I only understand the parts that were in the movie
@shaunholtАй бұрын
I bought Part 1 and Part 2 of the new films a couple months ago but still haven't watched it yet. I'm so unenthusiastic about it despite the good reviews.
@justdianedoesstuff7455Ай бұрын
3:28 in my humble opinion, the reason that moers spent so much effort on describing the city of Atlantis was that the bluebear book is the first book under the world-building of Zamonia. I think what happened was that moers took the opportunity of introducing Atlantis to design all the species and creatures, and yeah… it has very little to do with the plot. The first half of this chapter was just a giant chunk of world-building texts. in his later books, since the designing and world-building has been done already, the plot thus moves more smoothly.
@shaunholtАй бұрын
Maybe. I think Moers tends to be super detailed about filling his books with creatures and lore that doesn't push the story along, so it can get exhausting to read, wanting the story to proceed. It is also different reading it in English instead of German. Things may be lost in translation. Thanks for the comment!
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xkАй бұрын
I remember picking up a classic book and in the blurb on the back it talked about the major event that happens towards the end of the book. Why?! The reviewer was a modern commentator and it felt like they were trying to claim credit for it. Was a big spoiler. Happy reading to you!
@shaunholtАй бұрын
A similar thing happens on the Twilight cover. It says something like "Edward is a vampire." Which yeah everyone really knows by now, but that "reveal" doesn't come until like page 150 in the book. Drove me crazy. Why try to keep his identity a mystery or secret if you reveal the secret on the back of the book!? And if you're going to reveal the secret on the back of the book, I think you can more speedily reveal it in the actual book. Like instead of the protagonist wondering for 150 pages what's up with Edward, just have the first sentence be like, "It took me three weeks to realize my classmate is a vampire. Maybe this is why my dad teases me about not being the brightest bulb in the shop." There. Saved readers from 150 needless pages. Now move on with the story.
@books_and_bocadillosАй бұрын
I love this mixtape! You did it perfectly! Thank you so much for sharing your mixtape for Bluebear 💙. I've never read Bluebear and now i really want to! I also added all the songs you recommended for the mixtape to a playlist in Spotify. I just couldn't find Blue by Ever Stays Red. My name is meant to be one but people usually pick one or the other so some people call me Maria and others call me Andrea. I respond to both. 🙂. Thanks again! 🫶🏽
@user-vz6if9ry3oАй бұрын
Thanks for reviewing it 👍👍
@twofeathers5145Ай бұрын
Lol. Hilarious!
@twofeathers5145Ай бұрын
The googly eyed frog boogily wooglied his way down the path to coogliate with the moona poonglia.
@joyce_oatesАй бұрын
His childhood was rather dark. I read the book aloud to my 6 year old son, and I had to explain that things are a bit different now, in regard to medicine and child abuse in schools. But I adore Roald Dahl so much ❤ I grew up with his books and could really relate to his snarky, dark sense of humor. Thank you for this review ❤
@shaunholtАй бұрын
Yeah I definitely like Dahl's writing style, even reading it for myself now. He's not just an author for kids. And he clearly wanted to push how it was wrong how the kids were mistreating each other and getting mistreated by some adults, particularly teachers. I'm eager to read "Solo" and see what he says about his WW2 years.
@joyce_oatesАй бұрын
@@shaunholt Yes! Totally agree. I have the 16 book “kids” collection and literally read 2 hours to my son today to finish Boy. I’ll probably start reading him Solo tomorrow. Because following the sequence makes sense. After that, perhaps it’ll be Matilda. Have you read Esio Trot (Tortoise, spelled backwards). Such a sweet book. 🐢❤️
@JessBookgirlTV2 ай бұрын
Adorable bird.
