Review of Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragottas EAST OF WEST Book Time With Ryan 2024-01-19 | Check out my review of Jonathan Hickman (writer) and Nick Dragotta's (artist) dystopian comic/graphic novel East of West from Image Comics. After 10 volumes of this graphic novel, I was surprised by the ending. Join me amigos! Let's ride!
It Isnt That Bad Tag Book Time With Ryan 2024-10-15 | Thank you to Jim for a mercy tag, when he tagged me for this video. This tag was created by Melinda of @awebofstories and here is the original: youtube.com/watch?v=dk6FbZe7Z6Y&t=0s.I was tagged by Jim at @jimsbooksreadingandstuff. Here's his video for this tag: youtube.com/watch?v=SOie5WjOU8Q&lc=Ugzt2T_ey0tjrhmHZDZ4AaABAg.A9Nd0yAfgwkA9NzJOGc42B. Jim caught on that I was sad I haven’t been tagged in a log time. The last time I was tagged was early May this year and before that it was April of the previous year…. so sad.Here are the prompts: 1. Do you dog-ear your books? 2. Do you annotate your books? 3. Do you roll covers or break spines when you read? 4. Do you listen to something while you read? 5. Do you read in the bathroom? 6. Do you read in water (such as in the bathtub, in a pool, etc)? 7. Do you DNF? 8. Do you ever read ahead or skip to the end of a book? 9. Are you book-polygamous (i.e., read more than one book at a time)? 10. Do you own more books than bookshelf space? BONUS: Do you ever take a book without leaving a book at a Little Free Library? Tag some people. I tag @marianhreads. She tagged me in the Bring Back Browsing Tag, which I did a couple of years ago. Here's her video: youtube.com/watch?v=NGZosEbrSGk&t=121s.I mention her ukulele channel, which you can find at @sunrisesailor .#TagTuesday
Review of Carson Grubaugh, Sean Michael Robinson, and Luciano Floridis THE ABOLITION OF MAN Book Time With Ryan 2024-10-02 | Are you a bot? Oh yeah? Well then tell me which of this pictures is a crosswalk. No, I'm kidding... I don't care if you're a bot HERE, because I need subscribers. Join me is checking out the first comic book done with AI. This disturbing move into an industry once dominated by humans should have you concerned. Beyond disturbing pictures, there's also some very interesting content, kicked off with C.S. Lewis' The Abolition of Man.I used the AI generator Craiyon for my thumbnail.
Review of H.P. Lovecrafts AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-30 | Join me as I read in the opposite direction I'm used to, and tackle the illustrated adaptation (by Gou Tanabe) of H.P. Lovecraft's At the Montains of Madness.This is my first experience with manga-style graphic novels and it took me five pages to figure out how to read it.
Review of Peter Hellers THE WHALE WARRIORS Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-28 | Let's go to the Southern Ocean as a group of environmentalists and conservationists try to stop the Japanese from whaling. The Japanese use BS excuses to hunt and kill endangered whales, still, in 2024. There are people who try to stop them and Peter Heller takes us onboard a ship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's flag ship to stop the whale hunt of 2005.
Book to Movie Review: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-21 | After reading the book, I, of course, had to rewatch the movie. There were some differences that were so much distractions for people who hadn't read the book, but stood out a bit once you did.Still, it's a great book and a great movie and the issues I had were less about quality and more just, maybe, my perception.
Re-read: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-20 | With just a month left before Nick Harkaway's KARLA'S CHOICE is released, I'm caught up with the action as I re-read John LeCarré's masterpiece, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold. A stroll down memory lane as we revisit the book that put John LeCarré on the map.
Review of David Weisburd, Stanton Wheeler, Elin Waring and Nancy Bodes CRIMES OF THE MIDDLE CLASSES Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-17 | It wasn't until I was uploading this video that I realized the title of the book was "Classes" not "Class"... so I had to fix that, but I didn't rerecord the video... just updated the thumbnail.Join me to look at white collar crime in the expanding middle classes. This book, while dated, is relevant. If you don't watch it... its CRIMINAL!
