The Unbearable Lightness Of Being, Milan Kundera - Review grantlovesbooks 2022-07-10 | A perfect novel. You have to read this one. Please support the channel, just a few dollars a month!patreon.com/grantlovesbooksBuy The Unbearable Lightness of Being here;amzn.to/3avpqUn0:00 - A perfect novel0:47 - brief synopsis4:20 - !! Spoiler !!6:10 - synopsis continues7:05 - Milan Kundera8:09 - Sexy?9:59 - the film & a warning
Packing Books For Japan #1 grantlovesbooks 2024-10-13 | It is going to be a while before we leave Canada, but I need some more space on my bookshelves. I can put these in the basement of the apartment in the storage and they will be fine.Please consider supporting Grantlovesbooks on Patreon;patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro1:02 - Hopscotch3:50 - Loitering With Intent6:55 - No Longer Human7:40 - Birdsell9:44 - The 42nd Parallel11:50 - Cousin Bette15:05 - Book/Mag Raffle16:45 - Extra silly stuff
The House of the Sleeping Beauties - Yasunari Kawabata grantlovesbooks 2024-09-30 | A very strange, short collection this week.Please like and subscribe! 0:00 - Intro 0:29 - plot synopsis4:35 - my opinion6:39 - Kawabata, Nobel Prize
University Reading List - Last Semester!!! grantlovesbooks 2024-09-22 | Wouldn't you like to support a diligent university student who reads a lot of books? Please consider joining my Patreon community for early access to videos, my weekly blog, and sometimes more pictures of Matthew!patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro1:30 - Creative Writing 13:35 - Creative Writing 25:44 - American Modernism8:06 - Graphic Novels15:45 - Gothic Victorian Lit.19:05 - The last semester21:14 - Studying English Literature24:05 - general complaining
The Diviners, Margaret Laurence - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-09-15 | Please support right here on Members! (There should be a click down below.)Or on Patreon, get early access to the videos, as well as Patreon only content,patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro & summary5:41 - Margaret Laurence bio8:32 - The Manawaka Series13:30 - My opinion18:20 Book/Mag raffle
Unexpected Book Haul! grantlovesbooks 2024-09-08 | Thank-you to The Paper Hound;paperhound.caMacLeod's Books;instagram.com/macleodsbooks/?hl=enOrange Crush Velvet;orangecrushvelvet.com0:00 - Intro1:04 - The Paper Hound5:36 - MacLeod's Books9:44 - The List update15:43 - Orange Crush Velvet
Germinal, Emil Zola - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-09-03 | Please consider supporting Grantlovesbooks here on Youtube by becoming a member, or on Patreon. Get included in the book/magazine raffle, and also get access to my weekly blog where I discuss upcoming videos and what I am currently reading. patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro2:13 - Plot summary3:45 - Going into the mine6:38 - The horses9:00 - The timbering18:07 - Read Germinal!19:08 - Emil Zola22:22 - Book/Magazine raffle!
The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-08-25 | Please like and subscribe!0:00 - Intro1:57 - plot summary7:41 - $5000 in 19359:14 - I recommend!11:14 - Matthew & air conditioner
This Way For the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen - Tadeusz Borowski grantlovesbooks 2024-08-18 | Please like and subscribe for more videos!0:00 - Intro3:23 - Borowski at Auschwitz6:24 - Kanada barracks10:38 - Unloading the trains18:04 - Should you read this book?19:20 - The German burden21:55 - Dusseldorf Killepitsch story24:46 - Final comments
Silence - Tadeusz Borowski - Short Story grantlovesbooks 2024-08-18 | I wanted to read one of Borowski's short stories to give a feel for this collection. There is something quite excellent about his small details, brevity of story-telling and building of narrative. Please like and subscribe! Trying something a little different today. I have a feeling that it is not too easy to get a copy of this book, so I wanted to give a small taste, from one of the less graphic stories.
