6/25 - Mid 2021 Goals Check In + Life and Channel Update | How Are Your Goals Going?
Hi, I’m Mo.
In December of 2020, I made some goals for the New Year. Now that we are half way thru 2021, let's check in and see how I'm doing? I wanted to check in on my goals, partly bc I feel like it's always a good idea to revisit your goals to keep them in your mind, and partly to see how I'm doing!
Spoiler alert, I'm doing pretty well!! What were your goals for 2021, how are you doing? Do you need to amend your goals or add some more? Or drop some?? I also wanted to share a little life and channel update. Life has been a little hectic but it's OK! It happens! I try to make sure I read, spend time with family and friends, make videos and blog. What are you juggling in life and how does that effect your goals?
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Cats in this video: None
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6/27 - Booktube Spin 3
Hi, I’m Mo.
Here is my reaction to Rick MacDonnell's 2nd BookTube Spin. Spin #2!! Let's find out what we will read for May and June!
The rules are simple! Make a list of 20 books (number them 1-20), post them somewhere public, watch the spin video, and read the book that corresponds to the number chosen!
I really loved the first BookTube Spin. The number that was called for Spin #1 was number 15. I read Dead Wake by Erik Larson. I have a whole vlog video of it here: https://youtu.be/DD3hiNMNHF8
For Spin #2, I kept the same list so I didn't make another list vid.
I did read 3 books (including #15) from that list between then and now. So I will just count around my list.
Did you make a new list or keep your old one?
Find Rick's Spin #2 vid here: https://youtu.be/KeqrH9FFtBM
BookTube Spin 2021 List
(intimidating)
READ The Private Patient (2008) PD James
2 - Big Bang, A Novel (2019) David Bowmen
3 - Be Here Now (1971) Ram Dass
4 - Witches of Eastwick (1984) John Updike
(modern classics)
5 -Our Man in Havana (1962) Graham Greene
6 - The Pearl (1947) John Steinbeck
7 - Starship Troopers (1959) Robert Heinlein
READ - Carry On Jeeves (1925) PG Wodehouse
(mysteries/thrillers)
READ - A Murder is Announced (1950) Agatha Christie
10 - The Maltese Falcon (1929) Dashiell Hammet
11 - Rebecca (1939) Daphne De Maurier
12 - Mad Mouse (2006) Chris Grubenstein
(nonfiction)
13 - Mr Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonders (1995) Lawrence Weschler
14 - Salt (2002) Mark Kurlansky
READ - Dead Wake (2015) Erik Larson
16 - Continuing the Good Life (Maine) (1979) Scott and Helen Nearing
(short stories/collections)
17 - The Salmon of Doubt (2002) Douglas Adams
18 - Flappers and Philosophers (1920) F Scott Fitzgereld
19 - Japanese Fairy Tales (1903) Edited by Philip Smith
20 - The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1961) Ernest Hemingway
Here are a few other relevant videos:
Rick’s first Booktube Spin video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc4Iz0dvGos
Rick’s first spin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6eYtA0X-2g
My Booktube Spin TBR video: https://youtu.be/UqXne0-dtWE
Thanks for joining me today! I post videos three times a week. I post about creative simple living: books, cats, zero waste, bullet journaling, beach life, and more!
Cats in this video: None
Original music by audionightlight. https://soundcloud.com/anlight/tracks
Blog: http://www.madcatquilts.com/blog
Instagram: http://instagram.com/madcat1
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7/2 - TBR ASMR 10 | BookTube ASMR | Long Natural Nails, Tapping, Rubbing, Scratching, Bird & Nature Sounds
Hi, I’m Mo.
Here is another TBR ASMR! These are some books I might read soon! It features tapping, rubbing, tracing, with long natural nails. There are bird sounds, bird songs and nature sounds.
I chose all hardcovers for this TBR. All these books were featured in my Summer TBR video (https://youtu.be/dKxoj5eZ-ZQ). I really want to read all three of these and they all have summer vibes to me in one way or another. Now that I have a new job, I have to keep my nails shorter, but on weeks that I can grow them out, I try to get some tapping and scratching in!! I really like that all these books have different feeling and sounding covers.