Review of Steven J. Craigs ALL PRESENT AND ACCOUNTED FOR Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-16 | Here's my review, accompanied by wind and wind chimes, with a brief appearance by Noelia, of All Present and Accounted For, the story of a near loss of the Coast Guard Cutter JARVIS in 1972 in the Bering Sea. They came very close to a massive loss of life, but for the crew and Japanese fishing vessels.Also, fuck the Soviet Union and its ships (you'll find out why in this video).
Review of Edward L. Bernays PROPAGANDA Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-10 | Propaganda is a dirty world these days but in 1928 the father of public relations, Edward Bernays, tried to change that. I don't think it worked. He did, however, write a pretty good public relations book, that nearly 100 years later is still relevant and true.Grab your bacon and eggs and join me as I discuss this book.
Review of Phil Elwoods ALL THE WORST HUMANS Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-06 | You'll be happy (or probably unhappy) to know there are many other worst humans out there than are mentioned in this book, but we'll get a look at a few Phil Elwood worked with in public relations. This is an interesting, entertaining book that may make you laugh, and it may make you curse.
Re-read: A MURDER OF QUALITY Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-04 | George Smiley book 2.... join me at a posh public school, Carne, bruv.And of course, I start off the video saying "THE Murder of Quality".... it's A! Sorry. I'm sick.This is second book in my re-read journey in preparation for Nick Harkaway's upcoming "Karla's Choice."
Review of Robert Frumps UNTIL THE SEA SHALL FREE THEM Book Time With Ryan 2024-09-02 | Join me as I finally read a book I've had for nearly 25 years, discover a photo that's been tucked away in that book during that time, and try to recount what I learned about ship stability years ago.This book details the loss of the ship Marine Electric in 1983 and the resulting investigation and actions. The resulting loss of life was steep but the changes it brought saved many more.
Re-read: CALL FOR THE DEAD Book Time With Ryan 2024-08-27 | I'm re-reading John LeCarré in preparation for an upcoming release called Karla's Choice, by Nick Harkaway, and the natural starting place is with LeCarré first book, Call for the Dead. It's our first time with George Smiley, a character we'll grow to love over the years.
Review of James Landis THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS Book Time With Ryan 2024-08-24 | Have you heard of a mysterious "4th branch" of the government. Do you live in fear of little green men in fancy black suits arriving at your front door to tell you what to do?In this 80+ year old book you'll find the truth behind the independent administrative agencies and discover there's nothing to worry about. The end of democracy has been greatly exaggerated. The increasing complexity in the world required agencies with experts.Join me as we briefly look at one of the experts of the administrative, James Landis, and his magnum opus, The Administrative Process.
Book to Movie Review: The Finest Hours Book Time With Ryan 2024-08-23 | Here we go.... jumping into this book to movie review like a rescue swimmer jumping into the freezing Bering Sea... except no rescue swimmers here, and it's the North Atlantic. I'll compare the book The Finest Hours to Disney's movie of the same name. And you'll get to hear about the only time I've been on the real set of a movie.Just an FYI.... my tongue is pretty red in this because I had some cherry candy earlier in the day.
Review of Michael J. Tougias and Casey Shermans THE FINEST HOURS Book Time With Ryan 2024-08-22 | Here's my review of a book about the most daring Coast Guard rescues in history. Noelia and I will take you through the rescues and if you wait until the end you'll also see some widely available photos of the rescues and aftermaths.Thank you to my special co-host Noelia for joining me and to Kevin for giving me the book.The song I used is from The Finest Hours trailer.
