To Readers It May ConcernIn which I show some of the big, difficult books I'm excited to read in the future (while also insisting you not feel any pressure to read them yourself).
The other BookTubers who are showcasing similarly tough books they're excited about: @ThatReadingGuy28 @BookishTexan @materiagrix
---------------------- Chapters: ---------------------- 00:00 Intro 01:37 Book 1 (Philosophy) 05:47 Book 2 (Historical Fiction) 09:31 Book 3 (History/Philosophy) 11:38 Book 4 (Fiction) 14:08 Book 5 (Science) 16:55 Book 6 (History) 19:29 Book 7 (History) 21:42 Book 8 (Science/History) 23:24 Book 9 (Science/Philosophy) 25:53 Book 10 (Fiction) 28:59 Bonus (Philosophy) 30:22 Outro
---------------------- *Books Featured* (With Global Amazon Links): [Let me know if links break.] ---------------------- On What Matters by Derek Parfit: amzn.to/4dDJXRL The Dying Grass by William T. Vollmann: amzn.to/3WIRRlX The Main Currents of Marxism by Leszek Kolakowski: amzn.to/4dgdmS8 Ha! A Self-Murder Mystery by Gordon Sheppard: amzn.to/4dpaQcA The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould: amzn.to/4dESofo The Story of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant: amzn.to/3TKIj8n The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia by Orlando Figes: amzn.to/43Qr62g The Modern Mind by Peter Watson: amzn.to/3xjCojp The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World by Iain McGilchrist: amzn.to/43F7det Bottom’s Dream by Arno Schmidt: amzn.to/3vNhkRE The Open Society & Its Enemies by Karl Popper: amzn.to/3THgEp1
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Ten Hard Books I Want to Read (But It’s Fine If You Don’t)To Readers It May Concern2024-03-18 | In which I show some of the big, difficult books I'm excited to read in the future (while also insisting you not feel any pressure to read them yourself).
The other BookTubers who are showcasing similarly tough books they're excited about: @ThatReadingGuy28 @BookishTexan @materiagrix
---------------------- Chapters: ---------------------- 00:00 Intro 01:37 Book 1 (Philosophy) 05:47 Book 2 (Historical Fiction) 09:31 Book 3 (History/Philosophy) 11:38 Book 4 (Fiction) 14:08 Book 5 (Science) 16:55 Book 6 (History) 19:29 Book 7 (History) 21:42 Book 8 (Science/History) 23:24 Book 9 (Science/Philosophy) 25:53 Book 10 (Fiction) 28:59 Bonus (Philosophy) 30:22 Outro
---------------------- *Books Featured* (With Global Amazon Links): [Let me know if links break.] ---------------------- On What Matters by Derek Parfit: amzn.to/4dDJXRL The Dying Grass by William T. Vollmann: amzn.to/3WIRRlX The Main Currents of Marxism by Leszek Kolakowski: amzn.to/4dgdmS8 Ha! A Self-Murder Mystery by Gordon Sheppard: amzn.to/4dpaQcA The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould: amzn.to/4dESofo The Story of Civilization by Will & Ariel Durant: amzn.to/3TKIj8n The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin’s Russia by Orlando Figes: amzn.to/43Qr62g The Modern Mind by Peter Watson: amzn.to/3xjCojp The Matter with Things: Our Brains, Our Delusions, and the Unmaking of the World by Iain McGilchrist: amzn.to/43F7det Bottom’s Dream by Arno Schmidt: amzn.to/3vNhkRE The Open Society & Its Enemies by Karl Popper: amzn.to/3THgEp1
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Chapters: 00:00 The Question 01:54 Narrative Aspects of History 05:36 Importance of Empathy 08:27 Storytelling 10:43 Stories That Rise to the Top 11:51 Moral Distancing 13:05 My Central Motivation 14:38 Question of Responsibility 15:50 On Pity 17:40 My Own Potential Failure 19:07 Against Empathy 20:44 Empathy as Information 22:49 Lack of Answers 26:41 Constraint of Disposition 28:16 What are the Limits?Books with Sublime Splendors (Philosophy, History, & Literature)To Readers It May Concern2024-08-24 | #BeautyinBooks created in collaboration with @TheLinguistsLibrary whose video can be found here: youtu.be/cvGvttefDOo?si=uWmohsZmKMKFpNJA
Beauty in Books Tag: 1. Beauty in concept 2. Beauty in opening line(s) 3. Beauty in character 4. Beauty amidst pain 5. Beauty in incompleteness 6. Beauty in place 7. Beauty in time 8. Beauty in catharsis
I tag @Deep_in_the_Reads, @leafyconcern, @thegrimmreader3649, @aaronfacer, @brenboothjones, @CruelSpirit, @saintonfire77, @revenantreads, @anotherbibliophilereads, @TriumphalReads, @MyGrannyEra, @noteworthyfiction, @KcIsReading, @tokyochemist, @marianhreads, @LeeAnnaRoseReads, @nathansnook, @literarylayer, @caitlinslibrary, @TraumaticTomes, @Lifeonbooks, and @MustReadMore.
