Bookish Opinions - The "Hot or Not" Tag
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Here's a fun tag about all things books ... thanks @heathereads !
Anyone watching this who wants to do it, consider yourself tagged by me. :)
Rules of the tag and the list: Try to be fast and on topic. There can always be exceptions and "it depends" explanations, but go for the gut reaction to the prompt in general terms, pick either Hot or Not.
A - Audiobooks
B - Bildungsroman. Dealing with a person's formative years or spiritual education.
C - Children's Books
D - Digital
E - Experimental
F - Fantasy
G - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
I - Inspirational
J - Journalism
K - Kitsch. Has a popular or sentimental appeal.
L - Library
M - Mystery
N - Non-Fiction
O - Omnibus
P - Poetry
Q - Quests. When the protagonist goes on a quest physical or spiritual.
R - Romance
S - Science Fiction
T - Translation. Books translated from one language into another.
U - Übermensch. The superman or the extraordinary human. Characters who can everything.
V - Victorian. Literature from 1837 to 1901.
W - Western
X - X Rated
Y - Young Adult
Z - Zeitgeist. Spirit or mood of the times.
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Notebook envy!! Loved the video - it's such a good vehicle for getting to know everyone better
It's almost out of pages but I can't part with it yet 😅🍊
Thanks for sharing your views. Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on your hot or not list. 😃
There are a couple genres on that list I was completely clueless about 😅
It was a bit confusing! 😅
This was a fun idea! I never really thought of the Ubermensch as it would relate to book characters; but whether we look at it philosophically or as characterization, it is still a "not" for me. The Ubermensch remains an unfulfilled idea; for it requires the process of mankind overcoming his nature; and I dunno if that is possible (and if it is, it isn't in the way that Nietzsche envisioned). Yes. I enjoyed the video.
Jack London explores Nietzschean ubermensch in the character of Wolf Larsen (The Sea Wolf). I guess Raskolnikov from Crime & Punishment would be a more famous example. It's pretty grim stuff 😅
@@marianhreads Yeah, I agree. Though Raskolnikov's journey ended on an optimistic note. In the very end paragraph, Dostoevsky tackles the emerging "new man" that occurs in Raskolnikov, which is a play at what Nietzsche was talking about with the Ubermensch - the superman, i.e. the new man. It is Dostoevsky's view of a better man with a better future - no longer trapped in the throes of power and cruelness. (And I take back what I said about not relating it with characters, lol. For some reason it just escaped me.)
@@scoutdarpy4465 That's funny, I was thinking more of "Ubermensch" in terms of the authors themselves. Like, say, a Phillip Roth. In other words, guys who think very highly of themselves, which for me is a "not" (although I've read some Roth because I want to be a completist in canonical literature). I guess it's all in the way you interpret what the category (on the hot or not list) means.
Your third pronunciation of Takei was correct and my inner Trekkie is sad that you don't know it. XD
Me too 😭😂
Oh I can’t stand digital books. I know, I know. 😅
It's not for everyone! :)
@@marianhreads but you know what? I just moved 1600 miles and if I’d had mostly digital I’d have had 25 less boxes. Maybe a bit more. My husband loves to remind me of that every day. 😂😩
@@nikkivenable73 Ohh I feel that! 😅