Marian H
Books for Contemplating Life and Death - Summer Reading 2020
updated
I will actually tag a few people, feel free to do it (or not :)) - @marianneguevara8279 @BookTimeWithRyan @CourtneyReads
TAG PROMPTS
1. Magic of Discovery– share a book you found while browsing that you may not have discovered otherwise
2. Expanding World- share a book that has made you view things from a different perspective or exposed you to new ideas.
3. Open to Change- share a book that has changed who you are as a person or altered your day-to-day habits.
4. Browse a bookstore, library, or a friend's shelves (and talk about a book that you found there).
5. Tag People!
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00:00 Hi everyone
00:38 Who was Walter Miller Jr.?
01:56 What is this book about?
04:08 1 - Faith
05:40 2 - Worldview
09:07 3 - Humanity
10:20 4 - History & timeline
13:59 5 - Role of technology
14:58 6-7 - State & myth(-making)
18:05 8 - Humor
21:00 9 - Geography
21:49 10 - Fresh Ideas
24:23 Our overall ratings
My review of Lord of the World: youtu.be/VFuHSL7DIzY?si=YAhbPxEyuWB7vPa-
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00:00 Hi everyone
00:52 Who was Anna Kavan?
03:00 Content warnings
04:34 Is Ice Kafkaesque?
05:32 The story of Ice
08:29 Kavan's beautiful prose
10:36 Other literary qualities
12:38 War and ice
15:10 SPOILER TIME
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00:00 What is autofiction?
01:40 Joseph Conrad
02:42 WG Sebald
04:32 Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
07:18 Why I love autofiction
09:28 Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au
12:47 Other Autofiction
Rings of Saturn: youtu.be/IJ9hVt9U_q4?si=o6eHsuCRBlh5TfrD
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: classicsconsidered.com/2023/04/30/a-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man
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*Apologies for the bad audio quality.. made the mistake of recording this on my laptop :P
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1. Have you ever lied about reading a book?
2. Have you ever avoided a book because of controversy around the content/author/?
3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it?
4. Have you ever bought a book with no intention of reading it?
5. Have you ever got caught up in Booktube drama?
6. Have you ever had a hate comment and did you respond?
7. Have you ever made a video just because you knew it would get views?
8. If you could go back to the beginning of your channel, would you do anything differently?
9. Are there any channels you wish you could be more like?
10. What's something you love about your channel?
11. Tag some people.
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1. What book has been on your shelf the longest without being read?
2. Are there any books outside your comfort zone that you’re desperate to read?
3. Are there any series you’d like to finish but haven’t?
4. Are there any books related to your background/heritage/history that you feel like you should have read?
5. Which book does it feel like everyone has read, but you haven’t?
6. Is there an author you’re ashamed not to have read anything by them yet?
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00:00 No spoilers
09:40 Spoilers
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00:53 How many books will you be able to read before you die, considering your age and statistical life expectancy?
02:17 How does this number affect your choice of books?
03:53 What will happen to your book collection once you have passed away?
05:46 Is there a book that helps you to cope with the disturbing fact of a limited life-span?
09:47 Which book on this topic do you consider the most witty or entertaining one?
10:33 Do you have a specific non-fiction book on the topic of death that you’d like to recommend?
11:26 Humor can be helpful to confront death. Do you have a favorite witty quote on this topic?
12:25 Does this tag make you feel uneasy or are you quite relaxed about this topic?
I'll tag @CourtneyReads and @marianneguevara8279 (if you want to do it, no pressure)
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More in-depth reviews on my blog: classicsconsidered.com
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Anyone watching this who wants to do it, consider yourself tagged by me. :)
Rules of the tag and the list: Try to be fast and on topic. There can always be exceptions and "it depends" explanations, but go for the gut reaction to the prompt in general terms, pick either Hot or Not.
A - Audiobooks
B - Bildungsroman. Dealing with a person's formative years or spiritual education.
C - Children's Books
D - Digital
E - Experimental
F - Fantasy
G - Graphic Novel
H - Horror
I - Inspirational
J - Journalism
K - Kitsch. Has a popular or sentimental appeal.
L - Library
M - Mystery
N - Non-Fiction
O - Omnibus
P - Poetry
Q - Quests. When the protagonist goes on a quest physical or spiritual.
R - Romance
S - Science Fiction
T - Translation. Books translated from one language into another.
U - Übermensch. The superman or the extraordinary human. Characters who can everything.
V - Victorian. Literature from 1837 to 1901.
W - Western
X - X Rated
Y - Young Adult
Z - Zeitgeist. Spirit or mood of the times.
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CORRECTION: Adam and Charles are half-brothers, and Charles is the younger one. However, they are both raised by the second Mrs Trask.
00:00 Expectation
03:18 Reality
05:00 The Story
09:40 Some Positives
14:11 Plot Structure
17:07 Cathy de Vil
24:05 Timshel
32:43 Aron and the Ending
40:05 Conclusion
youtube.com/watch?v=kAMFGvT9DAo
"The Prototype for Cathy" by Susan Shillinglaw - oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/the-women-in-east-of-eden-focus-on-cathy/all
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Thank you @heathereads and @JosephFrancisBurton for the video idea!
