Racist BOOKTUBE DRAMA? Reaction to Entitlement vs Elitism on #Booktube | @TheNovelLush

To quote Lauryn, "We gotta do better."
Below I am showcasing Lauryn, from The Novel Lush, recent video that was a mixture of a discussion video and a reaction/response video to another video that has been taken down. Lauryn eloquently states her position, which I highly agree with, against what this other BookTuber said about BookTube and POC BookTubers themselves. I had not seen the full videos from this other BookTuber I had just heard about her videos but Lauryn did track them down and included clips for us to understand both sides of the story more. What I saw from the clips is that this other BookTuber was quite ignorant and definitely has issues of her own. But I don't know her so for that I cannot be certain, yet it's hard to deny that her videos, for what I saw of them, were not something I would support at all.

So, the reason I'm posting Lauryn's response video here is because this ties into my previous blog support posts that I did which were Christina Marie's Christina Marie's Black Bookish Peeps Database & More & Jo's IS BOOKTUBE RACIST?. In Lauryn's video she covers it all including her response to the other BookTuber's videos. I wish I could get my thoughts across about the topic as well as Lauryn does but since I know I cannot I'm showing you hers.

In addition, underneath Lauryn's video I have included links to two other responses (one a youtube video and one a twitter post) that I feel should be checked out too.

Week #43 of When & Where am I Wednesday | #BookTube #FantasyRomance @gbaileyauthor @NetGalley

WHEN & WHERE AM I WEDNESDAYS are a weekly bookish memes, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews. Anyone can play along! To participate here's what you need to do:

• Based on the book your currently reading -- tell us when and where you are in your book, and possibly what "you're" (meaning the characters) doing or who "you" (meaning the characters) are with.
• Try NOT to include spoilers!!!
• Make sure to share the book information [title, author and/or book cover] so if someone likes what you write they can add that book to their TBR list.
• Please mention From Me to You ... Video, Photograph, & Book Reviews as to where you heard about this collaboration meme.

Lauryn from The Novel Lush's video: We Are Not Your Token Knee Grows | Blackness and the Book Community | @TheNovelLush #BookTube

In 2018 I featured Lauryn of The Novel Lush's video titled Racist BOOKTUBE DRAMA? Reaction to Entitlement vs Elitism on Booktube and the quote from Lauryn I posted with that video was "We gotta do better.", which truly is still completely relevant today. I find that to be really sad but it is not untrue ... society needs to do better. But to be more specific BOOKTUBE needs to do better too. So, when Lauryn posted this video (the one below) I asked if she would be alright with me featuring here and I am only doing so because she stated it would be okay. Watch it! Watch it ALL. Are you wanting to hear all the spilled tea .... watch it. Are you here because BLACK LIVES MATTER ... watch it. Also, after watching it you should check out these links in support of the BLACK LIVES MATTER too: blacklivesmatter.com & blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

We Are Not Your Token Knee Grows | Blackness and the Book Community
by The Novel Lush

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Week #44 of When & Where am I Wednesday | #BookTube #historicalromance @JoMarieDeGioia

WHEN & WHERE AM I WEDNESDAYS are a weekly bookish memes, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews. Anyone can play along! To participate here's what you need to do:

• Based on the book your currently reading -- tell us when and where you are in your book, and possibly what "you're" (meaning the characters) doing or who "you" (meaning the characters) are with.
• Try NOT to include spoilers!!!
• Make sure to share the book information [title, author and/or book cover] so if someone likes what you write they can add that book to their TBR list.
• Please mention From Me to You ... Video, Photograph, & Book Reviews as to where you heard about this collaboration meme.

My #BookTube Thank You to Reading & Retail | #readingandretail

Cristal (over at Reading & Retail) promoted my BookTube account in a recent video! SO .. this is a post showing off that video and giving you a meet-and-greet of Cristal's BookTube Account. Actually I did notice her watching my channel when it was happening, but at the time I just didn't know it was her. **hahaa** You can check out my happy reaction here or below.


