Speaking of Ayn Rand - a thing I never like to do - there's a terrific podcast called "Past, Present, Future," hosted by English historian David Runciman. For the past few weeks he's been talking about great political novels and it's been just fascinating. His takes on Middlemarch and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are must-listens. Anyway, yesterday I listened to what he had to say about Atlas Shrugged. Ayn apparently suffered from a bad case of logorrhea - the thing is longer than War and Peace (!) because she keeps hammering her message into the reader's head by repeating herself over and over again. There's no way I'll ever waste my time reading it, but I do highly recommend Runciman's analysis. It explains so much. Even Elon Musk.

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

ooo. Sounds good. I'll definitely look it up. I read Rand a long time ago and was not impressed. I also was not surprised that she was all over Megatron's list. 😉

Very interesting!

@noteworthyfiction

27 күн бұрын

I thought so too!

I feel like the art of war would be a deceptacon bedtime story

@duhastkeinhertz

27 күн бұрын

lol!!

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

😂 probably.

LOL!! omg this was fun! I love how you and your husband think! LOL oh the puns!

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

We do have a good time. The puns were to easy.

This is the best video I've seen in a long time 😂👍

@noteworthyfiction

19 күн бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

Nicole taps into SKYNET for her TBR recs and destroys humanity.

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

lol. shhhh...

I remember my father trying to get my brother and me hooked on Transformers but we just didn't care at all lol I think it felt too "old" for us. From the list I've read The Art of War, The Alchemist, and LOTR (I hated LOTR lol). The Prince by Machiavelli and 1984 are on my TBR and I want to read them soooo badly. I love this idea! The video was so fun ❤

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

Thanks, Ricardo!

This was fun. Do we know a Megatron?

@noteworthyfiction

27 күн бұрын

Yes, I think we all know a Megatron (or two) in our lives, sadly. But, hopefully our lives are full of Optimus Primes as well.

Ha! This was hilarious!

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

I thought so. My favorite part was how well "thought out" the recommendations were.

Both transformers would have already read The Art of War, if they were smart. My youngest read it in his teens and convinced me to read it not too long ago. I hated my translation though. His was much better. LOL I KNEW the first book that was going to be recommended for Megatron. I don't know who the cartoon characters are, but I'm curious to know who the ai would want to win. My son in law has read Atlas Shrugged and suggested I read it. I still haven't. I don't even know what it's about.

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

Yes, The Art of War would definitely be a reread for both. You should try Atlas Shrugged. My guess is you'd have ALOT to say about it. It's probably better to go in blind and just take it as it comes.

@BookZealots

26 күн бұрын

@@noteworthyfiction LOL u-oh, ALOT to say about it? Is that good or bad? 😂 I told my son about your video and he was really curious and we talked a bit. I didn't know about the transformers, but surprisingly he did! LOL thank you for the info on the book. I guess I'll try and find an inexpensive copy. =)

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

@@BookZealots glad it led to some convo! Happy reading.

Omg Nicole so funny to watch this video, I think I would be Megatron hahahaha 😭 also, I saw that you already read David Copperfield, do you recommend it? What you think about it? So lovely to see ya!❤

@noteworthyfiction

25 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and glad you found my Dickens video. I LOVE Copperfield. Do read it. I hope to do a readlong for it next year.

@Nanipaji

25 күн бұрын

@@noteworthyfiction thank you so much! Love and peace 💝

What would Grimlock's reading list be??? He was my favorite when my kids were little and watched Transformers Robots in Disguise allllll day long!

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

lol. That was the first thing my husband said this morning after watching this video. 😂

I tried having chatgpt make my summer reading list and she was LESS than helpful!

@noteworthyfiction

26 күн бұрын

Based on the results I got here I think I would have to share waaaay to much about myself to get a reading list that was anywhere near helpful.

too deep for me

@noteworthyfiction

25 күн бұрын

That's ok. That's what makes us all different readers.