June. A new favourite. A new lowest score. A new Nemesis!
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
- Full wrap up of everything I read in June. Spoiler-free for the most part.
I meet my Nemesis! The Seagull of Doom!
00:00 Intro
00:41 Wide Sargasso Sea
03:24 Butter
07:19 The Bell Jar
10:02 I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
13:54 Who Goes There?
15:56 Tress of the Emerald Sea
18:11 Babel
22:14 Men at Arms
22:53 This Is How You Lose the Time War - Розваги
Loving the seagull interaction 😂. Great wrap up. Loved your selection of books for June. Agree wholeheartedly with your take on I Have No Mouth. Really must get round to reading Babel. 😊
You should’ve seen the phrases I used towards the seagull that I cut 😤
Yeah the Harlan Ellison was a big let down for me. The sad thing is it really didn’t need to be. It could’ve been an absolute classic, but whether he was trying to be edgy or just was a misogynist I don’t know.
Thanks a million for watching 😁
The seagull made me laugh!!
Loved your reviews of these books. I’m going to add Wide Sargasso Sea to my future TBR. Loved your review of This is How You Lose the Time War!!
@@Maeve_Ever_Books the seagull did NOT make me laugh. 😤
Kinda does now though 😁
@@TheBookThing I’m sure in the moment it was quite frustrating. No doubt. But, it seems like a lot of people like the seagull. 😂
@@Maeve_Ever_Books well if I ever monetise I’ll be sure to give the seagull a cut 😂
@@TheBookThing 🤣🤣🤣
Your intro had me cracking up! Haha
Also I don’t want to take credit for this videos background, but I do remember mentioning that I loved the outdoor vibe!
Great wrap up. Great job selecting all these books in your usual way (this looks good let’s pick it up) hahaha (I’m joking btw in case you can’t tell)
I want to read more Sanderson but I’m not convinced his newest ones are the way to go. I loved the mistborn series though!
@@onceuponabookishsteph Thanks as always for watching and commenting, you can totally take credit for me continuing the outdoor vibe, just as long as you’re willing to take the blame when I start trying to do these outside in a deluge 😂
Actually if you want to read more Sanderson, Tress isn’t a bad option. It’s standalone and doesn’t rely on prior reading, it just has Easter eggs if you have.
Other than Tress you can try Warbreaker. Despite the title that makes it sound like a 90’s PlayStation game, it’s about two sisters who end up with different destinies than they expect and is at its heart a love story.
i had a lag spike that made it pause amusingly at "They said it couldn't be done; they said I couldn't read."😂
@@not_a_frog ha ha ha. Not the first time I’ve been accused of illiteracy
@@TheBookThing we've all been illiterate at some time or other in fairness ;) great video btw!
@@not_a_frog thanks so much 😁
Great Wrap-Up! I really enjoyed The Bell Jar! Sadly, Sylvia Plath committed suicide either just before or after the novel was published. I still really want to read I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, will hopefully pick it up shortly. The misogyny does sound bad. Unfortunately I found Who Goes There a little underwhelming in comparison to The Thing. Good Job!
@@CliffsDarkGems Thanks a million for commenting as usual. Yeah, I don’t think the relationship with Ted Hughes helped much with her mental health.
Be interesting to get your perspective on the Harlan Ellison, even if it’s not a book I’d recommend.
I agree about the comparison with The Thing. But The Thing is a masterpiece, I was just pleasantly surprised by how much of the film was actually in the original text considering it had been written in the 30’s