How Reading A Book A Week For A Year Changed My Life

[@Seasider70]

Didn't even realise you read 007 books. Even more love for you. I've still got 1st edition of Scorpius by John Gardner. Read it as a 18 year old in 1988.

[@Jamesnu]

Nice! Yeah, I love the 007 books. They always prove to be a good read.

[@s_przybylowicz]

Well done! Reading lots of books is impressive, but it takes real perseverance and skill to construct a tall book tower.

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you! Reading hardcover books definitely made the book tower construction easier as opposed to flimsily paperbacks.

[@sbedford9833]

Totally agree with your 3 book recommendations! (And the suggestion to throw in a few easy ones as well.)

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you! I'm happy to hear it!

[@ronh1940]

This episode was a lovely palette cleanser, and as I’ve said previously, inspirational.

[@Jamesnu]

@@ronh1940 Thank you!

[@Haley-ne6or]

Congrats on completing your goal! Reading that many books in a year is not an easy feat

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you so much! Yeah, it definitely was a challenge, especially for the last two months of the year.

[@tomahern8967]

Great achievement and well done!

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate it!

[@johnnyafify2093]

My favorite book from your list (A Gentleman in Moscow) is a really great book so I really love you bro thank you so much for everything

[@Jamesnu]

Thanks so much for watching! Yeah, A Gentleman in Moscow was fantastic!

[@khank1539]

I have watched most of your videos.. You are an interesting person.

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you! Yeah, I have a lot of hobbies and interests.

[@jpkoo9849]

Thank you for sharing so much of your life ... I'm learning a lot from you! Can you please share your running and training secrets. Thanks again.

[@Jamesnu]

Thanks for watching and I appreciate the support! I don't really have any major running secrets. I pretty much just try to run the best I can and keep building up mileage before a race.

[@neilkiots]

have you read 'Dirt' by Bill Buford? it's a memoir of him quitting his career and moving to Lyon to apprentice in kitchens with some Michelin chefs. think you'd really enjoy!

[@Jamesnu]

I have, and you're right! It was a very entertaining book!

[@NoahEats]

Thanks for sharing! Definitely inspired me to read more!

[@Jamesnu]

Thanks for watching! Yeah, that's definitely my goal with this video. It's not necessarily to have everyone read a book a week, but just to read more.

[@greengirl4985]

That was such a nice and wholesome video :(

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you!

[@chriswright4677]

Amazing. I love to read, too, but it blows my mind that you read this many books! How?! Did you spend every spare minute reading? Long commutes? I work a full time job, and even if I spent every evening and every weekend reading, I don’t think I could hit this many?! Please, how did you do this?! Lastly, new to your channel and loving it. Thank you.

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you! It was tough, but I always have a book within arm's reach. Sometimes, I'll have a couple of minutes waiting for a call or something and I'll pick up my book and read a couple of pages. All of it adds up. Plus, I was pretty focused on what books I read so most of them weren't too long.

[@chriswright4677]

@@Jamesnu thanks for getting back. Out of curiosity, are books your main entertainment or are you into Films as well?

[@Jamesnu]

@@chriswright4677 I definitely enjoy films as well, but I'm not as big of a movie fan as some people. I actually have a lot of hobbies, it's just that there's only so much time in a day.

[@nebraskaryan9308]

What’s your favorite book written by a chef? Do you have a favorite Bourdain book? I finished kitchen confidential last month. Thanx for posting

[@Jamesnu]

Thanks for watching! Kitchen Confidential is definitely a classic. I also liked Bourdain's follow-up Medium Raw, but Kitchen Confidential is still probably his best. It's hard to narrow down my absolute favorite work by a chef, but I did like Heat, by Bill Buford. David Chang's book Eat a Peach was enjoyable as well and I liked Jacques Pépin's book The Apprentice. There's a lot of good ones out there!

[@nebraskaryan9308]

@@Jamesnu I just purchased Heat after reading this comment

[@Jamesnu]

@@nebraskaryan9308 Nice! I hope you enjoy it!

[@Devin-l3v]

Hello. I liked the video. Would you care to share if you've read any old books from the early 20th century. Ive read books from Thomas Mann, Meredith Nicholson, Booth Tarkington, Stefen Zweig, and Roman Rolland. What have you learned from the novels that you have read?

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you! I've read a ton of books from the early 20th century. There's just too many to name. I've learned that no matter how much I think I know, there's always something more to learn.

[@karolkaczorowski8660]

congratulations

[@Jamesnu]

Thank you!!