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
💚🦜
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
Another thing, in the video I say the 14th amendment essentially abolishes slavery, but that's what the 13th amendment does. My bad. I always kinda combine those two amendments in my head. The 13th amendment abolishes slavery. The 14th amendment grants citizenship and equal protection. I could make a whole 'nother video on the 14th amendment, but yeah. So! Apparently, the 13th amendment passed under Lincoln, and when he became president, Johnson DID require Southern states to ratify the 13th amendment abolishing slavery as part of readmission to the Union. He did not however support a civil rights bill or the 14th amendment, thinking they were state issues, but the slavery issue was essentially settled already via the 13th amendment, and Johnson supported enforcing the 13th amendment.
@mildrumpus2 ай бұрын
@books_and_bocadillos brought me here. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
Howdy. Wow +1k subs in three months? 🫨 That's good.
@mildrumpus2 ай бұрын
@@shaunholt 🙏🙏🙏
@books_and_bocadillos2 ай бұрын
Glad you did this tag! It was cute to see Nibbler with a friend at the end.
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
Since the question was favorite musician or singer, and I listed a band, I'll say one of my favorite singers is Sam Cooke. Tremendous vocalist. For my money, he's the greatest vocalist of all time. Also really like Chris Cornell, Pink, and Al Stewart.
@twofeathers51452 ай бұрын
Thank you for the history lesson on Andrew Johnson. I had no idea!
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
It's an unpopular opinion, but I wish more people would understand and respect the courage it took to do what he did siding with the Union, and he's still hated by everyone to this day.
@books_and_bocadillos2 ай бұрын
I'm so happy for you - for getting tickets to spend time with your favorite band! 🤩. Are there any vegan festivals in your area? I love a good vegan fest 😋. Also, have you read Lincoln in the Bardo? Anyway, interesting conversation 😉.
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
I dunno about the vegan festival thing. I'm quite introverted so I don't get out much. What is it? Just like vegan food and stuff? It would be nice to meet people who have similar leanings, whether it's book lovers, fans of Disciple, vegans/vegetarians. It's like 1,000 potential friends. Should get all their phone numbers and see if any of us can become besties. Haven't read that book. Honestly I kinda avoid Lincoln because my great-grandma LOVED him because her great-great grandfather I think owned a store that employed Lincoln, and I always heard the story. It's actually kinda cool. He's in most all Lincoln biographies - James Gentry. He had a store, hired a young Lincoln, and one day Lincoln and James' son went sailing down the river for a delivery, where Lincoln I think witnessed his first slave auction. That's on my dad's side of the family from his mother's side. On my dad's father's side, we actually had ancestors who were in the South, and we have letters from them about Lincoln and the war. So they were on the Confederate side (oops). But I'm not really fond of Lincoln, because on my mother's side, my fourth great-grandpa was Little Crow (he's on Wikipedia). Little Crow was a Sioux chief who led a war against the United States, and as a result of the war, Lincoln ordered the largest single-day execution in U.S. history, hanging 38 American Indians. So to me, Lincoln is a little bit less the freer of the slaves, and more the one who ordered 38 Indians executed in one day, so I can't really feel any fondness for him. I can't really look past that. So I'm connected to Lincoln at least those three ways. James Gentry who hired Lincoln, Confederates who hated Lincoln, and American Indians who went to war vs the U.S. The Confederate ties is kinda amusing to me (woops; wrong side), but Little Crow means more to me. It doesn't sit well with me how he died and how the U.S. govt treated the Indians. So I'm kinda split. Some of my ancestors fought the U.S. for a very bad reason, slavery (woops), while the other side fought for a more justified reason (land, food, safety). So I feel much more strongly tied and sympathetic to them.
@books_and_bocadillos2 ай бұрын
@@shaunholt thank you for sharing your family history with me. Social and political history is so fascinating. I understand why you would not have interest in reading about Lincoln. I'm going to my community's vegan fest this weekend. It's a great way to try new foods and support local plant based/veg vendors.✨
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
@@books_and_bocadillos Hmm seems the nearest big-ish town (40min away) doesn't have Vegan Fest till September. I hope you have fun at yours!
