How to read every book you own

assembling a toolkit of habits / exploring books as machines to think with.

[@KateT847]

My favorite habit is to read right when I wake up - it jump starts my brain when I’d otherwise be super groggy.

[@Moircuus]

Cheers, mate! Thanks for the tip!

[@baran-brbrbr7867]

Ohhhh yeahhhh that’s an amazing idea! I will definitely have to do that. Thank you pal

[@ealice5633]

I’ll try doing that

[@Nowhere9]

If i read after waking up I will fall asleep again 😭

[@karyldavidkidd7111]

Thank you for the routine idea. I do realize the expression of thanks has been made. After a few moments of inner debate my pleasure of the concept of many people thanking you for something that never dawned on us won.

[@Kite562reviews]

I've always made it a habit to read 2 chapters of a book I'm currently reading; I also write down quotes that stood out to me or an unknown word I may have never seen before I'll write it down a long with the definition. I've been doing this routine for 2 years and I feel alot more level headed and relaxed. 😊❤📚

[@crazymusic4717]

I will try this

[@ireat]

I've always read a lot, since I was a child, but as I started earning money and having access to more bookshops (aka me moving from a small town to a city) I started buying a lot of books and then I let them sit on my bookshelves to read other books, with the results that I had a shelves of books that didn't represent me, as I hadn't read them. Since two years I self-imposed this new rule of reading every book I buy within one year of when I buy it, and this actually pushed me to start big books I was too scared of starting. I am now (september) reading the books I bought on march, so only 6 month ago. Two weeks ago I started reading "The magic mountain", a book that scared me for the complexity and number of page, and I started it simply because it was the next on the list. And I'm liking it! It will take me probably two months to finish it but so it is, time will pass anyway

[@Jana-ln9tq]

This year I challenged myself to read every single day. On some days that would mean a single poem, on others three hours of reading. Mostly, it's somewhere in between but with this simple habit I managed to reach my usual reading goal of 30 books for the entire year by 1st July - which is still mind-blowing to me. I also listen to many books on audio, that way I can combine reading with my daily walk, doing the dishes etc.

[@artisteash22]

That's really inspiring to know. Am really struggling to read the new books. What type of genre you read mostly?

[@avocadosuppe]

12:37 Thank you, I really needed to hear this. When I was a child I would grab whatever book was in reach in the library just for the sake of reading and I had so much fun just enjoying whatever I grabbed. Over time I lost this ability. I really want to get my excitement back. I started re-reading the books that amazed me back then and it seems to work so far 😊

[@authorgreene]

I think that knowing exactly what you're going to read next is a great asset to getting through one's TBR pile. I recently finished my full to-read list which includes all of the unread books I own (plus some rereads and plenty of books I don't yet own). I had fun with it, scheduling in some single-author deep dives I know I'll love and varying the types of books too. With the current list, reading one book a week will take me about 33 years to get through! It's like a preplanned adventure, and I'm already enjoying it a ton. Cataloguing the books along the way was just the tip of the fun iceberg. I logged about 1,300 titles. PS: I started my reading list The Divine Comedy!

[@lilyfrum388]

I legit just subscribed because you have La Grande Illusion (1937, Renoir) in the background.

[@personalsbysara]

PLEASE, make a video on home library taxonomies. Also the fact that you used the word taxonomy made me instantly follow you.

[@calculus7095]

Seeing a Sando passage come up as you talked about "the worst prose you've ever read" gave me a good chuckle. The man can spin some yarn but the sentence-by-sentence experience is rough, especially in the early books.

