The Memento Mori Tag 💀 GriX Etc 2024-02-17 | This was created by @polyglotreading youtu.be/8SIN4ZqLoug?si=sZ0-FunIqahBRZrjI was Tagged by @saintdonoghue youtu.be/VIXFxW3TzdM?si=-h-tUcx5KlRH_POeI Tag@SailingThroughBooks @ShawnDStandfast @anotherbibliophilereads @thelefthandedreader6632 @NicholasOfAutrecourt @davidnovakreadspoetry @DavidWiley7 @bookstalgic @KDbooks- How many books do you think you will be able to read before you die considering your age and statistical life expectancy? - How does this number affect your choice of books? - What will happen to your book collection once you have passed away? - Is there a book that helps you cope with the disturbing fact of a limited life span? - Do you have a specific nonfiction book on the topic of death that you would like to recommend? - Humor can be helpful to confront death. Do you have a favorite witty quote on this topic? - Does this Tag make you feel uneasy or are you quite relaxed about this Topic?
Top 10 Sci-Fi Books I Am Excited To Read! GriX Etc 2024-04-03 | @Bookpilled Video featuring A Fire Upon the Deep and Blindsight among other great titles:youtu.be/pP0XnfC1jVM?si=mCkbdaPiyfe89IvM@saintdonoghue Sci-fi Top featuring a fire upon the deep among other great titles:youtu.be/8nnJtF2AMNs?si=YiMAVZVgg5Cx1xatyoutu.be/Sj8mo4qYFBg?si=3cB6YWbiwbm5QAX6@ShawnDStandfast stream where I saw the dying earth book and talked about City:youtube.com/live/3DBUpPNpdak?si=ZRqcf9dDYw697_Gc@anotherbibliophilereads Video where he talks about his favorite books and Dhalgren:youtu.be/3skIPO02at0?si=xDwomf3E5lCBs51t@GrammaticusBooks Video about Babel-17 and Samuel Delany:youtu.be/bITbdL4E2aQ?si=CHWxfXNFkO1RBIN6@_jared Video about philosophical Sci-Fi features A Canticle for Leibowitz:youtu.be/P-LFuvKv_bI?si=wflHE6ikRYYH6T2z
The Phenomenology of Spirit | Hegel (6) GriX Etc 2024-03-29 | Here’s the playlist with all the Videos I’ve made on The Phenomenology of Spirit:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtFMoTn3idV_DR5j_qnihxtNCdmf5E-Po&si=OIBjzIyxFq1MM3vd
The Great American Novel Does Not Exist GriX Etc 2024-03-25 | Find here the video made by @BookishTexanyoutu.be/YtVwCuO3mkI?si=AHj5gOjGnjHpIM-o@KDbooks video about a potential Great American Novelyoutu.be/CCpqJv0s5TU?si=xMTo_ciHDIEtlzlV
Why Do I Annotate With Pen?! 🖊️vs ✏️ GriX Etc 2024-03-22 | The apocryphal take from @anotherbibliophilereads youtu.be/lV9q31jODjk?si=Zh-89Uxcbq8V_H9iThe canonical @saintdonoghue youtu.be/DypXEZBX1i0?si=bYl71bQ5qJ4NL7ixThe wonderful @M-J youtu.be/DypXEZBX1i0?si=bYl71bQ5qJ4NL7ixThe one sword to rule them all!youtu.be/zKWqJTHxnyw?si=Man-FGNyp-cuXUp4
The War and Peace Book Tag! GriX Etc 2024-03-20 | 1. Pierre Bezukhov: A book that cane to you by chance and unexpectedly became one of your favorites.2. Natasha Rostova: A book with a bad start but that through the reading it became one of your favorites.3. Andrei Bolkonski: A book that plunged into despair. 4. Marya Bolkonski: The Book that you have gifted or recommended the most. 5. Nikolai Rostov: A character that you loved and hated and the same time. 6. Mikhail Kutuzov: An unpopular book that you love.7. Boris Drubetskoy: A book with a social ascent8. The Kuragins: A disappointing book with a beautiful cover.9. Anna Pavlovna: A gossipy book10. Dolohov: Favorite Villain11. Platoon Karataev: A book that made you reconsider you life or an specific aspect of it. I Tag :@ThatReadingGuy28 @michaelk.vaughan8617 @aaronfacer @CriminOllyBlog @richarddelanet @JoeSpivey02 @bighardbooks770 @davidnovakreadspoetry@ToReadersItMayConcern @saintdonoghue
City | Clifford D. Simak GriX Etc 2024-03-18 | Check out the lives and join the City buddy read here @ShawnDStandfast youtube.com/live/ebLdoKxInug?si=fovIS0LvjjG1G4V0
10 Hard Books You Don’t Have to Read (But I Will) GriX Etc 2024-03-16 | Original video from @BookishTexan youtu.be/6BQBbzhJ4Cs?si=o8PnktZZ9nLiswZY@davidnovakreadspoetryyoutu.be/zHSeRxDy8lc?si=XQDy2tXywCO2zJk_My Amazon Wish List: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/NG79OHHVE2G4?ref_=wl_share
