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Finding Your Reading Level and the Level of Your Challenging Books
#booktube #Christian #books #reading #lexilelevel #homeschooling #homeschool #homeeducation #readinglevel #gradelevel #textanalyzer #challengingbooks
Do you know your reading level? Do you know the reading level of your challenging books?
Lexile.com
hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/search
lexile.com/parents-students/understanding-your-lexile-measure/lexile-measures-reading/
lexile.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexile-Educator-Guide-MM0066W.pdf
grade level chart: hub.lexile.com/lexile-grade-level-charts
TEXT ANALYZER:
readabilityformulas.com/readability-scoring-system.php
Challenging book list with Lexile level: (I put the high level)
Don Quixote - 1480 (there is a 1500 edition, just found as I'm uploa...
Do you know your reading level? Do you know the reading level of your challenging books?
Lexile.com
hub.lexile.com/find-a-book/search
lexile.com/parents-students/understanding-your-lexile-measure/lexile-measures-reading/
lexile.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Lexile-Educator-Guide-MM0066W.pdf
grade level chart: hub.lexile.com/lexile-grade-level-charts
TEXT ANALYZER:
readabilityformulas.com/readability-scoring-system.php
Challenging book list with Lexile level: (I put the high level)
Don Quixote - 1480 (there is a 1500 edition, just found as I'm uploa...
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August wrap up
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #wrapup #davidmccullough #christianbooks #series #leftbehind Warning, I forgot to mention Wilfred Reilly's book contains cursing due to the nature of the hoaxes.
The Great Bridge readalong
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #davidmccullough #readalong #davidmcculloughreadalong The Great Bridge scheduled for September and October. But if it doesn't take you two months, read at your speed. @eldertalk Linda has the link for her schedule and can get signed up for the Voxer chat.
choosing the Sept TBR
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #classicliterature #historathon2024 #tbr #shadowbanned #readalong #dickensalong #dostoevsky #howtochoosebooks #seriousaboutseries #series How I decided what to read this month volume may fluctuate due to talking books @Eldertalk for David McCullough readalong @CourtneyReads Crime and Punishment readalong @beautifulminutiae ruclips.net/vide...
Book haul pt 2
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #bookhaul #christianbooks #historybooks James @Littlebiglibrary
Book haul for August
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #bookhaul Booktuber and author Nigel of @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk bookhaul includes two of his books. part one of August book haul
The Reader's Profile Tag
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #tag Creator: Hilary B Green Tagged by @ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk Reading IDEAS., @GenreBooks23 Genre Books, @tahlia nerds_out Tahlia Nerds Out and @CandlewickLibrary CandlewickLibrary 1. What makes a good book? 2. What are you currently reading? 3. What's the last book you didn't finish and why? 4. What obscure book do you wish ot...
Breaking News ep 2 Free Speech book recommendations
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #bookrecommendations #freespeech satire on the "news" and the foreign attack on freedom of speech
Should they stay or should they go
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #bookunhaul
Breaking News from Dystopia Land ep 1 book recommendations at the end
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #parody #satire #bookrecommendations Book recommendations at the end What books would you recommend? Next week, Noah Lot will be your news anchor
Prometheus organizes a bookcase
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #bookcase #reshelving #organizingbooks #textbooks
when to DNF or push through
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #dnf Do you have a hard time quitting a book? What are you standards in making a decision?
The Honest Booktuber tag
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #tag We forgot question 4 and the answer is no. tagged by Reading IDEAS. created by Harriet Rose 13? Questions: 1. Have you ever lied about reading a book? 2. Have you ever avoided reading a book becaue of controversy around the content or author? 3. Have you ever been sent a book for free and not disclosed it? 4. Have you ev...
part 2 of the book haul
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #bookhaul #historybooks #christianbooktuber #faithbooks
The Johnstown Flood intro
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#booktube #Christian #books #reading #youtubecensorship #shadowbanned #davidmccullough #readalong #McCullough Readalong Host: @Eldertalk First book in the readalong The Johnstown Flood Please feel free to join our McCullough Voxer group. McCullough Readalong I'm not sure if this link will work web.voxer.com/chats/1722206346106_1421149442_078bfc98 If not, contact Linda @Eldertalk and she can get...