[@Madison-fu8tx]

I think this video is absolutely amazing! My physical TBR is so overwhelming (which I love but also am scared of), and self-discipline is a tough but rewarding skill that I am definitely determined but struggling to hone. Thanks so much for the incredibly nuanced and unique approach to this topic 😊 and for the incredible idea that it is okay to be ragingly jealous at the skill of others, but that if we are capable of finding beauty, talent, and depth in art, we are all capable of harnessing that for ourselves! 🥳💜

[@Rohan-cc2uz]

How many unread books do you have? Love 🫶🏾👀🩷

[@Madison-fu8tx]

@@Rohan-cc2uz Definitely at least a hundred! As they say, buying books and reading books are two separate hobbies, but I enjoy both ☺️

[@Rohan-cc2uz]

@@Madison-fu8tx holy sh*t! 100 books, that’s a lot! I’m so happy that you’re enjoying both your hobbies, lol🤧😭🤍🫶🏾

[@crystaldollhouse]

I love that even books you didn’t enjoy have value, there’s been a few books I’ve found myself editing in my head as I read them! That’s got to be helpful experience when for when I’m writing

[@RareNobleman]

What an excellent video! After five years of false starts I am currently reading and almost finished with Melville’s Moby Dick. I usually read about a chapter a day while on a short bus ride to work, less than 20 minutes. But those little moments built upon themselves and I’ve spent time not only reading about the Pequod, but also reflecting on it while going about the day, which is, I think, the point of reading in the first place.

[@jgarcia5542]

That is so wonderful!! I often feel discouraged by big books even though they always end up being the ones I enjoy the most because they allow me to fully immerse in the story, but you just inspired me. And yes, that for sure is the point of reading.

[@paulklee5790]

Well done… it is a fantastic book and too often left out of lists of the best books ever… it would definitely be the book I’d take to a desert island if that weird literary accident was to ever happen! Next up… James Joyce and Ulysses?

[@beantree2381]

Cool. Moby can be so challenging. I'm trying to read it a second time.

[@jenyalegin]

This was so uplifting and practical. Thank you Christopher. I'm learning to live offline again and this is a great way to do so. I'm excited for what else you'll show us on this channel 😊

[@SophiePlays-cx5tb]

This video has the energy of someone who's been doing KZbin for years with a steady following of people. When I saw this was only your second video, I was shocked. Look at all the people who have seen this video! Really great work, I hope you keep doing this.

[@1116_6]

I honestly expected this video to have over 1 million views. Very nicely and creatively put together!

[@misterfuzz2681]

I can genuinely attest to books changing my life, I think everyone who reads can, but wanted to put it somewhere so it's out there. Reading The Count of Monte Cristo changed my life. I don't think I'll read it again cause its fucking huge, but it got me back into reading and its so fucking good.

[@yeetaholic]

You're a huge inspiration for me now! Your videos are the perfect mix between bookish vlog and artsy visuals !

[@wolfborn3973]

I so feel you on the '50 takes' thing. It's what is stopping me from making videos like these on my own. I have the thought nicely formulated in my brain, but then when I turn on the camera I need 50 takes and I still don't get the point across nearly as good as I imagined. Great video btw, I was very surprised to see how little content you've published so far - felt like watching a channel with hundreds of videos based on how well it was filmed and how you presented your points. Subbed & looking forward to the next one!

[@sandyedwards2681]

I just stumbled upon you @Christopher Budnick, and I really love this topic. Somewhere along the way, my love of books slides into collecting them instead of reading them. That wasn’t the intention but it ended up feeling as if all my beautiful books were a symbolic guilt trip of what I’d not followed through on. Life is funny like that but your discussion is a great reset and reframe without judgement. Thank you. I especially like that you said to tell someone that we are going to read our books, so yes, consider this my notification.

[@lindsaylu34]

I found this to be one of the most interesting and inspiring Videos I saw in a reeeeally long time! You seem unusualy authentic and I really like it! This was a video that in a way changed my life 😉

[@isobelledger]

I loved the vision of this video, the effort and passion is palpable ❤ I particularly loved that scene where the pink book makes it way down the shelf, that was lovely!!

[@98codex]

Love the subtle dig at Elantris :)

[@bailagringacovers]

This video is outstanding. Very original, insightful, and actually useful. Thank you. Keep making videos.