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Winner Winner Turkey Dinner - Book Haul #2 | #RomanceBooktuber #BookHaul [Featuring @writerahart, @LibriLabra, & @ReviewsMayVary]

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My #BookTube Thank You to Life Is A Page Turner | @LifeIsAPageTurn

India (over at Life Is A Page Turner) mentions my BookTube account and my Twitter account in her video! SO .. this is a post showing off that video and giving you a meet-and-greet of India's BookTube Account.

My #BookTube Thank You to Shaegeeksout | @shaegeeksout

Shala (over at Shaegeeksout) mentions my BookTube account in her video! SO .. this is a post showing off that video and giving you a meet-and-greet of Shala's BookTube Account.


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Christina Marie's Black Bookish Peeps Database & More

I am not Christina Marie but as I have for a LOT of other things I am helping spread her message too. I feel she makes some excellent points and I really love that she put together the Black Bookish Peeps Database (see below to access the form).

Week #45 of When & Where am I Wednesday | #BookTube #reverseharem

WHEN & WHERE AM I WEDNESDAYS are a weekly bookish memes, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews. Anyone can play along! To participate here's what you need to do:

• Based on the book your currently reading -- tell us when and where you are in your book, and possibly what "you're" (meaning the characters) doing or who "you" (meaning the characters) are with.
• Try NOT to include spoilers!!!
• Make sure to share the book information [title, author and/or book cover] so if someone likes what you write they can add that book to their TBR list.
• Please mention From Me to You ... Video, Photograph, & Book Reviews as to where you heard about this collaboration meme.

Town Hall: Race & Inclusion on #Booktube | @2020hines_sight @bookishrealm @bookish_bethany @Kari_ng4books @ShadeTreeReads @ItsNeeksYeah

Join Erica of The Broken Spine, Ashley of Bookishrealm, Bethany of Beautiful Bookish Bethany, Kari of Kari-ngForBooks, Deidra of ShadeTreeReads, and Neka of Neeks, as they discuss the impact of race and inclusion on the Booktube community tonight on Monday, June 8th 2020 at 4:00 pm PST / 7:00 pm EST.


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Black Lives Matter
Click this link to help : blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

Nerd It This Way! shares 2 #BLM Videos | @M_E_Gosla #Booktube

Hi! So, I am sharing (with permission) two videos that Mahalia from Nerd It This Way! posted on her YouTube/Bookube channel in June 2020. Both videos were of Mahalia with her family (or just her husband) discussing past situations they had to deal with growing up, discussing the Black Lives Matter movement, and more. I truly encourage you to watch all of both videos. Also I appreciate Mahalia and her family for filming and posting these videos as they gave me (a white gal) more insight.

After watching Mahalia's videos you should check out these links in support of the BLACK LIVES MATTER too: blacklivesmatter.com & blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

Never Have I Ever Police Edition... Black Lives Matter!
by Nerd It This Way!

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Let's have a chat.
by Nerd It This Way!

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IS #BOOKTUBE RACIST? | @jthegreatbiblio

I'm sharing Jo from Jo the Great recent video about her thoughts on if BookTube is racist. Like she states, this is not the first video of this kind to be brought up about diversity within the book world but more specifically the BookTube community nor will it be the last as everyone else keeps sharing their own stances. However, I do agree with most of her points and feel like I should share her video around as I did for Christina Marie a while back.

As I tell my own children no one is perfect ... we all have our flaws even if we don't realize what they are ... but talking about our thoughts, getting them out there into the world, and calmly discussing them with others IS the only way I feel that we as a whole can move forward. So, please hear out Jo ... follow her ... follow me ... comment wherever you like and lets get this momentum of communication to begin.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out Christina Marie's Black Bookish Peeps Database too.

My #BookTube Thank You to Kathy Trithardt | @kathytrithardt

Kathy Trithardt mentions my BookTube account in her video! SO .. this is a post showing off that video and giving you a meet-and-greet of Kathy Trithardt's BookTube Account.