June 2024 wrap up sound is missing I will repost
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June 2024 wrap up sound is missing I will repost
Prometheus's second bookcase better than the first
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Prometheus's second bookcase better than the first
Love this video concept! I usually soft DNF books, with the idea that I will eventually come back to them. My hard DNF’s are usually due to foul language or gratuitous imagery - the latter usually meaning sex scenes, although I have stopped the rare book due to graphic violence. The German fantasy book “Dwarves” had a scene that actually made me feel ill due to the too-well-described casual violence of a villain. The author was very good at making the scene come alive, in spite of the book being a translation from the original German. As I recall, I muscled my way through the rest of the book, but I didn’t read any of the other books in the series.
The levels for Crime and Punishment vs Anna Karenina are interesting to me. The Classics Reading Lounge just read C&P last month and are reading AK this month. Multiple readers have mentioned how much more easily they can read AK, that it doesn't require as much thought as C&P. Which brings me back to the content - one might be analyzing deeper questions or presenting them in more thought provoking ways.
I didn't like Silas Marner, so that has turned me off George Eliot.
Although some of the books that I read would be considered "fluff," I usually find value in them through how certain things are presented. Emotions are explored in the ones that I like and give me something to consider. It's not in the same way as some of the classics I read, but I usually learn something while I read no matter the type of book.
I've read several of the books you listed, and I wouldn't consider any of them particularly difficult. Where they become difficult is the depth of the content within some of them. I do think that attention span is a big part why people choose to read certain things. I have friends who don't read certain books because it requires more mental energy, particularly with classics and nonfiction.
1:43 I read “House of Abraham” last year and enjoyed it. I look forward to hearing your thoughts!
0:54 Absolutely! Footnotes > Endnotes! 1:05 I agree; factual accuracy, without straying into the author’s opinion is sooo important 15:57 Eleanor Tilney 16:19 Such interesting dinner parties for both of you! 17:39 I love the fact that both of you chose books with survival techniques… I guess we know which booktubers are most likely to survive on the desert island. “Emma” isn’t likely to help me much when I’m hungry and exposed to the elements! 22:18 Erion, why not C.S. Lewis? Not a fan of the Narnia books? Or is it one (or some) of his other works?
Yes! Exactly! On everything. Update on my 30 books/30 days challenge. I can't read that many unchallenging books. It's not me, the me I am now. In my 20's I read lots of fluff. Now, at 55, I want to learn something for both me and my kids. I enjoy making my own vocabulary list (actually, its at notebook). Yes, Dickens has made a significant contribution to my list! I love it!
My dad taught some classes at a technology college. He complained that he had to pass people who actually failed the class. He said all The government red tape forced teachers to pass. He quit teaching he was so frustrated. I don’t remember what years he taught but it was probably the 70’s.
That's really disturbing. I don't blame him for quiting.
I'm way behind on watching booktube videos and just realized that I haven't watched this yet. I look forward to seeing your responses to the tags! God Bless...
Hi Tahlia, I watched your phenominal woman tag yesterday, was leaving a message and lost internet. And was too frustrated to start again. I'll leave a message today.
Hi, hello! I just ordered this book so I can do the read along. Holt_arr and I are headed to New York in a week or so, so I am excited to tie it in with walking over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Hi, hello~ That got my attention. What an exciting adventure to visit the bridge. I hope you both have a wonderful time in NY and hooray for joining in on the readalong. Is this your first McCullough book? I look forward to the videos of your visit. (please have Holt_arr take video). LOL They're my vicarious vacations. I went on a week or so long virtual England vacation when you all got back and shared your videos. I stayed at the poshest places and had afternoon tea, etc. 😁 (and only had to pay wifi).
Oh my goodness. You look gorgeous in that beautiful suit dress.❤
Peter, you are so sweet. thank you for the kind compliment. How are you? How are things in your area? I love that you have the book club going. What a wonderful accomplishment! 📚🤗
@@BookZealots Things are going on well. Thank you so much. And yes, I founded a book club in my city and we've been growing and thriving. We will be having our 5th edition this month of September
@@P.EnglishLiterature That is wonderful. Time sure does seem to be going quickly. I haven't watched August yet, but I'll be able to this weekend. 😘
a school uniform? What kind of schoo uniforms do you have in your country? LOL 🤣
Wait - twin hometowns of Chicago and Aurora? 🤔
I'm with you, but I didn't put too much thought into it. Chicago is a hot mess, as it ebbs and flows in their high murder rates. I thought Aurora was more of a suburb? I haven't been to Aurora. If they are "twin cities," I'll never go there. 😬
Describing a book as cheesy is sure to get my attention (Edge of Apocalypse). Any book that thanks Thomas Sowell also will get my attention. Although not every book was a winner, it sounds like overall you had a good reading month.