@twofeathers51452 ай бұрын
Good one, Shaun. Git that cat, birdie!
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
Simon is kind of afraid of Nibbler. Nibbler goes after him and the cat is like what the heck? That bird's crazy.
@twofeathers51452 ай бұрын
I agree, you need to rearrange your bookshelf, so the bird house is not so crowded. It is such an injustice!
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
I do love that birdhouse.
@books_and_bocadillos2 ай бұрын
The intro to this video was hilarious. 😹
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
🤭😋😏
@books_and_bocadillos2 ай бұрын
Just got to watch your tag video! So many thoughts! I hadn't yet found my way to West's book in the 1000 books list by Mustich. I hear you about reading 5 books at a time and sometimes losing interest in a book because there are other things. I'll look it up. Now Dune... it's been on my TBR forever and I've been considering spending my summer with Dune. When you mentioned Higinio Montoya I screamed "YES!" - he would be a fun dinner party guest. 😆
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
I think you might like Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. The length may be an issue and I'm only 40 pages in so don't know how it develops, I've loved the first 50 pages of books and nothing after that, but I think you may like it.
@angelaholmes88882 ай бұрын
Even though i had some problems with this book i still managed to enjoy it i started reading some of katherine center other books and i watched happiness for beginners movie adaptation
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
I haven't heard of that one. Admittedly not my genre.
@ReadtoFilth2 ай бұрын
It’s thiiiiiick damn. But hey it’s ok to not be on a reading mood! There are other things in life to do . Books will always ne there for you .
@michaelrexrode37592 ай бұрын
Sealpoint Siamese rock!
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
The full-size video can be found at the end of my "The Reader's Profile" video.
@RabidNemo2 ай бұрын
Good breakdown. Even though I enjoyed the sequels in some ways as a kid it's one of those ones that I wish had just been a standalone some things don't need sequels but they do them anyway and it undermines the original work. Don't know if you heard but she passed away at the beginning of this month (4/4/24)
@shaunholt2 ай бұрын
I'm not sure if I knew that. She was 94 years old. And yeah, many sequels feel unnecessary and few equal or surpass the first book.
@RabidNemo2 ай бұрын
@@shaunholt just makes me sad because I used to have this list of movies that were great as standalones and as time has gone by it's gotten shorter and shorter because of forced sequels. I'm sure some people will like it but I'm super skeptical about the Beetlejuice sequel partly because it's been so long
@ReadtoFilth3 ай бұрын
I am excited for you to read Invisible Man ! It was on my high school reading list and I throughly enjoy it.
@shaunholt3 ай бұрын
I'm more interested to read it now then! Welcome to booktube! 🕺🏽
@books_and_bocadillos3 ай бұрын
I love this haul video so much 💓. I'm also reading my way through the 1000 Books to read before you Die by James Mustich! My next queued book from that list is Silent Spring.
@shaunholt3 ай бұрын
That's cool that you're going through the same list! I don't have Silent Spring yet, so I'll be sure to check for it at the bookstore, maybe put it next in my To Read list if I can find it. I have a series of videos where I rank books off the Top 1,000 list, so you might want to check those out. I am a very critical reader though, so I don't like a lot of what I read. But at least this way you know if I DO like a book, I must really like it and it must indeed be really special. My Top 1,000 rankings are under a playlist on my channel called Lists. Here's the first one. It's more in the third video though where I talk more about each book. The first two videos I'm very brief on each book. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWmamMaoqcaTZc4.htmlsi=NC90VcyggKTPf-RC
@books_and_bocadillos3 ай бұрын
@@shaunholt I've always wanted to pick it up in spring for Earth Day and I think the universe is aligning and it's going to happen for me this year 😃✨. Cheers!
