Joseph, I find background music in recent videos distracting. Your voice and content you present is good enough on its own without music in my opinion.
Thanks for the feedback. It is just an experiment I have been wanting to try. It does add some extra effort when editing and I don't want to waste time if it distracts from the content.
I had planned to take my time reading Don Quixote-one volume a month for three months total-but I got consumed and finished it in a little over a month. It’s so good! A few chunkers that I would like to tackle: I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki, Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, and The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
My Dad told me he read Don Quixote when he was in high school. I picked up a copy of it when I was in Middle School And gave it to him and he reread it a couple of times in the next few years.
I made a promise to myself about 10 years ago that upon retirement I would read Dante's Divine Comedy. Literature, especially poetry, does not come naturally to me, so I knew this project would be a challenge (I read mostly history). I broke it into three parts spread out over 18 months: Inferno in the Fall of 2022, Purgatorio in the spring of 2023, and Paradiso in the spring of 2024. I found it very useful to spend a lot of time reading the notes provided by the translator and reading each canto aloud several times. Yes, I spent 5-6 weeks on each of the three parts and it was worth every minute. Slow reading is the best!
I'm reading George Eliot's Middlemarch over the course of a year just like it was originally published. That's been a fun one. I'm also taking my time with Don Quixote as well-not intentionally, mind you. I had planned to read it this year but it's.... a lot. :D And I doubt I'll re-read it either, so I'd rather take my time.
Oh man this is such a great habit of yours as a way to steadily make your way through enormous chunkers that you wouldn’t want to binge anyway - I need to take a page out of this book!
Yolanda has read more than I have. You have the advantage of reading Cervantes' work in Spanish. I'm jealous. I only know enough Spanish to order food and swear like a vaquero 🤠.
Those are good choices. There is no way I would be able to plow through those quickly. You are right about reading too much Lovecraft too quick. It just doesn't work.
Agreed, some books you can't binge or you won't remember anything. Piecemeal is how I've read all of Sherlock Holmes and the collected fiction of Poe and Lovecraft. Lovecraft in particular I spread out a story here and there over the course of nearly 5 years. I want to read everything Clark Ashton Smith and it's probably going to be the same deal, spread out over 5 years. I bought those 5 volume editions that have all his stories, so let's see.
Yeah, Don Quijote took me a bit less than a year to complete. It's worth it, though, truly one of the great books of the West. If great writers and philosophers throughout history who are all very different from each other love your book, you did something right. CAS I do love, I strongly prefer him to Lovecraft. I have read all of his short stories at least once, I think; there might be one of these hack sci-fi pieces he'd write occasionally that I could not finish because it's very long and very dull.
It is kind of shocking how timeless Don Quixote is. I really like it. I also prefer CAS over Lovecraft. I'm looking forward to reading all of his stories.
@@JosephReadsBooks CAS should be read a lot more widely than he is. I don't think he would have ever outshone Lovecraft and Howard in popularity since his work is not as "memeable" as theirs, but the negligence with wich he is treated is one of the biggest injustices in the history of fantastic literature.
Dude i love listening to you talk about books! I found you because of this video and i was thinking that you had like 100k subs.Keep up with the good work! Also,what do you think about homer's work?Have you read it?
Thank you so much! That means a lot. I read The Illiad and The Odyssey right after high school but that was a long time ago. They are on my list of future "books to read slowly". I have the Emily Wilson translations(I have heard they are excellent) and I am excited to get to them at some point.
I am taking my sweet old time with the divine comedy by Dante Alighieri. I read Inferno about a year ago and have yet to read any further because of how dense it is. It took over a month for me to read just the inferno and it’s a beautiful story, don’t get me wrong. I’m just intimidated to read Purgatorio and Paradiso.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. There are some large volumes I want to read but I've been fretting about it "taking too long" vs just taking the right amount of time to read it and sprinkling in something else that's lighter in content. I have the complete Sherlock Holmes I recently found at Half Priced Books, and I really want to read "The Count of Monte Cristo". "Savor the long ones" LOL
@@JosephReadsBooks the size of that book sometimes scares me... But i have heard that it is a page turner, so hopefully I will be able to finish it by the end of the next month. 👍
Joseph, I find background music in recent videos distracting. Your voice and content you present is good enough on its own without music in my opinion.
Thanks for the feedback. It is just an experiment I have been wanting to try.
It does add some extra effort when editing and I don't want to waste time if it distracts from the content.
NGL for a second I thought Gotham was going to be about DC's Gotham City 😅
When I first saw the cover I thought "Holy crap! A Batman book!". It is still 🔥 even without Batman.
You might want to check out Wayne of Gotham.
I had planned to take my time reading Don Quixote-one volume a month for three months total-but I got consumed and finished it in a little over a month. It’s so good!
A few chunkers that I would like to tackle: I Am a Cat by Natsume Soseki, Notre Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo, and The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
I am resisting the urge to binge Don Quixote.
Canterbury Tales is real good.
My Dad told me he read Don Quixote when he was in high school. I picked up a copy of it when I was in Middle School And gave it to him and he reread it a couple of times in the next few years.
It has been a great read so far.
