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8:31 orwell admits that the whole julia/winston love angle was orwell engaging in a bit of middle aged male fantasy. I think the reason to me personally at least, that the reason why julia's motivations and actions are 2-d, kinda static, and dont make logical sense is because, quite frankly, orwell wrote her more as a fantasy for him, than a character for his book... I mean look im not a great author or anything, feel free to take what i say as dismissively as you like, or take it seriously, up to you.. (readers discretion) but i mean... Doesnt julia feel like a character written by say, a incel male trying to highlight what he values about feminine traits, instead of, well, actual character dev? It feels like when he wrote julia he had little interest in stepping into her shoes, and instead focuses on the feelings she illicits from winston. But thats just my feeling, i welcome opposing opinions (seriously, im in college studying english lit, it would actually be beneficial to me to hear opposing opinions about this book's characters, so go ahead... lemme have it! 😁👍)

I love reading biographies, too! It sounds like you picked one you'll really enjoy, Fred. Very interesting man. For Historathon in December, I'll be reading 'The Doctors Blackwell' by Janice Nimura - and perhaps also, 'The Woman They Could Not Silence' by Kate Moore. ❤

That sounds great Fred… even to a totally non science reader like me 😊

I ended up reading a “biography” of the Appalachian Trail for the last quarter. I was so fascinated with one of the people talked about in the book, Grandma Gateway, the first woman to hike the full trail and multiple times, that a read a biography on her too! She was a completely amazing person and I’m shocked no savvy Hollywood actress has scooped up her story and done a film of her life. Unless Reese Witherspoon has bought the right and is waiting to age into the role as a bookend to her playing Cheryl Strayed in her hiking memoir.

I couldn't place where I had heard of Linus Pauling until you said "Vitamin C." I seem to remember my mother having a book in which he was touting it for your health.

Ah Chemistry it was a hard subject for me in college. Not that anyone cares but Pope Francis had a background in chemistry. I don’t think he ever got an advanced degree. Won’t be doing anymore nonfiction/history, I miss my fiction novels.

Sounds like an interesting month ahead Fred!

Sounds interesting. Scietist biographies ive found to be generally pretty cool

I have heard of people hyper-dosing vitamin C and never getting sick. I have never attempted it myself.

Sounds like an interesting topic!

The last chapter of this book is one of my favorite pieces of writing period

The Pauling biography should be fun. Did you know he proposed a triple helical structure for DNA? I used to work in a lab where every time someone experienced difficulty resolving a sequence for a stretch of DNA, the running "joke" was to blame a triple helix structure. Yeah, I didn't think it was all that funny either. 😊

You have picked some good books Fred. I think I might read Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson. I haven't picked anything else yet.

I haven't read a Linus Pauling in so long but I haven't read this one.

I bet old Linus would love taking credit for the Exclusion Principle, but it's named for Wolfgang Pauli who beat him to the punch. Great books for Q4, Fred!

A "flowery" book about the forrest. No pun intended 😅

I could see Lindenbrock being played by Christopher Lloyd

I've always loved Mythology/creation myths 😊

I totally agree about the length. I also liked the epistolary format

I would rate the novel higher than 3 out of 5, but I like your description of it as a good Sunday evening read.

I have shelved some books over my years, not often, but it happens. Glad you are enjoying The Forest Unseen. Sounds interesting! Have a great week Fred!

Ok, now I really need to read this Haskell book! I want to know what his big mistake was - and just how "flowery" his language actually is! 😂

“We all share commonality” - so true 😊. This was such a nice video and I enjoyed hearing about your cozy Christmas holiday reading 🎄. I love to read Rick Steve’s European Christmas book (as well as watch the DVD special 🤗) as I really enjoy learning about the traditions in Europe and the baking, the music, the food and 😊the Christmas markets . It always puts me in the holiday spirit ✨

The Forest Unseen sounds right up my alley, Fred! Glad you’re having a good week of reading and I need to catch up on your videos! I think I can guess the mistake Mr. Haskell makes by your clues, but I don’t want to say it 😂

Great collection of books, Fred! November has not been the best month in terms of reading, but chugging along. Looking forward to your December reads!

I did a non-fiction November video on science related books I had already read but am not reading anything non-fiction currently.

Going pretty well with Nonfiction November, I’m on my last read ‘Seductive Poison’ and it’s going well so far. Every time you’ve mentioned Funny Farm I think of the Chevy Chase movie.

I didn't mind Haskells prose, though i do know what you mean with some nature writers being a little too rich and savory for taste as well haha

Glad to hear you’re enjoying “The Forest Unseen”. I seem to have only completed one book for non-fiction November, and I’m not sure I’ll get another one in before the end of the week

Hey Fred. Thanks for the update. I need to ask my sister-in-law if she'd like to buddy read something with me. She'd suggested we do that sometime, and then she could come on my channel to talk about the book with me.

This sounds like a really interesting book. Thanks Fred! Have a good Thanksgiving!

My lack of knowledge of Greek mythology will always be my Achilles elbow!

It's great to have a book like that, which you can keep coming back to time and again. Enjoy your 'days-off' reading 👍

Hey, I dig mythology, and you wouldn't believe some of the things I've read in the darkest corner I could find at family holiday events to minimize interaction, so I don't have much sense of "holiday appropriate" reading. That being said, I actually liked your wholesome backstory about the book. 😁 Have a good one!

Have you read Joesph Campbell at all? Hero with a Thousand Face is really foundational, and once you read it you’ll start seeing patterns everywhere. Especially with Hero you’ll never look at Star Wars or Eragon the same way again as both were heavily influenced by its framework. I usually read/listen to David Sedaris’ Santaland Diaries or all the Christmas stories in Holidays on Ice.

If you are interested in myths, read Simhasana Dvatrimsika by A. N. D. Haksar or Listen, O King by Bibek Debroy. You will love them. Also, I love the cheerful enthusiasm you have for books. :)

Nice I actually have that book and need to read it. Enjoy the holiday read and coffee ☕ 👍

I actually do have a holiday book! It's a little short story collection by Truman Capote that has 2 Christmas stories and 1 Thanksgiving story. I read the Thanksgiving story after dinner on T-Day and then will read the Christmas stories closer to that holiday.

I can see how that book would be an interesting read. I don't have a holiday reading tradition

Mythology is so fun. I also plan on making the most of the upcoming holidays and vacation time. Like you, after family obligations! Nice insight on your collection. Wow, 25 years…my oldest book is my bible which is 33 years old. Enjoy your weekend Fred!

That is an intimidating chunkster of a book! It does sound very intriguing though to have so many different cultures represented. I love that you’ve got a bookish holiday tradition that you’ve been able to enjoy for so long! Can’t go wrong with some good amaretto 😂 some rum balls wouldn’t be bad with your coffee either. To help stay warm of course! 😂 I have been reading Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore every year after getting the tree decorated. It’s a dark comedy but with a surprisingly sweet ending. It always makes me laugh to remember I got to meet the author and he told a story about how either lifetime or hallmark bought the rights without reading the book, or the subtitle “a tale of Christmas terror”, and started casting folks before realizing it would never work with their audiences 😂

It's not exactly a holiday book, but it takes place around Christmas time. It's Frank Miller's Born Again comic run on Daredevil. I think the newest Daredevil MCU series is going to be based on it.