Mid-Year Freak Out Tag Book Time With Ryan 2024-08-21 | Welcome to my 2024 mid-year freak out tag. I still don't know when the mid-year actually is, and I know this feels a little late, but let's just be flexible! I almost did it in time for #tagtuesday .I used the video from Literature Science Alliance at youtube.com/watch?v=_bNP9uRj9Hw&t=0s (the intro is pretty sweet!)My video from last year is available at youtube.com/watch?v=-YlENrT4fb4&list=PLe6KONtypE2neQTikm_HybMZ8KBVljkTb&index=3&t=262s.Question/ Prompts: 1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2024.2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2024.3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to. 4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year. 5. Biggest disappointment. 6. Biggest surprise. 7. Favorite new author. (Debut or new to you) 8. Newest fictional crush. 9. Newest favorite character10. Book that made you cry.11. Book that made you happy.12. Favorite book to film adaptation you saw this year.13. Favorite video you have done so far in this year.14. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received).15. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
Review of T.J. Newmans WORST CASE SCENARIO Book Time With Ryan 2024-08-19 | My review of T.J. Newman's latest novel, WORST CASE SCENARIO. Are you having a bad day? Seems like nothing can go right? Well, it could be worse... you could be wondering around the radioactive debris of a Boeing 757 crash, thinking about your broken fishing rod.Another great one from Newman here. If you watch enough of my review you'll even see a challenge coin from the 9th District commander from the U.S. Coast Guard.
Review of Tim Wus THE CURSE OF BIGNESS Book Time With Ryan 2024-08-13 | Join me on this social media platform referenced in this book as I look at Tim Wu's take on the modern Gilded Age and the history of trusts (not the good kind) and monopolies (not the fun board game kind).
Review of Neal Stephensons SEVENEVES Book Time With Ryan 2024-08-11 | Here's my review of Neal Stephenson's Seveneves. It's an entertaining, description book that reminds you why it sucks to be a man at the end of the world and at the same time gives you hope that humanity will still find a way, without losing it's less attractive features.
Review of Joel Seligmans MISALIGNMENT Book Time With Ryan 2024-07-29 | Join me as a take a look at the 1100+ page book by Joel Seligman, Misalignment. The book takes us through the history of financial regulation, crises that have arisen and recommendations for the future. This wasn't a short read, but it was a very thorough look at regulation in the United States.
UNBOXING The Administrative Process Book Time With Ryan 2024-07-08 | Join me as I unbox a fairly dry but important book called The Administrative Process by James M. Landis. I'm about 93% sure this copy is from 1941, but the original copyright is 1938.
Review of Axton Betz-Hamiltons THE LESS PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT US Book Time With Ryan 2024-06-22 | Want to reach about identity theft? Want to see someone from a toxic environment develop into an expert bent of combating the crimes against her (not quite a Batman origin story)? Here's your book. It will make sure question the people around you and keep you wondering how people can be so bad to others.
UNBOXING 1984 Limited Edition Vinyl Box Set Book Time With Ryan 2024-06-07 | Here's my unboxing of a limited edition vinyl box set of 1984, from Matthew Bellamy (of the band Muse) and Ilan Eshkeri. The music I used in the intro and outtro is from the record.Something was also missing from this unboxing, which is getting worked out.
Reviews of Garth Ennis ROVER RED CHARLIE and Marguerite Bennetts ANIMOSITY Book Time With Ryan 2024-05-31 | Check out my review of two comics featuring man's best friend. Garth Ennis and Michael DiPascale's Rover Red Charlie and Marguerite Bennett and Rafael de Latorre's Animosity. Wag your tail with me and Samantha.Situations for humans might not be great, but the dogs experience pretty different situations.
Book to Movie Review: Silence Book Time With Ryan 2024-05-15 | Join me as I compare Shūsaku Endō's 1959 book Silence to Martin Scorsese's 2016 movie Silence. I'll save you some pain and just tell you now they're both great and I think you will gain something from reading or watching either or both.
Review of Shūsaku Endōs SILENCE Book Time With Ryan 2024-05-09 | My review of the extremely heavy and powerful Silence. Published in 1959, this is Shūsaku Endō's modern masterpiece. In just 200 pages you will find important concepts that you could ponder for a lifetime.
Review of Nick Harkaways THE BLIND GIANT Book Time With Ryan 2024-05-03 | Check out another book by Nick Harkaway... this one is nonfiction. It's especially telling that this is presented online, over social media. Is the digital world good or bad? The real question, are we?
