Monthly Wrapup: January-April 2024

Monthly Wrapup: August 2024

I’m not ready for the vacation to end. Or at least, I’m not ready to return to the unbridled chaos of my life. Books Mentioned in Episode Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part One: The Night of the Nasty Nostril Nuggets [https://bookshop.org/p/books/captain-underpants-and-the-big-bad-battle-of-the-bionic-booger-boy-part-1-the-night-of-the-nasty-nostril-nuggets-color-edition-captain-underpants-dav-/18398714?ean=9781338864342] by Dav Pikey Mrs. Dalloway [https://bookshop.org/p/books/mrs-dalloway-virginia-woolf/18691440?ean=9781912714926] by Virginia Woolf One Star Romance [https://bookshop.org/p/books/one-star-romance-laura-hankin/20631570?ean=9780593438213] by Laura Hankin The Bromance Book Club series [https://bookshop.org/contributors/lyssa-kay-adams-1cc32402-a135-4e5d-9029-0fdf0b5e58e8]by Lyssa Kay Adams This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepassivebookworm.substack.com [https://thepassivebookworm.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Monthly Wrapup: July 2024

Catching up on my library loans while figuring out how to pack for a vacation. How fun! Books Mentioned in Today’s Episode For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color [https://bookshop.org/p/books/for-brown-girls-with-sharp-edges-and-tender-hearts-a-love-letter-to-women-of-color-prisca-dorcas-mojica-rodriguez/18233251?ean=9781541674882] by Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/79cb2ee6-0a77-4b0e-a510-0e9343460fa5] by Patricia McKissack (from the Dear America series) Passions of the Mind: Selected Essays [https://bookshop.org/p/books/passions-of-the-mind-selected-writings-a-s-byatt/6730163?ean=9780679736783] by A.S. Byatt Excavation: A Memoir [https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/00b8380e-c109-4276-a2fe-1450bbfe0e10] by Wendy C. Ortiz Candide: Or, Optimism [https://bookshop.org/p/books/candide-or-optimism-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-voltaire/15887783?ean=9780143039426] by Voltaire (translated by Theo Cuffe) Thanks for reading The Passive Bookworm! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepassivebookworm.substack.com [https://thepassivebookworm.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Monthly Wrapup: June 2024

June was pretty bland, but at least my reading held my interest. We’ll be covering the books I read in June 2024: more rereads, some classics, and a call for a deeper look into some of them. Books featured Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catherine Carey Logan by Mary Pope Osbourne (from the Dear America series) The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward (ed.) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepassivebookworm.substack.com [https://thepassivebookworm.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Monthly Wrapup: May 2024

May found me yearning for simpler times, and my reading reflected that mood hard. In this episode, we’ll be revisiting some childhood reads, diving into stuff I overlooked, and discovering some new stuff about my adult self. Books mentioned in this episode: Perloo the Bold by Avi The Capture by Kathryn Lasky (Book 1 of the Guardians of Ga’Hoole series) A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple by Kathryn Lasky (from the Dear America series) I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials by Lisa Rowe Fraustino (from the Dear America series) Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto by Zachary Zane This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepassivebookworm.substack.com [https://thepassivebookworm.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Monthly Wrapup: January-April 2024

Books mentioned in today's episode: -Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H -Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith -Gumbo Ya Ya by Aurielle Marie -Apsara Engine by Bishakh Som -Dirtbag, Massachusetts by Issac Fitzgerald -The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron -Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano -1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg -Notes of a Native Son by James Baldwin -How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell -Salt Lick by Lulu Allison Substacks mentioned in today's episode: -The Audacity by Roxane Gay -Little Things by Ali Griffin Vingiano -CRAFT TALK by Jami Attenberg This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepassivebookworm.substack.com [https://thepassivebookworm.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]