[@daram5257]

Interesting and inspiring video! I want to hear more from you. But right now, I’m opening a book

[@ladyfox6705]

My TBR is c.70 books atm, & I had a massive reading slump over 2019-2021. What got me back into reading was Manga. Now, I'm loving Manga, been introduced to free Audiobooks (for the first time) via Libby, & am reading lots more physical books on my TBR. I read what I feel like, & I never force myself to read. I can't read in bed, 'cause I fall asleep within 2 pages XD, so my big reading time is morning tea time. For that sacred time, I have my coffee and treat, and get comfy to read. I love that time. My TBR started at over 100 books, so slowly getting through them! Libby has helped a lot. I always prefer physical books, but with Libby I can just listen to a book on 2x speed as I potter about. I keep a journal of my reading progress to help. Have already read 2 books this month!

[@dlklug]

Fantastic video. Also, the choice of Earthbound music is on point.

[@oscarman10001]

The video filter made me stay somewhat nostalgic

[@ItsJustAnotherVideo]

Consider me OFFICIALLY INSPIRED

[@yxuanberries]

Seeing all the books i have NOT read is stresssing me out. But i have been trying to get through them big by big. It’s actually quite enjoyable and rewarding

[@yxuanberries]

Bit by bit* haha

[@shivamparashar1313]

I see Swann's Way in hat initial underlined montage! Great choice. Subbed

[@klc7275]

It’s interesting that I was recommended this video now. I just started trying to get through my TBR. I set a goal for myself to read 50 of my owned, unread books before I buy any more or get any from the library. I’m about to finish my third book and I’m so glad I started doing this. All three have been home runs for me. They’ve just been sitting there all this time, waiting for me to be ready for them. Here are some things I’m doing to help. I’ve been trying to enjoy the process. It sounds silly, but that’s something I was missing for a while. I’m a slow reader and I’m just trying to be okay with that. If there’s a day I don’t want to read, then I don’t read. So be it. If I have to read a paragraph five times before I understand it, so be it. If it takes me five years to get through the 50 books because I’m trying to live in the stories as much as possible, so be it. I’ve also been trying to learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I’m going to build my own blog where I review books. So as I’m getting through my TBR, I have this other project to help motivate me and give me a reason to keep reading. It’s nice to know that others are attempting the same thing. It feels less lonely, which somehow makes it less daunting. Thanks for this video.

[@RobertDeloyd]

I'm reading for pleasure 2 sci-fi books and a couple of math and science books each day. I have found that reading a little bit each day I am surprised how many pages I have gotten through each. I read each until my brain says enough which usually 10-30 minutes and I mark off where I left off with a slash of a pencil. Congratulations on your first 2 videos! I hope to see more. I have subscribed 🤗 Oh, one last thing... the book you are searching for that will change your life is the one you write yourself.

[@stardust5066]

This is so well thought of and beautifully filmed.. I'm in awe!❤️ Seriously, please keep posting videos I'm excited to watch whatever you make next :') oh and the habit tracker is so pretty. Digital trackers could never compare with the satisfaction of regular pen-and-paper ones

[@gabsonmars]

I've not seen many people with the codex, its such a fasinating book

[@BigBugster]

This is a great video. I also set the goal of reading all the books I own at the beginning but didn’t accompany it with any intentional habit-building. I love the idea of visualizing what life could be at the end of my TBR.

[@jan_Travis]

Idk if this will make sense but you have a very David Foster Wallace-esque way of speaking. It really shows with how you speak that you think quite deeply about these kinds of subjects. Right now I am reading Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima; I'm almost done with it but reading it has been like a "wow I have felt the same way for a long time and didn't realize that some1 else feels this way." Anyway great video friend! I would love to see a video of your book collection as I'm a sucker for that kind of content.

