An interesting and appropriate my ranty week 😄 I read lots as a kid, but definitely lack the usual school canon from not having gone to school as well, and its such a different experience coming at those books as an adult.
the only book i read as a teenager that i can think of that would be an interesting re-reading is lord of the rings. every 20 years sounds about right lol thx for sharing I sometimes feel like i missed out by not going to school, but everyone's different, and different experiences make the world interesting
🐦 Great video as always! Your channel and one other has motivated me to do my own history research and reading. The powers at be lie to us all the time and want us all ignorant and living in fear.
hi, friend. you've got some great books there. i've read only one novel by percival everett titled so much blue but i liked it. and i have also read just one book by timothy egan titled the immortal irishman and it was truly excellent. i've been wanting to read more by both of these writers. can't wait till you tell me what you think oh, the mayor of casterbridge. that was me! it's my favorite of hardy's novels. i hope you like it. hardy was an interesting writer - a famous novelist of the 19th century and a famous poet of the 20th (after he gave up on writing novels because of bad reviews). quick, read it! ;) angelou is amazing though the way she sold out to capitalism towards the end of her life was a bit disappointing but what do i know. she is a great poet as well and you've been reading poetry recently so.... oh, no. you didn't like cloud atlas? i read it about twenty years ago so don't recall too many details but remember being very impressed with its structure. oh well, that's art for you. we all respond in different ways. onward! the outlaw bookseller loves moorcock and elric. i've never read him as it seems like fantasy and i usually prefer science fiction. perhaps i should? you let me know what you think once you are well and truly into elric. i respect your opinion you may recall i'm an english teacher...i have a lot to say about that but i'm going to refrain. however, i got some good news today. my school district is not allowing cell phones for middle and high school next year. hurray! you and i are on the same page with politics so i agree with everything you say! cheers, my friend. or should i say chirp? 🐦
i did see maya angelou was pretty pro black capital, which yeah has its problems seeing all the reviews about cloud atlas, is making me wanna watch the movie again, it would be cool to see if it holds up. but yeah i think just the structure of the book turned me off also. thats such a fun fact about tom hardy, Those always get me more interesting im happy to hear your district is doing something about all the screen time kids are spending their time on. thanks for all the kind words, i appreciate your opinion too. ill keep you posted on how my Percival Everette and Michel Moorcock reading goes, i got high hopes.🦉whooo
I could not get through Cloud Atlas either. Right now I’m reading Project Hail Mary. Good story but I like less science in my science fiction. I don’t need to know the math. - And hearing that the whales are back going after ships is giving me joy! Eat the rich!
Project hail mary has been on my mind lately!! it's so fun how recommendations come in. I'll add it to my TBR (which means sometime this year), i also skim over the math in my sci fi. EAT THE RICH
Looking good with the fresh haircut! I've read two Thomas Hardy books and I think he's an excellent writer. That caged bird book looks good I've put it on my reading list. Your news segment is always informative but damn it gets me mad, lol. Also Joana left a comment asking if you've read any Kurt Vonnegut. I would recommend reading him as well, he's a good person and an entertaining writer. 🐦
i forgot to show off the short story collection of tom hardy i picked up, ill probably start there. so many interesting sounding authors and stories, ill never get to them all but ill be sure to read more Kurt Vonnegut thanks for sticking around to hear the news, i forgot to mention RFK and his brain worms lol honestly the Bibliophile therapy is working in that its keeping me from going back to full cave man looking mode 🦉
@@PoorPersonsBookReviewer I've noticed that, there are too many authors and books that you'd need a thousand lives to read them all. Shit I'd love to hear about the brain worms lol! It's good that books are helping you mentally. I have a fascination with zen and I googled reading meditations, one said to read slowly and meaningfully, making sure you understand everything, and focus on the feeling of your eyes as they pass over the text. So I've been reading that way recently.
Sounds like a good week. Glad you liked the taste of Elric. A lot of fun to be had there. What made you decide to pass on The Spear Cuts Through Water?
