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A fun romp indeed. I enjoyed watching your facial reactions to these stories. This was a cool theme. Thanks.

You’re a hero, taking the time to read only trash/garbage. Loved how you threw the 1-pointer on the Eric-scale up in the air. Next year again?

And I just thought it was an awesome and entertaining book. Who knew? LOL.

I read this book as an adventure book in school. I want to reread this again as an adult and then read James by Percival Everett.

I'm in part two right now and the thing that strikes me about his self-awareness, compared to other (younger, particularly American) writers these days is the absence of playing the victim and any psychiatric jargon. What we have instead is just an honest and seemingly organic self-reflective account of memories, thoughts, and feelings. He makes it seem simple and breezy what he's doing, but it's definitely not.

I just recently re-read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, a book we read in freshman English class, and had very much the same revelation you present here: reading an adult book as a child without being properly prepared or have the life experience to quite comprehend the content and subtext. I think all of us could probably find a book on our middle or high school reading lists that probably hit us differently now as adults.

I might try it again. The first time I tried, I gave up ... It's nice to see someone reviewing something other than the same books.

Man, that was some kind of a deep dive. It's been decades since I read this book and like your first time, I never saw all that. I'll have to blow the dust from my copy and read it again.

my first stephen king was also christine! so cool! great video!

I just finished reading this book and came to see some other points of view on it. I loved your eloquent review and found it interesting that you picked up on some different aspects of the book to me. I thought the book was amazing, it took me ages to read because I had to keep stopping to absorb and think about it. I will be reading it again soon I am sure and I am not sure I can put my feelings about the book into words until I do! Liked and subbed - I am interested to see what other books you have reviewed.

Stephenson is a premise writer and this book is based on a flawed premise which kind of taints the plot with falseness.. Despite that, he could have still made an interesting story, but didn't.

⁠ still on it and having a memorable time in a positive way

Great talk, as always. Love to hear your take on books.

Great vid. I like the format.

There are and were some fantastic talented regional writers. John Ehle wrote some excellent novels of pioneering and road building in the North Carolina mountains. He wrote just a well and interestingly as any author. I think every region must have a favorite. I will have to try We. I may have recommended these before. Empire of the Sun by Ballard and To the North Sea by Dickey. These two are fascinating character studies of broken minds. Thanks for the video.

I'm not a big fan of novels, or horror, but you peaked my interest in a title or two. Hooray for Hamlin Garland. I have three of his titles. Didn't know anyone else knew about him. Thx.

Really like how you offer up those 'forgotten gems' :)

I'm convinced you misunderstood objectivism, you can do badly call "' sacrifices " if you value the relationship or the recipient and life for your children if that is what you value. And if you think the society portrait is a straw man I encourage you to check collectivist societies in more detail

Great choice ! Also who’s in the song ? The beats awesome

Trash book. First one I didn’t actually buy but got from the library. He’s long past his zenith.

Great vid. I immediately went to buy that Brautigan book but it costs a fortune online. I loved that poem you read from it. All the best on that not buying books thing. I think you will fail. I always fail!

I have read Richard Brautigan real in the time 60's. Trout Fishing in America and The Abortion were two pretty interesting cult classics then A Confederate General from Big Sur made him more popular. That novel is hilarious as I recall.

Great video, Erik! Love the poem you recited. Poetry is one of the few genres I hardly get around to reading. Good luck with your Read-What-You-Own challenge. I notice that I find it increasingly difficult not to buy new books (but I'm hanging on).

That's 😁 funny. Quit 2 bad habits in one day. I've been meaning to take up smoking. Heard it makes you look cool. But seriously, congrats on quitting. Maybe I should do half-year resolutions. Now I gotta think of some self-improvement items in the next 11 hours.