[@rasheedlewis1]

It shows that he’s a hipster

[@spikepig76]

Wonderful. (subscribed!) I have a long-standing guilt about the books I own but I haven't read yet. However, I do the Inktober drawing challenge every year, because it's a challenging but achievable goal of making a new drawing every day for 31 days. Since it's already in my comfort zone, it's not too hard to raise the bar for a month and plan accordingly. Maybe I can take my comfort about daily drawing and shift it into daily reading!

[@93darkin]

Hi Christopher, I found your way of talking motivating and I enjoyed the atmosphere of your video. I especially like your whimsical and free way expression through little crafts in the insert shots.

[@thevloomy7713]

I like to send a picture of 4 books I would like to read to a friend and have them select one purely based on cover and title :)

[@maidaabrar17]

this is such a great video

[@roughbeard7263]

This was a great video Christopher. Considering the production effort and number of videos produced so far - either I’m missing another channel you have that I’d enjoy - or maybe you are too much of a perfectionist that you are robbing us of great content by trying to be perfect. Hoping it’s the former, but looking forward to more regardless. Thank you!

[@NohablaEspnaol]

I started last year and forced myself actually at first now I just select the books like that which keep reminding me everyday to read

[@davidheilbrun8193]

This was really inspiring, thank you. I'm working on changing my relationship to owning and reading books and a lot of this really resonated, especially the bit about how children don't think too deeply about the orderliness of the process. I fall into that trap frequently of thinking "oh if I'm going to read Ulysses, I have to have read The Odyssey, and Shakespeare, and Joyce's other works, and have knowledge of the historical context of early 20th c. Dublin, etc., etc." I just wish I had more friends who were readers, especially for classic lit and philosophy and such (not that those are inherently more valuable than other kinds of writing!). I was taking some grad classes which was nice but I wish there was an easier way to find other people to support each others' reading goals.

[@NotABookwormButADragon]

I feel like I'm a kid when I read! I can go from middle school books to books about serial killers to Tuck Everlasting and back to books about psychology. 😂

[@raissaaip09]

Everything about this video is stunning. Looking forward for more!

[@anjuliwillmer]

Alright, I'm in. I want the weird dreams. Starting Dhalgren tonight.

[@choco1199]

Try listening to an audiobook while you are sleeping. Weird dreams galore!😂

[@4444Jules]

This is such a vibe

[@Maryjane022]

That's a good advice. Really helpful, thanks! 😊

[@monicasdesignprocess]

Love the stop motion filming style in this video! Also really loved the topic, excited to see what other videos you come out with!

[@Mulberry792]

I love this idea. Going to start today.

[@alexthompson6344]

I've been waiting for Emily Wilson's Iliad translation for years. One month to go!! I understand waiting to read a text until you get the translation you want, but I finally go myself over that hump and started reading translations of the same books (not frequently but a few books). It's good, you can compare later.

[@sunnyside-4492]

I grow up a habit that is reading every book i bought the last time before buying new ones which was really helpful for me and made everything easier

[@muddymyst6139]

I'm trying to read 12 books this year. Already 4 books down! Some really interesting ones so far. Loved the ideas in this video and will be implementing your habit forming strategies to strengthen my reading habit for sure. Currently reading The Snakehead by Patrick Radden Keefe :)

[@annesion]

I have several thousand books. I like to think of them as a collection. I have them organized and 2 times a year I reorder them to add new purchases and acquisitions. I have so many TBR, but when I cull I get anxious and have actually sought out the book I unhauled. I read more than 20 minutes daily. About 60% of my books are non-fiction as well. I appreciate this video though. Also Foucault’s Pendulum by Eco is in my top 3 fiction books of all time. Saw it in your pile.

[@cannedasparagus]

i will go read those last pages of the nightcircus right now. edit: i did it :)

[@samstadtlander4746]

Dude this is a fantastic video.

[@ItsTooLatetoApologize]

Loved this. Thank you.

[@matlyle1]

I love this video but in particular the music. Sounds like Philip Glass played backwards.