In Spear cuts I did read up to p190 the second day, I thought the cleansing the land of evil theme didn’t go well with the real life Korean War he kept bringing up. Another one of those things that no one else is even thinking about but ruined it for me 😵💫. I’m super happy I liked Elric too, you never know with me lol
So you DNFed after the second part of Somni 451... pity. I actually liked the Pacific Journal and the Luisa Rey parts. Not so much the composer because I didn't relate to him. Cavendish was OK, I had a good laugh at the second part during the escape attempt (I won't spoil it any further). Somni 451 was OK and had a great twist, but it was weak compared to other dystopian books. The post-apocalyptic Hawaii story was interesting, but I didn't enjoy reading the broken English. I enjoyed it and liked playing connect the dots, but I think everyone gets something different from the book as a whole.
After watching some spoilers videos, I definitely did missed some of connecting dots, and themes the stories shared, like cannibalism. But yeah it’s really just came down to why does it matter if I already know the end of the world is there. Maybe he should have told the stories whole and in order? I also hate Whenever the author stars writing in broken English or accents. I really gotta Concentrate.
@@PoorPersonsBookReviewer The main theme as a whole I picked up was it only takes one spark of optimism to keep humanity going and securing our future. "Yet what is an ocean but a multitude of drops". Each succeeding story is indirectly inspired from the previous one to keep hope alive. The reincarnation stuff is not important and the movie over-emphasized that.
@@OrangeLibrary yeah the reincarnation went over my head till i watched a review cause wouldnt luisa and cavendish live in the same time frame? over all a good message about humanity's struggle to overcome.
🐦 I read a few other bios from Maya. They were pretty entertaining and surprising in ways. She lived a pretty crazy full life.
i saw that it was a whole series of books, i may jump back into it one day. but i really wanna read her poetry.🦅
An interesting and appropriate my ranty week 😄 I read lots as a kid, but definitely lack the usual school canon from not having gone to school as well, and its such a different experience coming at those books as an adult.
the only book i read as a teenager that i can think of that would be an interesting re-reading is lord of the rings. every 20 years sounds about right lol
thx for sharing I sometimes feel like i missed out by not going to school, but everyone's different, and different experiences make the world interesting
🐦 Great video as always! Your channel and one other has motivated me to do my own history research and reading. The powers at be lie to us all the time and want us all ignorant and living in fear.
You’re right about that. they want us dumb and in fear, best thing to do is disappoint them 🐦
Hope your reading something good
hi, friend. you've got some great books there. i've read only one novel by percival everett titled so much blue but i liked it. and i have also read just one book by timothy egan titled the immortal irishman and it was truly excellent. i've been wanting to read more by both of these writers. can't wait till you tell me what you think
oh, the mayor of casterbridge. that was me! it's my favorite of hardy's novels. i hope you like it. hardy was an interesting writer - a famous novelist of the 19th century and a famous poet of the 20th (after he gave up on writing novels because of bad reviews). quick, read it! ;)
angelou is amazing though the way she sold out to capitalism towards the end of her life was a bit disappointing but what do i know. she is a great poet as well and you've been reading poetry recently so....
oh, no. you didn't like cloud atlas? i read it about twenty years ago so don't recall too many details but remember being very impressed with its structure. oh well, that's art for you. we all respond in different ways. onward!
the outlaw bookseller loves moorcock and elric. i've never read him as it seems like fantasy and i usually prefer science fiction. perhaps i should? you let me know what you think once you are well and truly into elric. i respect your opinion
you may recall i'm an english teacher...i have a lot to say about that but i'm going to refrain. however, i got some good news today. my school district is not allowing cell phones for middle and high school next year. hurray!
you and i are on the same page with politics so i agree with everything you say!