I made a promise to myself about 10 years ago that upon retirement I would read Dante's Divine Comedy. Literature, especially poetry, does not come naturally to me, so I knew this project would be a challenge (I read mostly history). I broke it into three parts spread out over 18 months: Inferno in the Fall of 2022, Purgatorio in the spring of 2023, and Paradiso in the spring of 2024. I found it very useful to spend a lot of time reading the notes provided by the translator and reading each canto aloud several times. Yes, I spent 5-6 weeks on each of the three parts and it was worth every minute. Slow reading is the best!
That is awesome!
When I finally attempt The Divine Comedy again I will do what you did.
I'm reading George Eliot's Middlemarch over the course of a year just like it was originally published. That's been a fun one. I'm also taking my time with Don Quixote as well-not intentionally, mind you. I had planned to read it this year but it's.... a lot. :D And I doubt I'll re-read it either, so I'd rather take my time.
Middlemarch looks interesting! I'm going to keep an eye out for a copy.
Oh man this is such a great habit of yours as a way to steadily make your way through enormous chunkers that you wouldn’t want to binge anyway - I need to take a page out of this book!
It has been the best way I have found to tackle big, complex books without melting my brain 🥴.
I, too, am slowly making my way through Don Quixote. It's unlike anything I've read before, and I want to savor it.
I cannot believe how good it is! It still reads like something fresh over 400 year later.
Gotham seems like a great non-fiction tome to tackle!
It has been amazing so far. I'm up to around 1808 now.
Don Quijote! That's my project too but still haven't read a page ... project ongoing. I believe Yolanda has read 100 pages! 100!
Yolanda has read more than I have.
You have the advantage of reading Cervantes' work in Spanish. I'm jealous.
I only know enough Spanish to order food and swear like a vaquero 🤠.
I have two like this: The Big Book of Pulps and The Complete Fiction of HP Lovecraft. I can't see anyone binge reading Lovecraft.
Those are good choices. There is no way I would be able to plow through those quickly. You are right about reading too much Lovecraft too quick. It just doesn't work.
Agreed, some books you can't binge or you won't remember anything. Piecemeal is how I've read all of Sherlock Holmes and the collected fiction of Poe and Lovecraft. Lovecraft in particular I spread out a story here and there over the course of nearly 5 years. I want to read everything Clark Ashton Smith and it's probably going to be the same deal, spread out over 5 years. I bought those 5 volume editions that have all his stories, so let's see.
I have that CAS 5 volume set you are talking about. It is so cool.
Excellent video! I really enjoyed this one.
Thanks!
Yep, spuds were important in Ireland to say the least. I have Don Quixote but the mood hasn't struck yet.
Yeah, Don Quijote took me a bit less than a year to complete. It's worth it, though, truly one of the great books of the West. If great writers and philosophers throughout history who are all very different from each other love your book, you did something right.
CAS I do love, I strongly prefer him to Lovecraft. I have read all of his short stories at least once, I think; there might be one of these hack sci-fi pieces he'd write occasionally that I could not finish because it's very long and very dull.
It is kind of shocking how timeless Don Quixote is. I really like it.
I also prefer CAS over Lovecraft. I'm looking forward to reading all of his stories.
@@JosephReadsBooks CAS should be read a lot more widely than he is. I don't think he would have ever outshone Lovecraft and Howard in popularity since his work is not as "memeable" as theirs, but the negligence with wich he is treated is one of the biggest injustices in the history of fantastic literature.
@@someobserver844 I totally agree.
Dude i love listening to you talk about books! I found you because of this video and i was thinking that you had like 100k subs.Keep up with the good work!
Also,what do you think about homer's work?Have you read it?
Thank you so much! That means a lot.
I read The Illiad and The Odyssey right after high school but that was a long time ago.
They are on my list of future "books to read slowly". I have the Emily Wilson translations(I have heard they are excellent) and I am excited to get to them at some point.
I am taking my sweet old time with the divine comedy by Dante Alighieri. I read Inferno about a year ago and have yet to read any further because of how dense it is. It took over a month for me to read just the inferno and it’s a beautiful story, don’t get me wrong. I’m just intimidated to read Purgatorio and Paradiso.
I tried to tackle The Divine Comedy a long time ago. If I ever get back to it I will take my time reading it. There is a lot going on in that book.
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. There are some large volumes I want to read but I've been fretting about it "taking too long" vs just taking the right amount of time to read it and sprinkling in something else that's lighter in content. I have the complete Sherlock Holmes I recently found at Half Priced Books, and I really want to read "The Count of Monte Cristo". "Savor the long ones" LOL
Both of those are well worth the time investment.
I want to read The Count of Monte Cristo again. It has been a really long time since I read it.
Let’s Go Bucs!
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Don Quixote, was one of my favourite books. I read it to escape the present world we live in. I'm in my seventies so i dont have the luxury of time.
interesting concept.
No! Notta! Nope! Not going to read any of these. Glad you like though. They are enjoyed by many. I just not going to be one of them.
Thanks for watching!
The count of Monte Cristo is my next read...wish me luck brothers. 🥲
Good luck! That book is real good. I want to read it again.
@@JosephReadsBooks the size of that book sometimes scares me... But i have heard that it is a page turner, so hopefully I will be able to finish it by the end of the next month. 👍