Ben Reads Good | World Cup of Books - 16 countries battle for the title @benreadsgood | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Apologies this turned out so long, but maybe its my best video so far? I think so. Probably.
This is my take on the World Cup of Books, where I play out silly little matches between books from the 16 actual countries that made it through to the World Cup knockout stages this year.
Here are the videos I was inspired by - go check them out!
@DrinkingByMyShelf
youtube.com/watch?v=t-SU4bJJSSM
@jack_edwards
youtube.com/watch?v=fb4pjPoe48s
Also, a couple of corrections and clarifications:
1) I accidentally said ‘South East Asia’ when talking about Japan and Korea. That’s incorrect, my apologies!
2) Qatar is sadly not an exception when it comes to LGBT rights, and I don’t want to paint it as if it is. The latest data I could find said that homosexuality is still illegal in 67 UN member states. In many places rights are going backwards not forwards, including in Russia, the previous World Cup host. This must be terrifying for LGBT living where it’s illegal to be themselves, and should *always* be called out.
If you enjoyed this video, hit like and please do consider subscribing to my channel.
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Books mentioned:
📖 The Discomfort of Evening, by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
📖 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
📖 Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts
📖 The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, by Mariana Enriquez
📖 Heaven, by Mieko Kawakami
📖 Doppelgänger, by Daša Drndić
📖 Ways to Disappear, by Idra Novey
📖 The Plotters, by Un-Su Kim
📖 The Outsider, by Albert Camus
📖 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk
📖 Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene
📖 At Night All Blood is Black, by David Diop
📖 Lullaby, by Leila Slimani
📖 Talking to Ourselves, by Andrés Neuman
📖 Death at Intervals, by José Saramago
📖 The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, by Joël Dicker
Apologies this turned out so long, but maybe its my best video so far? I think so. Probably.
This is my take on the World Cup of Books, where I play out silly little matches between books from the 16 actual countries that made it through to the World Cup knockout stages this year.
Here are the videos I was inspired by - go check them out!
@DrinkingByMyShelf
youtube.com/watch?v=t-SU4bJJSSM
@jack_edwards
youtube.com/watch?v=fb4pjPoe48s
Also, a couple of corrections and clarifications:
1) I accidentally said ‘South East Asia’ when talking about Japan and Korea. That’s incorrect, my apologies!
2) Qatar is sadly not an exception when it comes to LGBT rights, and I don’t want to paint it as if it is. The latest data I could find said that homosexuality is still illegal in 67 UN member states. In many places rights are going backwards not forwards, including in Russia, the previous World Cup host. This must be terrifying for LGBT living where it’s illegal to be themselves, and should *always* be called out.
If you enjoyed this video, hit like and please do consider subscribing to my channel.
--
Books mentioned:
📖 The Discomfort of Evening, by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld
📖 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid
📖 Shantaram, by Gregory David Roberts
📖 The Dangers of Smoking in Bed, by Mariana Enriquez
📖 Heaven, by Mieko Kawakami
📖 Doppelgänger, by Daša Drndić
📖 Ways to Disappear, by Idra Novey
📖 The Plotters, by Un-Su Kim
📖 The Outsider, by Albert Camus
📖 Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, by Olga Tokarczuk
📖 Brighton Rock, by Graham Greene
📖 At Night All Blood is Black, by David Diop
📖 Lullaby, by Leila Slimani
📖 Talking to Ourselves, by Andrés Neuman
📖 Death at Intervals, by José Saramago
📖 The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, by Joël Dicker