---------------------- *Chapters* ---------------------- 00:00 Beauty in Books 01:36 Beauty in Concept 07:47 Beauty in Opening 08:39 Satantango excerpt 09:12 end of excerpt 13:52 The Stammering Century excerpt 15:24 end of excerpt 16:24 Beauty in Character 20:56 Beauty amidst Pain 29:11 Butterfly Stories excerpt 31:44 end of excerpt 35:25 Beauty in Incompleteness 39:49 Beauty in Place 42:06 Invisible Cities excerpt 42:51 end of excerpt 44:32 Beauty in Time 47:42 Orlando excerpt 48:24 end of excerpt 49:04 Beauty in Catharsis 55:48 Beauty in Books Tag
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.The Truth About BookTubeTo Readers It May Concern2024-08-10 | #TheHonestBookTuber created by @HarrietRosie13.
The Honest BookTuber Tag: 1. Have you ever lied about reading a book? 2. Have you ever avoided a book because of controversy around the content/author? 3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it? 4. Have you ever bought a book with no intention of reading it? 5. Have you ever got caught up in BookTube drama? 6. Have you ever had a hate comment and did you respond? 7. Have you ever made a video just because you knew it would get views? 8. If you could go back to the beginning of your channel, would you do anything differently? 9. Are there any channels you wish you could be more like? 10. What's something you love about your channel? 11. Tag some people.
Channels Mentioned in this video: @HannahsBooks, @TheActiveMind1, @BookChatWithPat8668, @readreadofficial, @LeafbyLeaf, @bibliosophie, @JamesRuchala, @davidnovakreadspoetry, @bookpogo, @CallosumBooks, @Infinimata, @apoetreadstowrite, @saintdonoghue, @ProseAndPetticoats, @brenboothjones, and @TheLinguistsLibrary.
---------------------- *Chapters* ---------------------- 00:00 Let's Be Honest 06:29 On Lying About What We Read 17:22 On Avoiding Controversial Books 23:48 On Receiving Free Books 27:36 On Buying Books Not to Read Them 32:57 On BookTube Drama 35:14 On Hateful Comments 37:05 On Just Getting Views 39:59 On What I Would Do Differently 40:37 On Channels I Admire 44:40 On What I Love About My Channel 45:25 On Tagging Others & A Thank You to You
---------------------- *Books Featured* (With Amazon Links) ---------------------- Phenomenology of Spirit by G.W.F. Hegel: amzn.to/46IoTaC Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector: amzn.to/3YVocsH A Breath of Life by Clarice Lispector: amzn.to/3LXS144 Agua Viva by Clarice Lispector: amzn.to/3yy2qAo The Passion According to G.H. by Clarice Lispector: amzn.to/3YxF34s The Recognitions by William Gaddis: amzn.to/3WX33wP J R by William Gaddis: amzn.to/4dcgM8s The Basic Works of Aristotle: amzn.to/4fz3xQT Germinal by Emile Zola: amzn.to/3LYz2WU In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust: amzn.to/46CSv9g The Man Without Qualities by Robert Musil: amzn.to/3YDDJgC The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace: amzn.to/3SGG0ns The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker: amzn.to/3AcEMcW The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould: amzn.to/46C9uIA The Singularity by Dino Buzzati: amzn.to/4dTNpZs The Lily in the Valley by Honore de Balzac: amzn.to/451nnj0 Mourning a Breast by Xi Xi: amzn.to/4554883 The Oceans of Cruelty by Douglas J. Penick: amzn.to/3VeQA6v Moieties by Elytron Frass: amzn.to/4cz6zC9 Growing Children by Salustiano Berrios: amzn.to/3Ww0JuY The Cambridge Centenary Ulysses by James Joyce (Kindle Ed.): amzn.to/4ddAP6F
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.Over Ten Books That Excite Me (For the Simplest Reasons)To Readers It May Concern2024-07-06 | #CountingTheDays created with @ProseAndPetticoats.
