Tier-Ranking the First 3000 PENGUIN BOOKS Part One

[@brenboothjones]

Who wants to join me on the journey to 3000? How many of them have you already read? Check out Alec’s amazing website to see the full list of 3000 original Penguins: www.penguinfirsteditions.com/index.php?cat=main_series001-099

[@Noortjestortelder]

love this style of video, Bren. so fun!

[@brenboothjones]

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[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Just what I needed for my Sunday afternoon

[@brenboothjones]

Hope it hits the spot 😃

[@brenboothjones]

Ps. Let me know when your quiz prize arrives! 🤞

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

@@brenboothjones When is it supposed to arrive?

[@brenboothjones]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary I sent the package about a week ago. Tracking was wildly expensive so just have to hope that it doesn’t get lost 🤞

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

Oscar Wilde for any party sounds like a winner really.

[@TheLinguistsLibrary]

I don't understand why people hate on the Catcher of the Rye, I like it, like you said, his voice is memorable.

[@brenboothjones]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary I love everything he wrote really. “For Esme-with Love and Squalor” is one of the most poignant short stories I’ve ever read.

[@brenboothjones]

@@TheLinguistsLibrary Wilde is the life of the party :D

[@aquariuslibrarian]

Your category-names sound very much like System of a down lyrics. Cool video!

[@brenboothjones]

Thank you! Man it’s been ages since I listened to them. Had a big phase in my teens. “Wake up! / Grab a brush and put a little make-up. / Hide the scars to fade away the shake-up . / Why'd you leave the keys upon the table? / Here you go create another fable!”

[@aquariuslibrarian]

@@brenboothjones Haha I also had that phase in my teens. "Banana, Banana, Banana, Terracotta/ Banana, Terracotta, Terracotta-pie" is a masterpiece too

[@brenboothjones]

@@aquariuslibrarian some bands don’t age well-I used to love Blink 182 for example, but now most of their stuff is just too petulant and angsty. But SOAD are brilliant. I need to give them another spin. Thanks for the reminder :D

[@aquariuslibrarian]

@@brenboothjones yeah i agree - I used to listen to the Red Hot Chili Peppers a lot, and now they're just kinda old and a bit embarrassing i think. But SOAD are still as cool as they were twenty years ago in my opinion :)

[@58christiansful]

Lord of the Flies was inspired by Ballantine’s utopian Coral Island - conceived as its cynical antithesis. Robinson Crusoe is about one man on island - CI is about a group of cooperative decent children stranded on an island.

[@brenboothjones]

Robinson Crusoe is the original castaway novel. Both Ballantyne and Golding are indebted to Defoe.

[@58christiansful]

@ Yes of course. It is just that the link between Lord and Coral is stronger and more immediate as Golding wrote his book as a reaction to Ballantine. Ballantine’s boys are future empire builders - well-disciplined and cooperative - the Lord boys quite the reverse - pagan savages.

[@58christiansful]

@ Yes of course. But the link between Coral and Lord is more immediate and direct. Golding wrote his book as a reactive to Ballantine’s Victorian idyll. Ballantine’s boys are perfectly behaved and disciplined, empire builders in embryo - while Golding’s Jack and his followers are pagan savages.

[@jennyjaybles]

Yes this is helpful because I have not read most of these books. I am thinking about reading Dubliners sometime.

[@brenboothjones]

Ah thanks Jenny! Dubliners is a great place to start with Joyce :)

[@Nboothjones]

Absolutely love the categories you’ve created! Super helpful to know which ones to reach for first…

[@brenboothjones]

Appreciate you 🤍🤍🤍