this video is wonderful! you are so well spoken and insightful. this put me in such a good mood and made me excited to reflect on my own gratitude for my access to reading 😆
Great video, Brent! I’ve got 45 years on you, Bro, so the Dirt Nap is a lot closer for me-you’ve got a lot of years ahead and you’ll find your reading tastes change over time. Some of my best reads have been books I tried to read when I was younger but couldn’t get into at that time. Those are some serious reads. I read The Road for a men’s non-fiction book club. (I haven’t a clue as to why a non-fiction club chose it.) I didn’t like it and found parts of it revolting. Still, good literature is supposed to make an impact. A couple of my friends love, and others hate, McCarthy. I’m considering putting Blood Meridian on my TBR list. I guess, in short, I read because-like cussing and drinking craft beers-it provides me with a sense that I’m alive, life is good, and there are things in this world much bigger than myself. You stated this in different words, but I think we’re pretty much in agreement. Stay awesome, Brent, I appreciate your thoughts! Mike
Loved this whole thing. thanks so much for sharing! Love the idea that when you try becoming disciplined (even in a small way) with reading it can spill into the rest of your life, like housework and exercise. Even without reading a specific book on either of those things. Thanks for the encouragement - gonna put my phone away and work on East of Eden. :)
So great you commented, I’ve been listening to your vids for the past few days. You offer real clear & good insight & show how simple it can be to get into. Keep doing what you’re doing man, you have a fan here!
Does anyone have an experience that was similar to a fictional situation in a book? Me and my parents visited my aunts house out in a forested area, and not even kidding you, my friends and brothers had me lay down in a boat and pushed me off into a lake. Me, being a dork, started talking about romantic it was drifting away in the lake. But there was a hole in the boat, and it sank. No joke! All that had to happen next was the forest area to be called green gables! But my friends and brothers dared me to get in this wooden boat/raft, laying in the boat to see how long I would go without the wooden boat sinking! So that was an experience I had that was a little too close to scene in a book I love! Deliberately, for laughs, I talk my friend’s ears off about how it would be so romantic to drown or die for someone! Telling them that certain names to trees or places weren’t romantic! Lololol! Yeah, they caught on after I told them what I was referencing, but they thought I was weird at first! XDDDD
Good video! Ive been trying to get back into reading since i used to do it all the time as a kid and i miss it. Its so hard to prioritize it sometimes.
A man after my own heart! Speaking of Russian history, I’m reading a great but big book about the housing for Communist bigwigs after the Russian revolution called The House of Government- I highly recommend it! BTW it’s ark - i - pell a go, not patio.😊From a former English teacher, good for you!🎉
Loved the vid! If you're interested in the Soviet Union, I would highly HIGHLY recommend Second-Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich, or any book by her for that matter. Life changing for me. Have a lovely day :D
Great video man! Let's all keep at it with the good habits
When you said “Beloved,” it made me think of the novel, Beloved by Toni Morrison. You MUST read it! 😊
this video is wonderful! you are so well spoken and insightful. this put me in such a good mood and made me excited to reflect on my own gratitude for my access to reading 😆
Great video, Brent! I’ve got 45 years on you, Bro, so the Dirt Nap is a lot closer for me-you’ve got a lot of years ahead and you’ll find your reading tastes change over time. Some of my best reads have been books I tried to read when I was younger but couldn’t get into at that time.
Those are some serious reads. I read The Road for a men’s non-fiction book club. (I haven’t a clue as to why a non-fiction club chose it.) I didn’t like it and found parts of it revolting. Still, good literature is supposed to make an impact. A couple of my friends love, and others hate, McCarthy. I’m considering putting Blood Meridian on my TBR list.
I guess, in short, I read because-like cussing and drinking craft beers-it provides me with a sense that I’m alive, life is good, and there are things in this world much bigger than myself. You stated this in different words, but I think we’re pretty much in agreement.
Stay awesome, Brent, I appreciate your thoughts! Mike
Always love hearing from ya in here❤️ thank you always for your kindness Mike
Loved this whole thing. thanks so much for sharing! Love the idea that when you try becoming disciplined (even in a small way) with reading it can spill into the rest of your life, like housework and exercise. Even without reading a specific book on either of those things. Thanks for the encouragement - gonna put my phone away and work on East of Eden. :)
So great you commented, I’ve been listening to your vids for the past few days. You offer real clear & good insight & show how simple it can be to get into. Keep doing what you’re doing man, you have a fan here!
Oh wait no way! Thanks for the encouragement. UA-cam is a small place I guess!
well done! I relate to 99%!! you’ve gained a new subscriber
Does anyone have an experience that was similar to a fictional situation in a book? Me and my parents visited my aunts house out in a forested area, and not even kidding you, my friends and brothers had me lay down in a boat and pushed me off into a lake. Me, being a dork, started talking about romantic it was drifting away in the lake. But there was a hole in the boat, and it sank. No joke! All that had to happen next was the forest area to be called green gables! But my friends and brothers dared me to get in this wooden boat/raft, laying in the boat to see how long I would go without the wooden boat sinking! So that was an experience I had that was a little too close to scene in a book I love! Deliberately, for laughs, I talk my friend’s ears off about how it would be so romantic to drown or die for someone! Telling them that certain names to trees or places weren’t romantic! Lololol! Yeah, they caught on after I told them what I was referencing, but they thought I was weird at first! XDDDD
Just could not keep myself from smiling. Thank you, man
Good video! Ive been trying to get back into reading since i used to do it all the time as a kid and i miss it. Its so hard to prioritize it sometimes.
Make a goal of just a page a day! Have that be the minimum & that’s enough. Hope you’re able to get back into it!
Subscribed. Great video, really hit every reason why I read too. I need the slow down, and I want to do something that feels worthwhile.
A man after my own heart! Speaking of Russian history, I’m reading a great but big book about the housing for Communist bigwigs after the Russian revolution called The House of Government- I highly recommend it! BTW it’s
ark - i - pell a go, not patio.😊From a former English teacher, good for you!🎉
Thanks Brent! Keep up the vids!
Loved the vid! If you're interested in the Soviet Union, I would highly HIGHLY recommend Second-Hand Time by Svetlana Alexievich, or any book by her for that matter. Life changing for me. Have a lovely day :D
Reading about Palestine right now.