MID-YEAR BOOK FREAKOUT TAG 2020 | avareads
Channel: avareads
Date: 2020-06-30

BLACK LIVES MATTER:
Carrd (donate, sign, vote, text, call, email):
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GoFundMe for Black Trans Lives Thread: 
https://twitter.com/PoisonIvyLarrie/status/1276690317778071552 
Black Booktubers playlist by MyonnaReads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ZxMnCvGn4&list=PLz1aECHUN0DR2-8otiw5OzcpVK3W-lcIZ  

questions
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2020 
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2020.
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favourite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
14. Favourite Book Community Member 


original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Wh0rPGfRg 
creators:
Chami: https://youtu.be/EB8OrYHBvM8
Ely: https://youtu.be/X_Wh0rPGfRg

booktubers mentioned:
BookishRealm: https://www.youtube.com/user/bookishrealm 
FictionalFates: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwt-et9oTmEfmNzjSAWxw5g 
TheArtisanGeek: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCamkpihJtPvMuH49D6FejEw


books mentioned:

Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller:
(CW: murder, death, slavery, abduction, abandonment, torture, mention of rape, blood depictions, human sacrifice, physical violence, human trafficking, graphic mention of disease, self-harm, child abuse, and war themes)

Lumberjanes, Vol 2 by Noelle Stevenson: 
(CW: seems light and fluffy but still covers darker themes)

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo:
(CW: Death of a parent; plane crashes; sexual assault in public places; stalkers; women being forced into sex work)

Midnight Sun by Stephanie Meyer (pre-order):
(CW: unknown)

Uprooted by Naomi Novik:
(CW: discussion of rape/sexual assault, ableist slurs, sexist slurs, abusive romance)

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov:
(CW: rape, sexual assault of a minor, pedophilia, graphic depictions of rape and sexual assault, death)

Case Closed, Vol 1 by Gosho Aoyama:
(CW: graphic depictions of murder, blood)

Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin:
(CW: homophobia (internalised and external), sexism)

Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic by Michael McCreary:
(CW: ableist comments)

Oxford Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: 
GUTENBERG PROJECT: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1508 (FREE)
(CW: sexism)

Circe by Madeline Miller:
(CW: rape, depictions of violence, sexism)

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens:
GUTENBERG PROJECT: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1400 (FREE)(CW: unknown)

The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien:
(CW: depictions of violence)

No Logo by Naomi Klein:
(CW: unknown)

Kick the Moon by Muhammad Khan:
(CW: racism, sexism, gang violence, mysoginy, homophobia, sex)

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
(CW: racism)

A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza: 
(CW: drug use)

Their Eyes were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston:
(CW: racial slurs, sexism, violence, abuse)

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke:
(CW: unknown)

The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall:
(CW: unknown)

Oxford Shakespeare Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare:
GUTENBERG PROJECT: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1515 (FREE)
(CW: sexism, anti-semitism)

Oxford Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare:
GUTENBERG PROJECT: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1112 (FREE)
(CW: sexism)

Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon this Soul by Ryka Aoki:
(CW: unknown)

THE TWILIGHT SAGA by Stephanie Meyer
Twilight:
New Moon:
Eclipse:  
Breaking Dawn: 
(CW: violence, problematic relationship, depression, blood)

Slay by Brittney Morris:
(CW: abusive relationship (not physical), racism, video game violence, death (off-page))

Orlando by Virginia Woolf:
(CW: sexual abuse, discussion of mental illness, racism, anti-semitism, and suicide)

Maurice by E.M. Forster:
(CW: unknown)

A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood:
(CW: unknown)

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson:
(CW: sexual abuse, swearing, death)

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler:
(CW: racism)

Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward:
(CW: racism, death)

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