I like action packed movies and books, so if a book is like that, I'll usually like it. And it's Christian, so it's sans cussing. I'm hoping the rest of the series (four books total) are even better. I've only read one Sowell book, but I have a few others on my wishlist/tbr. You're right, it was a decent reading month. How are you doing?
@@BookZealots I doing well, just very busy. I was on an extended business trip in July & early August, and I'm still trying to get caught up on yard & house work.
@@HeyYallListenUp I'm very happy to hear you're doing well. And I completely understand about the yard work catch up. LOL Much success in that endeavor. 🥀🌼🌼🌻🌻🌸🌸🌹
Hi, hello and what a wrap up! Isn't it so awesome when you finally read that really good book that takes you out of your slump? I read a couple of really good books (and a little more filler than usual) last month and James was probably my favorite. I'm taking advantage of these new StoryGraph stats and I made a little video showing them off Thanks for sharing and take care! 🐶🐶
Hi, hello~ Thank you and thank you for the puppy emoji's. =) I was getting bummed about the books and I laughed so many times at the author's snarkiness that it made a really hard topic to read about much better. Still serious and he has concerns. Stop crying wolf. I saw your video. It was awesome~! I really liked the calendar. How did you do that?
You're so excited about that Wilfred Reilly book I think you should keep the book, and buy more. I also just put three of his books on my TBR list at Goodreads. Thank you!
I forgot to put a disclaimer in the video, (it's in the description box, but I know a lot of people don't read the information in the box); there is a bit of hard core cursing because of the crimes. If I go to reference it in the next couple of months I might keep it. But I don't think I'll re-read it. I looked up prices and his new book price has decreased. I'll see if I can get more of his books at the end of the year. =) I hope you enjoy his topics.
@@BookZealots That book and one other of his are free to subscribers on Audible.
Sounds so interesting. I know I won’t be able to get to this now, but maybe another time. I’m eager to see what you all think
So far, I haven't come across a bad McCullough book. He wrote so amazingly well. But I understand inserting books into the plans don't always work. 📚📚📚📚📚😁
Hi, hello and what cool posters! We were listening to a Ken Jennings podcast on our way to the mountains and they got to talking about how there are a few father/son combos in the olden bridge building days so I had a chuckle when you brought this one up! Very strange and specific nepotism there lol Thanks for sharing and hope it's a good one!
Hi, hello, that's interesting you were listening to a podcast (edited, because I put audiobook in the first comment), about father/son combos on old bridge buildings. I am not sure if it was so much nepostism as the sons were apprenticed and in the company. 🤷♀️❓ The father John R was an immigrant and he was an entrepreneur, creating his companies; engineering and a manufacturing of the suspension twisted wire cables. His son was part of the company, but he had also been in the civil war as a civil engineer. Based on the very small information I have it doesn't sound like nepotism. I'm sure if that was the case McCullough will reveal it. 😁 Hope your week is going well. btw, you and my son have encouraged me to get back to working out and I walked with 25 pounds yesterday. My son is doing 50 pounds. I'll get there. =) So thank you for sharing your hiking videos. =)
Glad to be of encouragement! 25lbs though lol that would put me on the couch for a whole week! And I suppose nepotism was the wrong word but yeah they were just having a go with some obscure trivia. The podcast was a lot funnier than I was. It was a whole episode around London Bridge and its many different versions over the years. One of the previous London bridges was rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, Arizona!
@@holt_arr LOL I only did 10 minutes. It wasn't that impressive. I'm considering getting a German Shepherd for a guard dog, and I know they're hyper-engergetic, so I need to get myself in good shape. I think you're on the right track with nepotism. I mean, we just saw it a certain man's son who got a job with a foreign company when he had zero experience. Wow, that is really interesting about one of the London briges's being rebuilt, rebuilt?! in Lake Havasu, AZ. My parents and brother used to vacation there. What was the reason for that? That seems crazy to have a bridge rebuilt in another country.
