Hi MIke. I'm impressed with the range of your reading. I cannot remember how many times I've started and stopped W&P, so cool that you finished it. I'm sure it has done a lot for you in the process. The Lyotard book made me wonder about your philosophy of reading. Maybe in one of your videos you have talked about this? I'll take a closer look at your videos. Nice work. Patrick
I haven't made a video about my philosophy of reading (except maybe in bits and pieces of other reviews I've done) but it's something I've been recently thinking about doing a video specifically about! Maybe I've avoided it so far because I don't really know quite what my philosophy of reading is, but I think that's no reason not to consider and talk about it
Hi Patrick! 👋I was curious about that, too. About three years ago (Wow, time flies!) Mike and I recorded a conversation on this and related topics ua-cam.com/video/fYbBQ3gvNMI/v-deo.htmlsi=70ZXkpAovcUrB3Yk
Re: the Habsburgs, I remember reading an article in a scholarly journal about conditions in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (the parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth annexed by Austria, minus Krakow, which was a separate entity). Exceptionally high infant and child mortality, recurring famines, pathtetically low literacy rates, and lack of infrastructure investment kept the region in a state of misery only alleviated by high emigration to places like the US and Canada. Even toward the end of the 19th century, the population suffered similarly to Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Famine. I've been reading more Ellery Queen and am currently working on The Egyptian Cross Mystery. Funnily enough, The it's technically a Christmas novel (the first murder takes place on Christmas). It's very different from the other nationality Queens and feels quite modern.
I really enjoy listening to your reflections, even in the case of books which we have already discussed together. The flowing cascade of reflections, thoughts and after-thoughts, after reading a book is part of what makes reading so rewarding! There is no clear end-point to thinking about a book. I was just curious about when exactly was this video recorded! :D
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Hi MIke. I'm impressed with the range of your reading. I cannot remember how many times I've started and stopped W&P, so cool that you finished it. I'm sure it has done a lot for you in the process. The Lyotard book made me wonder about your philosophy of reading. Maybe in one of your videos you have talked about this? I'll take a closer look at your videos. Nice work.
Patrick
I haven't made a video about my philosophy of reading (except maybe in bits and pieces of other reviews I've done) but it's something I've been recently thinking about doing a video specifically about! Maybe I've avoided it so far because I don't really know quite what my philosophy of reading is, but I think that's no reason not to consider and talk about it
Hi Patrick! 👋I was curious about that, too. About three years ago (Wow, time flies!) Mike and I recorded a conversation on this and related topics ua-cam.com/video/fYbBQ3gvNMI/v-deo.htmlsi=70ZXkpAovcUrB3Yk
Re: the Habsburgs, I remember reading an article in a scholarly journal about conditions in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (the parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth annexed by Austria, minus Krakow, which was a separate entity). Exceptionally high infant and child mortality, recurring famines, pathtetically low literacy rates, and lack of infrastructure investment kept the region in a state of misery only alleviated by high emigration to places like the US and Canada. Even toward the end of the 19th century, the population suffered similarly to Ireland in the aftermath of the Great Famine.
I've been reading more Ellery Queen and am currently working on The Egyptian Cross Mystery. Funnily enough, The it's technically a Christmas novel (the first murder takes place on Christmas). It's very different from the other nationality Queens and feels quite modern.
I really enjoy listening to your reflections, even in the case of books which we have already discussed together. The flowing cascade of reflections, thoughts and after-thoughts, after reading a book is part of what makes reading so rewarding! There is no clear end-point to thinking about a book. I was just curious about when exactly was this video recorded! :D
Haha I think it was a month or two ago, but then I just didn't put it up immediately as I normally do with these less-edited videos