A Spring Reading Update GriX Etc 2024-03-12 | I read Your Favorite Books Project: youtu.be/UY2C71elALI?si=_aOYyQLsF_6uGAul@ShawnDStandfast livestream about City: youtube.com/live/XKs9VM294h4?si=rulpx4aTDlwgar1p@michaelk.vaughan8617 video about his favorite books with City at the Top: youtu.be/vp-E0L4pUss?si=f5TbnLpGwUdjU7qXOpen letters review of books 2019 Top by @saintdonoghue : openlettersreview.com/posts/the-best-books-of-2019-nonfiction?format=ampOn social media shaping your mind:youtu.be/WMQskz2tF8I?si=kJuamX0cW0BcqxpdMiddlemarch reading announcement from @ClassicsAndCompanyyoutu.be/MiWCceJ13Cg?si=QN8m9i8vj2y-sHNzMy Amazon Wish List: amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/NG79OHHVE2G4?ref_=wl_share
Social Media vs Your Life GriX Etc 2024-02-25 | @davidnovakreadspoetry video: youtu.be/W9aJUd2RP_M?si=hD3bXP6SrtM0yMjv@AnnNovella video: youtu.be/Lh8emFVDj1o?si=5_w5agxIvns6d7RU
The “I’m so annoyed” Booktube Tag! GriX Etc 2024-02-23 | Prompts: 1. Do publishers ever do things that you find annoying? Share an example. 2. Have you ever been annoyed by a spoiler? Even something as simple as someone else telling you there's a great twist? 3. Have you ever been annoyed by what discovered in a Little Free Library, a book sale or used bookstore? Tell us what you found and why it was so annoying. 4. When it comes to short story collections, are you annoyed if there's a novella in the middle of the collection? 5. Deckled edges: beautiful or annoying? 6. Other people's annotations in a used book or library book: Annoying or are you OK with it? 7. If there's a series or a collection of certain kinds of books (like an imprint) and changes are made, are you annoyed or OK with it? If yes, give us an example. 8. Do the decisions of characters in a novel every annoy you? Share the book and what decisions you found annoying. 9. Are you ever annoyed by how someone organizes their books? What do you find annoying? 10. Share something bookish that you find annoying, 11. Tag other people! This Tag was created by Kelly at@booksimnotreading I was tagged by @aaronfacerI Tag :@polyglotreading @BookTimewithElvis @TriumphalReads
Yet Another Great Book Never Written GriX Etc 2024-02-12 | Other Books Never Written: @jimsbooksreadingandstuff youtu.be/U78EyeCxJ5g?si=ol578pNOnCWVmgAH@timstoomanybooks youtu.be/8guR3DrjFwM?si=Wx_DEw8HoQi1o0EI@davidnovakreadspoetry youtu.be/_T4iXn67ZMA?si=Z2ZLiqIhItwMy7mL@HannahsBooksyoutu.be/puhrpDPaHFQ?si=BWHsiGN9vWWcdYaz@saintdonoghueyoutu.be/sWwBGI49er8?si=3hGswAAwIVKKFCb2@anotherbibliophilereads youtu.be/zVtnPwAP-rs?si=MgAud7mn4Tr6QS_qMy own:youtu.be/6bUWeUJtCjI?si=pIcRkJNES8DyPecuyoutu.be/0GrqDx1eeQ0?si=WvgCewWJYPC0LBGm
Write True or Write Not #authortube GriX Etc 2024-02-08 | @saintdonoghueyoutube.com/live/_YE-akWfF0k?si=haGkNhI3FiO3bBgd
Annotate you must! GriX Etc 2024-02-07 | My previous video:youtu.be/zKWqJTHxnyw?si=b_dHCxxfm2_PubiW @M-J video:youtu.be/g4furC2ehWw?si=WCYZptcLJNMN5IVp@anotherbibliophilereads video: youtu.be/lV9q31jODjk?si=z4kpVD4mT9SKklro
Should you annotate? GriX Etc 2024-02-07 | @M-J video:youtu.be/g4furC2ehWw?si=WCYZptcLJNMN5IVp@anotherbibliophilereads video: youtu.be/lV9q31jODjk?si=z4kpVD4mT9SKklro
Russell VS Hegel and The Dialectic (3) GriX Etc 2024-02-06 | youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4gvlOxpKKIjEEG_o_XRqamupE-M5Fka-&si=0vvMlmSCviLtJycx
Bookshelf Essentials: Frankenstein | Mary Shelley GriX Etc 2024-02-04 | Frankenstein youtu.be/r97hOdeQJ_o?si=xEukEUuYhCy_fywh
D’Alembert’s Dream | Diderot [Further thoughts about Anthropocentrism and Ecology] GriX Etc 2024-02-02 | The previous video I made about Philosophy Ecology: youtu.be/-Cjw9lRzWxw?si=Q4veF_yyJzlIXW3yHere’s the video from @saintdonoghue youtu.be/ABX41nprax0?si=xYsjZ3XGCqf5XbDjPs: I am aware I have miss pronounced the name of the book at least 20 times so I refer you to the correct name in the video title.
