A Cruel Readers Thesis
Sagalong 2021 Announcement
updated
Kelly @booksimnotreading ‘s announcement video: youtu.be/TeVhBpYUQhU?si=rtUvE0woW6dEhQv2
Nicole @adayofsmallthings ‘s announcement video: youtu.be/GO8Xmyn5JxA?si=kR0dizDl2YHIjK8z
Jason’s video on Titus Andronicus: youtu.be/hjRVqNkgB20?si=YY0S4azyZsf0jVrE
Kelly’s video on The Year of Lear by James Shapiro: youtu.be/Ol_PkMHAk0M?si=09mK618ASsqtrkXP
Nicole’s video on Cymbeline: youtu.be/R6FbTKjnmj0?si=26cZeg21nRQqh09X
Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse
His video: youtube.com/watch?v=RjARSqXUWCA&t=5s
Kelly @booksimnotreading
Her video: youtube.com/watch?v=KA6oUTXQHrw&t=1116s
Nicole @adayofsmallthings
Her video: youtube.com/watch?v=QzOq_KU_DM8
I was tagged by Jason from Old Blue's Chapter and Verse!
The questions:
1. What was your first experience reading Shakespeare and what was it like?
2. Has the reading of a Shakespeare play ever brought you to tears? What scene was it and where were you when it happened?
3. Are there any people that have played a significant role in your Shakespeare journey?
4. Do you have a favorite book or film about Shakespeare?
5. Which character in Shakespeare most resembles you and in what ways?
6. Which play would you most like to see performed in a theater and why?
7. What actor, throughout history, would you most like to have seen play Hamlet while in his prime?
8. Deliver your favorite speech or soliloquy from a Shakespeare play.
9. Do any of Shakespeare's plays intimidate you? If yes, what play and why?
10. What tips would you give to intimidated readers coming to Shakespeare for the first time?
11. Which is your favorite Shakespeare play and why?
12. Tag other Booktubers.
Plays, books, and films mentioned:
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Othello by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare by Anthony Burgess
Shakespeare Behind Bars (dr: Hank Rogerson)
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
All's Well that Ends Well by William Shakespeare
Cries and Whispers (dr: Ingmar Bergman)
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
I’m on Twitter as @ReadersThesis
And please reach out to me on Voxer at lsotola94
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman (trans. Robert Chandler)
My discussion of part 1 of Life and Fate (youtube.com/watch?v=G2J4PCImDn4) and my discussion of parts 2 and 3 (youtube.com/watch?v=c7MUABtRzdo&t=707s)
- Egils Saga (trans. Bernard Scudder)
Part 1 of my discussion of Egils Saga: youtube.com/watch?v=LNof6YVcqjw&t=2s
Part 2: youtube.com/watch?v=kQ-0a1iZLf0&t=19s
Part 3: youtube.com/watch?v=_wnjX-7ZSA0&t=1241s
Part 4: youtube.com/watch?v=cRCW-McFX-c&t=43s
- The Marriage of Heaven and Hell by William Blake
- Love Speaks Its Name: Gay and Lesbian Love Poems (ed. J.D. McClatchy)
- Four Centuries of Great Love Poems (ed. Debra Starr)
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy
- At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O’Neill
Rainey @RaineyDayReads ‘s announcement: youtube.com/watch?v=3AEJY4zYvvA
You'll notice when you check my co-hosts' videos that I totally screwed up the schedule for posting! Guess that's what happens when you don't post any videos for six weeks. 😅
Anyway, here's the correct scheduled copied and pasted from Jason's video, which I'll also add to the description:
9/3/2022: All's Well That Ends Well
9/10/2022: Coriolanus
9/17/2022: A Midsummer Night's Dream
9/24/2022: Jason (sonnets 12 and 120), Lukas (sonnets 20 and 98), Rainey (sonnets 103 and 117)
1. Best book you have read so far this year
2. Best sequel you've read so far this year
3. New release you haven't read yet from this year, but you want to
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of 2022.
5. Biggest disappointment this year.
6. Biggest surprise this year.
7. Favourite new author.
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favourite character.
