We're nosy. I mean, it's like perusing a bookstore or library. But it's a privately owned library. =) but isn't it helping clean your shelves and organize the books? The Cricket on the Hearth? I wonder if I have that story in the collected short story book I have of Dickens. See, this is why we're nosy. I mean, why we like seeing other people's books. Some of those nonfiction books sound interesting.
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk2 сағат бұрын
Some great books and great covers there. Best wishes Gavin.
@arronjameshook2 сағат бұрын
I bought World in Peril a few weeks ago, because I recognised Charles Chilton from Journey into Space. However, I didn't discover until I got home it was a novelisation of an episode of Journey into Space.
@Montie-Adkins4 сағат бұрын
Seems Golden Sunlands has complaints that there is no ending, that it had to have a sequel that never happened. A very Jabba's sail barge cover. You are the second person who has talked of this book this week. Donaldson also has a short story collection called Reave The Just and Other Tales which is quite good.
@GenreBooks233 сағат бұрын
Oh dear, wonder if it was never written or never published..
@GenreBooks233 сағат бұрын
I need to get back into the Donaldson.
@Montie-Adkins3 сағат бұрын
@@GenreBooks23 How far did you get in Thomas Covenant? Did the library have more than just the first book?
@GenreBooks232 сағат бұрын
@@Montie-Adkins I read the first. I now own the first 6, ready for a spare month!
@backawayfromthedonkey9 сағат бұрын
Happy !00🎉 Logan's World now that was a fantastic find. The Logan books are really difficult to find anywhere, even though I've read them I'm still after copies, there are some ebook versions flying around. Love the cover on the Gibson Book
@GenreBooks233 сағат бұрын
I had no idea when I picked it up that it was a rarity! Want to find the first now…
@art.and.lit.matters19 сағат бұрын
Fabulous line. Nicely done!!!!!!
@GenreBooks2316 сағат бұрын
Haha, thanks. That’s our greatest ever poet, right there.
@duanespurlock5879Күн бұрын
I haven't read a ton of Aiken's work, but I've very much enjoyed what I've read, particularly THE PEOPLE IN THE CASTLE and THE SERIAL GARDEN: THE COMPLETE ARMITAGE FAMILY STORIES.
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
I’ve only read ghost stories (and not all of those) but intrigued to read the Lamb House book!
@KatJack-vl8xjКүн бұрын
So if you go with Steve Donohue, does that mean you won't need to join the Proust Party in 2025?
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
No, it just means all my opinions will be correct.
@KatJack-vl8xjКүн бұрын
@@GenreBooks23 sacré Dieu!
@salty-waltКүн бұрын
Wishing you congratulations on reaching your goals for Garbaugust. You pointed out your bingo card, but did you work the other dimensions as well? You and Roy look like you killed yourselves over this past month! And every time I went to check a CriminOly video it had nothing to do with Garbaugust! I think he owes you. . . A beer? Well *something*.
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
I did the weekly prompts, but didn’t keep track of the decades (though I think I probably covered most of the twentieth century)..
@BookBudsКүн бұрын
Heyyy buddy ! Thanks so much for doing our tag and thanks for the mention! WOW what a nice compliment- you rock. “Which booktuber bud broke your arms?” Lmao haha I think I like the rewrite better. 😂😂 and that outro!!! 😂😂😂😂
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Cheers for the tag - it was a fun one!
@KatJack-vl8xjКүн бұрын
Go shake your ears...
@apoetreadstowriteКүн бұрын
Very enjoyable video, Gavin - very engaging digressions.
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Thanks! Some fun prompts here this week :)
@thelibraryladder2 күн бұрын
Thanks for the very kind words! Those are an alarming set of scenarios, full of prison, peril and prestidigitation! I'd be most reluctant to do the final one, though, because I'd be robbing myself of the first-hand emotional pleasure that comes from reading. I'd rather not experience books though someone else's eyes. Being stuck on a deserted island with you and Michael and all our books sounds intriguing, as long as it's in the Seychelles rather than the Faroe Islands. 😂
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Oh, we’re definitely on the five-star tropical island side of things!
@BookZealots2 күн бұрын
Thank you for taking us into town. That one space looked pretty narrow. Thank you for tagging us. I think we have two other tags to catch up on and one in the editing "room." I'll need to write some of my answers/experiences, so I don't leave anything out. =) Again, thank you for the jaunt 'bout town. 🤗
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Thanks! Yes, some of those lanes in the proper “City of London” get a little close!
@DianeSLoftis2 күн бұрын
Well done! 💫 It was great fun following GarbAugust. It seems like you really allowed yourself a good variety of reads and watches. The Mushroom Press video is fantastic, too. I’ve learned so much. Thank you- as always!