That’s right; we’re reading Tess. We’re reading it for Victober, right? I just finished the clip. You did, in fact, say next month. 👍🏼
Yes, for Victober. I just recorded my rambling way of how I choose a tbr and I realized I needed to pull the book so I know where it's at for next month. =) Are you state side now?
Will you woman commenting Stop making this a Hair Do video! It's not about Ms. Erion's hair. Women! However, Ms. Erion, your hair does look nice. Stop! Now y'all got me talking girly stuff! I'm outta here! Thank you -James
🤣 LOL Good point James! And thank you James. We don't talk girly stuff on this channel. We talk books! I told my son about your rice and red beans and he agreed it sounded delicious. =) I hope you're enjoying a good book and have the temps dropped in your neck of the woods?
@@BookZealots It has been so humid but the forecast for the rest of the week says Low humidity and high of only 79 one day! Yay!
@@Littlebiglibrary our temps went from the high 90's to the 70's. Today is supposed to be warmer, but the evenings have been in the high 50's. ugh, the humidity. I hope it breaks for you.
Haha I love the “I hear you all yelling at me!” So accurate 😂 I’m glad you’re joining us for Crime and Punishment!
I'm glad you can relate to the books yelling. Some people don't understand that. It's the moment you're reading a book, and you think of another book and look over and the guilt trip starts, "I've been on your shelf so much longer than that awful book you're reading right now. Why are you reading THAT?! You should be reading me." Thank you for having the discord server and hosting the readingalong. I just started Crime and Punishment last night and only read ch 1 of part 1 before going to bed, but had to tell my son about it and what I think is happening. 😬
Your hair looks great that way!! It seems you know what to do with hair! I never did... so it is good I cut mine off. I started the book and so far I'm surprised I never before realized that the base of the granite support pillars is used for storage!? Why did I never realize they were hollow? Of course, I live on the West Coast so it isn't like I ever spent time looking at the bridge. I also thought it was interesting that the bridge goes over the place where George Washington lived on Cherry Street. I spent some time on Google maps trying to figure it all out.
🤔Oh my hair🤦♀️ It's been awhile since I've tried curling it and I tried to make it a style of that time period of the late 1800's. LOL Thank you for the compliment. I immediately put it up and out of my face for the next video. 🤣 Ooh! The entire story and the design of this bridge sounds amazing. I think I'll probably go down the google maps rabbit hole as well. 🤗
McCullough did a very good job of making the topic one of human interest vs a dry recital of death and destruction. Natural disasters (whether depicted in movies or books) aren't generally my favorite topic for consumption, but McCullough makes his book about the *people.* I find your description of the book having the feel of someone's grandfather telling a story to be very apt, possibly because of the way McCullough went about gathering his information (like you said: if you know, you know 🙃). I'm so glad that you and @Eldertalk chose to put on the readalong; I probably would have never sought out a book on this topic on my own. Slightly off-topic, but the Johnstown Flood makes me think of this: have you ever heard of the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919? I was searching putting Stephen Puleo books on my Libby tbr, when I came upon his book on the topic called "Dark Tide". There apparently isn't a ton written on the topic, and my parents, who spent most of their courtship in that part of Boston, had never heard of the Molasses Flood. I intend on reading that book at some point, and am interested in seeing if Puleo tackles this topic in a simliar way to how McCullough approached the Johnstown Flood.
Yes! I'm in agreement about the book, the way McCullough wrote it and made it interesting and makes the reader care. It's not a book I was in a big hurry to pick up, but with the readalong it seemed easier to consume. And also YES! on the Boston Molasses flood. I know about that because of the Mythbusters show. My son liked their science and since we home educated a lot of it was educational in an interesting way, because they had to find what worked and what didn't work. They did a molasses swim experiment. Wow, that really surprises me that your parents lived in that area of Boston and hadn't heard about it. I'm going to look up the book Dark Tide now. Thank you for sharing.
I’m planning to read this book. I’ll probably follow my own timeline though, and I’ve never participated in book discussions lol I just like to read what everyone’s reading 😁
Hooray for reading along. Participation is desired, but not mandatory. 😁 I appreciate your comment.
I love what you've done with your hair today - a very elegant style! Sounds like an intriguing book!
