That was great. Love that you found a polling card in your book 😊. The Tories of Books and Libraries sounds brilliant and I really want to get around to 84 Charing Cross Road. I must read some John Le Carre, I’ve been meaning to for years. I absolutely love Tove Jansson’s work, both her children and adults books, and your plans for this month sound great. Glad you’re considering the ghosts stories event for this month. You can’t beat a good ghost story 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff Thank you, Debs! I can really recommend the Stories of Books and Libraries. There's so much good stuff in there, and I can already see that it will be a lot of fun to revisit. I'm really looking forward to getting to know Tove Janssen better. ☺️
Catching up a bit on videos- great variety - never read le carre but I think I’d like him when in mode for mystery/ thriller. Also never read catcher in rye- one of the main classics I’ve never gotten to. Look forward to more of the poetry that spoke to you this month.
ooo, your video came up on my feed and from a peek at your Goodreads it seems we have similar taste in books! Tinker Tailor is such a meticulously crafted spy novel, really appreciated how carefully all the threads were woven. If you like the Borges short story, you'd probably enjoy A Short Stay in Hell, a novella based on Borges' Library of Babel story, a quick read, fresh and existentialist. 84, Charing Cross Road is a lovely one if you enjoyed the quotes and reading about books! I can't wait to get Solenoid, excited to hear your thoughts as you read! Catcher in the Rye is a perfect winter novel, as are Dylan Thomas' poems in general for that moody, atmospheric charm. Enjoyed hearing your thoughts on each book, cheers and happy reading!
I believe the “Compete Yeats” exists, a huge multi-volume affair. I have the poetry volume, never having been drawn to his other works (though I’ve read some). But oddly I prefer my _Selected,_ not the one you have but all the poems you mentioned are there, maybe for the ease of its slimmer bulk. I never cared for Paz.
I loved this video, Aaron. So many great books in this one! I taught Agamemnon a few times. You did make me laugh out loud when you announced your spoiler that Agamemnon dies. I'm reading ghost stories this month too for this new reading event of resurrecting the Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas time. I think it should be a lot of fun. I am always so conflicted about Harold Bloom. I've read much of what he had to say about many of Shakespeare's plays. I think he is both brilliant and infuriating. I think you'll see why I think that. He's just so dismissive of so many writers--and especially of women writers. He's a brilliant thinker and an incredibly difficult personality. That's another story altogether. Anyway, I really do hope that you enjoy J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. This is the perfect time to read it as most of the action does take place in the days before Christmas, although I should add that Holden is actually telling the story of those days before Christmas several months later from a hospital. So he's looking back on those days right before Christmas. But most of the action does take place over the course of three days in the Christmas season when he is walking around NY City, afraid to go home because he has been expelled from another school. You will pick up on page one that he is talking from a hospital, but I can't tell you how many readers miss that very important detail. It was a very important book in my life when I was a very young person, but it also took on different meanings for me at different times in my life. After you read it yourself, you might want to look at my video on why I loved to teach it to high school kids. I love that Seamus Heaney edition of Yeats' poetry that you read. I don't have it myself, but I think I'd like to get it. Did I tell you that when I was in Ireland, there was a huge exhibit on Yeats in the National Library in Dublin? It was magnificent. I could have spent days just going through what they had there. Forgive me if I've already told you that. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 That Yeats Exhibit sounds great - if I didn't have any commitments I'd be on the next ferry to Dublin to go check it out! I get what you mean about Bloom. I've been feeling pretty conflicted as I've been reading The Western Canon. When he's actually talking about the books and authors he loves I'm right there with him and find what he has to say absolutely fascinating. But the polemics get very tiring very quickly. I don't think he was a full-blown reactionary (although I can see how some parts of this book might be championed by conservative thinkers), some of his diatribes reveal biases that he probably wasn't even aware of. I think he just wanted politics left out of literature - whether they be progressive or conservative - but the rest of the world has moved in a very different direction. Oddly enough though, although I don't think he would have joined in, I think he would have approved of reading events such as 24 for 2024.
84 Charing Cross Road is one I like to read every year. I really want to get to Le Carre. Wallace Stevens is a favorite poet, but it's been years since I read anything by him. I need to reintroduce myself to his work.
I read The Catcher in the Rye at 17 and loved it but it seems those who read it later in life don’t necessarily feel the same. I’ll be interested in what you think of that and Solenoid which intrigues me while at the same time I don’t think it’s for me. 🤔
That was great. Love that you found a polling card in your book 😊. The Tories of Books and Libraries sounds brilliant and I really want to get around to 84 Charing Cross Road. I must read some John Le Carre, I’ve been meaning to for years. I absolutely love Tove Jansson’s work, both her children and adults books, and your plans for this month sound great. Glad you’re considering the ghosts stories event for this month. You can’t beat a good ghost story 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff Thank you, Debs! I can really recommend the Stories of Books and Libraries. There's so much good stuff in there, and I can already see that it will be a lot of fun to revisit. I'm really looking forward to getting to know Tove Janssen better. ☺️
Catching up a bit on videos- great variety - never read le carre but I think I’d like him when in mode for mystery/ thriller. Also never read catcher in rye- one of the main classics I’ve never gotten to. Look forward to more of the poetry that spoke to you this month.
