This Week in Booktube: October 18, 2026

(These are the Booktube videos I watched this week. As always, I encourage you also to check out each of the videos I've linked to down below.  Support Booktube.  And let me know what you've watched this past week.)

Google document: docs, pub 

Bookish Sally Rooney and Aslan

Abby Reads: If you could go to any fictional school, which would it be?

Abby Reads "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown | A 5P Review

Bucky749 Booktube: marvel comics digest issue 5 staring ant & wasp review

Jzy Shzy The Witch | Marie NDiaye | A Lit-Fantasy-Kafkaesque Book Review

Abby Reads How to be happy when you're missing someone -- a lesson from life and literature

Dane Cobain Reading Children's Books and Stephen King in French

Michael K. Vaughan Did John Byrne SAVE Superman…or DESTROY him?

Michael K. Vaughan Is the Read What You Own Challenge Madness?

Bucky749 Prince of power comic review ep.4

Jzy Shzy My Book Buying System (Tag)

Abby Reads "Call It Courage" by Armstrong Sperry | A 5P Review

Currently Reading List as of October 18, 2026

(Currently Reading Vlog)

Links to everything mentioned:

* William's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC58dmRPQlaJAfsUEz7PM68w

* William's comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMOgTeR5VKE&lc=UgyhRYxyABFAy6Z1zlR4AaABAg

* 2022 video: https://youtu.be/q969qCT9iVw

* 2023 video: https://youtu.be/tEhaB4dCCdk

* Started: The Bible:  https://youtu.be/ZSASoBvenLM

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* Starting: The Chronicles of Narnia Series: https://youtu.be/IDelUfso6gg

* My History With Studying Latin: https://youtu.be/Wj7H8gsmgJU

Wheelock's Latin: 7th Edition by Frederick M. Wheelock and Richard A. LaFleur https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2024/12/started-wheelocks-latin-7th-edition-by.html

Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes by Richard LaFleur https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/01/started-sculptors-and-scribes-by.html

Workbook for Wheelock's Latin 3rd Edition by Paul T. Comeau & Richard A. La Fleur https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/01/started-workbook-for-wheelocks-latin.html

Essential Vietnamese Grammar by Tri C. Tran https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/06/started-essential-vietnamese-grammar-by.html

Complete Spanish Step-By-Step by Barbara Bregstein [Premium Second Edition] https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/06/starting-complete-spanish-step-by-step.html

The Student's Catullus by Daniel H. Garrison https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/09/started-students-catullus-by-daniel-h.html

Thirty-Eight Latin Stories by Anne H. Gorton and James M. May https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/09/started-latin-stories-by-anne-h.html

Read Real Japanese: Fiction edited by Michael Emmerich https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/10/started-read-real-japanese-fiction.html

Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata Series https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/10/started-lingua-latina-per-se-illustrata.html

Elementary Vietnamese [Fourth Edition] by Binh Nhu Ngo https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/02/started-elementary-vietnamese-fourth.html

Making Content Comprehensible for Multilingual Learners: The SIOP Model [6th edition] https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/03/started-making-content-comprehensible.html

My review of the 3rd edition of this same book: https://youtu.be/adX1bxeN62k

Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus Vol. 2 https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/05/started-superman-triangle-era-omnibus.html

The Borrowers Series: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/07/started-borrowers-by-mary-norton-i-was.html

Superman: The Man of Steel Series: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post_17.html

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post_25.html

 Vergil's Aeneid, Books I-VI https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/09/started-vergils-aeneid-books-i-vi-latin.html

Currently Reading Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7yGqfIdwV2EEPPDbOtMXYy&si=Qxwy4jizZ32-QZK_

Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7sWjmJPUFF0PhseI7SRLV0&si=-bPixWINxD1SGyzJ

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 7 by Byrne, Ordway, Kesel, Beatty: Book Review

(Book Review--Superman)

Part of my project to read through the Superman: Man of Steel series. 

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 7 by Byrne, Ordway, Kesel, Beatty: Book Review

Links to things mentioned:

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 1: https://youtu.be/OS4Wf5P1VbY

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 2: https://youtu.be/kHfRSa_XxH8

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 3: https://youtu.be/pzZYDqfRlMY

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 4: https://youtu.be/eof43z2pSbA

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 5: https://youtu.be/V2vf6aHLmVg

* Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 6: https://youtu.be/3N4NBuRaCOw

* Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus Vol. 1: https://youtu.be/2m2K-A-DvIQ

Related Playlists:

Graphic Novel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6NMoYW6CBw6Qj_cqK8DIeb

DC Comics Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6kPikhXNalrSh9BnvzZi2f&si=4rAijTT4v9u_06q2

Book Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7&si=EJ7CG8iO9IouNaYY

Books I Read in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7YYl7seud9ov0n6dtdHzvj&si=iMERlWtiF0Rq2-uy

Superman Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x72oeccW7gGCVROmoVmOpjF&si=NVVB2Mx3LpV0Cbyz

Superman: The Man of Steel Series Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFsyxFSUR_9Y&si=mJrKaW9whW7Ofkrc

Channel Update: I'm restarting my Weekly Reading Vlogs and Starting Videos

Links to stuff mentioned:

Channel Update: I'm going to indefinitely stop doing Weekly Reading Vlogs and Starting Videos: https://youtu.be/cmaIdb3Mn2w