@books_and_bocadillos3 ай бұрын
Oh no! I've been thinking about giving Dune my summer reading time... 😬😵💫
@shaunholt3 ай бұрын
Well I am a notoriously critical reader and NOT a fan of sci-fi, so maybe you'd like it more than I did.
@fedebooks3 ай бұрын
It's worth it!! Everything makes sense after reading it for a while
@shaunholt3 ай бұрын
I am keeping my copy of Dune for the time being, so I may re-try it at some point.
@brandyfuller24553 ай бұрын
This is why i was so glad this book included a glossary in the back lol But i read this in like 2002, so thats all i had to go by lol
@shaunholt3 ай бұрын
Glossaries certainly help! But for this book I'd need to consult the glossary every sentence or two. I'd rather just watch the movie first. And I would probably have more questions than the glossary would answer. Cuz if I come across a word, I want to know who/what it is, what the history/backstory is, etc., and I need to know it promptly because I will NOT remember that word 62 pages later.
@jacobhaynieful3 ай бұрын
I feel the same exact way trying to suffer through Dune
@shaunholt3 ай бұрын
😉 Glad I'm not the only one! The only way I think I could try to re-attempt it is if I see the films first, so I have an inkling of what's going on. Was the same with Game of Thrones.
@Jean-by3wt3 ай бұрын
"Promo sm" 😞
@egilskallagrimsson29413 ай бұрын
I hope this is an April Fools joke.
@shaunholt3 ай бұрын
🙃🙃
@Bookspine53 ай бұрын
I totally feel you on Salman Rushdie. I spent five years reading The Satanic Verses. Most of the book is a boring slog. Luckily it was the only book of his I read.
@shaunholt3 ай бұрын
I want to give it a try since that's the one that pissed the Ayatollah of Iran off. But Midnight's Children made me reluctant to try another Rushdie book.
@twofeathers51454 ай бұрын
Good job Shaun, I'm very excited for you! My two cents .... keep the names short. Where's the bird?!
@shaunholt4 ай бұрын
1:11 Ah yes, the space-based books cliche of.. being set in space. Lol nevermind me.
@twofeathers51454 ай бұрын
Oh, and you have hairy arms!
@shaunholt4 ай бұрын
Lol I was thinking that myself. I have hair everywhere except the top of my head.
@twofeathers51454 ай бұрын
I'm still here just for the bird!
@NicolesBookishNook4 ай бұрын
Whew, big props! ❤
@wPatrickSF4 ай бұрын
Just to help you out. Can-deed.😊
@shaunholt4 ай бұрын
Okay, that'll be my new pronunciation going forward. I mispronounce everything. Thanks!
@twofeathers51454 ай бұрын
Shaun's a book hoarder.
@twofeathers51454 ай бұрын
I'm here for the bird...... Thank You Baby!
@bookendsandbiscuits4 ай бұрын
Life is too short to read books you don't enjoy, never feel bad for dnfing a book if it's not for you!
@twofeathers51454 ай бұрын
We have a lot of distractions. I am filling my brain mostly every waking hour. The internet allows me to do it with unlimited subjects. Plus, it's faster.
@JonathanRossignol4 ай бұрын
Lol, brilliant!
@shaunholt4 ай бұрын
19:37 I realized just now that Nibbler's timing on "Thank you, baby," is impeccable.
Пікірлер
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@@dustinneely ... 🙂
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I only understand the parts that were in the movie
I bought Part 1 and Part 2 of the new films a couple months ago but still haven't watched it yet. I'm so unenthusiastic about it despite the good reviews.
3:28 in my humble opinion, the reason that moers spent so much effort on describing the city of Atlantis was that the bluebear book is the first book under the world-building of Zamonia. I think what happened was that moers took the opportunity of introducing Atlantis to design all the species and creatures, and yeah… it has very little to do with the plot. The first half of this chapter was just a giant chunk of world-building texts. in his later books, since the designing and world-building has been done already, the plot thus moves more smoothly.