[@tdlerox9181]

This is such a good video! Truly amazing

[@nilahrios531]

Great video! Also, The visuals on this were fantastic!

[@AuthenticSugar]

looking forward to more of your content ‼️

[@fitzroviasclown]

Brilliant video, I will give it a shot!

[@animar3079]

I relate to this video so hard.

[@Mad-ps8ir]

This is a very helpful and beautifully made video.

[@alexnext8284]

This was a really helpful and interesting video! I’ve been getting into reading again and this inspired and motivated me even more, thank you :)

[@rickdeleroy]

Excellent content. I really got a lot of tips from your video I'm going to try. Plus, that was the best film making I've seen on You Tube. Keep it up and I look forward to seeing more videos.

[@tozakfilming]

Did you put Mishima soundtrack in reverse as first song? hahaha giving me ideas for my videos

[@christopherbudnick]

i basically have kyoko's house playing in my head all the time haha. (was just reading sculpting in time, love your channel!)

[@tozakfilming]

hahah that's amazing, happy to see someone else who resonates with that music, I listen to that soundtrack when I am doing important work for my life also thank you! still gotta read that one.. I shall take ur advice from this video to help with that, Goodluck w the rest of ur great work!@@christopherbudnick

[@BcAmz-ml8ie]

These videos are so fucking good keep making them please 😮

[@maisiek5049]

Okay. I’m going to read Pride and Prejudice. I have actually read it, but part of it was very rushed for school and I actually didn’t finish it right away. It took me two years to read it cover to cover and I don’t think I really got to enjoy it. I think if I read it for 20 minutes a day and make notes as I go, I will enjoy it a whole lot more. Thank you for inspiring me! Here’s to hoping this becomes a habit.

[@schoo9256]

It's really freaking funny, with lots of wry observations about human nature in the form of supporting characters. AND the hero and the heroine BOTH have to get over themselves before they can be together. I hope you like it.

[@maisiek5049]

@@schoo9256 it’s really funny so far! Like really funny. I’ve really been enjoying it.

[@schoo9256]

@maisiek5049 I'm so glad you like it!

[@zamiadams4343]

I'm usually hovering around the ten books at one time reading pattern, I read on my pc and love it so much.

[@trevor4835]

3:35 was definitely a good example for the point you were making there.

[@aa_batterybloomin1305]

My problem is being in the middle of multiple books, getting overwhelmed, and then spending the next week reading a couple 100k+ Word fanfiction..... So I'm still TECHNICALLY reading lol

[@trapdeath99]

im reading, Walden, I'll finish it

[@lacthetomato]

Fell in love with this video, so so much, I recently started actually reading, much more than I have in my whole life (not a big one yet, I'm 17) so also, much less than I will for the rest of it And I'm already grasping on the benefits of it BTW YOUR EDITING STYLE AND YOUR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS AND THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE, THE STORYTELLING, WOWOWOWOW WOW KEEP DOIN' WHAT YOU'RE DOING BROTHER, YOU'RE GONNA NAIL IT INDEED, SHEESH YOU ALREADY DID CHRISTOPHER, CHEERS FOR U

[@baran-brbrbr7867]

I’m currently planning to clean my library, i started reading “The ballad of the sad café”. Just finished it

[@christopherbudnick]

i'm curious what you think about it! i was just writing about southern gothic lit yesterday (mostly about wise blood).

[@baran-brbrbr7867]

@@christopherbudnick reading it so far has been nice, not exactly fun for me but enjoyable, I haven’t read much southern gothic before but getting to know them is nice Did your writings turn out good? Did you enjoy writing them?

[@nedrycasey]

Thanks for taking the time to create & share.

[@AuthenticSugar]

such a good video

[@roguslog]

The bgm is super distracting just a heads up, otherwise nice video

[@christopherbudnick]

really appreciate this feedback, i suspected it when i uploaded but i had already rendered this out for 24 hours and i hoped it would be close enough. critical feedback is /so/ hard to get. hopefully, it'll be better in the next one!