What is your favorite ASMR sound??
Thanks for joining me today! I post videos three times a week. I post about creative simple living: books, cats, zero waste, bullet journaling, beach life, and more!
Books in this video: The Vanishing Half (2020) Brit Bennet
Leave the World Behind (2020) Ruman Alam
A Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018) Hank Greene
Cats in this video: Martin! Original music by audionightlight. https://soundcloud.com/anlight/tracks
Blog: http://www.madcatquilts.com/blog
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7/3 - 1 More Month to Zero Waste | June Check In | No More Disposable Plastic!! | Bring your water bottle
Hi, I’m Mo.
It's time fore our June Check in on our 1 More Month to Zero Waste Challenge! How did you do giving up disposable plastic bottles? Was this challenge easy or hard?
June is a great time to give up on the convenience of disposable plastic bottles. It's a hot month where I live and that give this challenge an extra dimension! I have to make sure that I am carrying a reusable bottle, glass jar or other vessel if I want water when I'm out and about! This is not convenient, but putting aside your own convenience for the betterment of the environment and world is a big part of a Zero Waste lifestyle. Although it can be annoying at first, in the long run it makes me a happier person!! I know that by allowing myself to be slightly inconvenienced, I am a more mindful thoughtful person and lead a happier more fulfilled life.
Check out more 1 More Month of Zero Waste here:
January Trash Audit: https://youtu.be/Gs2W6Ngdl0s
Jan check in: https://youtu.be/Eu-k-JlTk8g
February Declutter: https://youtu.be/8RewurP4A-0
Feb check in: https://youtu.be/r1pq9neBavA
March Bag Swap: https://youtu.be/ZEYaYJJf4fw
Mar check in: https://youtu.be/idamcM3iOBI
April Composting: https://youtu.be/VFhAuVj-QJk
May Meatless Mondays: https://youtu.be/bavIJ4IqO58
May check in: https://youtu.be/kz_WqBxc2Uc
June No More Disposable Plastic Bottles: https://youtu.be/cogDPIwYQvM
Thanks for joining me today! I post videos three times a week. I post about creative simple living: books, cats, zero waste, bullet journaling, beach life, and more!
Original music by audionightlight. https://soundcloud.com/anlight/tracks
Blog: http://www.madcatquilts.com/blog
Instagram: http://instagram.com/madcat1
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7/4 - June Vlog Style Reading Wrap Up | June 2021 | 5 books in June | Nonfiction, sci fi and more!
Hi, I’m Mo.
June is over and I read 5 books this month! That is a slow reading month for me but I was not in a slump! I read some nonfiction, sci fi, historical fiction, and more.
My goal is always to read at least a book a week so 4 books per month. I just eeeked over in June! I read a wide range of books, some books by POC authors, some LGBTQIA+ books, and although I didn't love all of them, I've very happy!! Some of the books I read were mentioned in my Summer TBR video (https://youtu.be/dKxoj5eZ-ZQ) and one was in my 20 Books to Read in 2021 video (https://youtu.be/2B-1-xsbn1U). Have you read any of these books?
What was your favorite book you read this month?
Thanks for joining me today! I post videos three times a week. I post about creative simple living: books, cats, zero waste, bullet journaling, beach life, and more!
Books in this video:
The Book of Tea (1906) Kakuzō Okakura
Death Comes to Pemberley (2011) PD James
Sula (1973) Toni Morrison
Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl (2014) Carrie Brownstein
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018) Hank Green
Channels Mentioned:
Gabriel Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpTfpKWM0tQQ0MG332Q3rPg
MH Books https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXWazfmdrqpeqgXe0S0ON8Q
Cats in this video: none! But some birds in the garden!
Original music by audionightlight. https://soundcloud.com/anlight/tracks
Blog: http://www.madcatquilts.com/blog
Instagram: http://instagram.com/madcat1
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/120401161-ana-mo-shoshin
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