Awesome tour! I love All Quiet On The Western Front. It’s funny but I never sought out any of his other writing. Also been meaning to get to Chaim Potok too. My Name Is Asher Lev is also supposed to be really good. Thanks for sharing your shelves.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I haven't read Asher Lev yet, but I want to one of these days. Remarque's other books are supposed to be really good, but I never hear anyone talk about them and I've never seen them in person
Greetings from a southern Illinois"neighbor" and recent subscriber. Nice books and commentary. I'm particularly fond of The Killer Angels, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Fear. Eaters of the Dead is a fun experiment. I probably like The Andromeda Strain a little more, but that's mostly because it deals with some laboratory equipment and procedures I'm familiar with. But anyway, nice video, and I look forward to viewing some previous uploads when I can. Have a good one.
Thank you, and thanks for commenting. I read The Andromeda Strain when I was much younger, and I think Crichton's writing style was too different from what I was used to for me to appreciate it at the time. I'm much more familiar with older science fiction now, so I might like it more if I were I to read it again
Another interesting video! Sorry you had to do it twice. That had to be frustrating. I believe the only ones that I have from this group are the Poe collection and "James and the Giant Peach" (which I recently picked up from a Little Free Library, but haven't read.) It is interesting that you have written fiction. Anytime I have toyed with the idea, I come to the realization that I would have to reveal more about myself than I am comfortable doing, so it would end up being something I would not want to share. Does that make sense? (It is not that I have scandalous secrets, but I am very private). I am a pianist and have composed several pieces, so that is how I meet my need to create. Thanks for the efforts you take to share. I look forward to the next one!🙂
I know what you mean about feeling like you'd have to reveal too much of yourself if you were to write fiction. When I look back at my writing, I'm so aware of what I was thinking and feeling at the time that I'm embarrassed by how much of myself is right there on the page. I don't know if a reader would think about it that way, though, since they wouldn't know which parts are totally fiction and which parts aren't. Thanks for your comment, and the next shelf tour is going to post next Thursday or Friday if everything goes as planned
Interesting what you say about Alistair Mclean. I remember reading inexplicably only one of his books back in the day - about a guy who has to make way his across occupied Europe underneath a train - which was unreal at the time. A good plot based action book might work well for me after history and serious literary fiction.
MacLean's plots can be pretty unbelievable, particularly in the books he wrote later on in his career, at least of the novels I've read. I'm slowly working my way through all of his novels, and what has frustrated me the most is that MacLean would sometimes take a plot right up to the point of a big climax and then pull his punches so that the endings are weaker than they should have been
Hi, John! This is my first time watching one of your videos. Great bookshelf tour - I appreciate your variety in reading!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it
Awesome tour! I love All Quiet On The Western Front. It’s funny but I never sought out any of his other writing. Also been meaning to get to Chaim Potok too. My Name Is Asher Lev is also supposed to be really good. Thanks for sharing your shelves.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I haven't read Asher Lev yet, but I want to one of these days. Remarque's other books are supposed to be really good, but I never hear anyone talk about them and I've never seen them in person
Greetings from a southern Illinois"neighbor" and recent subscriber. Nice books and commentary. I'm particularly fond of The Killer Angels, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Fear. Eaters of the Dead is a fun experiment. I probably like The Andromeda Strain a little more, but that's mostly because it deals with some laboratory equipment and procedures I'm familiar with. But anyway, nice video, and I look forward to viewing some previous uploads when I can. Have a good one.
Thank you, and thanks for commenting. I read The Andromeda Strain when I was much younger, and I think Crichton's writing style was too different from what I was used to for me to appreciate it at the time. I'm much more familiar with older science fiction now, so I might like it more if I were I to read it again
I've just started All Quiet...!!
I hope you enjoy it!
Another interesting video! Sorry you had to do it twice. That had to be frustrating. I believe the only ones that I have from this group are the Poe collection and "James and the Giant Peach" (which I recently picked up from a Little Free Library, but haven't read.) It is interesting that you have written fiction. Anytime I have toyed with the idea, I come to the realization that I would have to reveal more about myself than I am comfortable doing, so it would end up being something I would not want to share. Does that make sense? (It is not that I have scandalous secrets, but I am very private). I am a pianist and have composed several pieces, so that is how I meet my need to create. Thanks for the efforts you take to share. I look forward to the next one!🙂
I know what you mean about feeling like you'd have to reveal too much of yourself if you were to write fiction. When I look back at my writing, I'm so aware of what I was thinking and feeling at the time that I'm embarrassed by how much of myself is right there on the page. I don't know if a reader would think about it that way, though, since they wouldn't know which parts are totally fiction and which parts aren't.
Thanks for your comment, and the next shelf tour is going to post next Thursday or Friday if everything goes as planned
Interesting what you say about Alistair Mclean. I remember reading inexplicably only one of his books back in the day - about a guy who has to make way his across occupied Europe underneath a train - which was unreal at the time. A good plot based action book might work well for me after history and serious literary fiction.
MacLean's plots can be pretty unbelievable, particularly in the books he wrote later on in his career, at least of the novels I've read. I'm slowly working my way through all of his novels, and what has frustrated me the most is that MacLean would sometimes take a plot right up to the point of a big climax and then pull his punches so that the endings are weaker than they should have been