jim's books reading & stuff
jim's books reading & stuff
Hello, I'm Jim, an Englishman living in Georgia (საქართველო) , the country not the state. Since 20 September 2020, this channel is primarily for longform videos related to books: reviews, hauls, TBRs, readathons etc...
My main longform content will be talking about books & reading & stuff and engaging with the Booktube community.
I have loved reading from an early age, this channel relates to my love of reading and bookish stuff.
Usually I put Booktube videos out on Sundays and Tuesdays or Wednesdays at 8pm Tbilisi time, 5pm UK time, noon Eastern, 9am Pacific. I post one minute reviews of the books I read.
With shorts I am experimenting with different random subjects like urban fishing, the Tbilisi metro, random books from the shelf, 360 degree views of Tbilisi. Shorts might be posted any time.
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I always answer questions and comments.
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Fascinating. Does it seem as though a lot of books lately write all of the older men as grumpy? My son enjoys speaking to the elderly in public. They seem to gravitate towards him for assistance. =) And he enjoys talking with them because they can actually have a better conversation than his peers. The character of this book sounds as though he would have been close to the age of my grandfather if he were in the Korean War. Great one minute review Jim. 👍👍
Sheldon Horowitz is 82 in this novel. I really don't see a lot of older men in books, Mr Contreras in the Sara Paretsky novels is a ww2 veteran in his 90s and looking out for V I Warshawski, he can sometimes be grumpy. Most protagonists tend to be in their 30s or 40s in the novels I read even if the writer is much older.
I've had this on my shelf for a couple of years and have yet to get to it. I love an older protagonist when it's done well. You've inspired me to move this up my to-be-read pile.
@@ariannefowler455 I enjoyed it. Sheldon Horowitz at 83 is quite a character.
I’ve never heard of this before but sounds very interesting ❤
@@NicolesBookishNook I enjoyed it.
I read this a number of years ago - it was good!
It was indeed.
Sounds great - I love an older protagonist.
@@spreadbookjoy Sheldon is 82.
Big ups, Jim!
Hey Scully, how ya doing?
Very nice 💦
I enjoyed your review of Bleach and the tips were excellent!
Thanks, I'll send people to you to ask for manga recommendations.
Great show Jim, Best wishes
Thanks, Paul
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Hey Jim!
@@ScullyPop Hey sk... Sk.. Scully.
Raining in the sunshine! 😮🎉😂
Ok, but how do you say those words? Anyways- I like how the letters look.
It says Bukia Garden fountain.
This book turned me into a Virginia Woolf fan :D
This is the third book of hers I have read, the first non-fiction. She has a sharp mind.
@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff She really does!
He's got receipts! Great survey and poke into your book bag, Jim :D
I only have the receipt for Hard by a Great Forest because it was such a big expenditure (for me). I showed the cover of the Keening, on my tablet on the live with Greg and Allen (talking about Booktubers who are writers). Allen likes the title.
It's a 5-star book for me!
It was also in Steve Donoghue's top ten books of all time. It is a good and relevant read.
One of my favorites! I come back to it pretty regularly, and keep finding it relevant even nearly 100 years later.
It is certainly relevant today, twelve of the the thirteen books on Utah's recent list of books they want to ban from schools are by women authors (like Sarah J Maas and Margaret Atwood).
It's on my TBR! I've heard her books are a bit stream of consciousness which is hard for me to get along with sometimes. What are your thoughts on the writing style?
This is different to her fiction, this is non-fiction. It was taken from a couple of speeches delivered to women's colleges in Cambridge in 1928. It looks at the difficulties facing women in the arts. Before Woolf's time women had very few resources to dedicate themselves to the arts. Also 19th century female writers often hid behind male pseudonyms like George Eliot, George Sand and Ellis Bell (Emile Bronte) because of the prejudice against women publishing books. The style of this book is different to her fiction and it is an interesting read. In her fiction, I've read Orlando and Mrs Dalloway, the stream of consciousness in her fiction takes a while to adapt to but it is not as difficult as Joyce or Faulkner.
I love this essay. Great summary.
It was one of Steve Donoghue's top 10 books of all time. It is a good read. It was very difficult before the 20th century for women to write or pursue other artistic pursuits professionally.
I read it and really loved it
I thought the title Rafflesia which is a flower that smells like rotting corpses was not appropriate for the ending of the book. But I am glad you liked it, did you read it in English or Georgian?
Excellent. I'm glad Vaughn is pointing out to readers they don't own the ebooks. I've been trying to explain this to readers for years. People still don't believe it. Does Georgia have a public library with books in English? I sure am glad there isn't a book IRS. Yikes!
@@BookZealots There are public libraries with some books in English. When I lived in a different part of the city I used a library but not recently. I'm more interested in the reading than the book, so I'm not too bothered about not actually owning the e-book. With NetGalley the eARCs are only accessible for a limited period of time, around 50 days, if I were more tech savvy, I might figure out a way to keep them permanently.
@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff That's a good amount of time though; 50 days. I think for new books from the library it's only 14 days. (that's how it is here anyway), and 21 days for a regular check out. Thank you for sharing the information about the Georgia public library.
😊 love affordability
Yes, you don't have to spend a fortune to have some great reads.
📚📖 thanks 🙏
Ahh ... I have a copy of _King Lear_ upon my shelf ... Oooo, Edmund is the character!
I should read it some time.
So glad you're liking ot so much!
@@bighardbooks770 it is a big hard book...
Keep goin 👏
@@hudabashiri5801 Thanks.