10. Book that made you cry this year.
11. Book that made you happy this year.
12. Most beautiful book you've bought or received so far this year.
13. What do you need to read by the end of the year?
Books discussed:
- Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
- Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
- The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
- Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
- Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet by Karen Armstrong
- Murphy by Samuel Beckett
- The Complete Poems by William Blake
- Persuasion by Jane Austen
- Egil's Saga by Anonymous
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- The Golden Ass by Apuleius
- Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- Murphy by Samuel Beckett
- Henry David Thoreau: A Life by Laura Dassow Walls
- Plutus by Aristophanes
- Thesmophoriazusae by Aristophanes
- Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri
- True Grit by Charles Portis
- The Round House by Louise Erdrich
Links to announcement videos for #ancientsathon
@jenniferbrooks youtube.com/watch?v=WJTarPov9VI
@goodstrongwords youtube.com/watch?v=79KEyoA3ZkM&t=339s
@DavidWiley7 youtube.com/watch?v=dRT-doa36_4&t=520s
Links to announcement videos for June on the Range:
@ShawnDStandfast youtube.com/watch?v=c5QvPb8rEGM
@saintdonoghue youtube.com/watch?v=bW5xTWxAlX4
@michaelk.vaughan8617 youtube.com/watch?v=SjLY_bNQV6Y
@thebookishbryants youtube.com/watch?v=GosymXWWYOs
@anotherbibliophilereads youtube.com/watch?v=kFVf54P6bmE
@CriminOllyBlog youtube.com/watch?v=668OuxiOSwA
Books discussed:
- The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
- Henry David Thoreau: A Life by Laura Dassow Walls
- The Complete Poems by William Blake (ed. Alicia Ostriker)
- Vala, or The Four Zoas by William Blake
Questions:
1. Do you remember the first A24 Movie you saw?
2. Which A24 movie do you relate to the most?
3. Which A24 movie made you cry the most?
4. Which A24 movie did you find the most disturbing?
5. What movie is not an A24 movie but seems like it should be?
6. An A24 movie you disliked?
7. Have you ever DNFed an A24 movie?
8. An underrated A24 movie you want to give a shout out to?
9. Which A24 movie have you not seen yet that you're most looking forward to?
10. Your favourite A24 movie?
I host March of the Mammoths, a March reading event devoted to the reading of books that are 800 pages or longer. My two co-hosts are the event's creator, Jason @OldBluesChapterandVerse , and Alex @bigalbooksforever !
If you want to enter the giveaway for either the Penguin Deluxe edition of The Sagas of the Icelanders or The Best Poems of the English Language by Harold Bloom, please let me know in a comment below. Please be specific about which of the two giveaways you want to be entered in, or if you want to be entered in both of them! You have until next Sunday (3/6) to enter your name in the form of a comment on this video. At that point, I will assign all of the candidates a number and use a random number generator to decide who wins each book. If the random number generator lands on the same person for both books, then I will run it again until I get a different person. I would like the two books to go to two different people. 🤓
PROMPTS:
1.“I just fell out of bed, found out what key I had dreamed it in… and I played it”, Paul McCartney (about “Yesterday”).
A book that you dreamed about or that inspired one of your dreams.
2.“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, John Lennon
A book that talks about drugs or that was written under the influence of drugs.
3.“We thought we'd be really big in Liverpool”, Ringo Starr.
A book about someone who had far more success than what they expected, or a book that was much more successful than what the author expected.
4.“Sitting on a cornflake / waiting for the van to come”, John Lennon.
A surreal book (or a book with some surreal elements) that you enjoyed.
5. The White Album.
A book you loved that: a. has a minimalist cover, or b. is written in a minimalist style.
6. "Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter / Here comes the sun”, George Harrison.
A book of poetry that you found uplifting.
7. A day in the life.
An experimental book that’s very uncommon for its content or format, and yet it works well.
8. "Over half of Americans who are 45 and older attribute the Beatles’ split to Yoko Ono".
A book about a woman (or, if you can’t think of one, a man) who is unjustly blamed or accused of something.
9.“Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns / And calls me on and on across the universe “, John Lennon.