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Review grantlovesbooks 2024-08-06 | #2 on the Modern Library's 100 Greatest English Written Novels of the 20th Century.Please like and subscribe!0:00 - Intro0:22 - Author bio2:03 - have you read Gatsby?4:04 - horrible characters11:58 - Watching the movie19:00 - Books vs Movies21:12 - Last thoughts
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont, Elizabeth Taylor - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-07-28 | The absolutely incredible and heartbreaking novel by Elizabeth Taylor (no, not that one), that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1971.I'm really happy to make this video. This book is exactly why I started making videos, to highlight one of the 'lost' books that really deserves to be read by a modern audience. If you would like to support the channel, you are probably very clever and sexy also; you can click on 'Members' beneath the video. Or click on the link to go to my Patreon page.patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro2:50 - synopsis7:23 - beautiful writing14:29 - Book/Mag Raffle
Shelf Tour #3 grantlovesbooks 2024-07-22 | Hello everyone! Be prepared for a long violent rant against university professors in this one. I had a conflict with one of my teachers last semester. I am sure you can imagine what the outcome was when a student argues with a teacher.Please consider supporting my channel by becoming a member! I will get a break between semesters in two weeks, so I will have time to put together several videos that will be available to my supporters long before they are seen on Youtube. Thanks for watching, please subscribe!patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro2:06 - Silence, Endo3:30 - The Drinker, Fallada5:15 - a long rant!12:18 - The Magus, Fowles17:17 - Graham Greene18:25 - The Slaves of Solitude, Hamilton26:03 - The 158-Pound Marriage, Irving30:00 - a very tiny apartment
Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut (public edit) grantlovesbooks 2024-07-14 | Please like and subscribe!You can support the channel here by becoming a member, or on Patreon where I write a weekly blog about upcoming books and videos and minor personal gripes;patreon.com/grantlovesbooksI had to cut out several minutes at the end of this video, I got rather candid about one of my classes at the university I am attending. Sometimes my self-preservation instincts don't seem to function normally. I asked my supporters on Patreon if they thought it was too much, they emphatically said, Yes! Cut that ending unless you want to be the pariah of the English Literature department. Which is why the ending of the video is a little choppy. Thanks to all my supporters on Patreon who are helping me not get kicked out of university, you guys are the best!0:00 - Intro0:24 - plot synopsis4:58 - Kurt Vonnegut6:11 - Me and Vonnegut8:03 - Read Vonnegut when you are young12:07 - Final thoughts
Bukowski Book Haul! grantlovesbooks 2024-07-05 | Please like and subscribe! It really helps a lot! If you want to send a little money to support the channel you can become a member here on Youtube, or you can go to Patreon, where I write a weekly blog, and publish the videos a little early, and sometimes Patreon-only videos,patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:46 - Two novels3:10 - Last Night of the Earth Poems4:31 - You Get So Alone At Times5:47 - Dangling in the Tournefortia9:13 - Septuagenarian Stew11:55 - What to read?13:05 - Eng. Lit. at university
The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon grantlovesbooks 2024-07-01 | Please like the video and subscribe to my channel!0:00 - Intro2:32 - reading4:56 - hairspray7:31 - used car salesman9:02 - The Simpsons11:04 - depraved 15 year old
The Ogre, Michel Tournier - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-06-24 | Please support on Patreon, get included in the book/magazine raffle and maybe you can win an amazing novel like this one!patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro1:17 - plot synopsis10:53 - dedication11:36 - reading13:52 - author's bio15:06 - opinions17:15 - France & Germany19:16 - best of 2024?20:55 - book/magazine raffle
Charity Shop Book Haul! grantlovesbooks 2024-06-16 | The Guardian 1000 Books Everyone Must Read;theguardian.com/books/2009/jan/23/bestbooks-fictionPlease support an obsessed used book hunter, and rapacious literature reader on Patreon. You will get access to my weekly blog, photos, early access to videos, and occasionally questions. Usually this question, "Do you guys think I'm ruining my life if I do this...?"patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro1:31 - Book 1 Silas Marner3:47 - Book 2 Benjamin Button4:28 - Book 3 White Teeth6:17 - Book 4 Perfume7:41 - Book 5 The Informers11:17 - Book 6 The Jade Peony13:01 - Book 7 Cold Comfort Farm15:40 - Book 8 The Vivisector18:47 - Charity shop scumbags
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea, Mishima grantlovesbooks 2024-06-09 | Please consider supporting Grantlovesbooks on Patreon, patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:33 - Character synopsis7:30 - Hating fathers10:51 - Character symbolism12:16 - The cat scene13:36 - Noboru = samurai15:18 - Ryuji = feckless dreamer17:45 - Mishima's idea?20:19 - book/mag raffle
