The Borrowers Aloft by Mary Norton: Book Review

(Book Review--Children's Books)

Part of my project to read through The Borrowers series.

The Borrowers Aloft by Mary Norton: Book Review

* The Borrowers: https://youtu.be/Yf_FnyBdNvs

* The Borrowers Afield: https://youtu.be/OPixoyL9xdA

* The Borrowers Afloat: https://youtu.be/XC9t3xVw4zk

Related Playlists:

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

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

The Borrowers Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYBRohQjTP0c&si=gHKN6GQq3l4vleq0

Provin Trails Park, Grand Rapids Township (Fall): Guide to West Michigan

(Travelogues--West Michigan)

Provin Trails Park, Grand Rapids Township (Fall): Guide to West Michigan

Address: 2900 4 Mile Rd NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49525

This is part of my project to document places of interest in West Michigan.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see the bottom part of this blog post here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/01/guide-to-west-michigan.html

Related Playlists:

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

West Michigan Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4D-0HPmovcbB6cCqlVVGEL&si=IEFmZ3UMgJxI0F4F

Kent County Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5EOMa9ZWDBtdpQFwtlk_ev&si=t8952PnDfrJQTvBY

Grand Rapids Township Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x79Aox17VLCjtSAHVSSncgF&si=9rmTlmtg1kEeaqO3

This Week in Booktube: October 11, 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 

Bucky749 Booktube: Dell comics review : Tarzan issue 72.

Marian H When Does Literature Go Too Far? - Márquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch

Abby Reads When "In the Zone" Means the Friendzone! | A Very Judgy Reading Wrap Up

Abby Reads "The Other Shepards" by Adele Griffin | A 5P Review

Library Book Haul

Another Library Unhaul, October 10, 2026

For an explanation of why I'm doing this, see here: https://youtu.be/UYRmdOODxhw

X-Men: Days of Future Past: Movie Review

Links to stuff mentioned:

* X-Men: First Class: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/_I6hk6J5Hp8

* Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/NBupCLpgOjs

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/2014/06/x-men-days-of-future-past.html

Related Playlists:

Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA

Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP

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

Movies I Saw in 2014 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WRnfM_TDQClWj8OOCg9f_&si=Uu6SYX9o1qm1Ndhc

7 Stars Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6c43OnKT_AjWtENJ2ixmRC

X-Men Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOAt-9-7Go1A&si=g05HAZ9nSc1Malxn

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 6 by Byrne, Frenz, Starlin, Jurgens, Adams: Book Review

(Book Review--Superman)

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

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 6 by Byrne, Frenz, Starlin, Jurgens, Adams: 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 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

Do Book Reviews Get Views?  (A Look at My Most Viewed Book Review Videos)

Links to stuff mentioned:

View Counts are Now Meaningless: https://youtu.be/bmkjFjKuKr8

* English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course by Peter Roach: https://youtu.be/EoQtjD3yYhg

* The Lexical Approach by Michael Lewis: https://youtu.be/aZPjbdDeUWQ

* The Karamazov Brothers by Fyodor Dostoevsky: https://youtu.be/qio83jy-HXc

* Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching by Diane Larsen-Freeman: https://youtu.be/lNBAufP-b-U

* Implementing the Lexical Approach by Michael Lewis: https://youtu.be/atn0CdqkRfs

* Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz: https://youtu.be/p99UXOVKUis

* The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer: https://youtu.be/CerNpLfTD8E

* Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov: https://youtu.be/9u4ofB6JRyg

* The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 by Eric Hobsbawm: https://youtu.be/tfCGYA0Ri3w

* Tonoharu Part 3 by Lars Martinson: https://youtu.be/2DXbR1phi_A

* The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: https://youtu.be/5jHagAr4GOc

* Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers by Michael McCarthy: https://youtu.be/wfeQQP9Ek_4

* Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain: https://youtu.be/60wDLyXirTA

* Second Language Acquisition by Rod Ellis: https://youtu.be/qpW95vvu5TQ

* How Languages are Learned by Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada: https://youtu.be/0yJowIu9g1o

* A Passage to India by E.M. Forster: https://youtu.be/i3dQvmTb67Q

* Kim by Rudyard Kipling: https://youtu.be/rZS0KfrpG5E

Sorry Americans for Prosperity, You're Going to Have to Come Up with Better Talking Points

Dreadful-- 2nd Failed Version

Throwback Thursday. 

I messed up the line "her clothes and toys" again, so I decided to re-recorded it.

Successful version here:

https://youtu.be/WuYV8NeOT5U

https://sites.google.com/view/reading-and-listening-practice