#VideoCollab with Library of Tomes / @libraryoftomes | Books I want to Read because of #Booktube [Also featuring @ReviewsMayVary & @LibriLabra]

Hooray it is video collab day!!
Temecka from Library of Tomes' has been doing her best to host collabs and post new videos on her YouTube / BookTube channel every day of October and she was kind enough to let me join in the fun! So, the topic was Books I want to Read because of Booktube below are both our takes on this topic with our cooresponding videos, books mentioned, booktubers mentioned, & more! Enjoy! Also, subscribe to our accounts!

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What was I thinking?: No Substitute by Susan Diane Johnson | #BookReview #SusanDianeJohnson

- This was an ARC Read -
Available Formats through Amazon: Kindle Edition & Paperback
File Size: 574 KB | Print Length: 252 Pages
Publication Date: November 30, 2012
Publisher: Pelican Book Group : White Rose Publishing
ASIN: B0181NIQQW | ISBN-10: 1611161983 | ISBN-13: 978-1611161984
Language: English | Main Genre(s): Christian Romance, Contemporary Romance
Format Jess Read This Novel In: eBook - MOBI File
Jess Obtained This Book Through: NetGalley

"No Substitute" by Susan Diane Johnson

What was I thinking? : I have enjoyed other christian romance novels. I liked this novel's cover and its book description made it sound like a novel I would typically enjoy.

Author's Book Description : Former high-school sweethearts, thrown together by a matchmaking teenager, must forgive to find love.

Amy Welsh knew when she came back to the small Washington town of Goose Bay she'd eventually run into her high school sweetheart—the one who broke her heart seventeen years ago.

No longer the teenage boy she remembered, Quentin Macmillan could potentially be everything Amy's ever dreamed of. As she lets him into her life, the hurt she's tried to ignore resurfaces. Forgiveness isn't as simple—or easy—as it sounds, especially after Quentin and Amy discover his teenage daughter has been manipulating their feelings.

Will Amy open her heart to healing, and find the future God has prepared for her?

My Book Review : I'm going to be straight with you, I was not a fan of this novel. Now I'm going to put my professional hat on and TRY to nicely explain to you my view point about it. Yet, it can be hard to do so without ranting a bit so if you want to skip this section that’s okay.

1.5 out of 5 stars. A woman goes back to the town she lived in as a teen in hopes of overcoming her past and the man who left her behind. Yet, what she finds is a yearning for more still ... will she get what she yearns for or finally move on with her life.

My #BookTube Thank You to Libri Labra | @librilabra

Desirai (over at Libri Labra) mentions my BookTube account in her video! SO .. this is a post showing off that video and giving you a meet-and-greet of Desirai's BookTube Account.


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Currently Reading - Week 2 of Sept 2020 | #BookTube @NetGalley @MacmillanAudio @dragonbladepub @entangledpub

I never got around to doing a When & Where am I Wednesday this past week sooo here is a video where I discuss what I am currently reading right now! BTW -- In the beginning clip I end up talking about Book 3 BUT I actually meant what I stated about BOOK 4 in my current reads book list. 🥰 Enjoy!!


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Second Sentence Saturday LIVE - Episode #1 | #BookTeaser

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Week #40 of When & Where am I Wednesday | #BookTube #ReverseHarem

WHEN & WHERE AM I WEDNESDAYS are a weekly bookish memes, hosted by Jess of From Me to You ... Video, Photography, & Book Reviews. Anyone can play along! To participate here's what you need to do:

• Based on the book your currently reading -- tell us when and where you are in your book, and possibly what "you're" (meaning the characters) doing or who "you" (meaning the characters) are with.
• Try NOT to include spoilers!!!
• Make sure to share the book information [title, author and/or book cover] so if someone likes what you write they can add that book to their TBR list.
• Please mention From Me to You ... Video, Photograph, & Book Reviews as to where you heard about this collaboration meme.