Reviews mentioned:
youtu.be/SIzLz-Y2GPs
classicsconsidered.com/2011/12/06/thoughts-on-the-idiot
classicsconsidered.com/2011/12/20/the-idiot
youtu.be/aDyg7KN_Fcg
classicsconsidered.com/2021/03/23/characters-layers-of-the-magicians-nephew-the-chronicles-of-narnia
youtu.be/0Ph6PinkMTw
classicsconsidered.com/2021/07/22/thou-shalt-not-kill-sachiko-by-shusaku-endo
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Past reviews:
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00:00 Intro
02:06 A tale of two covers
03:32 Manhunt in Mexico
07:20 Character sketches
09:57 Moral dilemmas
14:56 A girl named Coral
16:56 Greene's layered writing
20:58 Unexpected Protestants
23:00 Some central themes
26:07 Legend versus life
Imago Dei (blog post) - classicsconsidered.com/2023/09/23/the-power-and-the-glory-imago-dei
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Washington Square vs The Heiress - youtu.be/h62ydqMkTJg
Silence book reviews - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLra6ZGPUbbzB6JPoUlzcGjlaeVJ3nZflP
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00:00 Intro
00:55 Cold War review
10:01 Light in August update
11:21 East of Eden first impressions
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Project Gutenberg ebook: gutenberg.org/ebooks/11377
LibriVox audiobook: librivox.org/the-man-whom-the-trees-loved-by-algernon-blackwood
The Doll: youtube.com/watch?v=MfsF_y01i2w
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@heathereads 's perspective: youtu.be/85C6Cgu3obw
Violence in Early American Novels: youtu.be/19bJpfamlBU
Books mentioned:
- The Sea Wolf by Jack London
- The Sea and Poison by Shūsaku Endō
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Blindness by José Saramago classicsconsidered.com/2021/03/02/inhumanity-to-man-blindness-by-jose-saramago
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"Why Are Some Forms of Storytelling Valued More Than Others?"
youtu.be/C4AAx5Qc3b0
Full review on my blog: classicsconsidered.com/2019/08/25/mid-century-dystopia-part-1-pans-labyrinth
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I didn't touch upon the writing style very much, but here is a snippet I especially liked:
"She thinks of herself as already moving, riding again, thinking then it will be as if I were riding for a half mile before I even got into the wagon, before the wagon even got to where I was waiting, and that when the wagon is empty of me again it will go on for a half mile with me still in it."
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My brother and I plan to do a wrap-up video once we both finish the book. :)
00:00 My Experience So Far
01:50 Personal Story
03:22 Gurney's Poem for Sad Times
04:50 The Lord of the Rings
06:30 Paul Atreides vs the Plot
10:00 Duke Leto's Caladan
12:02 SPOILERS AHEAD!
12:25 Differences from the Movie
19:01 Paul vs the Plot, Reprise
21:01 Dune Is an Opera
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@heathereads 's thought-provoking video: youtu.be/yLjLt2DIHDU
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Also, a big thank-you to my recent subscribers! I'm happy to share my love of books with you all, and it encourages me to keep going on YouTube. :)
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SOURCES / FURTHER READING:
“It’s Time to Make Human-Chimp Hybrids” by David Barash - nautil.us/its-time-to-make-human_chimp-hybrids-237003
*Sadly the Barash article has a new URL now and all the old comments appear to be gone. :/
Articles referencing Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov:
• Smithsonian Magazine - smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-russian-government-once-funded-a-scientists-quest-to-make-an-ape-human-hybrid-5043859
• Laboratory Primate Newsletter (Brown University) - https://www.brown.edu/Research/Primate/LPN48-1.html#Center
• Wikipedia discussion - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Ilya_Ivanov
HG Wells’s The New World Order - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_World_Order_(Wells_book)
HG Wells vs. George Orwell (The Conversation) - theconversation.com/h-g-wells-vs-george-orwell-their-debate-whether-science-is-humanitys-best-hope-continues-today-88366
“The Comprachicos” by John Kaiser (JSTOR) - jstor.org/stable/1133105
“Wanting Babies Like Themselves, Some Parents Choose Genetic Defects” (New York Times) - nytimes.com/2006/12/05/health/05essa.html
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Opening quote read by Stephan Möbius on LibriVox - librivox.org/the-island-of-dr-moreau-by-hg-wells
Text: en.wikisource.org/wiki/Essays_and_Letters/%27Thou_Shalt_Not_Kill%27
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Tutorial: youtu.be/F1oepYHtkyQ
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Opening quote read by David Clarke (LibriVox)
Opening music - "Ambush in Rattlesnake Gulch" by Brian Boyko (Public domain, FreePD.com)
Shout out again to Marianne, whose review & comparison really inspired me to pick up on nuances between film and book: youtu.be/o0hlDI-k8xk
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Thank you very much to the anonymous gifter of this book!
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Some minor corrections on the setting: I mentioned this nameless European town was representative of Norway - well, technically it was inspired by Norway, Denmark, and France. But the Norwegians were especially drawn to the work. According to the Penguin introduction, one critic from that country went so far as to call it "the epic of the Norwegian underground." Additionally, it was the federal government, not Steinbeck's publisher, who disapproved of setting the book in America.
"...it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars."
Movie review of The King's Choice: classicsconsidered.com/2018/04/24/a-king-a-boy-and-a-sailors-wife-three-films-of-wwii
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00:00 Reading Updates
02:23 Waiting for Godot
09:10 Possible Spoilers
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VLADIMIR: I missed you . . . and at the same time I was happy. Isn't that a strange thing?
ESTRAGON: (shocked). Happy?
VLADIMIR: Perhaps it's not quite the right word.
ESTRAGON: And now?
VLADIMIR: Now? . . . (Joyous.) There you are again . . . (Indifferent.) There we are again. . . (Gloomy.) There I am again.
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FYI: The notes pictured in this video were from a conversation with my friend who loves Beckett and is well versed in philosophy. I was mainly reading off my phone for my other notes, just didn't want to show my screen. ;)
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