Jay Shay | Sunday Reads, June 6, 2021 @JayShayy | Uploaded June 2021 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
JUAN VALENCIA is who recommended the Borges story to me! His channel is 'Plagued by Visions' check him out!
youtube.com/c/PlaguedbyVisions

A completely casual and unorganized look at what I've recently read and what I'm reading. I TOTALLY LIED about talking about what I might read next. (I don't really know.)

I also make a hash of talking about 'It's a Numbers Game' by Claudia @ Spinster's Library. If you haven't watched that just skip this video and go to her!

Books/Stories mentioned:

'Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote'
Jorge Louis Borges
1939

Amadis of Gaul, Volume 1
by Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo
Before 1508
translation by Robert Southey, 1872

Remote Control
Nnedi Okorafor
2021

The Black Company (The Black Company #1)
Glen Cook
1984

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Booktuber's mentioned

Claudia @ Spinster's Library video 'It's a Numbers Game: Booktube and the Pressure to Perform':
youtu.be/y1f9c43_nE4

Steve Donoghue's response:
youtu.be/PSWl_ZCe2bk

Kelly @ Books I'm Not Reading response:
youtu.be/hx6js4sy3r4

Brian @ Bookish response:
youtu.be/N4GeOIZoDq0

Matt @ Paperback Junkie response, which I'm listening to while I type this:
youtu.be/uq22_srjI9g

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I've turned off my comments (at least for a little while). The comments I've gotten are great. I'm just a kinda neurotic guy and have been stressed over keeping up my end. Want to hear more? Check out this video:
youtu.be/9lg2c0f-doo

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