Maybe. I think Moers tends to be super detailed about filling his books with creatures and lore that doesn't push the story along, so it can get exhausting to read, wanting the story to proceed. It is also different reading it in English instead of German. Things may be lost in translation. Thanks for the comment!
I remember picking up a classic book and in the blurb on the back it talked about the major event that happens towards the end of the book. Why?! The reviewer was a modern commentator and it felt like they were trying to claim credit for it. Was a big spoiler. Happy reading to you!
A similar thing happens on the Twilight cover. It says something like "Edward is a vampire." Which yeah everyone really knows by now, but that "reveal" doesn't come until like page 150 in the book. Drove me crazy. Why try to keep his identity a mystery or secret if you reveal the secret on the back of the book!? And if you're going to reveal the secret on the back of the book, I think you can more speedily reveal it in the actual book. Like instead of the protagonist wondering for 150 pages what's up with Edward, just have the first sentence be like, "It took me three weeks to realize my classmate is a vampire. Maybe this is why my dad teases me about not being the brightest bulb in the shop." There. Saved readers from 150 needless pages. Now move on with the story.
I love this mixtape! You did it perfectly! Thank you so much for sharing your mixtape for Bluebear 💙. I've never read Bluebear and now i really want to! I also added all the songs you recommended for the mixtape to a playlist in Spotify. I just couldn't find Blue by Ever Stays Red. My name is meant to be one but people usually pick one or the other so some people call me Maria and others call me Andrea. I respond to both. 🙂. Thanks again! 🫶🏽
Thanks for reviewing it 👍👍
Lol. Hilarious!
The googly eyed frog boogily wooglied his way down the path to coogliate with the moona poonglia.
His childhood was rather dark. I read the book aloud to my 6 year old son, and I had to explain that things are a bit different now, in regard to medicine and child abuse in schools. But I adore Roald Dahl so much ❤ I grew up with his books and could really relate to his snarky, dark sense of humor. Thank you for this review ❤
Yeah I definitely like Dahl's writing style, even reading it for myself now. He's not just an author for kids. And he clearly wanted to push how it was wrong how the kids were mistreating each other and getting mistreated by some adults, particularly teachers. I'm eager to read "Solo" and see what he says about his WW2 years.
@@shaunholt Yes! Totally agree. I have the 16 book “kids” collection and literally read 2 hours to my son today to finish Boy. I’ll probably start reading him Solo tomorrow. Because following the sequence makes sense. After that, perhaps it’ll be Matilda. Have you read Esio Trot (Tortoise, spelled backwards). Such a sweet book. 🐢❤️
Adorable bird.
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Another thing, in the video I say the 14th amendment essentially abolishes slavery, but that's what the 13th amendment does. My bad. I always kinda combine those two amendments in my head. The 13th amendment abolishes slavery. The 14th amendment grants citizenship and equal protection. I could make a whole 'nother video on the 14th amendment, but yeah. So! Apparently, the 13th amendment passed under Lincoln, and when he became president, Johnson DID require Southern states to ratify the 13th amendment abolishing slavery as part of readmission to the Union. He did not however support a civil rights bill or the 14th amendment, thinking they were state issues, but the slavery issue was essentially settled already via the 13th amendment, and Johnson supported enforcing the 13th amendment.
@books_and_bocadillos brought me here. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍
Howdy. Wow +1k subs in three months? 🫨 That's good.
@@shaunholt 🙏🙏🙏
Glad you did this tag! It was cute to see Nibbler with a friend at the end.
Since the question was favorite musician or singer, and I listed a band, I'll say one of my favorite singers is Sam Cooke. Tremendous vocalist. For my money, he's the greatest vocalist of all time. Also really like Chris Cornell, Pink, and Al Stewart.
Thank you for the history lesson on Andrew Johnson. I had no idea!
It's an unpopular opinion, but I wish more people would understand and respect the courage it took to do what he did siding with the Union, and he's still hated by everyone to this day.