BookTube Anniversary Tag Book Time With Ryan 2024-04-29 | Today I'm doing the BookTube Anniversary or Birthday Tag for my third year on BookTube. This tag was originally created by @averagejoereads7271. Questions:1. What anniversary are you celebrating?2. What genre or genres does your channel generally focus on?3. What are you most proud of on your channel in the last year?4. Do you receive ARCs to review?5. What types of videos do you most like to do on your channel?6. What types of videos do you like to watch on other people's channels?7. Was there anything you tried on your channel last year that didn't work?8. Is there anything you've done on your channel last year that you won't continue doing next year?9. Is there anything you plan to do more of next year?10. Is there anything new you plan to add to your channel next year?11. What are some of the challenges you faced on your channel?12. What equipment do you use to film your videos?13. What is your one, best piece of advice you can give to another booktuber?14. What is the best part of having a booktube channel?
Book to Show Review: Shōgun Book Time With Ryan 2024-04-27 | Requested by @kiranreader, here's my Book to Show Review of Shōgun. I cover the 1,300 page book and FX/Hulu's excellent 10 episode series.What you won't see in this video is when I got up and had to clean up a puppy accident. Not cool Sammy.
Review of Don Winslows CITY IN RUINS Book Time With Ryan 2024-04-25 | Check out my review of Don Winslow's final book, City in Ruins. Not only is this Winslow's final book (a fact I'm sad about), it's also the final book in the Danny Ryan trilogy.City in Ruins ties it all up nicely.
Review of Stephen Graham Jones THE ANGEL OF INDIAN LAKE Book Time With Ryan 2024-04-18 | Let's check out the final book in the Indian Lake trilogy, Stephen Graham Jones' The Angel of Indian Lake. Also, join us as we visit Canada and drive through Pennsylvania and Upstate New York.
Introducing our new special co-host! Book Time With Ryan 2024-04-18 | Join Noelia and I as we introduce our newest special co-host! We're very excited to have a new member join the team. We think you'll like her too.A few years ago I had a video about our dog Gracie passing and it was a hard one to film. Gracie was a great companion to my wife and a great big sister to little Noelia. Here's the video... where I barely kept it together youtube.com/watch?v=3qfawxJIgDU.
Tsumura Collection collection Tour Part 2 Book Time With Ryan 2024-04-01 | This is the second tour of my collection of items from the Tsumura Collection. Akira Tsumura amassed the greatest banjo collection in the world, but it didn't stop there. He led a Dixieland jazz band, and ran a company in Japan. This tour is part 2 of my tour from Akira Tsumura's collection that includes everything I'm currently aware of. Check out part 1 at youtube.com/watch?v=2HWbxxS2U00&list=PLe6KONtypE2kuCV5Hy8tdtnUxL8l6jtlr.I understand I say "cool" too often in this video.
Review of James Clavells SHŌGUN Book Time With Ryan 2024-04-01 | My review of Jame Clavell's epic work, Shōgun. My copy is the complete work and is just over 1,300 pages. It is by far the longest book I've read and it was so good. I was inspired to read this after seeing the FX/Hulu series of the same name, which is amazing.
Review of Brian Michael Bendis and Neil Kleids POWERS: THE SECRET HISTORY OF DEENA PILGRIM Book Time With Ryan 2024-03-13 | My review of what I think is fully endorsed Powers fan fiction, unearthing the history of Deena Pilgrim. I THINK Neil Kleid wrote this with Brian Michael Bendis either overseeing it or giving his final OK. Whatever the situation is, it made me want to go back and read the entire Powers graphic novel series.UPDATE: Neil Kleid commented on Twitter (yep, I still call it Twitter) that both he and Brian wrote/worked on the book together. It was not fan fiction. Thanks for the info Neil!Also, I realized after I published, I should have been clearer when I mentioned fan fiction. It came from the intro where Neil mentions he likes the Power series and a character, toward the end of the book, mentions fan fiction. I was just thinking of it as writing something you’re a fan of, even if it’s in an official/professional capacity. Not so much people writing creepy stories about their favorite fictional characters boning.
Review of Doug Bock Clarks THE LAST WHALERS Book Time With Ryan 2024-03-08 | Here's my review of The Last Whalers, a nonfiction work about a subsistence -focused whaling tribe in Indonesia. A nice job by Doug Bock Clark on this well researched book.The photo I used for my thumbnail (with modifications) was taken by Claudio Sieber. Here's a link to the article the photo accompanied hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/photo-diary-of-a-whale-hunt/.