University Reading List #8 (public) grantlovesbooks 2024-06-02 | If you would like to get the full version, plus the weekly blog where I talk about what is really happening in my life, as well as early access to the videos, and the unexpurgated versions of the videos, follow the link to my Patreon page, it's money well spent!patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:58 - Class 1 Creative Writing2:58 - Class 2 Lit on Film6:32 - Class 3 Poetry9:46 - Class 4 Film Theory12:43 - Class 5 Post-Modernism
The Cement Garden, Ian McEwan - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-05-26 | Support the channel on Patreon, get early access to the videos, get your name in the book/magazine raffle, and you can read my weekly blog, which is not very salacious, but I hope my describing my life of small tribulations is amusing to read,patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:18 - synopsis6:25 - my feelings10:17 - Ian McEwan12:39 - Book/Mag Raffle14:05 - thoughts on Literature
The Life and Times of Michael K, J.M. Coetzee - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-05-12 | Very difficult to find the words to describe this novel. Please consider supporting my channel. You can donate here on Youtube by becoming a member; *** My Shelf Tour #3 video is available for members only right now!Or support on Patreon, and get access to my weekly blog about all the constant annoyances in my life, as well as what I am reading and the new videos I am making, as well as early previews of the videos before they go public. patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:19 - Plot synopsis3:40 - J.M. Coetzee4:13 - final ideas
The Samurai, Shusaku Endo - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-05-05 | (The Priests name is Velasco, not Velasquez, I got it mixed up all video.)Please consider supporting the channel on Patreon, get access to my weekly blog, all the gossip and early access to new videos. patreon.com/grantlovesbooksI will be beginning a new series of videos, different from the book reviews, about what it is like to be a 50 year old university student in Canada. I will be testing it out for reactions on Patreon only, so now would be an excellent time to get see some videos that might never otherwise become public.0:00 - Intro0:26 - Synopsis7:59 - reading 19:19 - synopsis continued10:25 - conversion of the Japanese12:46 - synopsis continued16:55 - reading 221:06 - I love this book!22:27 - reading 324:40 - Book/Mag Raffle
Bookshelf Tour #2 grantlovesbooks 2024-04-28 | Paul Bowles Documentary;youtube.com/watch?v=U27N_icl36g0:00 - Intro1:48 - The Sheltering Sky3:55 - Ernest Buckler5:19 - That Summer In Paris9:27 - Second-rate Canada11:43 - The Wapshot Chronicle12:56 - The Booker Award16:30 - The House of Leaves20:57 - The Alexandria Quartet
Zazie On The Metro, Raymond Queneau - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-04-21 | Sorry to all the lovers of this novel, I wish I had of read it when I was younger to enjoy it more!Please support on Patreon, get in on the book/magazine raffle, early video access and my scandalous, licentious, free-wheeling weekly blog,patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:19 - brief plot synopsis3:06 - the style5:55 - Raymond Queneau & Oulipo9:19 - my opinion13:50 - personal story15:13 - book/magazine raffle
1934, Alberto Moravia - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-04-15 | If you become a member of my channel with a little money here on Youtube, you can see my "Bookcase Tour #2" video, which is available to members only (for now).(Sorry about the baby in the background, he is a little loud, but we are fond of him.)Please subscribe and like the video, leave a comment. I'm especially interested to hear from anyone else who has read this novel!Get your name into the book/magazine raffle, $5 a month on Patreon, and access to my weekly blog and early access to the videos;patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:36 - Plot summary5:58 - the crises9:22 - Alberto Moravia10:32 - my opinion13:20 - book/magazine raffle
An Artist of the Floating World, Ishiguro - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-04-07 | A really great novel about a man seemingly stuck in the past, but also unwilling to face the truth about his behaviour. We see the reverberations of how it affects everyone around him, and yet, he chooses to see things through his own biased memory.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/06/100-best-novels-no-94-an-artist-of-the-floating-world-kazuo-ishiguro-mazuji-ono-noriko0:00 - Intro0:26 - plot synopsis7:32 - my opinion8:51 - the author10:28 - rating Ishiguro's novels12:29 - university nonsense13:48 - book/magazine raffle
Portrait of an Artist As a Young Man, Joyce - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-03-31 | Please support Grant loves books on Youtube, there is a link below. Or support on Patreon to get access to my weekly blog and early videos, patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro5:04 - chapter 45:29 - comment quiz6:29 - chapter 57:33 - my opinions11:02 - don't study Eng. Lit.