I'm so happy for you - for getting tickets to spend time with your favorite band! 🤩. Are there any vegan festivals in your area? I love a good vegan fest 😋. Also, have you read Lincoln in the Bardo? Anyway, interesting conversation 😉.
I dunno about the vegan festival thing. I'm quite introverted so I don't get out much. What is it? Just like vegan food and stuff? It would be nice to meet people who have similar leanings, whether it's book lovers, fans of Disciple, vegans/vegetarians. It's like 1,000 potential friends. Should get all their phone numbers and see if any of us can become besties. Haven't read that book. Honestly I kinda avoid Lincoln because my great-grandma LOVED him because her great-great grandfather I think owned a store that employed Lincoln, and I always heard the story. It's actually kinda cool. He's in most all Lincoln biographies - James Gentry. He had a store, hired a young Lincoln, and one day Lincoln and James' son went sailing down the river for a delivery, where Lincoln I think witnessed his first slave auction. That's on my dad's side of the family from his mother's side. On my dad's father's side, we actually had ancestors who were in the South, and we have letters from them about Lincoln and the war. So they were on the Confederate side (oops). But I'm not really fond of Lincoln, because on my mother's side, my fourth great-grandpa was Little Crow (he's on Wikipedia). Little Crow was a Sioux chief who led a war against the United States, and as a result of the war, Lincoln ordered the largest single-day execution in U.S. history, hanging 38 American Indians. So to me, Lincoln is a little bit less the freer of the slaves, and more the one who ordered 38 Indians executed in one day, so I can't really feel any fondness for him. I can't really look past that. So I'm connected to Lincoln at least those three ways. James Gentry who hired Lincoln, Confederates who hated Lincoln, and American Indians who went to war vs the U.S. The Confederate ties is kinda amusing to me (woops; wrong side), but Little Crow means more to me. It doesn't sit well with me how he died and how the U.S. govt treated the Indians. So I'm kinda split. Some of my ancestors fought the U.S. for a very bad reason, slavery (woops), while the other side fought for a more justified reason (land, food, safety). So I feel much more strongly tied and sympathetic to them.
@@shaunholt thank you for sharing your family history with me. Social and political history is so fascinating. I understand why you would not have interest in reading about Lincoln. I'm going to my community's vegan fest this weekend. It's a great way to try new foods and support local plant based/veg vendors.✨
@@books_and_bocadillos Hmm seems the nearest big-ish town (40min away) doesn't have Vegan Fest till September. I hope you have fun at yours!
Good one, Shaun. Git that cat, birdie!
Simon is kind of afraid of Nibbler. Nibbler goes after him and the cat is like what the heck? That bird's crazy.
I agree, you need to rearrange your bookshelf, so the bird house is not so crowded. It is such an injustice!
I do love that birdhouse.
The intro to this video was hilarious. 😹
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Just got to watch your tag video! So many thoughts! I hadn't yet found my way to West's book in the 1000 books list by Mustich. I hear you about reading 5 books at a time and sometimes losing interest in a book because there are other things. I'll look it up. Now Dune... it's been on my TBR forever and I've been considering spending my summer with Dune. When you mentioned Higinio Montoya I screamed "YES!" - he would be a fun dinner party guest. 😆
I think you might like Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. The length may be an issue and I'm only 40 pages in so don't know how it develops, I've loved the first 50 pages of books and nothing after that, but I think you may like it.
Even though i had some problems with this book i still managed to enjoy it i started reading some of katherine center other books and i watched happiness for beginners movie adaptation
I haven't heard of that one. Admittedly not my genre.
It’s thiiiiiick damn. But hey it’s ok to not be on a reading mood! There are other things in life to do . Books will always ne there for you .
Sealpoint Siamese rock!
The full-size video can be found at the end of my "The Reader's Profile" video.
