I didn't know about the sequel series 😅

I like the cover of lord of the rings by Alen lee

Hey it's just me again

Overturning conventional "wisdom" by judging books by their covers, eh?

I love Terry Pratchett and whilst I agree his early books aren't his best, they are still good books. I hope you enjoy.

Can't find this copy you are lucky. By the way how much this copy cost you

I found your channel about a month ago and im pretty sure I've watched all your videos by this point. I love how diverse your reading is. And i could honestly just listen to you talk for hours, and have done so haha 😊

The only problem with watching other you tubers channels is that it only increases the tbr. Happy reading to you.

Brothers Karamazov has just come up in a book club I'm in and it's been sitting on my shelf so long it may have fused to the shelf :) Loved your picks!

Cool

*Adds Lone Women to my “to read” list. Working near a bookstore is dangerous 😬 Also, I’m scared of Dostoevsky. That book sits behind me intimidating me everyday lol. Thanks for another great video!

Monday is the busiest day for students.

I so appreciate this overview of a great author that feels underrated. I need to read the older books as I have only been onboard from Gods of Jade and Shadow. I love the romance of her books. I'm aro/ace and usually relationship material has me skimming, but the nature in which she presents romance in her books feels so genuine and authentic that it makes them a joy to read about rather than a chore. I feel like The Daughter of Dr. Moreau should have gotten all the praise that was heaped on Poor Things.

Hey i have question aren't you tired of reading ya fantasy books

Why not physical book 📖😞 i mean it's your choice but i prefer physical book one more thing why high fantasy books are so famous in America i can't find the wheel of time in india

Never read this book

The Testament is really good if you are willing to pivot from your perspective after The Handmaid’s Tale.

Piranesi surprised me too it's definitely in my top 5 now. "The Goddess of the River" is on my tbr now, so thank you, it looks amazing! :)

Detecting symbolism and connections is the natuaral process of learning from situations. Like you do in real life. Its not just a new interesting way to interact with media. Its a way of thinking that reads deeper into situations to be able to learn from them. Its all important for your growth as a human being. Teachers fail at explaining this not because they dont have enough money, but because they dont understand it themselves.

Great video. Any resource recommendations on literary criticism or book recommendations related to what you learned in college?

Ring World didn't do much for me but check out Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournell. It starts out with political drama over the Whitehouse detecting a spaceship and goes full Independence Day.

Great video!! I read Piranesi a couple years ago and I'm super happy when someone loves it as well

If you are a slower reader then I'm a snail speed reader because you double my book count 🤣. Great books btw!

Nice books! I also read Piranesi this year and it was amazing. Great to find you - I do not read anything that I have sense that I would not like and also do not judge the book by it's book cover aaand do not buy books for which I didn't make a research :) I'm waiting for your opinion for the end of the Cixin's trilogy - there three books are still one of the best things that I read in last 4-5 years. Greetings from Bulgaria :)

You have had a great year so far. If you are a slow reader, I am even slower. I have been enjoying The Long Price Quartet by Daniel Abraham; the series will likely be some of my favourites of 2024. Cheers.

Couldn't agree more

I'm so eager to read the series but at the same time I'm intimidated because it feels like quite the commitment to get into it 😅

X, Y, Zed? Fellow Canadian?

Can’t wait to read this!

Back in about 2007, I had a couple of middle school students bring me a dvd of the movie and insist that I watch it...I did...For me, I had this "what did I just watch??" feeling when I was done...not bad, but pretty bizarre. Were the books widely published/popular? The reason I ask is that I frequent used bookstores/thrift stores to get my books & I don't recall ever seeing any of these books...(actually I was only aware that there was one!). The way you describe them, I might be interested in giving them a try.

Like Water for Chocolate was awesome

This was great, thank you!!

And Adulthood Rites is even better. Great series.

I love so many of these as well and the way I can change genre after reading a heavy literary novel and next go to sci fi or a mystery, to lift the spirits again. Do you have more recommendations for mysteries?