Hey dude. I like your book reviews, just keep up....don't stop because you don't have vies
@@HEHEHEHEHEHEH23 thanks. Have you read Black leopard red wolf?
@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff no dud I'm currently reading some other books and some science books. Planning to read some mangas and wuthering heights
@@HEHEHEHEHEHEH23 Wuthering Heights is good. I am also reading the manga Bleach at the moment. Enjoy your reading.
I rlly love that book of J.W
@@redll0wreal-963 It's a good read but I feel the author is a little too praiseworthy of Genghis Khan.
Curious if you have read it~? If so, what were your impressions~?
@@myBLEACHedshelf I have started it, I like the artwork. I rarely read manga. It feels too young for me like YA. Ichigo is 15 and I am nearly 60. I can see why it is so popular.
@jimsbooksreadingandstuff kudos for being open-minded enough to try things that seemingly aren't your cup of tea~ I myself am 37 and now do in fact own all 74 volumes, re-read the story a couple of times actually (both physically & digitally) ~ the art progresses beautifully and the storytelling itself makes kubo one of my favourite writers (not only manga-wise) ~ loved the twists & foreshadowing and the little poems at the beginning of each volume are a lovely treat~ anyway, thank you for replying
@@myBLEACHedshelf It helps us to grow if we venture outside our comfort zones. I don't imagine I'll read all 74 volumes but I may read a few more. Are there any other manga you would recommend?
@jimsbooksreadingandstuff I completely agree~! If you do read more of BLEACH, I would appreciate you letting me know your thoughts ~ it's always fun for me to hear people's opinions on it, especially first-time readers :) As for recommendations, I would say MONSTER by Naoki Urasawa if you're into crime/thriller, about morally conflicted neurosurgeon, it's really well written; VAGABOND by Takeaiko Inoue ~ it's about samurais, very realistic art; BLOOD ON THE TRACKS by Shuzo Oshimi~ psychological, mother sends chills down my spine; NANA by Ai Yazawa ~ coming of age story of two girls moving to Tokio, BERSERK by Kentarou Miura ~ this is a dark fantasy with lots of demons & absolutely stunning and very detailed artwork, very grusome, one of the best written villans I came across (this one is actually my 2nd favourite manga after BLEACH) ~ tried to pick stories with more mature themes/characters :) Even though I prefer reading manga physically, since it can be quite expensive (as it's rarely "one and done" type of read and there are multiple volumes involved) I tend to check the series online first~ if they catch my attention then I commit to purchasing the copies for my library :) Of course, there is no pressure, but if you end up trying any of my recommendations, I would love to hear about it as well~ Cheers from Poland :)
@@myBLEACHedshelf Dziękuję for all the recommendations. Here in Georgia (Gruzia) it is only recently that the bookshops have stocked a range of manga, for a long time it was only Naruto. I can follow Bleach on the Internet Archive, I don't have to buy every copy, which would be very expensive. I have heard other Booktubers recommend Berserk and it has high ratings on Goodreads. So your recommendation further piques my interest.
This was a fun video Jim. Best wishes
@@PaulRestorer Thanks again, Paul.
Great choice!
@@itscassss Thank you. Have you read any of these books?
Great show Jimm. Best wishes
@@PaulRestorer Thanks, Paul.
"Death and the Dervish" by Mese Selimovich is also a great read.
@@Abuamina001 Thanks for the recommendation.
I still have to get around to this book. I think you’ve bumped it up the list a little bit 😊
@@RaynorReadsStuff It was a 4 star read for me. I enjoyed it but I would have liked to know more about the magic system and the supporting characters. The details about etymology was fascinating and the world-building was impressive.
I still have to get around to this book. I think you’ve bumped it up the list a little bit 😊
It was a good read. A lot about language and colonialism.
Nice, concise review!
@@Demonreached Thank you.
The writing was beautiful but I still found it dull. Couldn't finish it. I remember obsessing over Mary Renault in my teens.
Fantastic books mentioned. Great idea to revive the tag. Happy reading.
Thanks, I like the idea of a Great American Novel even though I think it doesn't actually exist.
Wikipedia has an entry on this station, which brought me to its original name and the history behind it.
The Soviet metro system is quite impressive. Since Independence Georgia has only added one station to its metro system. There are some impressive long escalators, the one at Rustaveli Metro station (central Tbilisi) is the 8th longest continuous escalator in the world.
@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff That’s excellent. I remember a super deep (not to mention fast) escalator in Prague - and recently I saw some video of a new one somewhere in China the depth of which would make your mind boggle. Here in Chicago we have a curved escalator in a Starbucks - no mean feat technologically I am given to understand.
Best Review!
@@ScullyPopThank you, sk... Sk... Scully. How is Mississippi?
👏😻🔥one of my 2023 favorites!
It was good, I thought the characters apart from Robin could be better developed and there could be some more magic. Oxford was one of the places I used to live (for 6 months in 1991).
What an interesting tag concept! And I like that you went back to an older tag. I put the year on all my tag videos so I don’t do that, but hey, something new, something fun! 😂❤
Thanks, Nicole. When I made the tag in 2021, I was still new to Booktube, but being on Booktube for almost 4 years I find my reading has changed and so some of my answers have changed.
A blast from the past. I should do this without rewatching my original.
@@anotherbibliophilereads I found some of my answers had changed and some remained the same.
great job keep it up man
Thanks
Great answers to a really interesting tag Jim.. Best wishes👍
@@PaulRestorer Thanks, Paul. Do you have a favorite literary automobile? Or a favorite car from TV and film? Like James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 for example.