A book that opened your mind and made you think of the universe in a new way, either physically or spiritually.
10. “Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be”, Paul McCartney.
A book that you found very powerful and moving despite its apparent simplicity.
The hosts:
Elena Makridina: youtube.com/channel/UCvCYFnXhyHgrxnbhFsZZTXA
Jack @ramblingraconteur1616
Scott Danielson: youtube.com/c/ScottDanielson
Shawn D. Standfast @ShawnDStandfast
Mark @richardsonreads573
Elisabeth @BookishNorth
Dario of Motley Reads: youtube.com/channel/UCRED77Ubv1vPMosDlRNIjDA
Also, Tilly of @tillysshelf is the official Sagalong cheer leader!
Here's our reading schedule:
April 4-April 10: Chapters 1-22
April 11-April 17: Chapters 23-44
April 18-April 24: Chapters 45-66
April 25-May 5: Chapters 67-87
Alex @bigalbooksforever ‘s announcement video: youtu.be/5Bv7FWuwN6U
#marchingmammoths2022
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And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
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And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
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And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
1. What was your most recent YouTube rabbit hole?
2. What song is currently stuck in your head?
3. What kind of music do you listen to the most?
4. What is something you need to get better at?
5. Do you set goals? What are your goals for the end of the year? Next year?
6. When was the last time you lost your temper?
7. Do you swear too much?
8. Do you spend too much money on shoes?
9. What is the worst book you have ever read?
10. Are you a homebody or are you more adventurous?
11. Do you take naps?
12. Have you ever been to Minnesota? - the greatest state in the Union.
13. Have you ever tried to emulate someone?
14. What is the worst food you have ever eaten?
15. Do you enjoy bars? What kind? Are you or have you been a regular at one?
16. Have you ever been hungover?
17. When was the last time you laughed out loud while reading?
18. How would you label or describe yourself politically?
19. What was the last movie you watched
20. Do you Want kids? Do you wish you had kids? If you have kids give a piece of advice.
21. Do you get along with your siblings?
22. What is a book you have serious issues with but love?
23. What is your favorite theme song to a movie and/or TV show?
24. Do you like your job? If you switched careers, what would you do?
25. What is something you love about the city you live in?
26. Who is your celebrity crush?
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
Et Tu Brody?'s original video: youtube.com/watch?v=ggbjgeom4VU
THE RULES
The idea behind the #WouldYouReadItChallenge is first impressions of a book based on the opening line. Would you read this book based on the first sentence?
- Pick a selection of books (can be a specific genre, age range, one from each shelf, etc)
- Read the first sentence of each book aloud or display it onscreen. Do not describe the plot.
- At the end of the video, share which books' opening lines intrigued or entertained you the most, and ask your viewers the same!
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
- When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (ed. Joy Harjo)
- Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- The Farthest Shore by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Collected Essays and Poems by Henry David Thoreau
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
The Questions-
1. What's most important...a good character, plot, or message?
2. Should one read books about ideas or opinions they disagree with?
3. As tech advances, what do you think will be the role of books?
4. How important are summaries, review, and art in your book choosing?
5. Should one ever skim or scan a book?
6. Should reading always be enjoyable?
7. Is it important to be well-read?
8. What is your book buying process?
9. What is your reading process?
10. How do you use what you read?
11. If you could download a book to your brain, would you still read?
12. What are your views on rereading a book?
13. What makes a book good?
14. What makes a book bad?
15. How do you feel about not finishing a book?
16. Should the author's personal life matter at all?
17. If you could only read one genre for the rest of time, what would it be?
18. Do you ever read a book without knowing anything about it?
19. What author, genre, series, or culture can you just not get into? Why?
20. Do you think everyone should read? Why?
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
And here's Kelly @booksimnotreading 's video: youtube.com/watch?v=kvhbACU_cXQ
1001 Lists - Do you follow any book lists? It can be prize list or a challenge like the Rory Gilmore challenge.
1001 Books - Approximately how many physical books do you currently own? How many e-books?
1001 Books Read - Approximately how many books have you read in your lifetime? Do you keep track?
1001 Arabian Nights - Have you read any stories from the Arabian Nights? Do you have a favorite? If you haven't read it, do you want to?