cheers, my friend. or should i say chirp? 🐦
i did see maya angelou was pretty pro black capital, which yeah has its problems
seeing all the reviews about cloud atlas, is making me wanna watch the movie again, it would be cool to see if it holds up. but yeah i think just the structure of the book turned me off also.
thats such a fun fact about tom hardy, Those always get me more interesting
im happy to hear your district is doing something about all the screen time kids are spending their time on.
thanks for all the kind words, i appreciate your opinion too. ill keep you posted on how my Percival Everette and Michel Moorcock reading goes, i got high hopes.🦉whooo
I could not get through Cloud Atlas either. Right now I’m reading Project Hail Mary. Good story but I like less science in my science fiction. I don’t need to know the math. - And hearing that the whales are back going after ships is giving me joy! Eat the rich!
Project hail mary has been on my mind lately!! it's so fun how recommendations come in. I'll add it to my TBR (which means sometime this year), i also skim over the math in my sci fi.
EAT THE RICH
Looking good with the fresh haircut! I've read two Thomas Hardy books and I think he's an excellent writer. That caged bird book looks good I've put it on my reading list. Your news segment is always informative but damn it gets me mad, lol. Also Joana left a comment asking if you've read any Kurt Vonnegut. I would recommend reading him as well, he's a good person and an entertaining writer. 🐦
i forgot to show off the short story collection of tom hardy i picked up, ill probably start there.
so many interesting sounding authors and stories, ill never get to them all but ill be sure to read more Kurt Vonnegut
thanks for sticking around to hear the news, i forgot to mention RFK and his brain worms lol
honestly the Bibliophile therapy is working in that its keeping me from going back to full cave man looking mode 🦉
@@PoorPersonsBookReviewer I've noticed that, there are too many authors and books that you'd need a thousand lives to read them all. Shit I'd love to hear about the brain worms lol! It's good that books are helping you mentally. I have a fascination with zen and I googled reading meditations, one said to read slowly and meaningfully, making sure you understand everything, and focus on the feeling of your eyes as they pass over the text. So I've been reading that way recently.
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Have you read Kurt Vonnegut? I think you would like it.
Slaughter house 5 was amazing!! I need to read more of him
Sounds like a good week. Glad you liked the taste of Elric. A lot of fun to be had there. What made you decide to pass on The Spear Cuts Through Water?
In Spear cuts I did read up to p190 the second day, I thought the cleansing the land of evil theme didn’t go well with the real life Korean War he kept bringing up. Another one of those things that no one else is even thinking about but ruined it for me 😵💫. I’m super happy I liked Elric too, you never know with me lol
@@PoorPersonsBookReviewer oh right, I do remember now you mentioned not being happy with it about its Korean War influence.
So you DNFed after the second part of Somni 451... pity. I actually liked the Pacific Journal and the Luisa Rey parts. Not so much the composer because I didn't relate to him. Cavendish was OK, I had a good laugh at the second part during the escape attempt (I won't spoil it any further). Somni 451 was OK and had a great twist, but it was weak compared to other dystopian books. The post-apocalyptic Hawaii story was interesting, but I didn't enjoy reading the broken English.
I enjoyed it and liked playing connect the dots, but I think everyone gets something different from the book as a whole.
After watching some spoilers videos, I definitely did missed some of connecting dots, and themes the stories shared, like cannibalism. But yeah it’s really just came down to why does it matter if I already know the end of the world is there. Maybe he should have told the stories whole and in order?
I also hate Whenever the author stars writing in broken English or accents. I really gotta Concentrate.
@@PoorPersonsBookReviewer The main theme as a whole I picked up was it only takes one spark of optimism to keep humanity going and securing our future. "Yet what is an ocean but a multitude of drops". Each succeeding story is indirectly inspired from the previous one to keep hope alive. The reincarnation stuff is not important and the movie over-emphasized that.
@@OrangeLibrary yeah the reincarnation went over my head till i watched a review cause wouldnt luisa and cavendish live in the same time frame? over all a good message about humanity's struggle to overcome.
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