BookTube Newbie Tag! Why I started a BookTube Channel & plans for 2023

[@GinaStanyerBooks]

I am so glad you are here, and hope you stick around! It was really fun to hear your answers to this tag. You are such a fascinating person. I loved hearing about your work and past experiences.

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it and I enjoy your channel as well!🎉

[@jimsbooksreadingandstuff]

Welcome to Booktube. Hope you stick around. Draw a chair up to the booktube table. There are a few of us older booktubers about. Good luck with your 2023 plans.

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thank you, Jim! I'm looking forward to checking out everyone's channels!

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

By the way, when I say I bring an older perspective to my channel - Just to be clear, I subscribe to many young people's channels and very much value their views and their content. I'm constantly learning from them. : ) Experience isn't only about age. I just mean I read as someone who's been around for a number of decades and additionally, I'm interested in issue of aging and the depiction of older folks in literature.

[@katarinasvensson9801]

I love it welcome we need more mature booktubers

[@EveningReader]

Hi Celeste, I just found your channel by searching the booktube newbie tag. I love the fact that you plan to focus on more short forms. I love short stories (Alice Munro is one of my favorite writers) so look forward to see more of them featured here. And I remember the Scholastic Book Club! Getting those forms and picking out the books was just one of the greatest things ever.

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thank you for watching! Yes, nothing could beat the excitement of filling out those scholastic forms! Love Alice Munro.

[@maggied.586]

Oh what a refreshing surprise this channel is... Your voice is so calming... And it looks like I can learn lot here. Thank you from a very happy 48- years old mom! Goodnight from Belgium. Maggie 🌿

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thank you for watching, Maggie!

[@ReadbyFred]

A belated welcome to the Booktube community Celeste! Looking forward to learning more about your nature writing 😀

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thanks Fred. I love nature writing. : )

[@BookwormAdventureGirl]

Welcome to the BookTube community. Great to have you here. Nice to learn more about you. 😊💙

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thanks very much for watching!

[@kellireadsalot]

Hi Celeste! I love your background and the awareness you bring! I will look for your new series and it will be fun to see your original tags. Thanks for doing the Newbie tag, because it helped me find you. I love the reasons you love reading(and BookTube). I’ve subscribed!

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thanks so much for watching, Kelli! I’m looking forward to checking out your channel too!

[@ObscureBookAdventures]

A little late, but welcome to youtube. It’s a nice idea to see this as a legacy. Just subscribed.

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thank you! I'm going to check out your channel too. I appreciate your reaching out. : )

[@lorimiller854]

Enjoyed learning more about you. I love your channel ❤ so will keep my fingers crossed that you continue for a long time. You have many great ideas for future videos so hopefully that will keep things going. I remember getting the Scholastic flyers and filling them out. Heaven!

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Awe, thank you Lori! Yes, the excitement of picking out those Scholastic books and checking the boxes on the order form! And better yet, when the order arrived!

[@booktalkingwithlibrarylin1924]

Hi Celeste! We are exactly the same age. I just found out about the #booktubenewbietag so I'm just now finding out about your channel. I'm looking forward to watching your videos!

[@StarsAndEmbers]

Welcome to BookTube! I loved the Scholastic Book Fair when I was in school, I actually miss them!

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thank you! Yup, I do too!

[@novelideea]

It makes me so happy to have you as a part of our community, Celeste. I hope you decide to keep on. I read the Peculiar Miss Pickett! & I love Gone Away Lake! 💛 And allllll the horse books! I grew up on my grandparent's ranch! Looking forward to your original Tags!

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thank you! I’m definitely going to explore the Scholastic Book Club, and as well for March I’m thinking of a March Movie Madness tag. Would love for some folks to join me! Thanks for commenting here. I love your videos and thoughtful reflections. And horses . . . I rode when I was a child 🏇🏇🏇

[@pamelajarvis7728]

Just found your channel Celeste and so pleased that I have! Thrilled to hear you plan to focus at times on Short stories, essays etc. I’ve found very little of that on Book Tube so hope it makes you stand out. So great to have a mature and experienced reader and teacher focussing on a variety of flavours. Very best of luck. Hope you stick around longer than a year 😄. All the best 👍

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Welcome, Pam! Thanks for watching! It’s much appreciated.🙏🏻

[@EmmaBennetAuthor]

Welcome to Booktube! Well, a belated welcome anyway! I’m a romance writer and I’ve been on KZbin for nearly a year now. Subscribed.x

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thanks very much, Emma! Glad to see a writer here : )

[@BookishNaturopath]

I just found your channel and am so glad! Looking forward to all of your videos 👍🏻😊

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thanks so much for watching, Teresa!

[@DavidDelaney-yg6go]

Daphe De Muirier's "Rebecca" is a good choice for getting through the Dewinter of my discontent (too icy). Watched "Chaplin" with Robert Downey Jr. again, decent, and had read a Chaplin biography awhile back -- Chaplin was roundly critciszed for failing to sign up for doing his part in the Great War. In fact he earned himself a 'white feather." Loved Reader's Almanac intro too!

[@heathereads]

Hi Celeste just subscribed. Looking forward to hearing a voice of experience on Book Tube

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thanks for subscribing, Heather!

[@cgreen6099]

Hi! I'm an older reader (65 shh). And I remember all the children's books you talked about and Scholastic. I read voraciously from the time I learned to read. I'm not a big fan of short form but I love the Sherlock Holmes short stories. Have you read any books in verse? I've only read a few in middle grade. I'm a writer. Only had a dark paranormal short (I know I said I'm not a fan) but I'm working on a middle grade on a particular subject and when I was researching what is out there I discovered books in verse. I liked them. I have no clue if they exist in the adult market. I'm going to watch some of your previous blogs but from what I've seen so far I hope you stick around.

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Hi and welcome! I’ve read a memoir called Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. It’s a mid grade book. : )

[@BrandonsBookshelf]

Welcome to booktube!

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

Thank you!