Thursday, September 25, 2014

My thoughts on Booktube.



   Over the past few years many music artists and beauty gurus have become famous for their youtube videos.
  I recently found out that there is another branch of youtube becoming very popular- Booktube.
 Booktube is a community( in a sense) of people who make videos about, you guessed it, books.
As someone who loves youtube and books I started watching Booktube regularly after I found out about it.  There is something about watching and hearing someone explain a book that makes me understand a book better than a blog post usually can.
  That being said Booktube isn't perfect. It took me a while find booktubers that didn't cuss in all of their videos and who reviewed books I would actually consider reading.

I have found three Booktubers that I enjoy watching.


                         


                               Ramblings and Green Tea





I like Madi's reviews of classics because their really thorough without containing spoilers.
 I don't recommend all of her videos thought, since she does cuss every once in a while.



                                


                                       Lizzielovesbooks




I just recently discovered this youtube channel.
Lizzie has a fun personality that makes her videos enjoyable to watch. 


                                      
                                   

                                          Books for Mks




I really love Kailey's channel. Kailey runs a charity called Books for Mks that donates books to American missionary kids all over the world.
 She does a lot of reviews of childrens' books and classics.



What about you?
Have you heard of booktube? If so, what are you thoughts on it? Do you have any favorite Booktubers?

4 comments:

  1. LOVE booktube! It kind of gives me the thought that it'd be fun to try booktube then I remember that I'm not big into putting my face out there on the Internet and I probably would be terrible in comparison to some of these vibrant personalities. :) I watch a few, though most of the ones I watch are secular YA, which I know isn't a genre you read a lot of.

    Glad you're enjoying it, Ella. :)

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  2. Thanks for commenting Rissi!
    I have thought about making a booktube channel too, but I don't for the same reasons as you.
    Your right; I don't read a lot of secular books, but I have been finding a few secular gems lately that I really like.
    Do you have any YA recommendations?

    P.S. Glad your enjoying Booktube too!

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    1. If ever you do create a booktube channel, be sure to let us know, girl! :)

      As for YA recommendations... well, I have enjoyed the Doon series and Mary Weber's "Storm Siren" plus I just read (and will be reviewing next week), "Thunder" by Bonnie Calhoun, which wound up being really good. I've also heard great things about Ally Carter though I haven't had a chance to read them yet. :)

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  3. Thanks for the reccommendations Rissi!!
    ' Storm Siren' and 'Thunder' sound really cool so I would like to give them a read. I will have to give your reviews a read to learn more about the

    P.S. If I ever start a booktube channel I will definitely let my fellow bloggers.

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