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Thanks Diane, it felt like a packed month (amongst other packed months).
@RaynorReadsStuff2 күн бұрын
Haha. Loved this. Great answers. You’re the first person to tag my as the crime solver rather than the thief. I reckon you, me and Pat would make a great team 😂
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Thanks Debs. It’s a fun one. I envisage us as Mystery Inc, looking around old abandoned funfairs…
@AaronReadABook2 күн бұрын
I'm on Pat's island and in your jail, I guess the jail is on the island. Thanks for the tag, this is a really fun one.
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Well it’s nice to be in demand (or on remand in my case)..
@BookChatWithPat86682 күн бұрын
Oh this was such fun! You and Debs and I solving a mystery together! Now that would be delightful! Loved your answers to this tag, Gavin. You've assembled a wonderful cast of characters here. (By the way, I did know that Book Buds had tagged you. I was just tagging you as well for the record. It doesn't feel like I've done a tag properly if I don't tag you too. 😊)
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Thanks Pat. Our first case is finding out who’s whisking all these booktubers away to desert islands.
@Montie-Adkins2 күн бұрын
*Waves towel*
@DianeSLoftis2 күн бұрын
Holy Smokes I’d say you’re doing better than okay. You’ve done awesome, Gavin! I really like your _The Mushroom Jungle_ book. I’m behind on your videos, but catching up slowly.
@GenreBooks23Күн бұрын
Thanks!
@DianeSLoftis2 күн бұрын
huh, sorta an interesting, guy.. to be writer, author of so many books and a lead singer 🎈Happy Birthday
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Best author/ musician? Leonard Cohen gets my vote.
@heathergregg99752 күн бұрын
Congrats on 100 videos. Your surprise at finding yourself making a haul video is - ahem - what I think we've all found surprising about being on Booktube as presenters. Wouldn't it be great if someone could invent a book dimension portal, so we could have a separate, invisible bookroom to take all our extra books?!
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
If I could fit a chair in there it would be heaven.
@StormReads2 күн бұрын
Congrats on 100 videos! Fun book haul!
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@heathergregg99752 күн бұрын
Yay for reading "No bed for Bacon"! Don't miss reading the introduction and realising the background of the times to its writing, adds to your appreciation. It was written as WW2 was still raging at a time of great uncertainty. And many years before Tom Stoppard's "Shakespeare in Love" which is very similar. Brilliant video vlog, making the most of access to London - bravo!
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Thanks Heather. I’ve read the intro - I’m always interested by writing partnerships and detect a little bit of love/hate in this one!
@heathergregg99752 күн бұрын
@@GenreBooks23 I was startled to be asked when already busier than usual with booktube - but decided to make it a fun, short one take wonder and that worked well. Very much enjoyed seeing your footage of London, thank you for taking the time to do this for us.
@RaynorReadsStuff2 күн бұрын
Oh the number of times I have bought books that are already on my shelves 🙈. Nice book haul. Many congratulations on your first Star Trek novel - I read my first ones this year. And congratulations on making a century. Love your videos 😊
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Thanks Debs. Can’t believe I’ve lasted so long *not* reading Star Trek!
@apoetreadstowrite2 күн бұрын
Congratulations, Gavin - what an achievement. Brilliant you!
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Many thanks sir!
@tahlia__nerds_out2 күн бұрын
Enjoyed this video! And thanks for the tag! How do you manage to record videos, watch booktube, respond to comments, and still get your reading in? I know that I have some time-wasting habits I need to adjust in order to keep up, but I’m interested in what works for you.
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
The trick is I never have time to do all I want! Early starts at the weekend is my only tip - recording videos 2 or 3 at a time.
@KatJack-vl8xj2 күн бұрын
100th video, great cheap finds, plus -- the piece de resistance -- a bacon sandwich! Who could ask for anything more?
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Cheers 🍻
@KatJack-vl8xj2 күн бұрын
Great responses. I share your fondness for Richard III. But I should mention that King John didn't die from bingeing on eels. That was Henry I. John died from dysentery. Ever since I learned that several of my French ancestors died at Agincourt, I've been a little ambivalent about Henry V...
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Thanks. I was reading up on John the day after and realized I had gotten him confused with Henry. Still, a “surfeit of lampreys”, or dysentery, either still preferable to poor old Edward II…
@Cobaltdragon2 күн бұрын
Congratulations on 100 videos. Nice Star Trek find, hope you enjoy.😊
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Thanks! I hope I enjoy it, but also hope I can resist buying too many!