LOL Thank you. I was trying to make it time period of the Great Bridge. I realized I don't know how to curl my hair. The book really does sound intriguing. Hopefully McCullough delivers. Thank you for commenting. 🤗
Hi, hello and what a haul! I broke down and pre-ordered a shot story in the new James SA Corey series called Livesuit, but that won't be here til October 1st grr. Once I'm done with this book I'm reading now I'll have nothing in my holds or wish list so I gotta find something soon! Take care and thanks for sharing
aggghhhhh, waiting for books to arrive is torture! I'm waiting for one and I ordered it the beginning of August or about then and it was on backorder. It's a stinking classic! Why is it on backorder? Oh no. Nothing to read after your current book? Oh no. Okay, no need to panick. But you pick popular books and there's always a hold and a waiting torture period. Let me know how it goes and if you need help finding a book. LOL Open a P.O. Box and I'll send you books. 🤣📚
So funny😂 I feel like my unread books are yelling at me sometimes too.
Oh good. I was wondering if a lot of readers feel this. I know readers will choose a book, start reading it, but then feel pulled to read another book instead. And Prometheus was going to do French accent for Lafayette and I was going to dress up and have a discussion with the book, but I choose to put it in the pile, so we didn't go to all that effort. LOL which books do you feel are yelling at you?
@@BookZealots about 150 of them 😅 I have way too many unread books.
@@CandlewickLibrary I prefer my library to be unread. Especially since I'm not a big re-reader. I have approx 600 unread books. Depending on which spreadsheet I'm looking at. I need to do a physical count in Dec/Jan. Some of the books I read I will give to Prometheus, (like the history books), but I unhaul books and forget to remove them from the spreadsheets, so they're all out of whack. I know a lot of people feel overwhelmed with having a lot of unread books, but that's the entire point of my library. 📚📚🤗
@@BookZealots that’s a good point. I do re-read, so maybe that’s why. I think I also feel guilt for some reason when I buy something and then don’t get around to it. I need to think more like you!
I tried reading Crime & Punishment right after my home burned four years ago and it gave me murder nightmares - probably because I was already traumatized from losing my home. I think Wives & Daughters would be worth reading. (If only I had time.)
Yeah, that sounds like a bad time to read a dark book. There's only one book that gave me a dream and it was a war book and I had a dream of war. I'm hoping to get to Wives and Daughters this year/winter.
Lol " I hear you all yelling at me." 😂😂😂 Your books are very rude!
Some are more rude than others, but I guess if they've been waiting for 2 decades or so to be read, I can't really blame them. 📚📚🤗🤣
@@BookZealots oh yeah that's a long time... That's almost book abuse. 😂
@@FacelessBookReviews 😟Oh no! Don't turn me in. I'm getting to them. I promise.
@@BookZealots 😂
I love Dostoevsky, but I haven't read that one yet. A friend says he's depressing. What does that say about me? She probably considers me a depressing person. I don't know. I love all his side stories. I'm still in Dickens' Pickwick Papers...hilarious! It could be me and my husband. Because I wanted to try the 30 books in 30 days, I habe a bunch of smaller books from the public library that I know nothing about, except they are short. I have found some gems that way in the past. I like your list!
I think some of what Dostoevsky wrote is depressing, but also thought provoking? So maybe your friends consider you very intellectual? Ah Pickwick Papers. I started it this year and didn't continue with it. I need to get back to it. Maybe I can finish it this winter. Thirty books in 30 days?! 😲 That always amazes me. I don't think I could do it. Thank you for dropping in. I appreciate you sharing what you're reading. 🤗📚
@@BookZealots We homeschool, so I will be reading some middle grade books, which I don't often count in my reading, but are considered within the scope of the challenge, so I am counting them this month. It feels like I'm cheating.
@@Fernie4243 Hooray for home educating! It's the best! Even still, with life and children, reading a book a day is impressive.
Excited to hear your thoughts on Crime and Punishment! It's a favorite of mine.
I'm getting "warned" about ramblings/rants. But I've heard the same about Tolstoy and Hugo. =) I'm looking forward to a new (to me) author challenge.
@BookZealots I don't know, some people say that but I don't ever really notice it. Maybe I just find it too interesting to mind.
Great library with sp many great books to choose from. Happy reading!
Thank you. I'm considering turning my formal dining room into another library. LOL The den library is too dark for me. Happy reading.
"Better Dead than Read!". I plan on reading The Bridge one day. Have Fun! -James P.S. I am cooking Red Beans and Rice right now!