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By, Simenon - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-03-24 | Please subscribe and like the video! It really helps me a lot! If you want to get into the book/mag raffle, or you just want to support an idealistic young man who loves reading, you can support me here on Youtube by becoming a monthly supporter. Or you can support me on Patreon, where I write about my exciting life (mostly that I am too fat, and remain perpetually irritated by my university classes).patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro2:00 - Synopsis8:25 - Popinga writes to the papers10:23 - Overlooked author12:16 - Book/Mag raffle
The Bone People, Keri Hulme - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-03-17 | Please support Grant Loves Books right here on Youtube by becoming a member!Or on Patreon to get into my book/magazine raffle, (which will be coming to and end some time soon);patreon.com/grantlovesbooksIf you would like to buy a copy of my writing (which has been compared to Kundera, Below and Roth, by myself, but it still counts), please write to me, send me $12 and I will send you a copy of my magazine, grantlovesbooks@gmail.com 0:00 - Intro0:30 - 19851:09 - 1985 Booker shortlist1:30 - Keri Hulme3:42 - my plot synopsis6:10 - is it good?9:24 - book/mag raffle!11:05 - final thoughts
No Longer Human, Osamu Dazai - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-03-10 | For a very short novel, it does pack in a lot of dark existential brooding.Support the channel on Patreon, and also get in on the book/magazine raffle! patreon.com/grantlovesbooksIf you would like to buy a copy of my magazine, please write to me at;grantlovesbooks@gmail.com (Maybe I will send you one for free, I've got a lot left, and would like them all to be gone by the end of the year.)0:00 - Intro0:25 - the story7:09 - Existentialism11:50 - there's more to life17:59 - Book/Mag raffle
Le Grand Meaulnes, Alain Fournier - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-03-03 | Support the channel on Patreon, $5 CAD gets you into the book/magazine raffle!patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:43 - simple plot summary9:53 - my opinions11:35 - the teenager idea14:34 - beautiful old book15:20 - book/mag Patreon raffle
Bookshelf Tour grantlovesbooks 2024-02-25 | Please don't feel shy about leaving a tip, I am not above accepting small donations! I think the way it works is you click on 'Join' and become a member at the selected donation level, $3, $8 or $20. All three tiers are the same, I'm not going to provide any extra content or special stuff for the different levels. If you WANT special stuff and extra content you should check out my Patreon page. I write a weekly blog, post lots of photos, and upload videos early, and also, you get to participate in the magazine/book raffle. patreon.com/grantlovesbooksWhy do I make extra stuff for Patreon and not Youtube? Because I started the Patreon with my channel 2.5 years ago, and don't feel like going though all that again. If you like the channel and think to yourself, 'This handsome young man has been giving the world free intellectually-stimulating content for almost three years, and by Jove! I'm going to send him a little money to say thank-you!' What can I say? Your parents must have raised you right. (I also appreciate likes and comments, but you could also buy me a beer, that's all I'm saying.)