Historathon 2024 GriX Etc 2024-01-28 | Here’s the video announcement from @revenantreads youtu.be/bjRS9Btfg2Y?si=CK4ZFXMey47pvgse
How I Approach The Classics GriX Etc 2024-01-22 | My video about why read philosophy:youtu.be/0CxJAKhBkOY?si=cCkTel1dHspFYoMk@BookTimewithElvis youtu.be/53fWlOofnfg?si=3JAA-y9TgWe_KPPE
Must you read??? GriX Etc 2024-01-14 | I couldn’t link the post but you can find it in@davidnovakreadspoetry channelMy video on religion and narratives:youtu.be/Zah0AYCFRAM?si=Uw2_r6Zo3JI3vjIg
I Read Your Favorite Books GriX Etc 2024-01-13 | List of Booktubers and respective books mentioned:@ShawnDStandfast - Hyperion/Orwells complete essays@alanaestelle2076 - Jane Eyre (of all time), the grapes of wrath, tale of two cities, A little Life@SailingThroughBooks - Anatomy of Melancholy@jamesholder13 - The Hundred Years War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi | A world Beneath the sands the golden age of egyptology | Weavers Scribes and Kings by Amanda Pedeny@DavidWiley7 - Lord of the rings/Hyperion @anotherbibliophilereads - Dhalgren - The Day of the Triffids@aaronfacer - The magic Mountain / Brothers Karamazov@somebenfen - Brothers Karamazov, middlemarch, duck’s new report@saintdonoghue - Middlemarch, metamorphosis divinecomedy@KDbooks - Midnight children@michaelk.vaughan8617 - The histories herodotus/dracula/conan/Landmark Tucidides @HannahsBooks - The spirit catches you and you fall down@LiterateTexan - Lonesome Dove/Adventures of Huckelberry Finn@bookssongsandothermagic - The dispossesed, the day of the triffids@BookTimewithElvis - Les miserables/ Count of Montecristo/Shaka Zulu@abookolive - H is for hawk@JoeSpivey02 - Lord Byron, Middle March@RememberedReads - Shamana Persian book of kings/Herodotus histories/ Shakespeare@CriminOllyBlog - Sadie When she died Ed Mcbain | Dracula @MattWall - Hunger by knut hamsun | The trial Kafka | Conspiracy Against The Human Race by Thomas Ligotti @myhouseisalibrary - Thirsty by Ursula Leguin | Plutarch’s lives - The Anatomy of Melancholy
Top 30 Best Books I Read in 2023 - Part 2 GriX Etc 2024-01-11 | Top 30 books of 2023 Part 1youtu.be/qHdjte-o4DM?si=9sDkpKQhyIKP9H5YAnnie Dillard’s The Writing Life Sophocles’ PlaysTolstoi’s Anna KareninaGeorge Saunders’ A Swim in a Pond in the RainStanislem’ SolarisBoethius’ The Consolations of PhilosophyMary Shelley’s FrankensteinDouglas’ Life of Frederick Douglas Adorno & Horkheimer’s Dialectic of EnlightenmentAnnie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Top 30 Books of 2023 - Part 1 GriX Etc 2024-01-10 | I already made a video for the best books published in 2023:youtu.be/M-p_fo6mD-M?si=nq95jiL0_uFDzIRX——————————————————————-Mentioned books:Critique of Pure Reason & Phenomenology of Spirit. ———————————————————————Honorary Mentions: Tolstoi a ConfessionCharles Dickens - David Copperfield Foundation TrilogyWordsWorth Collected PoetrySappho ————————————————————————Top: 30.29.28.27.26. 25. 24.23.22.21.20.19.18.17.16.15.14.13.12.11.To Be Continued…
