YouTube video by Allison Annotated

Striving to make thoughtful videos, resist overconsumption, and dwell in the joy of reading. New video every other Thursday. BlueSky & StoryGraph: @allisonannotated

Join us as we reveal the 2026 Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction longlist on Wednesday 4 March at 2pm GMT.

YouTube video by Allison Is Not In Wonderland

YouTube video by Allison Is Not In Wonderland

YouTube video by Allison Is Not In Wonderland

All the books I plan to read in January and February, plus the books I bought in the UK over the holidays! Aspiring to start the new year off with some classics! Cameron’s channel: @SlaggyBookClub 00:00 Intro 01:09 Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day 03:25 A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 06:24 Emperor of Gladness 09:14 If Cats Disappeared From The World 10:59 The Custom Of The Country 12:22 Outro #bookrecommendations #booktok #books #literature #literarypursuits #literaryfiction

Discussing every 9 and 10 star book I read this year! I have so many new favorites. 00:00 Intro 00:30 Lost Cat by Mary Gaitskill 05:06 Second Place by Rachel Cusk 11:29 The Idiot by Elif Batuman 15:26 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 20:49 The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 26:21 The Safekeep by Yael Van Der Wouden 30:52 Before The Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 35:04 Outro #booktok #books #bookrecommendations #bookreview #literarypursuits #literaryfiction #historicalfiction #romance #pulitzerprize #bookerprize #winter

Reviewing the sci-fi and fantasy books I read in September and October. Reflecting on challenges for fantasy novels commenting on social justice issues. 00:00 Intro 00:32 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab 6.5/10 07:56 Blood Over Brighthaven by M.L. Wang 8/10 15:00 The Devils by Joe Abercrombie 8.5/10 20:29 The Will Of The Many by James Islington 8/10 26:30 Outro #books #bookrecommendations #bookreview #bookish #scifi #fantasybooks #romantasy #grimdark

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All the books I plan to read in November and December 2025! 00:00 Intro 00:58 Katabasis by R.F. Kuang 04:30 Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio 06:58 The Cautious Traveller’s Guide To The Wastelands by Sarah Brooks 08:19 Fair Play by Louise Hegerty 09:21 Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia Of Faeries by Heather Fawcett 10:51 Outro #darkacademia #cottagecore #cozy #literature #booktok #bookrecommendations #tbr

Telling you about a few things that are cheering me up in this dark (literally and figuratively) time. 🕯️🍂 The idea for this series is borrowed from ​⁠@HannahLouisePoston Rabbitology can be found here: https://www.rabbitologymusic.com and here: @RabbitologyMusic Quick Cryptic: https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/series/quick-cryptic Little Free Library map: https://littlefreelibrary.org/map/ Info on gratitude journaling: https://www.uclahealth.org/news/article/health-benefits-gratitude 00:00 Intro 00:33 One 02:02 Two 03:02 Three 05:00 Four 05:43 Five 06:49 Six 08:17 Seven 09:46 Eight 10:26 Outro #booktok #literature #fantasybooks #darkacademia #cottagecore #cozy #crossword #littlefreelibrary #hamnet

Reviewing The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden. Shortlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction, and described by the author as Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier meets Maurice by EM Forster. #literature #literarypursuits #booktok #bookrecommendations #bookreview

Reviewing the books that I read in July and August, including two Pulitzer Prize winners and the newest from Ann Patchett (author of the Dutch House) and Amy Tan (author of the Joy Luck Club). 00:00 Intro 00:17 The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean 7/10 07:32 The Idiot by Elif Batuman 9/10 15:45 When Among Crows by Veronica Roth 5/10 18:19 James by Percival Everett 7/10 27:00 Tom Lake by Ann Patchett 9/10 32:44 The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan 8/10 35:00 Outro #books #darkacademia #cottagecore #fantasybooks #historicalfiction #literaryfiction #booktok

Previewing the books I'm reading in September and October... getting ready for a sci/fi fantasy themed fall! A bunch of new releases from some of the best sci-fi and fantasy authors. 00:00 Intro 00:22 Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab 02:25 The Devils by Joe Abercrombie 04:27 Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang 05:27 The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime by Mark Haddon 07:11 The Will Of The Many by James Islington 08:28 Outro #booktok #booktube #books #tbr #bookrecommendations #fantasybooks #scifi #literature #literaryfiction #vampire #autumn #bookhaul #newrelease #halloween #cozy #epicfantasybooks #summerween

Reflecting on my first nine months on BookTube. Giving you the analytics on my first "hit” video, wondering whether YouTube is limiting the reach of LGBTQ content, and muddling my way through shorts. I’m not sure I have any advice about how to start a YouTube channel but hopefully some of this information is helpful! 00:00 Intro 00:42 Analytics for my first "big" video 03:34 LGBTQ videos "appealing to a smaller audience"? 06:26 Shorts are a mystery... 08:10 Outro #booktube #youtuber #youtubejourney #smallyoutuber #analytics