[@fms6306]

What is bgm

[@juliaz1965]

I just started How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollen (so good !) and I'm already reading a Ted Chiang book and Amanda Palmer memoir uhh and a bunch of partially started books from my trip

[@klatchabobby]

I wanted to get into reading in January, and I did. I read all of A Little Life over forty sessions across sixty days. And then I stopped reading. It took me nearly six full months to resume reading, and I've finally found the solution to my problem. It's called "read every night, and the day you finish one book, have the next one lined up to start the next day." And that's exactly what I've been doing. Not only am I reading faster than I ever have before, finishing a book in a week, let's say, but I'm also reading more consistently than ever before. Step 1. I find a book I want to read. 2. I buy that book and have it shipped to me so that I have it ready to read the moment the book I'm currently reading is over so I can start it the next day. Step 3. Repeat. And this has been working. I think starting off with an 800-page novel in January after having read maybe three novels in the last four years was not something good for a "reading habit" to develop because it took me two months to read it. Starting again at the end of August with the MUCH shorter book My Year of Rest and Relaxation was just what I needed to kick things off. A book I could finish in a week that rocketed me into my next book the very next night, The People in the Trees. Now, I just make sure I always line up a new book, buy it so that it gets here right before I finish my current one, and then continue the cycle. Also, I read on my iPad. My iPad has essentially turned into a giant Kindle. I literally only use it for illegally downloading ePubs of books I OWN in paperback (so I'm actually totally supporting the authors and definitely not doing anything bad. I just collect the paperbacks as a physical signifier that I finished the book). The BIGGEST improvement to me reading consistently was NOT BUYING BOOKS I'M NOT GOING TO START READING RIGHT AWAY. I now NEVER buy more than ONE book at a time, and I don't buy another until I've FINISHED the one I just bought. This has been HUGE in motivating me to read, by knowing that the only book to read is the one I just bought, and the next one isn't here until I finish the one I'm reading

[@Yesica1993]

"And then of the remaining ones I just read the first page. But close enough, right?" No.

[@sw3dge]

Please do talk for hours about home library taxonomies.

[@beccascraps8141]

Yes!!!!

[@anjuliwillmer]

I am also waiting for that video to drop.

[@ewiigift]

This is a very good video, nice tips, I would highly suggest you to check how many times you repeat the word “like”, I really enjoyed the video and it was very inspirational, I just noticed the overuse of “like” as a filler word, good job, love your videos.

[@paschence]

i fucking love this video thank you

[@romeoaranjon5178]

Great video. I’m a long time reader but have been in a slump. Going to give a couple of your suggestions a go. Starting now.

[@margaretcovington4793]

Can you say more about the purpose/advantage of reading every tenth page and then starting over? [I think rereading is vital to understanding a text--I'm a high school literature teacher and this is one of my biggest soap box issues. I have observed that an inability to grasp the text on a first read through can slow a reader down significantly (making home readings very difficult to do on one's own for example). Isn't it likely that reading every tenth page would only slow one down and make them lose interest? Either way, I am curious to experiment with this for myself!]

[@christopherbudnick]

