Wow what a great haul. I am very jealous of those Louis L’Amour books, I really enjoy his books. And Yay for the Penguin Classics and the Agatha Christie books 😊

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Debs! I hope all is well with you. I feel like that is the fastest I have ever went through that many books. It had been a while since I had made a video. I was overdue. I think I am going to read Christie's Three Act Tragedy soon. Have you read it ... is it any good? Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

Hi Bill! Great to have an update again. Hope you enjoy the spring break. I have the Truman biography on my TBR pile but it will be awhile before I get to it. Currently reading some books on epidemic and medical history as we are working on a healthcare and healers exhibit for our local museum.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Hey Susan! Thanks for watching. I have a Civil War book on medicine that I need to get to. I keep putting it off despite the fact that I think I will love it. No excuses, it just gets put on the back burner. I need to rectify that. Good luck with the exhibit. I hope it goes well. I would love to see some pictures of the exhibit when you are finished. You will love the Truman biography. It was wonderful. Have a great weekend.

What a super haul. I'm still not buying - no hauls for me! I'm currently purging and rearranging my library and working on my crawling out of my reading slump. I think your students are lucky to be in your classes. I never had a teacher who give me books nor do I remember my sons' have teachers who gave then books. My 14 year-old grand's English teacher and debate coach recommends books to her often. B is a freshman, very smart and reads all the time. I trust your students, their parents, and the school where you teach realize all the extra things you do for your students. Thank you.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words. I am lucky to have the students that I have. They are great kids. I hope you get out of your reading slump. Thank you for watching. Have a great weekend.

Bill, your book haul brings back memories of my youth. That last book on Lincoln you showed was the first book (of many) on him I have read. A neighbor gave me it and a similar small book with lots of pictures on George Washington when I was in elementary school and I re-read both many times. They had been sent as gifts to the neighbor by Disabled American Veterans as a thank you for financial contributions to that organization. I read the John Jakes novels. The Bastard and The Rebels when I was in high school and also watched the TV movies that were based on them.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Hey Ricky! Good to hear from you. I hope all is well. Those books from our youth always bring back great memories! The scholastic ones I would read over and over. I loved them when I was in elementary. The Jakes series I have on DVD. Good stuff ... well, not always the best acting but I liked them anyways. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

Peg hauled Mary Chestnut recently too. Being in Charleston, SC, I had to read it in high school and college!! Definitely a chunkster when you have to haul it around campus!! I like the Opening Day Challenge. Next week I'm starting "Damn Yankees" by Rob Fleder to get ready for opening day. Only when the first regular season pitch has been thrown will spring officially begin 😄😎

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree ... March 28th - Spring begins!!! Is the Chesnut book a book to read straight through or a little bit at a time?? Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

Hi Bill, so great to hear from you again. In response to a couple of your questions/comments, yes, I dislike these new paperbacks that are so much taller but narrower In width; they are awkward to hold. Yes, it's the same Margaret Truman who wrote the mysteries that's the president's daughter. The only thing is the later ones in the series were written by someone else after her death but they have both names on them so you can tell. I have never read any of them but I have read her biographies of her father and mother. Obviously biased, but I thought they were well written and had some interesting insights. A relative of mine gave me her biography of her father when it was first published when I was only about 10 years old. It was probably one of the first "adult" books I ever read. Her biography of her mother was published many years later and revealed her mother's father killed himself when Bess was still young and Bess never talked about it to Margaret. The Dear Bess book is really good, too. The editor, Robert H. Ferrell, who wrote many books on Truman, was a professor at Indiana University when I was a student there and I knew him very well. He and Truman shared the same birthday, May 8, which was also V-E Day in 1945. Margaret's son Clifton Daniel has edited a book of Bess's letters to Harry which I would like to read sometime. It was long thought that Bess had burned all of her letters to Harry but the grandson found some after his mother died

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Ricky. I always appreciate all of the knowledge you bring in your comments. I am always amazed and I come away learning something new every time!! Thank you. I plan to read a Margaret Truman mystery soon. I am just trying to decide which one. I will probably try to read them in publication order. It seems to be a habit of mine. Did you read the McCullough biography on Truman?? I thought you said you did, but I couldn't remember. I just finished a while back and I really enjoyed it. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

I don't read much about American history but the biography of Sam Adams looks nice, good to see you again

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Justin. Hope all is well. I am enjoying all of the discussions on Discord, keep it up! Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

I bought 2 of Shelby footer’s civil war for $2 apiece. They didn’t have the 3rd volume unfortunately. Have your read them. I got Abraham Lincoln by Carl Sandburg. American Ulysses by Ronald c white. Sea captains wife by Martha hides. Custer by Jeffry d white. I had probably 10 more I put back. I always see so many I want at the used bookstore. I am on the hunt for napoleon by Andrew Roberts. I just don’t want to pay full price. Can’t wait to see the bookshelves tour. I am trying to read your book titles in the video. I love you and peg so many book recommendations. I have a book on Samuel Adams and I almost bought another last Friday. I got Jefferson Davis by William just cooler jr and a book queen mary I got queen mary by James pope Hennessy chestnuts civil war to read for mammoth march but instead I am reading grant by Ron chernow. I am trying to read about all the generals north and south. Peg had an interesting book Lincoln’s generals wives I want to get about 4 north generals wives. Sounded really interesting. Sherman grant and mcclellum’s wives. I forgot who the 4 th wife is in the book. Sorry to go on but I don’t have anyone to talk to about books except book tube. Glad your back I have missed your videos