@@EntertheBook Thank you, Kristin! I might try and get a little more poetry related stuff out before the end of the year, but we'll see how it goes!
ooo, your video came up on my feed and from a peek at your Goodreads it seems we have similar taste in books!
Tinker Tailor is such a meticulously crafted spy novel, really appreciated how carefully all the threads were woven.
If you like the Borges short story, you'd probably enjoy A Short Stay in Hell, a novella based on Borges' Library of Babel story, a quick read, fresh and existentialist.
84, Charing Cross Road is a lovely one if you enjoyed the quotes and reading about books!
I can't wait to get Solenoid, excited to hear your thoughts as you read! Catcher in the Rye is a perfect winter novel, as are Dylan Thomas' poems in general for that moody, atmospheric charm. Enjoyed hearing your thoughts on each book, cheers and happy reading!
@@AlexATheEngineer Thank you, Alex! I'll keep an eye out for A Short Stay in Hell - I'm in for anything Borges related!
I believe the “Compete Yeats” exists, a huge multi-volume affair. I have the poetry volume, never having been drawn to his other works (though I’ve read some). But oddly I prefer my _Selected,_ not the one you have but all the poems you mentioned are there, maybe for the ease of its slimmer bulk. I never cared for Paz.
@@davidnovakreadspoetry Yes, as tempting as the Complete Works may be, I suppose a good selection often ends up being much more readable.
I loved this video, Aaron. So many great books in this one! I taught Agamemnon a few times. You did make me laugh out loud when you announced your spoiler that Agamemnon dies. I'm reading ghost stories this month too for this new reading event of resurrecting the Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas time. I think it should be a lot of fun. I am always so conflicted about Harold Bloom. I've read much of what he had to say about many of Shakespeare's plays. I think he is both brilliant and infuriating. I think you'll see why I think that. He's just so dismissive of so many writers--and especially of women writers. He's a brilliant thinker and an incredibly difficult personality. That's another story altogether. Anyway, I really do hope that you enjoy J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye. This is the perfect time to read it as most of the action does take place in the days before Christmas, although I should add that Holden is actually telling the story of those days before Christmas several months later from a hospital. So he's looking back on those days right before Christmas. But most of the action does take place over the course of three days in the Christmas season when he is walking around NY City, afraid to go home because he has been expelled from another school. You will pick up on page one that he is talking from a hospital, but I can't tell you how many readers miss that very important detail. It was a very important book in my life when I was a very young person, but it also took on different meanings for me at different times in my life. After you read it yourself, you might want to look at my video on why I loved to teach it to high school kids. I love that Seamus Heaney edition of Yeats' poetry that you read. I don't have it myself, but I think I'd like to get it. Did I tell you that when I was in Ireland, there was a huge exhibit on Yeats in the National Library in Dublin? It was magnificent. I could have spent days just going through what they had there. Forgive me if I've already told you that. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
@@BookChatWithPat8668 That Yeats Exhibit sounds great - if I didn't have any commitments I'd be on the next ferry to Dublin to go check it out! I get what you mean about Bloom. I've been feeling pretty conflicted as I've been reading The Western Canon. When he's actually talking about the books and authors he loves I'm right there with him and find what he has to say absolutely fascinating. But the polemics get very tiring very quickly. I don't think he was a full-blown reactionary (although I can see how some parts of this book might be championed by conservative thinkers), some of his diatribes reveal biases that he probably wasn't even aware of. I think he just wanted politics left out of literature - whether they be progressive or conservative - but the rest of the world has moved in a very different direction. Oddly enough though, although I don't think he would have joined in, I think he would have approved of reading events such as 24 for 2024.
84 Charing Cross Road is one I like to read every year. I really want to get to Le Carre. Wallace Stevens is a favorite poet, but it's been years since I read anything by him. I need to reintroduce myself to his work.
@@ariannefowler455 That's good to hear about 84 Charing Cross Road. I'm looking forward to getting to know it better!
I read The Catcher in the Rye at 17 and loved it but it seems those who read it later in life don’t necessarily feel the same. I’ll be interested in what you think of that and Solenoid which intrigues me while at the same time I don’t think it’s for me. 🤔
@@josmith5992 Yeah, I have that same mix of curiosity and intimation when it comes to Solenoid. I'll report back! 😄