Counting the Days Tag: 1. What is a book that excites you because of its cover? 2. … because of its author? 3. … because of its premise? 4. … because of its style? 5. … because of its influence? 6. … because of its emotional weight? 7. … because of its sense of humor? 8. … because of its challenge or difficulty?
---------------------- *Chapters* ---------------------- 00:00 Counting the Days 01:29 For Its Cover 06:31 For Its Author 11:22 For Its Premise 14:31 For Its Style 16:27 For Its Influence 18:00 For Its Emotional Weight 24:01 For Its Humor 26:17 For Its Challenge or Difficulty 29:19 Outro
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.The Worth in a Poets Pen(itence)To Readers It May Concern2024-06-29 | What matters to me about poetry, and what may matter to you.
---------------------- *Books Featured* (With Amazon Links) ---------------------- Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman: amzn.to/3zkexkB A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace: amzn.to/45IdfvV Vertigo to Go by Bren Booth-Jones: amzn.to/3KRvIfN Blue Remembered Star by Bren Booth-Jones: amzn.to/4b5tQL6
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.The Books I’ve Been Reading (From Philosophy to History to Fiction to Poetry)To Readers It May Concern2024-06-21 | There have been a ton of books I've been reading lately. Here they are!
---------------------- *Chapters* ---------------------- 00:00 On Jumping Between Books 04:36 Book 1 (History) 13:04 Book 2 (Poetry) 16:34 Book 3 (Fiction) 21:57 On Philosophy, Oxford Handbooks, & Teaching 25:54 Book 4 (Philosophy) 30:18 Book 5 (Philosophy) 32:25 Book 6 (Philosophy) 34:45 Book 7 (Politics & Economics) 37:48 Book 8 (Tech & Economics) 42:15 Book 9 (Fiction) 42:47 Book 10 (Philosophy) 44:08 On How to Learn Philosophy 46:51 Other Books I Finished 48:20 Outro
---------------------- *Books Featured* (With Amazon Links) ---------------------- The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer: amzn.to/3KQIiMo Vertigo to Go by Bren Booth-Jones: amzn.to/3KRvIfN Open Letters to the Sky by Bren Booth-Jones: amzn.to/3xfOzy3 Blue Remembered Star by Bren Booth-Jones: amzn.to/4b5tQL6 Blow Up & Other Stories by Julio Cortazar: amzn.to/4essUDr The Oxford Handbook of Epistemology: amzn.to/45EwZ3l The Oxford Handbook of Reasons and Normativity: amzn.to/3xfOHh1 The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Language: amzn.to/4cnMrTu The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovitz: amzn.to/3XxdqIm The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff: amzn.to/45zpieD The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt: amzn.to/3z2bqgP Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann: amzn.to/3VvE01N Philosophy of Law: A Very Short Introduction: amzn.to/3LbvujX Law: A Very Short Introduction (latest edition): amzn.to/3VxPjXf Garner on Language and Writing by Bryan A. Garner: amzn.to/3VP8jlo Garner’s Modern English Usage: amzn.to/4b97ZSX A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell: amzn.to/3KRwysX The History of Philosophy by A.C. Grayling: amzn.to/3RvVJVO Aristotle: A Very Short Introduction: amzn.to/3VE9cw2 Critique of Pure Reason (Pluhar Translation) by Kant: amzn.to/3RxKR9C Kant: A Very Short Introduction: amzn.to/3xlV9TF Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore: amzn.to/3VPQ6Eg Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore: amzn.to/3KRHeb2 The Waves by Virginia Woolf: amzn.to/3KPmLna Radio Dialogs I by Arno Schmidt: amzn.to/4ct0wiB Radio Dialogs II by Arno Schmidt: amzn.to/3zdwpO4
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.Ten More Hard Books I Want to Read (But It’s Fine If You Don’t)To Readers It May Concern2024-06-14 | Consider each of these a suggestion for The Big Book Summer Challenge 2024 created by @SueJacksonDE.
