Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Two great books, one mediocre and one awful.
Sorry I spent so much time talking about the worst book. I guess it was because I had just read it and it was quite pungent in my mind.
Please make sure your children are not around for the second half of the video, my language when I talk about books I dislike tends to get rather colourful! @Dinadoesyoga
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0:00 - intro
0:50 - Shuggie Bain
5:33 - I Sailed With Magellan
7:56 - Scandal
12:35 - the worst book of 2025
15:34 - writing advice for Douglas
18:10 - the worst sentence in a book, ever
19:25 - a real writer speaks
21:54 - when I was a boy...
28:08 - Merry Christmas to everyone except...