I’ve read all but Danny’s Bad Dream (many said this was the best one) but for me, Laurie was the worst in this collection. Finn was Ok, not great but better than Laurie. So far, Rattlesnakes for me is the best…

Danny Coughlins Bad Dream was my fav story in the collection. Overall I loved the stories, but this story stood out for me. I also think that Jalbert is the most interesting character, but I rather felt sorry for him. At the beginning he could have been right & his intentions were good nonetheless. He’s a rather tragic character.

I read this about 2-3 weeks ago. Already forgot what most stories were about, but I remember having this feeling that some stories were "like King stories written by someone else". Was mostly disappointed. I like the Answer Man and The Dreamers. Those felt like stories I expected from S. K.

Almost picked this up yesterday. Glad I didn't...

It's Getting Old should be the title of his next short story collection, and the cover can be a guy beating a dead horse.

Put a little bacon, lettuce and tomato on that nothing burger and maybe it will be tasty. You don't know!

I like 3 things dark: 1. My coffee roast 2. Humor 3. Stepehen King books. Now that you mention it, when a writer has an author insert character in their novel, they always seem to sound like the author rather than the character they created. Finished Night Shift recently, and it was pretty good overall.

Best wishes with your writing and what you choose to read.

Love Hemingway but Green Hills is not my favourite. Fiesta, The Old Man and the Sea and the book of short stories, A moveable feast I have gone back to the most. Happy reading to you.

Nice review dude. Now I am imagining Tom Petty hunting in Africa while signing "Running Down A Dream".

What an erudite review, Prof Gronskei! Disecting a book like this, I'll be here any time for any book. Hemingway so far hasn't resonated with me, but I'll give him another try. Thanks!!

Welcome back! Great review as well!

Getting rid of stuff is my favorite pastime.

OMG Mr. G. Excellent review.

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I can so relate to part 2. Thanks for the book reviews I have 3 added to my TBR first time watching . subscribed

Glad you decided to come back. I appreciate your honestly and post whenever you want to. I, and I imagine, others are perfectly fine with that.

I have watched pretty much every video on your channel. I can tell a lot of preparation and thought goes into each video. Since you are obviously a perfectionist, and also have a very active mind things may expand and evolve beyond manageability quickly. May I suggest less editing and preparation for your book review videos. Just sit and chat a bit about books. Quite a few booktubers don't edit at all and it feels authentic and just fine. I also recommend drawing, coloring or acrylic painting. It is zen without the sitting and meditation. Health is number 1.

Good luck to you bro

Good to see you again! Feels like a friend has turned up after a while away.

Welcome back. The videos will be better when you feel better, so best to have two a year done well than 30 and only a few you can proud of.

Good to have you back! 2024 going to get a whole lot better now! Also, do you have any plans on making a writing video? Something similar to your NaNoWriMo video from last year but shorter? Would be interesting to know your writing schedule and routines! Here's to 1000 subs by the end of 2024!☀ Edit: and yes to the shorts on short stories!

So great to see you back again, Erik. Shorts, naaah. I did 4 or 5 of them and stopped making them. Short stories reviews, perhaps bundle them in one nice video. (And for those who are shorts-addicts, chop them up into shorts...) Star Wars. Not watching the extra movies, not reading the books. Is that answer enough? Why, oh, why did you read King's 'It' for a 3rd time? Your reading is very different from mine at the moment (none of the books you mention I've read), but that makes it all the more interesting. Regarding the second part of your video, specifically directed at me: Thank you for your candidness. I so hear ya! You mentioned it yourself: be nicer to yourself. Being perfect?? (Indeed, a self sprung trap.) No, accept imperfection, not as a flaw but as the Yin-part of your own Yin&Yang. Right! Work on stuff that energizes you. F... viewers, F... their expectations (if such a thing even existst) and F... (excuse me) your own obsessive perfectionism. Take care, buddy. I love your channel. Make your own rules and lose any release schedule. Any video you put out, will be welcome, whenever it arrives.

Great to see you back Eric. Whether it's 1 video a week or 1 every 4 months, I'll remain an avid follower. Thanks for all the hard work; you produce some of the best content on here. it's appreciated.