Instead of reading , do you have any other hobbies? 🙂

It is not for "very smart" people or "math people." Trust me. Any young adult can enjoy it. It is just a good science fiction book about aliens. Anyone can enjoy it.

That cover photo is a great one. Tells you everything you need to know

Just got the book, and its a goo book for me, idk if its good to anyone else, but this book is fantastic, recomend

I’ve commented elsewhere in this thread but I “read” about 80% of my most recent book and listened to about 20% of it on my commute. So according to the dissenters, I didn’t read this book? Or must I distinguish this meaningless fact every time someone asks “hey did you read so and so yet?” “No Jim I read 80% and listened to 20” “Oh cool… well what did you think of that ending?!” If you complain about people saying “read” when they actually listened, you better complain about virtually every word in the English language that has come to evolve into a different meaning. When is the last time you actually “dialled” a phone number? Probably 10+ years. I’m having my bachelor party next month. But I have never been knighted, so this will confuse all of my friends surely! Did you know vegetarians used to eat meat? That is because meat used to just mean food of *any* sort. Imagine that confusion! How did people survive?! Language evolves every moment and when people complain about true meanings of words, they really just speak of the meaning at the time they learned it.

No, of course they are not reading, by definition. We lack a convenient verb for ‘to listen to an audiobook’, so people use ‘read’ as short hand. But the process of reading is fundamentally different to listening. However, I also reject the terms of the question. Asking if they ‘count’ suggests that reading is simply a means to rack up a large number of books read, instead of a goal in and of itself. If you enjoy audiobooks, who cares if they ‘count’ as reading? They are a way to experience the writing of an author. Personally I don’t like them as much as reading, but a lot of people do, and that’s great.

The people on the side of "listening is reading" are the ones complicating and confusing everything. They are determined to use the wrong word to describe an action and from that the whole useless arguing ensues. Both groups agree that you get the full information the book offers by listening to it. But because you insist on calling it reading you create a problem from absolutely nothing. Its a missunderstanding not a disaagreement.

If you consume the book its reading, however it is you manage to get it done. We need to stay clear of gatekeeping our hobby, the more readers of any flavour the better for all of us

Have to disagree. The definition of 'reading' by itself should end the argument. And you spoke of narrators enhancing the story you're listening to... That narrator's voice, tone, etc.. can drastically change your experience. I've quit listening to more than one audio-book due to poor narration or a bad choice of narrator. I've picked up the same books on Kindle and enjoyed them. Audio-books are passive. If you pick up a book and read it (with your eyes), the author either succeeds or fails at manipulating your emotions and entertaining you through the written word. It's just you and the author. Nobody else is involved. That said, I love audio-books. Couldn't live without them.

it's just having someone 'read' the book to you. If a blind person listens to books by readers, are they not allowed to say they've 'read' the books? I love audio books, it reminds me of when I was a kid and my older sister would read to my brother and me. Obviously it's the word 'read' which is about the 'eyes' not the 'ears' it's just symantics but the meaning behind 'i read that book' is the same

Listening by definition is not reading. 2 totally different senses are being used. Audio is a valid form to absorb a story though, sure.

I do both, but I just think of it as listening. I always have a book I’m reading, and one I’m listening to. Doesn’t really matter, I just think of reading as the ability to look at letters/words and read them. You can listen to a book and not be able to read. That being said, it’s just how I think of it, I don’t really care. They both work fine, I normally enjoy books I physically read more, but I think things like humor work a lot better for me in audio.

I used to think audiobooks weren't reading. Consuming, sure, but not *reading*... I also considered it a lesser form of consumption, based on my own experience. I have a lot of trouble focusing on audio, and get a lot less out of an audiobook. Then met a friend with vision impairment and a friend with serious dyslexia who cannot read print books, but love audiobooks. They are definitely reading. I've since learned that I can enjoy audiobooks if I'm focused on them. (Can't do other things.) And I enjoy tandem reading of a digital or physical book along with the audio, especially if I'm a bit tired and focusing on the print is hard.

Either way the words go into your brain. I don't see any real reason to not count it.

Thanks

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