@Cobaltdragon2 күн бұрын
@@GenreBooks23 good luck with that. Start of book trek this year I had 1 magazine. Thanks to my thrift store - I now have the 10 log book series by Alan Dean Foster, 2 hardcover novels and 2 paperback novels. So definitely ready for next year.
@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk3 күн бұрын
Good cricket score. As they say in cricket. Take a fresh guard and go for a big one! Best wishes Gavin.
@GenreBooks232 күн бұрын
Going to try for a Lara score at least :)
@Montie-Adkins3 күн бұрын
CONGRATS on your 100th video! X100
@GenreBooks233 күн бұрын
Cheers!🍻
@bookssongsandothermagic3 күн бұрын
Oh my god!!! Gavin you found Logan’s World!!! I’ve been looking for that for years! It’s so expensive on eBay!! Amazing! Lots of other interesting things there too.
@GenreBooks233 күн бұрын
50p well spent then!
@bookssongsandothermagic3 күн бұрын
@@GenreBooks23 that’s hilarious though, just 50p haha amazing,
@BookChatWithPat86682 күн бұрын
Great finds, Gavin! Congratulations on your 100th video!
@AaronReadABook3 күн бұрын
Lin Carter is probably the name I hear the most in SF that I've never read, that guy must have been a workaholic. Farmer is another one I need to check out. The only hint of organisation I have is I put most of my penguins together, and all of my SF masterworks. Otherwise I just try to put similar sized things together.
@GenreBooks233 күн бұрын
Carter was definitely a busy boy, so many editing duties. Not always the best writer, but not as bad as his reputation!
@Littlebiglibrary3 күн бұрын
ShakeTember! Awesome. That's too cool seeing all that. Sadly I have no Shakespeare books. Thank you for sharing this with us. -James
@GenreBooks233 күн бұрын
Thanks! Project Gutenberg is your friend if you are after Shakespeare..
@AaronReadABook3 күн бұрын
I was going to go to the globe last year (I've never been) but never got time in the end. Muppets Hamlet would be amazing. Glad to see this tag making the rounds again.
@GenreBooks233 күн бұрын
Thanks! It’s been a while since I was in the Globe, but it’s a great space, and very evocative.
@RaynorReadsStuff3 күн бұрын
Love the way you make the bingo board work for you 😂. Great trashy reading. I also loved Dr Fu Manchu. Will definitely be reading more of those. Your GarbAugust videos have been fab 😊. And you’re so right about my Kindle algorithm 😂😂
@GenreBooks233 күн бұрын
Thanks! I would say that I’m sort of glad to finish with the trash, but my wife says that I do it all year anyway..
@vilstef69883 күн бұрын
They had a bunch of his books at my hometown library. After reading a few random pages of his works, I renamed him Allen Dreary. His book with the best title lost me with the first sentence. Dreary describes the protagonist as 'the Casanova of the space program.' Really!?! Tbe book's title was The Throne of Saturn.
@GenreBooks233 күн бұрын
“Casanova of the space program”? Oh, I’m having that one!
@RaynorReadsStuff3 күн бұрын
Love it 😂
@BookChatWithPat86683 күн бұрын
This is going to be such a fun month!😂
@apoetreadstowrite3 күн бұрын
Ah, a Muppet glory version of Shakespeare - pure genius! Yes, that speech from Henry V is so moving - astounding! Kenneth Branagh's performance of that part in his film version of the play is unforgettable, I just get swept along with all that patriotic fervour. I love it! Very engaging video - thank you.
@GenreBooks233 күн бұрын
Yes, that Branagh film is excellent!
@KatJack-vl8xj3 күн бұрын
"Bull's pizzle" was a nice touch...
@KatJack-vl8xj4 күн бұрын
Johnny Weismuller sends his best wishes...
@faithbooks79064 күн бұрын
I would love to see a Muppets Hamlet! That’s absolutely brilliant! 😂😂😂. Love that piece from Henry V. A good book on King John I read a while ago is 1215; The Year of the Magna Carta (think that’s the title.) I am just reading Richard III now for the first time.
@GenreBooks234 күн бұрын
I'll have a hunt for that book. i read "King John" today, and there's not even a mention of the Magna Carta! I'm not sure it was important to Elizabethans (or more likely not a great subject to bring up around a very powerful monarch...)
@BookChatWithPat86684 күн бұрын
Gavin: This was delightful! Your opening was brilliant! I am so envious that you are so close to the Globe Theatre! Your answers to each of these questions were just so thoughtful. Bravo, my friend!
@GenreBooks234 күн бұрын
Thanks very much - it's a great venue when it's a nice day (and you pay the extra for a cushion!)
@BookChatWithPat86684 күн бұрын
@@GenreBooks23 The history that you have all around you! Just magnificent!