Silver Stallion, Ahn Junghyo - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2024-02-21 | If you would like to get into the book/magazine raffle, please support me on Patreon, patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:26 - main characters1:41 - brief plot synopsis11:20 - my opinion19:16 - mag/book raffle20:57 - outright begging
Deliverance, James Dickey - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-02-11 | #42 on The List!Link to James Dickey reading his poetry, youtube.com/watch?v=Sa7HK2qtaIM&t=91sPlease support Grant Loves Books on Patreon, $5 CAD a month to get into the book/magazine raffle,patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro1:05 - the players6:50 - where it starts10:00 - Lewis & Ed11:17 - Spoiler Warning!17:55 - James Dickey20:40 - Book/Mag Raffle23:04 - Old Man Stories
The Berlin Stories, Christopher Isherwood - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-02-04 | The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood is the two novels, Mr. Norris Changes Trains and Good-Bye to Berlin. They are both great, but I would say they are best enjoyed together, reading them both as one novel. Get into the book/magazine raffle, just $5 a month supporting GrantLovesBooks on Patreon;patreon.com/grantlovesbooksIf you would like to buy my magazine, $12, please write to me at,grantlovesbook@gmail.com 0:00 - Intro1:55 - brief synopsis11:10 - Isherwood in Berlin14:50 - travel abroad16:32 - read Isherwood!17:48 - book/mag Patreon raffle20:18 - old man reminiscing
University Reading List s7 (public) grantlovesbooks 2024-01-28 | Is it normal to get really, Really, sick and tired of university as you approach the end? I'm a little angry at the first year teachers who told me, "Wait until you get to third and fourth year, that's when you get to talk all the fun classes!" I can tell you, they lied to me.For $5 a month support on Patreon, you can get into the book + magazine raffle, as well get to see all the content earlier than what I make public on Youtube, as well as my weekly rant/journal. Please consider supporting, it is for a good cause, I'm a poor university student with an unshakable literature obsession,patreon.com/grantlovesbooksIf you would like to buy the magazine, please write to me at, or you might get it for free if you are quick,grantlovesbook@gmail.com 0:00 - Intro0:53 - the science credit3:03 - creative writing7:12 - eng lit 18:25 - eng lit 212:25 - my 1993 reading list17:03 - snow
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh - Review grantlovesbooks 2024-01-26 | Support on Patreon, get in on the book/magazine raffle;patreon.com/grantlovesbooksIf you would like to buy a copy of 'The Friend From Budapest' my own writing, please write to me at, they are $12 now (I recorded this video a few months ago)grantlovesbooks@gmail.comMy friend Davood's channel, @DavoodGozli 0:00 - intro & synopsis3:33 - the main theme and Waugh5:43 - where it starts7:07 - Charles' story7:50 - my opinion10:40 - book/mag raffle
Christmas Book Haul! (Wild and Crazy Books) grantlovesbooks 2024-01-20 | The presents have arrived!Patreon and email;patreon.com/grantlovesbooksgrantlovesbooks@gmail.com 0:00 - Intro with Frank Sidebottom0:50 - No Longer Human, Dazai1:22 - The Talk of Genji - Murasaki2:00 - A book you've never heard of4:05 - Snow Country - Kawabata5:34 - The Ravishing of Lol Stein - Duras7:17 - The Interrogation - Le Clezio8:55 - Zola10:05 - Balzac11:15 - Havoc - Kristensen14:40 - My magazine!17:29 - Orange Crush Velvet
#43 A Dance to the Music of Time, Anthony Powell grantlovesbooks 2024-01-13 | #43 on the list is a big one! One of the longest series of novels you might ever read, but please don't be intimidated! It is wonderful, and really holds the reader right to the end. For $5 a month support on Patreon, you will get into the book + magazine raffle. You can win the book I am reviewing this week, plus my own collection of writing in a magazine I put together. There are not a huge number of names in the jar, so you might not have to wait very long to hear your name!patreon.com/grantlovesbooksIf you would like to buy one of my magazines, please contact me at,grantlovesbooks@gmail.com and we can discuss payment and postage and all that stuff.0:00 - Intro1:51 - All the titles in the series3:40 - Main characters (to start)7:22 - Plot, Characters?9:55 - Spring, Summer, Autumn12:52 - FAQs14:02 - the first page18:42 - some thoughts20:06 - Get the books!21:16 - Personal story23:40 - Book/Mag raffle!
