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

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