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

I have read volume one of Shelby Foote's Civil War trilogy. It was good but I found it a little slower paced. I need to get back to it and read volume 2. That is one of my goals for this year. I have read Sandburg's biography on Lincoln and I loved it. Now, it is a bit biased, but I thought it was wonderfully written. I have the Ronald C. White biography on Grant but I haven't read it yet. I have read the Grant biography by Ron Chernow. I really enjoyed it and highly recommend it. I hope you enjoy your Civil War reading!! Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

BILL! I wanted to write to say hello and to chime in on the Christie stuff. Hair does NOT grow on scar tissue, in my experience, and it has made for some interesting conversations at the hair salon over the years. I hated that they put unnecessary backstory into the Branagh Poirots, but I dislike almost everything about those adaptations so I'll leave it at that. When it comes to portrayals, make mine Suchet with some Ustinov on the side for the way he combined comedy with unexpected intensity. You also can't go wrong reading any of Ustinov's memoirs, if you're interested. He was David Niven's - another marvellous collector of personal anecdotes - bagman during WWII, so it's fun to see them interact in DEATH ON THE NILE. Also, props to Niven for tango'ing with a scenery-chewing Angela Lansbury (a Miss Marple in THE MIRROR CRACK'D) without dying of laughter. Put THAT in your Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon pipe and smoke it! As for Tommy and Tuppence... They are very English. Um. *looking around awkwardly* I *would* recommend N OR M? from their collection of stories. The others are a wee too twee, if you get me. Sending love and best wishes to you and yours.... Martine

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Hey Martine! Great to hear from you. Thank you for the Christie input, you are the residing guru of everything Christie. I still don't have all of those movies watched but someday I will. I do really like Suchet as Poirot. The next Christie that I am going to read is The Three Act Tragedy. I just got it yesterday and it fits one of the prompts for a reading event at our local library. I have yet to see an Angela Lansbury Marple ... is it worth it? Thanks for watching. I hope all is well. Have a great weekend. P.S. Enjoy your snow ... and keep it in the West bc I don't want it.

I hadn't heard about the Poirot moustache business you talk about. Actually, based on what Christie wrote, Poirot was probably too old to have served in World War I. His moustache was supposed to have been a holdover from his youth in the late 1800s when such moustaches were popular and that's why people in the stories are always ridiculing them as old-fashioned. I think Kenneth Branagh is a great talent, I especially like his Shakespeare movies, but I have yet to see his Poirot movies. I did enjoy him in a modern mystery series Wallender about a Swedish police officer that was shown on PBS Mystery several years ago. My favorite Christie movie is the version of Murder on the Orient Express from the 1970s. It follows the novel closely and Albert Finney looked and acted exactly like I imagined Poirot plus there was a great supporting cast of actors. Death on the Nile is one of my favorite Christie mysteries. The older movie of it is good too though Peter Ustinov, a fine actor, does not resemble Poirot the way Christie describes him.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Yeah, the new movies took liberties that weren't in the books. I didn't care for that. My wife didn't mind but she hasn't read any of the books either. I plan to expand my Christie movie watching experiences in the future. I am still very much a novice. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

Bookshelves are looking good! Definitely a lot of new purchases to include. 😊

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Stephanie. I have to admit that sometimes it is retail therapy, but I love the hunt all the same! Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

Most Robert Harris books are worth checking out although 'The Second Sleep' was not one of my favourites.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up James. I thought I would give them a try. Hopefully the one doesn't ruin it for me. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

Great bunch of books, Bill! I had no idea Patrice started a channel of her own! I'd always hoped she would. When I searched her name, I couldn't find her. Would you do me a big favor and link her channel in your bio so we can find her more easily? Would gladly subscribe!

@martineokeeffe9326

3 ай бұрын

John - Patrice's channel is called TWO MINUTES ON BOOKS. Hope this helps. (PS. Hellloooooooooo!)

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Hey John! I just put the link in the description box. Sorry about that, sometimes I don't think to do the simplest of things. My bad! Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

Oh. I have The Trial and Execution of the Traitor George Washington on my project list. I hope it's good.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Nice! You will have to let me know what you think of it. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

I've never come across those John Jakes books in hardcover, especially in like-new condition!

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Nick. I never see them in this good of condition. I see the paperback all the time and sometimes they are in decent condition, but not hardback. Do you like the series? It is one of my personal favorites. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

@nickpiccirilli4278

3 ай бұрын

Haven't read them yet but been on the lookout for them! @@billruttenberg

An excellent haul! The last name of the French Revolution author is pronounced 'La Fey' how you get that from LeFebevre, I don't know, I only know how it's pronounced because a girl I went to school with had the same last name.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the help. I am terrible with pronouncing names, just ask my kids at school. They sometimes get quite the laugh at my attempts. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

None of my style but an interesting varied hall

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend.

If you can, see an eye doctor please. Take care of yourself. It's nice to see you again.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. It is on the list of things to do. Have a great weekend.

As someone who has been battling eye issues lately (and I am only 28!), you should get your eyes properly checked!

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thank you. I plan on it. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

You need to make see an eye doctor a top priority or you will not be able to read all your great books.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Tina. I plan on it. Thanks for watching. Have a great weekend.

@tinabauerle2794

3 ай бұрын

I'm happy to hear you are planning on it. Let it be sooner rather than later.@@billruttenberg

You should see an eye doctor.

@billruttenberg

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve. It is on my list of things to do. Have a great weekend.