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It was a five star read for me....great book now I want to read Dark Matter.

Thanks Kevin, I really enjoyed it.

Yes please! Do tell!

You could check my Goodreads. One of them was Lord of the Flies, which many people rate highly but I just hated the book. I did have five one star reads, but I reread The Catcher in the Rye, which I hated as a teen and in my 50s I understood the central character Holden Caulfield better, he was acting as he did because of unprocessed grief over the death of his brother to leukemia not because he was an a**hole, and I bumped the rating up to 4 stars.

I've put the list on my community page, it maybe a topic for a future video, although I am not sure who would want to watch such a video.

My ratings are subjective, related to how much I enjoy the read. A novel like Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, I can see is beautifully written but it won't be a five star book for me because I don't care too much for the plot.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Fair enough!

I look to see the range of ratings if a lot of people have rated a book 4 or 5 it might be worth checking out. I have hardly any one or two stars as I usually DNF such books and don't rate them.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff yeah I don’t rate books I haven’t read either so I get that ☺️

Thanks Bob. I see some people on goodreads give a book a low rating and said they bailed after the first chapter or two, as you say it doesn't seem fair.

Thanks, they can be a little daunting because of their size, they usually take me a couple of months to read,

Charles Dickens visited the United States twice, on his second trip he apologized to some audiences for Martin Chuzzlewit because it didn't show America in a positive light.

I have fond memories of certain Disney movies I watched as a child like The Jungle Book.

I do have a lot of "stuff" on the shelves hence the name of the channel... books, reading and stuff!

Thanks for dropping by and commenting sk...sk...sk...Scully :)

@@BookZealots I haven't read Stakin by Kotkin. I have read the two biographies by Simon Sebag Montefiore. And the one by Martin Amis. My favorite is the one I held up Young Stalin, which follows his story until he became Soviet leader, showing some of what made him the tyrant he became: a brutal childhood, the Tbilisi seminary, the tragic death of his first wife etc...

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Prometheus has told me the story of Stalin and his ruffian/gangster lifestyle and his childhoold accident, etc. And then as typical for tyrannical leaders they become paranoid and that never leads to anything good. I'll check to see if my son has the one you like. If not, it'll be a future surprise. =) Thank you for sharing.

@@BookZealots A lot of tyrannical leaders suffered childhood abuse, like Stalin and Hitler.

@@sandrahollins3520 Thanks, Sandra

Thanks, glad you liked it.

Thanks, Melinda :)

I was really impressed I had been looking for a contemporary romance to read for a while, and was considering an Emily Henry (a friend has now lent me their copy of Beach Read). I found the central characters relatable, although Aiden did seem a little like a rom-com stereotype. I liked the examination of the genre through the characters and their creative writing class. I wish you every success, when it is released in December.

Sorry for mispronouncing your name, it was news to me. I love the name of your channel "Sin libros no soy nada" .Thanks for commenting.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff oh no, is a nice try, i know is so difficult💚 thaanks for words, aprecciate it

I think a lot of novice readers get that message you have to finish a book if you started it, like you have to finish your food... It is very liberating to realize you don't have to finish a book if it isn't working for you, there are plenty of other titles just waiting to be read.

You're welcome, you said you hadn't been tagged for a while....

You are welcome. There was a character called 'Aoife' in The Guest List, I remember checking the pronunciation at the time. I'm glad I didn't butcher your name.

@@RaynorReadsStuff I plan to read poetry every Thursday on my channel as a way for me to explore the form.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff I shall look forward to tomorrow then ☺️

@@RaynorReadsStuff Tomorrow, I expect to read one of Emily Bronte's poems, as this is Victober and I don't have an extensive collection of poetry books.

I had it on audio cassette and used it when I studied at university 40 years ago. I am no expert on classical music. The one I listen to on RUclips is Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Claudio Abbado).

Oops. You could maybe listen to an audiobook if the playing device is in the opposite corner of the room to the bathtub.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff I never replaced my Kindle and if I do read in the tub I make sure that I am sitting up.!

I got a bath tray that I put my Kindle on as I am very concerned about this very issue 😂

You are welcome, don't feel under any compulsion to do the tag unless you want to...I never know who to tag.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff Tags are always fun and I like the way you decide who to tag, it's fun and gives a lot of different creators a chance.

@@bookandbujo Thanks, Debbie.

Thanks, I enjoy making these videos.

I also have the Beatles submarine (Hot Wheels) but it is not even out of its packaging. Corgi Toys made a Beatles Yellow Submarine in the late 1960s, I'd love to find one of those.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff I love my grandson but I wish that I had kept it. Cost me only $2.00 at that time. Man.

Thanks for the recommendations, I shall take a look at your video, I'm keen to explore the field of poetry.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff: ah, be very careful, poetry becomes a dazzling obsession!

@@apoetreadstowrite We shall see... these five poets like Jo Shapcott are the entry level drugs to the world of poetry?

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff: definitely. I think you would love all of these. Contemporary poetry is absolutely booming: experimental, probing, unsettling, reassuring…

@@awebofstories Thanks for sharing, Melissa.

Thanks, I have your book Chronicles of the Undead on my Kindle.

🤣🤣Thanks

Glad you like them Debs, there will be another two to go. The fourth pencilled in for next Saturday.

@@ArtBookshelfOdyssey Yes, indeed they do.

@@Already-Overbooked Glad you liked it.

Thanks again, Scully :)

So do I.

I'm glad you like them, I have made over 30 original tag videos, but I feel they have had their day and I want to focus more on book reviews now...

I think she is generally regarded as the best poet of the Bronte sisters, she is certainly one of my favorite poets, although I am quite a novice when it comes to appreciating poetry. One of the reasons I am putting out poetry readings on a Thursday is to discover poetry and move out of my comfort zone, because I feel poetry has a lot to offer.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff: fantastic. I look forward to more wonder and joy.

Thanks for watching and commenting.

You did indeed, with my bookish friends here in Tbilisi, the reviews were mixed from 2 stars to 5 stars... I was entertained by the book but the Tbilisi depicted didn't mesh with my own view of the city I live in. I also felt the cruelty to animals was unnecessary. Each reader is different, which makes for interesting discussion.

@@jimsbooksreadingandstuff I was wondering if the descriptions of Tbilisi would ring true with someone who lived there. The cruelty to animals and people was jarring. I think a part of my liking for the book was based on its setting in a place and among events I knew little about.

@@BookishTexan There are a lot of mixed reactions to this book, which is fine. Scott from Gunpowder Fiction and Plot wasn't impressed but others like yourself really liked it.

Not at all. But she was one of five sisters, none of whom reached 40 years of age.

@@awebofstories Thanks, Melinda. That is the challenge I give myself to condense all I want to say about a book into just one minute.

I felt his depiction of Tbilisi dwelt more on the Soviet aspects and didn't ring true to my experience. I would describe the book as a "Curate's egg" (good in parts). I loved Nino Haratiscvili's The Eighth Life.

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It is quite dark in parts.