This topic of recommending tough books (that you don't have to read) seems to have been created by @BookishTexan with this video: youtu.be/6BQBbzhJ4Cs?si=B0KiGYWsgtg9-86M
---------------------- *Chapters* ---------------------- 00:00 On Hard Books 01:37 Book 1 (Fiction) 03:45 Bonus Books that Distend Time 06:12 Final Thoughts on Book 1 06:52 Book 2 (Fiction) 10:38 Book 3 (History & Journalism) 14:24 Book 4 (Fiction) 16:31 Book 5 (Fiction) 21:09 Book 6 (Fiction) 23:38 Book 7 (Fiction) 26:01 Book 8 (Essays & Poetry) 27:58 Book 9 (Science History) 30:01 Book 10 (Philosophy) 33:32 Outro
---------------------- *Books Featured* (With Amazon Links) ---------------------- Miss MacIntosh, My Darling by Marguerite Young: amzn.to/4cgF5Bb The Mezzanine by Nicholson Baker: amzn.to/3VDo52J Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: amzn.to/3KFznNx Anniversaries 1 & 2 by Uwe Johnson: amzn.to/3z0ysEY Life: A User’s Manual by Georges Perec: amzn.to/3VCgilE The Christine Brooke-Rose Omnibus: amzn.to/4eoMtfZ Xorandor/Verbivore by Christine Brooke-Rose: amzn.to/4eidEZN Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West: amzn.to/3Xt47ZE The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu: amzn.to/45ptsWt Ducks, Newburyport by Lucy Ellmann: amzn.to/4emZl6k The Making of Americans by Gertrude Stein: amzn.to/4cfAoYv Women as Lovers by Elfriede Jelinek: amzn.to/3KE6voW The Children of the Dead by Elfriede Jelinek: amzn.to/3z3Drow The Laura (Riding) Jackson Reader: amzn.to/45p5g6P The Poems of Laura Riding: amzn.to/3KFLkCP Objectivity by Lorraine Daston & Peter L. Galison: amzn.to/3xmUQru Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton: amzn.to/3Rm0m4D Human Life, Action, and Ethics by G.E.M. Anscombe: amzn.to/3RrPlPj Logic, Truth and Meaning by G.E.M. Anscombe: amzn.to/3RpFc5G From Plato to Wittgenstein by G.E.M. Anscombe: amzn.to/3z7ZfPy Faith in a Hard Ground by G.E.M. Anscombe: amzn.to/3xi11Nz
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.So You Want to Be a Serious Reader?To Readers It May Concern2024-06-08 | My advice on reading seriously. #ReadSmart made in collaboration with @ProseAndPetticoats whose video on the same subject can be found here: youtu.be/jqM-MNPyknM?si=_qVOlpru9Yc0p7Dq
Read Smart Tag questions: 1. What is your strategy to stay focused and engaged while reading? 2. How does your environment influence your focus and what can you do to optimize it? 3. What methods do you use to retain and recall information from what you've read? 4. How do you approach difficult or challenging material? 5. What role do note-taking and annotation play in your reading process? 6. How do you balance reading for pleasure with reading for personal or professional development? 7. What is the importance of setting reading goals? 8. What are some strategies for overcoming reading slumps or lack of motivation?
I tag @saintdonoghue, @aaronfacer, @davidnovakreadspoetry, @Paradisereading, @TheActiveMind1, @thegrimmreader3649, @HannahsBooks, @TriumphalReads, and @readreadofficial (I forgot to mention all of these in the video, unfortunately).
---------------------- *Chapters* ---------------------- 00:00 Advice on advice 03:25 On collaborating with Prose and Petticoats 05:43 How to stay focused and engaged 17:14 How to optimize environment 20:05 How to retain and recall your reading 24:02 How to approach difficult texts 31:35 How to annotate 35:21 How to balance personal and professional development 39:14 Importance of setting reading goals 45:11 How to find motivation 49:05 Who else should do this 51:07 Reminder to check out Prose and PetticoatsFour Upcoming NYRB Classics (Sci-fi, Realism, Memoir, & Stories)To Readers It May Concern2024-05-26 | My first mail haul, featuring nearly-released NYRB Classics.
