s when Tom Paulin said Pratchett was ā€œa complete amateurā€ and ā€œHe doesnā€™t even write in chapters!ā€. I canā€™t find the full video clip unfortunately but you ca see part of it on the above announcement page for Night Watch on terrypratchett.com. It is also mentioned in the following article and was allegedly added as a review quote to some of his books, which, if true, makes me admire him even more: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/07/terry-pratchett-discworld-author-the-colour-of-magic Going Postal adaptation: https://youtu.be/T15O2WGzRp0?si=5PFt1YXyDJcGzimy Hogfather adaptation: https://youtu.be/42Nz8Dw2_yU?si=XI3A832z4JgXjFI3 Readings taken from: Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes by Rob Wilkins (amazing book) A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Nonfiction by Terry Pratchett. šŸ›’GET THE BOOKS*: Ā£Ā£Ā£ ONLINE DISCOUNT CODEĀ£Ā£Ā£ Use my ā€˜Books Pleaseā€™ affiliate code SPREADBOOKJOY at checkout for 5% off your order: https//booksplea.se/ šŸ¤ Picture Book Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmgO1TA62MOuiMK09Q6WGd63&si=KakyeQwYajEfG7QB šŸ¤ Middle Grade Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmiG2l9EqiQaE3ixFF5R0J28&si=ZO7saocTd78DI2oR šŸ¤ Teen and YA Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmjx6wwIdJtMbJsnCFMI01Yx&si=DjnE1rsHftRb51wP ā¤šŸ’ŒšŸ—Ø WEBSITES / EMAIL/SOCIAL MEDIA: All the links you need can be found in my bio and channel banner, including links to both the Discord Server and Goodreads Group for the FOMO Book Club šŸ’ŒWANT FREE LESSON PLANS, TEACHING RESOURCES AND CHILDREN'S BOOK NEWS? Join my mailing list! ā˜•If you feel so inclined, you can now buy me a Kofi - all donations go towards the running of Spread Book Joy where my mission is to promote great books to get kids reading, so any donation is gratefully received! I also have an Amazon wish list if you ever feel like sending me a book! Link in bio!šŸ¤ *DISCLAIMER: I sometimes use Bookshop.org affiliate links and codes. Should you purchase anything from these, I get a small percentage at no extra cost to you! This just supports me to make free videos and resources. If you use my affiliate code for Books Please, you will also get a 5% discount. The links to books on Bookshop.org do not give you a discount, however, Bookshop.org supports local bookshops who are also given a percentage of the profits at no cost to you. Thanks in advance ā¤
Breaking up with Goodreads! Looking back at my best and worst books 2015-2019
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Breaking up with Goodreads! Looking back at my best and worst books 2015-2019

Iā€™ve decided to quit Goodreads and after 10 years of challenges and even more years of tracking my reading, I thought Iā€™d share some of my best and worst books from before I started rambling about books on YouTube in 2020. šŸ“ŗ MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: You can find all of my ā€œBestofā€¦ā€ videos on this ā€˜Favourite Books Listsā€™ playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmiAeE_iljZcz97zmienzRde&si=-JIDThPsQcQYVJPj šŸ›’GET THE BOOK*: Ā£Ā£Ā£ ONLINE DISCOUNT CODEĀ£Ā£Ā£ Use my ā€˜Books Pleaseā€™ affiliate code SPREADBOOKJOY at checkout for 5% off your order: https//booksplea.se/ šŸ¤ Picture Book Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmgO1TA62MOuiMK09Q6WGd63&si=KakyeQwYajEfG7QB šŸ¤ Middle Grade Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmiG2l9EqiQaE3ixFF5R0J28&si=ZO7saocTd78DI2oR šŸ¤ Teen and YA Reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsDbySfTdpmjx6wwIdJtMbJsnCFMI01Yx&si=DjnE1rsHftRb51wP ā¤šŸ’ŒšŸ—Ø WEBSITES / EMAIL/SOCIAL MEDIA: All the links you need can be found in my bio and channel banner, including links to both the Discord Server and Goodreads Group for the FOMO Book Club šŸ’ŒWANT FREE LESSON PLANS, TEACHING RESOURCES AND CHILDREN'S BOOK NEWS? Join my mailing list! ā˜•If you feel so inclined, you can now buy me a Kofi - all donations go towards the running of Spread Book Joy where my mission is to promote great books to get kids reading, so any donation is gratefully received! I also have an Amazon wish list if you ever feel like sending me a book! Link in bio!šŸ¤ *DISCLAIMER: I sometimes use Bookshop.org affiliate links and codes. Should you purchase anything from these, I get a small percentage at no extra cost to you! This just supports me to make free videos and resources. If you use my affiliate code for Books Please, you will also get a 5% discount. The links to books on Bookshop.org do not give you a discount, however, Bookshop.org supports local bookshops who are also given a percentage of the profits at no cost to you. Thanks in advance ā¤
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Michael Morpurgo, The Book Trust Annual Lecture, 2016.

"Let there be half an hour of Storytime at the end of school in Primary schools up and down the country...Ā make this the half hour they all long for, that they donā€™t want to be over... Ā Let the children go home dreaming of the story, reliving it, wondering."

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