2024 Reading List! grantlovesbooks 2024-01-07 | My top ten books to read in 2024. See if you can spot the theme for this year! Maybe you want to join me, read one or two? Let me know your thoughts, I am always happy to get your comments! I think this collection of books is going to make for a really amazing literary journey in 2024.Please please please support the channel on Patreon! $5 per month to get into the book/magazine draw. patreon.com/grantlovesbooksGet in touch with me to get a copy of my magazine, 'The Friend From Budapest.'0:00 - Intro0:16 - The Nice and the Good, Murdoch2:00 - Le Grand Meaulnes, Fournier4:22 - The Middle Parts of Fortune, Manning7:06 - Under the Volcano, Lowry10:00 - Death of a Hero, Aldington11:34 - The Ogre, Tournier13:03 - The Silver Stallion, Junghyo14:54 - The Berlin Stories, Isherwood17:35 - The Samurai, Endo20:56 - 1934, Moravia
Best Books of 2023! grantlovesbooks 2024-01-02 | My favourite novels of 2023. Even though I have been really bogged down with university reading, I still managed to find some time to read some of my own books.Link to my Patreon page, please consider supporting, patreon.com/grantlovesbooksWrite to me for a free copy of my magazine, The Friend From Budapest, the first three people who email with their postal address I will send out a free copy, grantlovesbooks@gmail.com0:00 - Intro1:11 - Book 65:06 - Book 57:22 - Book 412:45 - Book 316:00 - Book 218:19 - Book 119:49 - Two Honourable Mentions23:11 - Magazine Raffle
2023 TBR Recap - The Good and The Bad grantlovesbooks 2023-12-27 | It was a difficult year on the TBR! Why didn't any of you warn me that I had picked out some very painstaking and slow-going books for 2023?Congratulations Cynthia!Link to my Patreon;patreon.com/grantlovesbooksEmail me to buy a copy of my magazine;grantlovesbooks@gmail.com 0:00 - Intro0:38 - The Masterpiece, Zola3:07 - The Makioka Sisters, Tanizaki5:25 - Sister Carrie, Dreiser8:26 - Wuthering Heights, Bronte11:50 - Kafka on the Shore, Murakami13:56 - Oblomov, Goncharov17:30 - Cousin Bette, Balzac19:12 - It Can't Happen Here, Lewis21:54 - The Bone People, Hulme24:05 - Tristram Shandy, Sterne25:35 - Ranking29:09 - Book/Mag Raffle
The Custom of the Country, Edith Wharton - Review grantlovesbooks 2023-12-17 | To get entered into the book+magazine raffle, it is $5 per month, until I can figure out how to put it at $5 per video (if you know how to do it please contact me!)patreon.com/notificationsOr if you would like to buy my magazine for $20, please write to me atgrantlovesbooks@gmail.comPlease include your mailing address so I know where to send it. Thanks for your support! It really means a lot!0:00 - Intro0:21 - Plot & Characters9:07 - A woman who wants it all12:46 - The Great American Novel!15:07 - Edith Wharton17:30 - Book/Mag Raffle
Nutshell, Ian McEwan - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2023-12-10 | It is nice to have something good to say about Ian McEwan after so many years of disappointment. If you would like to get in on the book raffle, here is the Patreon link,patreon.com/grantlovesbooksIf you would like to buy a copy of my magazine, please email me at,grantlovesbooks@gmail.com (Maybe leave a comment to say you've emailed, I'm not very good about checking the email.)0:00 - Intro2:44 - Big spoiler5:05 - Ian McEwan10:31 - Book Raffle!
Special Announcement! grantlovesbooks 2023-12-03 | Link to Patreon to get your name in the jar for the book-raffle;patreon.com/grantlovesbooks(I haven't been able to figure out how to switch from per-month billing to per-video billing, so anyone who joins $5 per month or more is eligible for the raffle. You lucky devils! Exploiting my complete impatience with technology!)If you would like to buy a copy of my magazine email me at;grantlovesbooks@gmail.comPlease don't forget to include your mailing address!0:00 - Intro8:18 - Matthew
Brave New World Revisited, University Presentation grantlovesbooks 2023-11-30 | (Big announcement coming in the next video!)0:00 - Intro 1:01 - Overpopulation6:04 - Education for Freedom9:01 - What Can Be Done11:32 - The final statement
Edward 2 & Shakespeares Grand Theme grantlovesbooks 2023-11-26 | I think I had a little too much beer while making this one!Brief synopsis of Christopher Marlowe's Edward the Second.My thought's on what I feel is an ongoing theme in several of Shakespeare's great tragedies.0:00 - Intro1:54 - Edward the Second5:39 - Comparing Titus Andronicus6:40 - Shakespeare's Big Theme8:00 - Hamlet's dilemma9:23 - Anthony and Cleopatra11:00 - King Lear11:45 - Timon of Athens12:15 - Summary
The Gate, Natsume Soseki - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2023-11-23 | Please support someone who loves boring old books! You can learn about what is happening behind the scenes, and all my exciting upcoming ideas. And it's super-cheap!patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro1:59 - brief synopsis4:58 - excerpt7:21 - author bio9:15 - more synopsis12:36 - opinions
Cousin Bette, Balzac - Book Review grantlovesbooks 2023-11-13 | Please support Grant Love Books on Patreon;patreon.com/grantlovesbooks0:00 - Intro0:41 - Character/Plot Summary14:54 - Balzac's style17:13 - My opinion21:25 - Irrelevant story