---------------------- *Chapters* ---------------------- 00:00 On NYRB Classics 01:23 Book 1 (Sci-Fi) 05:23 Passage from Book 1 07:30 End of Passage (Book 1) 11:23 Book 2 (Realism) 13:38 Book 3 (Memoir) 15:44 Passage from Book 3 16:43 End of Passage (Book 3) 17:04 Book 4 (Stories) 19:23 Passage from Book 4 20:29 End of Passage (Book 4) 20:35 Outro
---------------------- *Books Featured* (With Amazon Links) ---------------------- The Singularity by Dino Buzzati: amzn.to/4dTNpZs 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke: amzn.to/4dUjekQ Greatest Hits of Harlan Ellison (includes "I Have No Mouth..." story): amzn.to/3VcOtQO The Lily in the Valley by Honore de Balzac: amzn.to/451nnj0 Mourning a Breast by Xi Xi: amzn.to/4554883 The Oceans of Cruelty by Douglas J. Penick: amzn.to/3VeQA6v
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---------------------- *Chapters* ---------------------- 00:00 The Problem 05:38 An Aside about Reading Arno Schmidt 08:52 The Solution
---------------------- *Books Featured* (With Amazon Links) ---------------------- Collected Novellas by Arno Schmidt: amzn.to/3UUcE4Z Terra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes: amzn.to/3UAJPuh
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---------------------- *Bookshop* to support local bookstores and this channel (U.S.): bookshop.org/shop/ToReadersItMayConcernBookTube Greats: Ten Books I Only Know about from Steve DonoghueTo Readers It May Concern2024-05-11 | In honor of @saintdonoghue reaching 8 years and 7k+ vids on BookTube!
Here are some additional great BookTubers whom commenters have suggested so far (I tag all of you): @LeafbyLeaf @BenjaminMcEvoy BrittaBöhlerTheSecondShelf (not able to @ the person) @abookolive @travelthroughstories @Echoesoflostlibraries @EveningReader @booksaresick @BetterThanFoodBookReviews @bookpogo @BookishTexan @outlawbookselleroriginal @Bookpilled @JoeSpivey02
---------------------- Chapters: ---------------------- 00:00 Who is Steve Donoghue? 08:43 Book 1 (History) 11:18 Book 2 (Science & Natural History) 13:45 Book 3 (Fiction) 16:30 Book 4 (Fiction) 19:31 Book 5 (Theology) 22:56 Book 6 (History) 25:01 Book 7 (History) 28:01 Book 8 (History) 31:10 Book 9 (Fiction) 33:30 Book 10 (Science) 35:09 Outro
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.Over Thirty Brilliant Biographies for All TastesTo Readers It May Concern2024-04-26 | In which I cover over thirty notable biographies in response to the "This or That" Book Tag created by Ros @scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 and Elisabeth @bouquinsbooks.
---------------------- Chapters: ---------------------- 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:54 Q1 Big or Slim Bios? 00:24:23 Q2 Celebrity or Average Joe Bios? 00:39:59 Q3 Complete Correspondence or Selected Letters? 00:49:25 Q4 Fresh Memoirs or with Hindsight? 01:00:37 Q5 Gossipy or Scholarly Bios? 01:04:46 Q6 Diaries of Ordinary or Extraordinary Events? 01:07:52 Q7 Arty or Sporting Memoirs? 01:12:21 Q8 Gritty or Inspirational Bios? 01:26:10 Q9 Historical or Contemporary Bios? 01:30:32 Q10 Happy or Tragic Days? 01:35:01 Q11 Tag Others 01:35:31 Outro
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.Why Bother With Philosophy of Science?! | On Theory & Reality by Peter Godfrey-SmithTo Readers It May Concern2024-04-19 | My review of Theory and Reality by Peter Godfrey-Smith, in which I also give an overview of Philosophy of Science and why it seemingly matters.
Book featured (with Amazon link): Theory and Reality by Peter Godfrey-Smith: amzn.to/4cTl7O1
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.My Ten Favorite Reference Books (Ones You May Not Know About)To Readers It May Concern2024-04-12 | In which I list out my favorite reading and learning resources.
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.Where to Begin with John BarthTo Readers It May Concern2024-04-04 | In which I go over John Barth's narrative style and each book in the early part of his career.
---------------------- Chapters: ---------------------- 00:00 Intro 02:20 The Floating Opera & The End of the Road 03:44 The Sot-Weed Factor 06:40 Giles Goat-Boy 10:39 Letters 11:46 Lost in the Funhouse 13:31 Tidewater Tales & Sabbatical
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.Whats This Channel?—And Who Else Should You Be Watching?To Readers It May Concern2024-03-30 | In which @saintdonoghue tags me for #WhatAreYouKnownFor? and I respond.
Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:47 What is this channel known for? 02:50 What content will be on this channel? 03:55 Most represented genre of books? 04:29 Books known for championing? 05:56 Author regularly featured? 10:25 Future of this channel? 12:11 Other channels to tag? 12:29 BrenBoothJones 13:34 Renee_Angelica 14:42 ThatReadingGuy28 15:49 ParadiseReading 17:10 MateriaGrix 18:21 TheGrimmReader3649 20:01 LeafyConcern 20:52 TannerHowardd 22:05 NoEditBookReviews 23:17 DavidNovakReadsPoetry 24:48 MichaelRomeoTalksBooks 25:52 BonnieNicoleWrites 26:25 OutroMy Norton Anthology Collection | Library TourTo Readers It May Concern2024-03-30 | In which I start my bookshelf tour by going through each of the Norton Anthology books I own and why you should consider owning them too.
---------------------- Chapters: ---------------------- 00:00 Why read Norton Anthologies... 02:17 of World Literature 07:45 of American Literature 09:59 of English Literature 12:22 of Modern & Contemporary Poetry 16:04 of Postmodern American Poetry 17:52 of Postmodern American Fiction 19:48 of Shakespeare 22:11 of Theory & Criticism 25:31 of World Religions 28:40 Outro
---------------------- Books Featured (With Amazon Links): ---------------------- The Norton Anthology of World Literature, 2nd Edition: amzn.to/3xmkM6o The Norton Anthology of American Literature, 6th Edition: amzn.to/43GaEkZ The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 9th Edition: amzn.to/49gMzCB The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, 3rd Edition: amzn.to/4cKRtL5 The Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Poetry, 2nd Edition: amzn.to/3TLTZaW The Norton Anthology of Postmodern American Fiction, 1st Edition: amzn.to/3vExAEB The Norton Shakespeare, 3rd Edition: amzn.to/3vC9XMU The Norton Anthology of Theory & Criticism, 2nd Edition: amzn.to/43HytsK The Norton Anthology of World Religions, 1st Edition: amzn.to/3U3aEHx
I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.My Evolution in Annotating Books—With Examples!To Readers It May Concern2024-03-22 | In which I explain how and why to annotate your books with examples from my own collection.
For a pleasantly honest description of the challenges of slowing down while reading (and thus maybe a reason to annotate so thoroughly), check out @renee_angelica's video: youtu.be/SqURM9pHxPo?si=8eukreufWSe02MjE
Chapters: 00:00 Purpose of Marking Up Books 02:42 Limits of Highlighting 05:42 Detailed Annotations 15:38 On Annotating Fiction 18:16 Outro
The books discussed in this video (with Amazon links): Behave by Robert Sapolsky: amzn.to/3TFaKVv The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell: amzn.to/3TAMQuc The Master and His Emissary by Iain McGilchrist: amzn.to/4aw6P4g Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit: amzn.to/4ajnB6C The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore: amzn.to/3J9Rw5f A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes: amzn.to/4aeeMeq Our Oriental Heritage by Will Durant, which is the first part of the Story of Civilization series: amzn.to/3vFR0ZN The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker: amzn.to/3J3KYoN The Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Philip P. Wiener: amzn.to/3PKq6Xm
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.New Booktuber TagTo Readers It May Concern2024-03-07 | All questions are taken directly from @CamsCampbellReads and his #booktubernewbie tag.
I mention some of my favorite booktubers at some point in the video. Here they are: @saintdonoghue @LeafbyLeaf @readreadofficial @IdeasInHat @TheHistoryShelf @thegrimmreader3649 @noeditbookreviews @MayberryBookclub
Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:29 Why start the channel? 02:27 What do you bring to YouTube? 06:07 What are you most excited about? 07:44 Why do you love reading? 10:01 What got you into reading? 13:36 When did you start reading? 18:52 Favorite booktubers and questions for them? 22:12 Challenges with starting channel? 23:41 Where do you read? 24:15 What kinds of books? 28:04 OutroA Peoples Tragedy by Orlando Figes | Book ReviewTo Readers It May Concern2024-02-03 | My review of a fantastic narrative and social history of the Russian Revolution.
The book discussed in this video (with Amazon link): A People's Tragedy by Orlando Figes: amzn.to/4aESdPT
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore | Book ReviewTo Readers It May Concern2024-01-29 | My review of a family history of the world.
The book discussed in this video (with Amazon link): The World by Simon Sebag Montefiore: amzn.to/4aeeiVE
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I can create these links for any books I choose, so this does not affect my choice of what books to cover for this channel.Lives of the Poets by Michael Schmidt | Book ReviewTo Readers It May Concern2021-09-30 | I just finished reading the book Lives of the Poets by Michael Schmidt. Here are my thoughts.
The book discussed in this video (with Amazon link): The Lives of the Poets by Michael Schmidt: amzn.to/4ahnOaI
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