The Im So Annoyed Book Tag Book Time With Ryan 2024-03-05 | Welcome to the I'm So Annoyed Book Tag!This tag was created by Kelly from @booksimnotreading. Here's Kelly's original video: youtube.com/watch?v=FeyjxlKKeoE&t=75s.According to Kelly, this tag was inspired by a video from Melinda at @awebofstories.And I was tagged by Caitlin at @BandysBooks. Here's Caitlin's tag response: youtube.com/watch?v=jfTwWMaLDQk&t=327s.Questions/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 you 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!I tag the dynamic duo at @ThoseBookPeople.#TagTues
Review of Michael Crichtons RISING SUN Book Time With Ryan 2024-03-01 | Me review of Rising Sun by Michael Crichton. I was motivated to read this book after it was referenced in The Informant, and while it wasn't what I thought it was going to be, I really enjoyed it.It kept me turning the pages. Now, should I watch the movie?
Review of Christopher Buckleys MAKE RUSSIA GREAT AGAIN Book Time With Ryan 2024-02-28 | My review of Christopher Buckley's satire. To be clear, this is nonfiction and it pains me to write "make Russia great" because that's not the feeling of this channel. This is an entertaining book which will leave some people laughing and others crying and maybe others yelling, but remember... it's fiction.Thank you to @ReadBecca for recommending this book.This video is blocked in Russia! HAHA!I stand with Ukraine. #IStandWithUkraine
Book to Movie Review: The Informant Book Time With Ryan 2024-02-27 | Based on a book that is just too long to condense into a two hour movie, the movie cuts some important corners. The Informant is one of those movies that's fun if you haven't read the book. And the book is fun without seeing the movie. I think the issue for me was doing both.
Review of Kurt Eichenwalds THE INFORMANT Book Time With Ryan 2024-02-24 | Join me on this crazy TRUE story from the early 1990s about price-fixing and lies and scams... someone said this was worthy of John LeCarré, and that's often enough for me to read it, but I've enjoyed the first Eichenwald book I read. This did not disappoint, trust me.
Book to Movie Review: The Lost World Book Time With Ryan 2024-02-21 | Let's check out how the 1995 Michael Crichton book The Lost World compares with the 1997 Steven Spielberg movie Jurassic Park: The Lost World. They start out pretty similar but boy do they look very different by the end!
Book to Movie Review: Thank You for Smoking Book Time With Ryan 2024-02-16 | Comparing the 1994 Christopher Buckley book Thank You for Smoking with the 2005 movie of the same name. A lot happened in those 11 years. Let's see how the book and movie compare. I know the answer all ready, but if you'll take my hand and watch the video, we can go there together.Also, don't smoke.
Review of Michael Crichtons THE LOST WORLD Book Time With Ryan 2024-02-16 | Hop on your satellite phones and join me of the coast of Costa Rica as we search for InGen's Site B. Or... maybe it would just be easier to sit back and listen to me review the Jurassic Park sequel The Lost World.
Review of Christopher Buckleys THANK YOU FOR SMOKING Book Time With Ryan 2024-02-12 | First! I should have looked it up before recording but as of Feb. 14, 2024, Christopher Buckley was still alive. Sorry for getting that wrong.Want to get a 30 year old fictional taste of politics and lobbying in Washington, D.C.? Want to see hacks and flacks battle it out over some of the most controversial industries? Then check out this review of Christopher Buckley's Thank You for Smoking.But also, don't smoke. It's bad for you.
Re-read: PIRATE Book Time With Ryan 2024-02-07 | The book that started it all (my reading), Ted Bell's Pirate. Join me while I discuss the third book of the Alex Hawke series. I first read this book around 2007, while on a Coast Guard cutter. This is my third re-read.I don't know why I sound so stuffy in this video... but yeah, my nose is stuffy.
Review of Herman Melvilles MARDI Book Time With Ryan 2024-01-31 | Join me as we look at Herman Melville's third book, Mardi, published in 1849. This was Melville's first foray into a Moby-Dick-like book, and would set up his masterpiece.
