Giving Lord of the Rings a Second Chance ¦ Sept 2024 Reading Vlog
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- In this reading vlog, I talk about giving Tolkien's Lord of the Rings a second chance, my re-reading of the Vampire Chronicles (and my thoughts on the tv show), Shakespeare's (greatest?) history play, Henry IV, and Dicken's Barnaby Rudge.
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Thank you for what you’ve said about the Lord of the Rings. It has inspired me to try again.
A deep analysis on LOTR from you would be great
It's a possibility, though a distant one I think...
I also thought it was so interesting to hear the things you said about Louis' pov regarding Claudia and Lestat's characterization, because I think the show does an amazing job of adapting these sorts of changing perspectives of the characters, and the viewer as well! Also, once you've finished season 2 (which cover the 1st book) it lends itself to rewatches that can recontextualize a lot of character motivation, but I think without that feeling of retconning that you mentioned. The writers of the tv series really paid a lot of attention to the books as well as things that Anne wrote in and outside of the books and are real fans of the book series.
🍂🍁The stand alone novels by Anne Rice such as :
"Cry to Heaven", "Violin" and "Belinda" are certainly worth attention.
"Cry to Heaven" is a lush period drama and Rice infuses her passionate love for music on every page, "Belinda" is a bold and unapologetic tale about the relationship between a middle-aged children's book author and a teenage runaway which some people may view as problematic but Rice bravely goes against popular rules of society and goes all in with fantastic results.
"Violin" is probably one of the most personal works of hers.
I hope you check these out and other novels of hers that fall outside of her Vampire Cronicles and Mayfair Witches series.
By the way, nice hair cut ! Very handsome .....Have a great autumn season.🍂🎃🍁
I'll be interested to read those books, and thanks for the compliment! :)
Good video, Joshua!
Sorry, I haven't commented in a long time, but I'm still watching. Although, I'd be surprised if you remember my old comments on prior videos.
I have been a very slow reader this year. I read fifteen books, two magazines, and a coffee-table book last year, but this year has been very slow. I've read Dark Harvest and two short comics of Green Lantern, but the rest are still in progress.
I've been enjoying Lost Souls (by Poppy Z. B.), Varney the Vampyre, Gothikana, and works by Edgar Allan Poe. Sadly, I don't think that I am going to finish them this year. I'm also reading an autobiography called: Millennium Gothik by Mx Dorian Bridges, from OfHerbsAndAltars (a channel here on RUclips). Also, I'm reading a non-fiction that I'm really liking called: War on the West by the British journalist, Douglas Murray. I hope to start reading more often like last year again.
There is a graphic novel that was published in the '90s called: The Moon Looked Down and Laughed. It's set in Northern Ireland, and it's based on comic books of the same title. Hopefully, I get through that one this month, at least.
We'll see you in the next video! I'm looking forward to the ranking of that series by Anne Rice. I'm sure you'll do very well.
Cheers!
Nice to hear from you again. I can relate to the slow reading year as it's been the same for me, but I'm managing to come out of that now.
I've read the War on the West, it was a great book that gave me a lot to think about.
As for Anne Rice, I'll be doing a review of the AMC adaptation of it. I liked it though I thought it wasn't a very good adaptation of the source material.
I had the exact same problem you had with Fellowship with the Terry Pratchett novels I'd attempted reading! Then, I went to get the German audiobooks of the witches novels, which are narrated by one of the best actresses we have currently working, and it just clicked for me. The actress does such a phenomenal job, you'd think it was a full cast performance!
Happy Sunday! I just finished reading Savage Conversations by Leanne Howe & I'm going to start Never Whistle at Night, an anthology.
Loved Barnaby Rudge 🐦⬛
Sometimes we aren’t ready for a story. Good to try again ✨ 📚
I love that you went back to interview with a vampire after finishing the series! Good plan. I also attempted to get into the show and tried three times, could not connect with the show. Doesn’t match Anne’s vision in my opinion.
Joan HIckson who played the old dowager sleuth Miss Marple is in the 1960 version of BBC Barnaby Rudge. She shows a completely different personality, is a much younger person, and upstages the other actors a lot.
I'll have to try that sometime
Just finished Duma Key by Stephen King. One of my favorites of all time, enjoyed it. Not sure where I am going next.
Very interested in more of your thoughts on the IWTV series. Exactly how far into the series are you at this point? I think it's briliiant. Hope you do a video on that later.
I just finished season 2 last night, and I have to say I thought the finale was pretty poor. On the whole I like it, as a new story that borrows names and plot points from the original. I have a few gripes too, and I think as an adaptation of Rice's book it misses the mark. But I'll elaborate on all that in a video soon! :)
Just finished the hobbit, I am about to start LOTR
Nice I hope you enjoy it. I also gave up on the Hobbit when I read that, so maybe if I get through Rings, I'll read that too
Would you be willing to say which adaptation of Henry IV you are watching? I've seen the Hollow Crown version with Tom Hiddleston as Hal, and the 2010 performance at Shakespeare's Globe with Roger Allam as Falstaff that was recorded for Digital Theatre. Both were enjoyable. I assume you were referring to Harold Bloom's book Shakespeare: the Invention of the Human? I do not share his enthusiasm for Falstaff at all (though Roger Allam's performance made him more tolerable) as I have always preferred Hotspur.
The BBC did adaptations of all the Shakespeare plays from I want to say the 70s through to the 80s. I'm watching those adaptations. And yeah, that's the Shakespeare book I'm talking about. I think Falstaff is fantastic and really steals the show of the play! :P
Essa semana eu terminei de ler "Os Vulneráveis" escrito por Sigrid Nunez. É um livro sobre uma autora durante a pandemia do covid. Mostra as conexões e reflexões que ela faz durante esse tempo. Fazia muito tempo que eu não terminava nenhum livro. Agora comecei Intermezzo da Sally Rooney. É um livro com fluxo de consciência, o que me deixa um pouco perdido.
I'm inspired to give another stab at Lord of the 💍 Rings. ❤ ✨️
I hope you enjoy it as I currently am!
@@JoshuaJClarkeKelsall my current plan is to read the Hobbit, then TLOR, and finish with the Silmarillion.
@@ralphjenkins1507 Don't know if I'll read the Silmarillion... maybe, if I really enjoy the books I might