I plan on doing an intro video for The Great Bridge, but summer and fall are busy times on the far. Do you have some sausage for the red beans and rice dish? We like New Orleans sausage, but didn't buy any because the price went up and it's not terribly healthy.
@@BookZealots Yes. I add sweet onion and a Cajun sausage. I actually use a prepackaged R&B mixi. You had water and sausage. I always add a can of dark red kidney beans and onions and then sausage. Delicious!
@@Littlebiglibrary My son would love that. I'm sending him over. LOL 😁😋
Love your entrance. And yes, I definitely recommend not rushing through Godel, Escher, Bach; there are a series of exercises (the MIU ones and others) that are attempts to help you have a kind of 'eureka' moment. Unfortunately, that makes the opening chapters feel like a textbook, but it ends up scaffolding for grander discussions, so it feels worthwhile in my view. I found the book Power, Faith, and Fantasy used just the other day!-Seems like a great subject. How is it so far?
Ah! Okay. Thank you for letting me know about the exercises and the 'eureka' moments connected to that. I think I will start it this month then and ruminate on the book's content. Powers, Faith, and Fantasy is reminding me of White Gold by Giles Milton, and I am not a big fan of re-reading books so I'm struggling to get passed the part I am already aware of. I'll push past it and I'm sure it will be amazing. I like the writing and if I hadn't read White Gold the book would be intriguing. Thank you for dropping in and helping me with the Godel book. 👍
Such a lovely library room! I love the many historical books and classics. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Every reader should have a lovely library room that makes them happy. 🤗📚 Thank you for dropping in. It's lovely to see you again. 💗
I wish I had those bookcases. Couldn’t Lafayette fall in both the third quarter and the last quarter. All the poor books Left behind.
I'm grateful for the built-in bookcases. the man we bought the house from was a doctor and it was his den. I do miss having white bookcases though. I had a formal living room in my old house and turned that into a library. It was light and cheerful. LOL Poor books. I'll get to them.
Enjoy your haul, I haven't heard of any of the books in the first part of the video. Good luck with Tolstoy. A lot of Civil War stuff.
Thank you Jim. I've heard Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and ...hmmm, there was one other author who tend to, Oh! Hugo, tend to go off on ramblings or rants in the stories and I've been informed. LOL I've already read one of the new books, (not a civil war book) and it was very good.
I always enjoy seeing your book hauls! My sister read the Professor and the Madman a couple of years ago and very much enjoyed it. I haven't read it myself yet though. The book on fallacies sounds fascinating!
Thank you Amy. I'm thinking the Professor and the Madman might get read this year. And I started the intro to 42 Fallacies, maybe I can finish it this weekend. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
I think the 42 fallacies might be my fault! I recommended it in a video. Plenty of great books there. Best wishes with them all.
LOL Yes! Thank you for taking the credit. I appreciate that. some of the new books have skipped the tbr line.
I'm also wanting to read the Professor and the Madman... sounds so good. You got a lot of books I'd find very interesting. I'm going to go look for the Naomi Wolf book right now. By the way, I was watching ReadingIDEAS' new video and sure enough your long comment was missing except through 'sort by.' The book banning issue has me ruminating this morning, but I'm trying to put it aside as I don't need to be upset about anything. This is the kind of thing that makes me want to read Perestroika in Paris! Life needs levity and occasional flights of fancy bordering on full-on fantasy. Well, the book banning issue is fantasy and a major over-reaction but I truly believe that parents who don't want their children exposed to sex books in school should just accept the fact that this is possible, and choose to homeschool, where kids won't have their innocence destroyed by crusading educators.
I'm not at all surprised youtube shadowbanned my comment. They are acting like brownshirts. It's so ridiculous. they've actually deleted my responsed to comments from my own channel. Nothing political, just talking books. smh Did Perestroika in Paris get better? I think it matters where the gov public institution is located, because some librarians do a really good job keeping the content clean/age appropriate for the students. But if you have someone pushing the agenda as the librarian, then yes, the students should be homeschooled or put in a Christian private school. I tried to have a conversation about The Satanic Verses being banned because Muslims aren't allowed to read that, but if it's available at school that's a problem. No one talked about it. I guess that's better than them talking out their rear. =/ The sex books are absolutely vile. Even TV even safe. We just need to go back to the vile activities of the olympics. 😬 Families were watching it. Gotta keep the kids in the proverbial greenhouse before they're prepared for the transplant. But I can say, even the people pushing these vile agendas need their "safe spaces" because they're mentally unhinged and/or on a lot are on recreational or prescribed pharmaceuticals and lack cognitive thinking skills. But back to books. some of the new books have skipped the tbr and one I'm focusing on now is really good! I'll have to buy more of the author's books or request the library to buy his books. =)
@@BookZealots Yes, Perestroika in Paris is okay. I'm nearly halfway through it now. It contains a talking horse, talking dog, a crow and some ducks, and a little boy with a blind grandma. Nicely written.
