Lovely

Great collection and selection of books, look forward to seeing more. Kind regards.

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Michael! There will definitely be more. I hope you’ve been having a great weekend! Best, Jack

Great Tenebaums reference. I can see you reclining with one of these beautiful editions in hand and Satie playing in the background, refined a la Eli Cash. Haha.

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

I went as Eli Cash for Halloween one year in college. We had a whole group from the dorm dress as characters. I’m not sure who quotes Tenenbaums more, my wife or I. Hope you have a great weekend, David! Best, Jack

Thoroughly enjoyed this. Your commentary was absolutely delightful. Please keep these coming

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mark, I will probably do 1-2 a week as time permits. I hope you are doing well! Best, Jack

Those cartoony covers are so cool! I haven’t seen these editions before! Lovely!

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Hilariously, Penguin even did one for DH Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover! Hope you are having a great weekend, Sandy! Best, Jack

There are so many great books in this video! I really liked the look of those Icelandic Sagas. I have a little stand-alone edition of the Saga of Gunnlaugur Serpent-Tongue which I hope will be a nice introduction to them.

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Aaron! I hope you enjoy Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue. It’s probably the single saga I would recommend as a gateway to that world. Hope you have a great weekend! Best, Jack

Shelfie safaris. :). So many great books Jack. Master & Margarita is superb. I need to get that hard copy. I just have it on Kindle. The first and only Pynchon I read was The Crying of Lot 49. Plan to read Mason & Dixon at some point.

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Stephanie. Not sure which shelf the safari will take us to next. I have not read Mason & Dixon yet. I want to read John Barth’s Sot Weed Factor before I attempt Pynchon. Have you read Barth? Best, Jack

@StephanieJCohen

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramblingraconteur1616 I haven’t. I’ve heard of Sot Weed Factor either from a Great Courses lecture or here on Booktube so it’s on my to be purchased list but haven’t got it yet. I love good satire and description sounds like it would be up my alley.

Excellent collection and fantastic books.

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I really appreciate it. Hope you’re having a great weekend! Best, Jack

Wow! Amazing book collection ❤️

@ramblingraconteur1616

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words! I hope your week is off to a nice start. Cheers, Jack

Love your videos!! These are my favorite Penguins. You have a fan in Cartagena.

@ramblingraconteur1616

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

I love that...shelviesafaries

Penguin is my favorite book publishing company

@ramblingraconteur1616

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!

I read Genji last month. I'll be interested in your comments. I have tge same volumes of Plato, isn't it great?

The Greek Myths has the coolest cover! Yes, the Little Mermaid is one of the saddest stories ever. I’m commenting as I watch and I’m tempted to write ‘great cover’ every time you show a book. Which Pynchon would you recommend as a starter? I hear great things about M & D. A dark joy? I love dual language books in poetry, especially with facing pages. I loved this tour. I want every book. 😱

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Cristina! I reread The Little Mermaid last fall after a horror novel referenced it, and I was surprised at how much it stayed with me. I don’t know if I’m the best to ask on Pynchon, and I have not read Mason & Dixon. I do think Against the Day is much more accessible than Gravity’s Rainbow. Crying of Lot 49 is quite short and gives a taste of his humor and elliptical conspiracies. Inherent Vice is the gateway book for anyone who likes crime novels. Great Landmark edition of Herodotus! Best, Jack

@knittingbooksetc.2810

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramblingraconteur1616 That’s a good “clue.” I love crime novels. I read the Little Mermaid when I was 6 and it never left me. More than the fact that she dies, what saddened me was the fact that she couldn’t talk and the prince never knew what she did for him. So sad.

New here and i am loving the shirts 👌🏾👌🏾

@ramblingraconteur1616

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I wear one every Wednesday to work, so it’s fun to keep things vibrant. Hope you’re having a great week, Ralphie. Cheers, Jack

Ok, you have convinced me I ordered Shadow of the Wind.

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I hope that you enjoy it, Lee, and that you’re doing well. Best, Jack

Do you think I should get War and Peace in the penguin translation or the Barnes And Noble Translation

@ramblingraconteur1616

2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t read the B&N translation, so I can’t compare, but I usually read the first 3 pages and then 2-3 more pages from around page 60 to get a comparison between two translations. Have you read other works from Tolstoy that use those translators? Best, Jack

Hi Jack, Nice curation. I've a request, can you add links to your #1 & #2 shelf tours to the description box? Thank you and have a nice weekend. Regards, Vinay

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Vinay, I put together a Library Tour playlist that will collect all of them, including the two from 18 months ago. Hope your weekend is going well! Best, Jack

Does the New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse have George MacKay Brown?

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

It has three poems from him Duncan: Kirkyard, Hamanvoe Market, and another I can’t recall.

@DuncanMcCurdie

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramblingraconteur1616 fantastic. He was probably Scotland’s greatest poet of the 20th Century.

You have a great collection! However, maybe I am the only person on earth who thinks this, but Penguin Classics Deluxe editions have some of the most atrocious and gaudy covers. Their versions of Dubliners and Portrait of an Artist are particular crimes that should be punished by firing squad. I much prefer the normal Penguin Classics editions of Rashomon and Storm of Steel too. I do like that cover of Gravity’s Rainbow though. I am looking forward to the subsequent installments, particularly your vintage contemporaries

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha, they can be quite ridiculous! I had the black spine Rashomon but let it out, and it disappeared. That was absolutely a better cover. I suspect the Vintage Contemporaries will be coming up soon. Hope you are doing well! Best, Jack

Great video except for your blasphemy against Flaubert! Lol… I hope you give him another shot!

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

I might watch some people play board games to prep my mind for reading Flaubert . . . Haha, hope you are having a great weekend. How was the hiking this month? Best, Jack

@tripp8833

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramblingraconteur1616 Not too much hiking this month, getting ready for a move! I’m surprised you don’t like any Flaubert, not even Salammbo or St Antony? They are so different from Bovary …

@ramblingraconteur1616

3 жыл бұрын

@@tripp8833 I have not read those. Madame Bovary and Sentimental Education were slogs. I had hoped that Lydia Davis would pull me through, but I may try another one day. Thanks for the recommendation and good luck with the move!

slagging Flaubert? erm, you're not to be trusted, squire.