1001 Flavors - Do you have a favorite food or flavor?
1001 Pages - Have you read a book that is over 1001 pages? Is there one that you recommend and is worth the time? What is the longest book you have read?
1001 Buckets - Do you have a non-bookish bucket list? What is one thing on the list?
1001 Numbers - Do you have a lucky number? Is there a story behind it?
1001 Authors - Do you have a favorite author and/or genre?
1001 Activities - Do you have a favorite outdoor activity?
1001 Bookclubs - Not a prompt but a question for the comments - Should I start a 1001 book club with a book a month for a readalong?
10+01 Friends - Tag some friends. I am going to tag 10 + 1 but tag however many you would like! (plus a bonus 5 for additional channels who have tagged me!)
I tag:
@jenniferbrooks
Tori @goodstrongwords
Aaron Facer! youtube.com/channel/UCkdTobDqTyibxtImtdAPDXQ
Tootight Lautrec! youtube.com/c/TootightLautrec
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through (ed. Joy Harjo)
- Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David Blight
- Collected Essays and Poems by Henry David Thoreau
The video of Tolkien reciting from The Return of the King: youtube.com/watch?v=2M8Ks0xiaxM
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
Here is the link to Tori from Hufflepuff Discovery’s video: youtube.com/watch?v=o0YxZS6pGdY
Questions:
1. Who is your favorite musician/ band?
2. What are your top 3 favorite films?
3. What’s your favorite scent?
4. What’s your favorite Disney film?
5. What’s your favorite season?
6. What’s your favorite seasonal drink?
7. Do you have a favorite shirt or article of clothing?
8. Whose your favorite author?
9. Do you have a favorite spot for reading or writing?
10. What’s your favorite food or dessert?
11. What’s your favorite time of day?
12. What’s your favorite color?
13. Whose your top 3 favorite YouTube channels?
14. What’s your favorite musical or play?
15. What’s your favorite place you’ve visited?
16. Who do you tag
If want to find me elsewhere:
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And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
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And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
Prompts:
1) The longest book you read this year and the book that took you the longest to finish.
2. A book you read in 2018 that was outside of your comfort zone.
3. How many books did you re-read in 2018?
4. Favorite re-read of 2018.
5. A book you read for the first time in 2018 that you look forward to re-reading in the future.
6. Favorite single short story or novella that you read in 2018.
7. Mass Appeal: A book you liked and would recommend to a wide variety of readers.
8. Specialized Appeal: A book you liked but would be hesitant to recommend to just anyone.
9. Reflect on your year as a bookish content creator (goals met, good/bad memories, favorite videos you made, etc).
10. Tag some fellow bookish content creators.
Links to my videos mentioned:
- Moby-Dick as Science Fiction: youtube.com/watch?v=cqzejd_SDOY&t=1s
- My review of The Evidence for God by Keith Ward: youtube.com/watch?v=XAS9vWvMOaM
- All four ShakeTember discussions: Othello (youtube.com/watch?v=g4Ma_epnYaI&t=1s), The Tempest (youtube.com/watch?v=WMLZbUagDh8), Henry IV, Pt 1 (youtube.com/watch?v=dYfqxEwz1_Y&t=2s), The Winter's Tale (youtube.com/watch?v=FC501FJ5rgQ&t=2184s)
- My Possessed by Poems videos: Psalm 23 (youtube.com/watch?v=vzW6P2-oxBA), Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 (youtube.com/watch?v=__djzuIWuy4&t=10s), Shakespeare's Sonnet 60 (youtube.com/watch?v=_QQBoko7jKA)
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola
When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry (ed. Joy Harjo)
Unquiet by Linn Ullmann
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David Blight
Collected Essays and Poems by Henry David Thoreau
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
If want to find me elsewhere:
I'm on Instagram as a_cruel_readers_thesis: instagram.com/a_cruel_readers_thesis/?hl=en
And of course Goodreads: goodreads.com/user/show/43502665-lukas-sotola