Reviewing the 120 Books I Read in 2020 (Goodreads Reading Challenge Part 1)
It was a long year, but for me reading made it bearable. In this video I do a quick review of the greater than 120 books that I read/listened to for my Goodreads 2020 challenge. Subscribe to stay updated on the next parts!
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Books mentioned:
0:00 Introduction
1:08 Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
2:22 Severance by Ling Ma
3:20 Tenth of December by George Saunders
4:38 We Have Never Been Modern by Bruno Latour
5:40 A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
7:08 Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
8:02 Ethics by Alain Badiou
9:04 Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill
9:46 Thomas the Obscure by Maurice Blanchot
10:14 Mishima: Aesthetic Terrorist by Andrew Rankin
11:14 Richard II by Shakespeare
11:53 H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald
12:35 Quichotte by Salman Rushdie
14:05 Henry IV Part 1 and 2, Henry V by Shakespeare
14:27 The Nix by Nathan Hill
15:15 Stories of Your Life by Ted Chiang
16:00 Swing Time by Zadie Smith
16:30 Truck by Michael Perry
16:56 Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
17:40 Coriolanus & Julius Caeser & Antony & Cleopatra by Shakespeare
18:08 Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami
18:50 Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
19:45 The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
20:15 Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
20:40 Romeo and Juliet by you know who
21:20 Wonder by RJ Palacio
22:10 Bird by Bird Anne Lamott
22:40 Two Gentlemen of Verona
23:00 Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin
23:45 The Taming of the Shrew & The Tempest by Shakespeare
24:22 Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
25:30 Ulysses by J Joyce
25:55 Homo Sacer by Giorgio Agamben
26:10 I and Thou by Martin Buber
26:30 Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
26:41 Twelfth Night & Hamlet by Shakespeare
27:05 Weather by Jenny Offill
27:27 A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
28:15 Henry VI Part I & II & III by Shakespeare
28:35 The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
29:10 The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare
29:28 Digimodernism by Alan Kirby
29:40 There There by Tommy Orange
30:00 Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare
30:28 The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
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definitely read catcher in the rye in canadian highschool
Damn Xi, you’ve been putting out some fire content recently. I admire your determination with your readings of literature. Best wishes to you in the new year.
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3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Hopefully I’ll have more time soon to post more regularly..
great video!
I really love you channel and enjoy reading Murakami short stories. However, I find it difficult to read "Tenth of December" (maybe it is because of my poor English skill) It is my foreign language. Could you please make a video about "Tenth of December" 🙏 I like the way you explained in details. Thank you so much.
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3 жыл бұрын
Tenth of December is also difficult because Saunders uses a very quirky “working class” voice in a lot of his stories. There are a lot of stories in there so I don’t know if I could make an entire video about it. Was there a particular short story that you wanted to discuss?
@kunslipper
3 жыл бұрын
edited. I'm Thai. So English is my foreign language. Could you do The first story "Victory Lab" please🙏 As a Thai, I think maybe I have problems to understand the American jokes and slangs in "Tenth of December". Talking about Murakami, he is Japanese so I could understand a lot of asian culture and his perspective. I finished "The Elephant Vanishes" by Him. I understand the stories very well 70-80% but for Saunders is 50%. Love you channel and article in Medium. Thank you so much🙏 From Thailand
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3 жыл бұрын
@@kunslipper Hmm, is there a particular reason you want to read George Saunders? He is pretty difficult to read if, like you said, he uses a weird American slang. If you want to read him though, I'd suggest his novel Lincoln in the Bardo. It's his best work and in my opinion not too hard to read!
@kunslipper
3 жыл бұрын
@@ABooktubeChannel Actually, I don't have a particular reason. I founded Saunders from the podcasts "The History of Literature" The guest said that the author is some kind of Buddhist philosophy. So I want to read the book so I have to order it from an overseas market but I get stuck with just chapter 1 and feel bad. I personally love Literature and I use novels as an English teacher because I don't have a chance to go abroad. Below is my thought about novels from my diary it named "THE ACHIEVEMENTS" Dear readers, Hello, my dear readers, I'm glad to see you again. I do a lot of reading when l have free time. I think Longman is a wonderful book to dip into for all sorts of fascinating information. This is a well-written with a readable introduction to the subject of linguistics. It's an interesting book, and well worth reading. For me, after plowing through so many huge textbooks, it was a relief to pick up a novel again. I also spent my free time reading up on the subjects I would be studying at college. So I run a project called 'Forward to Literary'. Winston Churchill says ''It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.'' My Early Life, 1930. Apparently, over the last hundred years, people have become healthier, more literate, and better educated. Every student should be literate by the time they leave primary school. By the way, It's about the achievements of reading. I guarantee you can do it if you put a hundred percent in your reading. To tell you the truth, tomorrow, I will start my Online Learning. I'm not sure if I will have the time to write more letters because I might be too busy trying to "participate." So, if this does end up being my last letter, please believe that things are good with me, and even when they're not, they won't last long. By the bye, every dog has its day, the wise man says everyone has good luck or success at some point in their life. And I believe the same about you. Ps. I interested in your content about "Digimodernism" I'm looking forward to reading it.
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3 жыл бұрын
@@kunslipper Interesting thoughts! Well, when I get some time in March, I'll try to make a video about George Saunders. Definitely recommend Lincoln in the Bardo, it's a rewarding read.
What’s your goodreads
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3 жыл бұрын
Sorry private account but thanks for watching!