i love this question! i'm most familiar with Gregorc's work on learning styles [which aren't entirely scientific], but the idea is basically: - not everyone optimally processes information sequentially, and letting go of the notion that you're actually doing a sequential reading can be freeing for some students. - there have been some studies that showed spoiling random elements of the plot or character details resulted in higher subjective evaluations ("how much did you enjoy/how immersed were you") of books & films. i think for some kinds of learners, having glimpses of the scaffolding on which the story hangs can help them arrange details and keep track of the narrative in a way that makes the reading experience less stressful. - for those of us who are really set on doing things the right way and on finding the right ordering/time of day/perfect experience to enjoy a text that we know we'll like (aka me and dante/melville), i think committing to doing it in an obviously non-optimal (in the sense of how we're taught to read) can be freeing and really let us just experience the book as our own thing. that we can take ownership over our experience of reading and use the book for performing kinds of thinking. - this isn't too far off from how i take notes, which i will [some day] cover in the future, so i wanted to experiment with this myself out of my own curiosity, and i really enjoyed it. note-taking for me involves a quick skim through a book, only brief paragraph highlights, and then deciding where to spend my time. i've always been curious about how it might apply to novels, so this is kind of my twist? i would love to do a video about this but since i'm being kind of slow about them it could be a year before i get to cover styles of reading a book in an in-depth way, so i wanted to just throw some of my thoughts to you now. would love to hear how skipping on through a book on a first pass works for you!

[@GaiaCarney]

@@christopherbudnick Thanks for this detailed answer! I have done a version of this my entire life - I read the last chapter first! I never didn’t read the entire book, but reading the last chapter relieved the tension that would torment me and keep me from enjoying the book.

[@beantree2381]

I could see this for nonfiction, but fiction? Never! Never!

[@kkellerz]

IYKYK .... I chuckled

[@MrRobot24]

IYKYK.. shout out to Anna.

[@velariss_]

Never click a video so fast

[@Chai_lover]

You’re awesome!

[@HeroesRHard2Find]

I’m not actually sure what steps you are recommending here. Is it that I take a day to read the first page of every book I own, put them in three piles: 1) read later; 2) save for reference; 3) donate? And then proceed from there following my fancy? And if I don’t feel like reading an entire book; just read every 10 (or whatever) pages so that I have a general sense of what it achieves and how? Is this correct? Bonus: for those who want to discard books after reading, I recommend pdf’ing highlighted sections for future reference and storing digitally. :)

[@TheRealJaded]

Great video

[@marsh.mellowcheekss9786]

If i have a lot of unread books i read them fully then only buy or grab more ...❤

[@percyrojas7884]

I have more than 30 000 books downloaded, and in multiple languages, that I don't know so much, and in my PC, that I enter in the night for download more and more books, can I read all of that?

[@galenpalo]

Fun video! Also, I love your lamp ( 1:35 ), where did you get it and how can I find it? Please tell, thanks.

[@christopherbudnick]

hi! this is a 70's windsor folding pyramid lamp. they tend to overheat if you used them closed with a tungsten bulb and can melt the plastic, but otherwise are great. i have like four scattered around the house. sometimes you find them listed on ebay as tensor lamps, too.

[@thadsuggs-zw7gf]

I’m reading Dune:)

[@TyroPrate]

What a great video both in content and style! Looking forward to more. (Also, what is the drawing of the land in the cube at 4:15?)

[@christopherbudnick]

thank you! that's a drawing i made for this sequence (mostly to fit the 'oh, the places you'll go!' cover)

[@schoo9256]

Damn, i really do just read whatver is put in front of me. Going through my own to-read list is taking charge of my own brain.

[@janny_b]

I really like this video, thank you for making it.

[@iamelllee]

I’m reading The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, The Silmarillion (rereading)Jorge Luis Borges’ Collected Fictions (some of which I’ve read), Voice and the Actor by Cicely Berry (not super enjoying it honestly), and interpretation of the Koran, and The Dark Crystal: The Ultimate Visual History

[@maxwilk196]

The Silmarillion was the most enjoyable for me

[@joegermany471]

It's really nice seeing Jorge Luis Borges on your reading list. He is one of my favorite authors and one who is sometimes forgotten in mainstream literature. Happy reading!

[@shethewriter]

This is an awesome list!

[@christopherbudnick]

ell! i just re-read 'the analytical language of john wilkins' because i was trying to remember the specifics of his celestial emporium of benevolent knowledge. on voice i'm guessing you've already read linklater?

[@iamelllee]

@@christopherbudnick I haven’t!