I'm Going to Try for 4000 Watch Hours by January 31: https://youtu.be/E9sSHy7NI-k

Scripted Youtube Videos To Do List: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2024/12/scripted-youtube-videos-to-do-list.html

All my "starting" videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6iMcM85L9dcWvKxN6kGZKg&si=_CQ1ihibo9EqvzCU

All my "weekly reading vlogs" videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x45zouAVdrWyM6CaPRYktXy&si=m5phtHPBYNL7-SUK

Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7sWjmJPUFF0PhseI7SRLV0&si=-bPixWINxD1SGyzJ

Request for Reconsideration of Library Materials: An Update

Original video: 

Did I just get a book banned from my library?: https://youtu.be/PbpxZwJwba8

DC Finest: Green Arrow: The Trial of Oliver Queen: Book Review: https://youtu.be/QTexm4XG0NQ

Response video: Epic Comic Book Wednesday: John Byrne’s Man of Steel

Links to things mentioned:

Michael K. Vaughan: Did John Byrne SAVE Superman…or DESTROY him?  https://youtu.be/yZYNsCkZTHk?si=JRMKqdsMV9k_dfze

Steve Donoghue: Epic Comic Book Wednesday: John Byrne’s Man of Steel - Villain or Menace?: https://youtu.be/tfWD2n4F12A?si=wgtsgp1Y6StxI2Jo

My reviews:

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 1: https://youtu.be/OS4Wf5P1VbY

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 2: https://youtu.be/kHfRSa_XxH8

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 3: https://youtu.be/pzZYDqfRlMY

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 4: https://youtu.be/eof43z2pSbA

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 5: https://youtu.be/V2vf6aHLmVg

* Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 6: https://youtu.be/3N4NBuRaCOw

* Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus Vol. 1: https://youtu.be/2m2K-A-DvIQ

Related Playlist:

Superman: The Man of Steel Series Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFsyxFSUR_9Y&si=mJrKaW9whW7Ofkrc

Hội An, Vietnam, 2018 Trip: Travelogue

Throwback Thursday. 

http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2022/07/hoi-vietnam-2018-trip-travelogue.html

See all my travel videos in Vietnam here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6c40xkBpGLY_QMDrSpeIi3

Travelogue video playlist HERE:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x71JnPJ1gs_uaswSALX-7V9

The Once and Future King by T.H. White: Book Review

Part 2: The Once and Future King by T.H. White: Book Review

This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:

https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04  

and HERE: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2018/12/vlog-scripted-book-reviews-i-ramble-on.html

In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-once-and-future-king-by-th-white.html

Related Playlists:

* Book Review Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7

* Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI

* Scripted Book Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x53WSp_2mGcDRHBR7ubQkDa&si=T_0QPBDOZqhqN-oa

* 2014 Reading List Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6Qz8okehoyhie5HTXe_LMx&si=LWfalvGt8PPorKr6

* Fantasy and Science Fiction Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4NClast3lkLp_cQ1Tn-2cb

* Young Adult Literature Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5xhu8yD4fcSu3Lw6jJNDxS

* The Once and Future King by T.H. White Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcuK_3kM7SOA&si=U1fgFiX_9aDT4Cy

Booktube Newbie Tag: Better Late than Never

Links to things mentioned:

The BookTube Newbie Tag REDUX! by Abby Reads: https://youtu.be/8URkePjBg5E?si=6HZEdUJghzG47Oxm

Library Book Haul: https://youtu.be/b0u_jjaA1Qc

1. Why did you start this channel?

2. What are some fun and unique things you can bring to Booktube?

3. What are you most excited for about this new channel?

4. Why do you love reading?

5. What book or series got you into reading?

6. What questions would you ask your favorite booktubers?

7. What challenges do you think starting a booktube channel will be the hardest to overcome?

8. When did you start reading?

9. Where do you read?

10. What kind of books do you like to read?

11.  What does your book collection look like?

Tag Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x68GfUHYtDeSJLo6gwRKIID

Rewatching The Last Jedi (Star Wars episode 8)

(Movie Reviews--Thoughts on Rewatching)

Rewatching The Last Jedi (Star Wars episode 8)

Links to things mentioned:

My original video review of The Last Jedi: https://youtu.be/mOpwi6eBPpE

My original blog review of The Last Jedi: http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2017/12/star-wars-last-jedi-star-wars-episode.html

Provin Trails Park (This was the park we paused the movie to go to): https://youtu.be/jcRnBbnjqEs

Midwest Futures by Phil Christman: https://youtu.be/3pVk9DI3UwM

Phil's thoughts on Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-last-jedi-revisited.html

My review of Star Wars here: https://youtu.be/WRcOonqi_NY

The Empire Strikes Back: https://youtu.be/IzevCQxxOXo

Return of the Jedi: https://youtu.be/wWEE9DCpMyc
The Force Awakens: https://youtu.be/NBupCLpgOjs

Related Playlists:

Movie Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=iWMhXdwlxxKxm6r6

Thoughts after Re-Watching: Movie Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7FpJlwdur1iZDUZJh5xV-u&si=JztauLH1N-x1OaRq

Movies that I Watched in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4MSFWzU5IicG0H3orcJ1tV&si=7Xu-ASHaL36-7DER

Star Wars Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7Jm_h-i0bQnQMSWOPCW2Ta&si=e3zVCgCFCy1NNMBF