Good breakdown. Even though I enjoyed the sequels in some ways as a kid it's one of those ones that I wish had just been a standalone some things don't need sequels but they do them anyway and it undermines the original work. Don't know if you heard but she passed away at the beginning of this month (4/4/24)
I'm not sure if I knew that. She was 94 years old. And yeah, many sequels feel unnecessary and few equal or surpass the first book.
@@shaunholt just makes me sad because I used to have this list of movies that were great as standalones and as time has gone by it's gotten shorter and shorter because of forced sequels. I'm sure some people will like it but I'm super skeptical about the Beetlejuice sequel partly because it's been so long
I am excited for you to read Invisible Man ! It was on my high school reading list and I throughly enjoy it.
I'm more interested to read it now then! Welcome to booktube! 🕺🏽
I love this haul video so much 💓. I'm also reading my way through the 1000 Books to read before you Die by James Mustich! My next queued book from that list is Silent Spring.
That's cool that you're going through the same list! I don't have Silent Spring yet, so I'll be sure to check for it at the bookstore, maybe put it next in my To Read list if I can find it. I have a series of videos where I rank books off the Top 1,000 list, so you might want to check those out. I am a very critical reader though, so I don't like a lot of what I read. But at least this way you know if I DO like a book, I must really like it and it must indeed be really special. My Top 1,000 rankings are under a playlist on my channel called Lists. Here's the first one. It's more in the third video though where I talk more about each book. The first two videos I'm very brief on each book. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWmamMaoqcaTZc4.htmlsi=NC90VcyggKTPf-RC
@@shaunholt I've always wanted to pick it up in spring for Earth Day and I think the universe is aligning and it's going to happen for me this year 😃✨. Cheers!
Oh no! I've been thinking about giving Dune my summer reading time... 😬😵💫
Well I am a notoriously critical reader and NOT a fan of sci-fi, so maybe you'd like it more than I did.
It's worth it!! Everything makes sense after reading it for a while
I am keeping my copy of Dune for the time being, so I may re-try it at some point.
This is why i was so glad this book included a glossary in the back lol But i read this in like 2002, so thats all i had to go by lol
Glossaries certainly help! But for this book I'd need to consult the glossary every sentence or two. I'd rather just watch the movie first. And I would probably have more questions than the glossary would answer. Cuz if I come across a word, I want to know who/what it is, what the history/backstory is, etc., and I need to know it promptly because I will NOT remember that word 62 pages later.
I feel the same exact way trying to suffer through Dune
😉 Glad I'm not the only one! The only way I think I could try to re-attempt it is if I see the films first, so I have an inkling of what's going on. Was the same with Game of Thrones.
"Promo sm" 😞
I hope this is an April Fools joke.
🙃🙃
I totally feel you on Salman Rushdie. I spent five years reading The Satanic Verses. Most of the book is a boring slog. Luckily it was the only book of his I read.
I want to give it a try since that's the one that pissed the Ayatollah of Iran off. But Midnight's Children made me reluctant to try another Rushdie book.
Good job Shaun, I'm very excited for you! My two cents .... keep the names short. Where's the bird?!
1:11 Ah yes, the space-based books cliche of.. being set in space. Lol nevermind me.
Oh, and you have hairy arms!
Lol I was thinking that myself. I have hair everywhere except the top of my head.
I'm still here just for the bird!
Whew, big props! ❤
Just to help you out. Can-deed.😊
Okay, that'll be my new pronunciation going forward. I mispronounce everything. Thanks!
Shaun's a book hoarder.
I'm here for the bird...... Thank You Baby!
Life is too short to read books you don't enjoy, never feel bad for dnfing a book if it's not for you!
We have a lot of distractions. I am filling my brain mostly every waking hour. The internet allows me to do it with unlimited subjects. Plus, it's faster.
Lol, brilliant!
19:37 I realized just now that Nibbler's timing on "Thank you, baby," is impeccable.