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watchu talkin' 'bout Willis? Sorry, I couldn't decode the message of the three men's names. Authors you recommend? If so, could you give the titles?
I have 2 of the civil war books by Shelby Foote. I am on the lookout for the other one.
That's what I was planning on doing, piecemeal the book set, but when I found it at a decent price for all three, I just threw up my hands and said, I'm buying it!. LOL I hope you're able to find the one you're missing.
@@BookZealots I would have bought it too. The third one is the one I need.
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Helllooooo! Thank you for dropping in and leaving a comment. I hope you're having a lovely weekend. 💗
Thank you Ms. Arion and Mr. Prometheus for the shout out. I am glad that you are excited for the book. It's an awesome but sad and tragic tale. Kentucky!? No, I have y'all written in My Booktube 2024 Confidential book as living in Pennsylvania! I wrote it in ink, I can't change it. Oh my goodness, Kentucky! Oh well, I will have to update my information on your page in my book. Thank you for clearing that up. -James & Bella!
LOL Pennsylvania?! We've never even been there. Never even to an airport. Oh that is so funny. Thank you for sharing that. Today we were in the car meeting family in another town and I shared your night video and the flashlight story. 👍😁
@@BookZealots I don't know where Pennsylvania came from? I guess I just pulled it out of thin air. That's why I supposedly write info down so I won't make mistakes. If the Police ever arrest me for falsely using a Blue Light then ask where I live I will probably say Pennsylvania!
@@Littlebiglibrary LOL You need to write a book. The things you come up with are so entertaining.
I’ll be very interested to hear your thoughts on Octavia E. Butler. I read Kindred and enjoyed it. I then tried reading another of her books (The Changeling? I’ll have to verify that) but I DNF’d it because the story felt pedophilic to me.
ew, that's creepy. Thank you for the possible warning. Linda let me know there's lots of violence in Parable of the Sower, so I'm going into it with some trepidation. =/
3:19 I have been recently wanting to read about Tyler, since I've been putting a bunch of Presidential biographies on my tbr. I know next to nothing about him; interested in hearing what you'll think of your book. You found a lot of Civil War books with this book haul! 6:23 The Dostoevsky biography sounds like it might be interesting! 9:00 Erion, I have "1812: The War That Forged A Nation" as well! I got it last year or early this year precisely because I don't really know much about it. If you're ever interested in doing a buddy read for that (after "My Dearest Friend", of course), let me know. 9:52 I have that book about Polk on my TBR. Again, because I don't know a lot about Polk. You picked up some pretty cool books at that library sale! I look forward to the next book haul video.
This was absolutely one of the best library basement sales we've experienced. 📚📚📚📚😁and I'm so happy we went. Yes, on the buddy read for 1812 for next year. 👍👍
@@BookZealots A good library sale is an amazing experience! Yay about the buddy read! I'll write that down for next year's tbr list! God Bless...
@@tahlia__nerds_out Thank you Tahlia. I just added it to my 2025 tbr list too. May God bless you and your family as well.
I need to get a book by Nigel as well. They sound really interesting.
Hi Cheryl, I've flipped through the two books I have and they look really thought provoking. I think they'll be read a little, chew on it, then continue on, versus just reading straight through. This will be great. It's been a long time since I've come across books like this.
I judge books by their titles and by the covers. You know I want the crucible of command just because it has Lee on the cover. I haven’t seen that one yet. Is it a newer release? You will have to give a review. Have you finished Lafayette yet? I’m interested in your thoughts on it.
Oh yes! Titles. I hadn't thought about that. I'm more careful now with titles than I used to be. Crucible of Command has a publication of 2014 for my hardcover edition. I haven't even started Lafayette, yet. I have read a couple of other books though.