This Week in Booktube: November 8, 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 

Dane Cobain Ten Podcasts That I Recommend

Steve Donoghue Epic Comic Book Wednesday: Luke Cage, Hero for Hire!

Abby Reads "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen | A 5P Review

jim's books reading & stuff A Murder in Belgravia by Irina Shapiro (1 minute review)

Bucky749 Booktube: life and times of Solomon Kane pick up November 2026

Steve Donoghue Response Video: Is Nonfiction in Trouble?

Dane Cobain The Bookish Quotes On My TV

Patrick’s Book Reviews Desert Island Books

Weekly Reading Wrap-Up 170: The Borrowers Avenged, The Indian in the Cupboard, Empire of the Ants

(Weekly Reading Vlog)

Books (201 pages this week--the goal is 200 pages)

The Borrowers Avenged p.112-202 (90 pages)

The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks p.106-192 (86 pages)

The Empire of the Ants p.125-150 (25 pages)

Comic Books:

DC Finest: Events: Zero Hour Crisis in Time Part One p.96-finished

Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith--finished

Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder Deluxe Edition by Judd Winick and Joshua Middleton--finished

DC Finest: Events: Zero Hour Crisis in Time Part Two p.1-154

The Power of Shazam Book One: In the Beginning p.1-336

Book Reviews from this Week

* The Shazam Archives Volume 1 by C. C. Beck: https://youtu.be/HCrT80wrxgE

* Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith: https://youtu.be/QhWyb6B70DY

* Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder Deluxe Edition by Judd Winick and Joshua Middleton: https://youtu.be/mxeIHkzHvGE

* DC Finest: Events: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Part One: https://youtu.be/lkYzYGME-EM

* The Empire of the Ants by H. G. Wells: https://youtu.be/_WS5JcL85Qo

For more information about what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE.

The Empire of the Ants by H. G. Wells: Story Review

(Book Review--Science Fiction, Classics)

The Empire of the Ants by H. G. Wells: Story Review

Links to stuff mentioned:

* Leiningen Versus the Ants: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiningen_Versus_the_Ants

* The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: https://youtu.be/TISEpAtZGkc

* The Time Machine by H. G. Wells: https://youtu.be/rhEfMdEvNsY

Related Playlist:

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

H. G. Wells Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5YAU_w3X-QNEKibMxisUmR&si=UWp8HlE3oUqpJBgc

Classics Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x53EsuWSZ-z0uFGL_0Jl6F1

DC Finest: Events: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Part One: Book Review

(Book Reviews--DC Finest)

Started: October 31, 2026

DC Finest: Events: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Part One: Book Review

Part 2: DC Finest: Events: Zero Hour: Crisis in Time Part One: Book Review

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

DC Finest Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMaYBYjRFboU&si=E1PHyDoAK8q6gtOW

Zero Hour Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbpxIdLZ_F4&si=2_uZbjoydo44IsfQ

Everyone calm down.  The Democrats aren't going to do anything.

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

Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder Deluxe Edition by Judd Winick and Joshua Middleton: Book Review

(Book Review--Superman, Shazam)

Part of my Shazam / Captain Marvel Reading Project

Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder Deluxe Edition by Judd Winick and Joshua Middleton: Book Review

Links to stuff mentioned:

* Shazam / Captain Marvel: Introducing a New Reading Project: https://youtu.be/LDdRNcUsxDc

* The Shazam Archives Volume 1 by C. C. Beck: https://youtu.be/HCrT80wrxgE

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

DC Archive Editions Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSVBV6yd5dlY&si=z27RHXJioTCE7Lif

Shazam / Captain Marvel Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTXOUGMvilM&si=KyjjKL0qLDii_Dnc

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

Shazam! / Captain Marvel Index

Comic Books

Shazam!: The Monster Society of Evil by Jeff Smith,

Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder Deluxe Edition by Judd Winick and Joshua Middleton,

The Shazam Archives Volume 1 by C. C. Beck,

Movies

Shazam

Playlist HERE: 

Victober Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt Tag #victober (Better Late Than Never!)

The Victober Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt was created by Marissa ‪@BlatantlyBookish‬ 

The idea is we look on our shelves for books to fit the 10 prompts.

Marissa's video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DwJ2z3jq04

I was tagged by Jim  @jimsbooksreadingandstuff  

Jim's video: https://youtu.be/wlg7AJgfKSM?si=PNeXIlu3DTq_cYJX

Tag Prompts 

1. Tome Topper: Find the most massive, thickest, heaviest Victorian book on your shelves. (It’s up to you if you want to go by page count or simply by how much space it takes up on your shelves). 

2. The Mourning Veil: Find a book bound in a dark, drab, somber color reminiscent of Victorian mourning attire (ideally something black, but gray, deep purple, or a very deep blue will suffice).

3. The Queen’s Cipher: Find a book where the first letter of the title begins with the letter V (for Victoria) or A (for Albert). Bonus points if the author's initials match.

4. The Madding Crowd: Find a cover showing a dense crowd, a busy street scene, or a group of three or more people.

5. The Illustrated Edition: Find a book containing interior illustrations, woodcuts, or decorative internal elements.

6. The East India Company:  Find a book that you acquired abroad, on vacation or when you weren't near home.

7. The Language of Flowers: Find a volume that features flowers, leaves, or botanical illustrations on the cover or spine.

8. The Penny Dreadful: Find either the cheapest looking and/or the most macabre looking book cover. 

9. The Dandy's Aesthetic: Find a book with gold lettering, ornate decorations, or a strikingly vibrant colored spine.

10. The Curiosity Shop: Find an item sitting on the bookshelves that is not a book (a crystal, a vintage trinket, a feather, or a unique bookmark).

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

The Brothers Grimm: Failed Attempt 1

Throwback Thursday. 

There was an ungrammatical sentence in this that I didn't catch before.  It was right near the end "although some of the stories were told are very old".

So, I decided to fix the sentence, and re-record it.

Successful attempt HERE:

https://youtu.be/Izg61MezOEE

Quizlet:  https://quizlet.com/_51osk1

Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_5Aw4Wqc_IHSdkmI-bXHJIEsW0iOgyqciOm3e_JjF7w/edit?usp=sharing

Suggested Use:

Step 1: Look at the vocabulary. Check any words that you don’t know in your dictionary.

Step 2: Listen to the video. (Listen only.  Don’t look at the reading yet).

Step  3: Practice the Vocabulary on Quizlet https://quizlet.com/_51osk1

Step 4: Watch the video again.  This time look at the reading. Read and listen at the same time.

Step 5: Practice the vocabulary again: https://quizlet.com/_51osk1

Step 6: Listen one last time.  The last time, don’t look at the reading.

Vocabulary:

able, add, adult, although, area, beauty, besides, born, collect, collection, complain, consider, country, countryside, creature, cruel, culture, dwarf, edition, educated, education, effort, elder, enjoy, entertain, exactly, exist, expensive, extra, European, eventually, fairy, fairy tale, final, finally, folk, folklore, follow, generation, German, Germanic, graduation, grow, history, hood, however, intend, invite, join, kingdom, land, law, library, literature, lost, magic, magical, mostly, neighbor, nowadays, ordinary, parent, poor, popular, prison, professor, program, project, public, publish, refer, represent, respect, retell, riding, robber, save, several, sick, snow, storyteller, storytelling, suitable, tale, television, themselves, thief, traditional, uneducated, unfortunately, unimportant, university, village, violent, whole, worried

http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-brothers-grimm-biography-grimm.html

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

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