A Casual Chatting Catch Up! 

It's the return of the triangular bookcase! The return of the Old Man Sweater! The return of Micah!

When you're ready for another trip, come see me in Denton, Texas. I have a spare bedroom, two dogs to snuggle with, and Recycled Books and Records, which has 500,000+ books in stock.

Glad that you're back home - I enjoyed your joint presentation with Steve Donoghue. I have only read Annie Proulx's short story, "Brokeback Mountain", but I found your comments on her novels fascinating and will have to add them to my tbr list.

Hi, Micah. I’m a fellow Booktuber and found your channel through Steve Donoghue. As a fellow rock climber, I was excited to hear you’ve recently started climbing! Yay. Good for you!

So fun to see you at Steve’s. I’ve got Barkskins sitting on my shelf - I really need to pick that one up!

Welcome back, Micah! Good to see you making vids again!

Happy to see you back making videos!

Gosh it's good to see you back! I listened to the Shipping News audiobook back in the mid '90's and also own "Close Range: Wyoming Stories" and have read "Brokeback Mountain" from that collection. I enjoyed both. Sounds like "Barkskins" may be worth a look. I am not sure I am correct, but in my head, I pronounce her name as "PRU" rhyming with "true". Thanks for the video!

Don't worry Micah, I've been holding the fort 😄 I put Barkskins on my TBR after you reviewed it, because I think it sounds right up my alley-- I love historical fiction and I enjoy long, immersive reads (and sagas, like with James Michener). It makes me think of the book Deep River by Karl Marlantes I recently purchased for Kindle. Have a good week!

Good to see you on the screen again Micah and thanks for the Barkskins recommendation. Adored the Shipping News both book and film with Kevin Spacey who seemed able to convey the unspoken with great skill. Great video and look forward to the Brattle haul. Thanks again.

Thanks for the recommendations Micah and Welcome Back. I love how you give recs of books that I don't usually see on booktube. You sold me on it's a long, generational saga 🤭 those are the books I prefer to invest my time in.

Great to see you back.

Looking forward to your Brattle haul. I was just there a few weeks ago myself, and had 40 pounds of books shipped back to me in California. They shipped it as media mail. Maybe I was lucky, but it arrived in just two days!

Welcome back! Compelling recommendations. I'm adding all of them to my tbr. I'm currently making my way through middlemarch, which is giving me immense happiness because the language is very clever and beautiful. I'm also reading Delivered from evil by Robert Leckie (Steve's recommendation) and learning so much about all the aspects of the second world war. I'm taking both of them slow so I'm quite happy with how much I recall after each read. Plus really(!!!) excited for the haul. Please don't disappear again after this tantalising announcement 😂.

Great books there Micah. All 3 sounds like books I'd like! I'm so glad you got to see Steve and visit The Brattle. I can't wait to see what you found! ❤

I understand Edgar Sawtelle is a retelling of a Shakespeare play. I won’t say which one so it doesn’t give away any of the plot. An amazing read. I wasn’t ready for that story ending. I’ve read it twice. The first time I was so angry when it was over, but finding out it was a retelling then re-reading, turned it into a five star read for me. His writing is beautiful.

If you want a sprawling saga, try Herman Wouk's military family/WWII saga, The Winds of War, and the sequel, War and Remembrance. I'm not usually one for family dramas. But this was like a movie in my head. I remember the miniseries from back in the day, but I don't think I ever watched it. You couldn't avoid hearing about it. It was a huge event. I am now reading his other book, The Caine Mutiny. I may have to read all his books! Wouk may end up being a favorite author. That usually doesn't happen to me. I love his writing style. He draws you right in and it really does feel like a movie. I know exactly zero about the Navy / naval vessels. But I can't put this down.

Proo is her pronunciation. WELCOME Back!!

If you haven’t yet read, I would recommend Edward Rutherford’s New York. It’s a sprawling saga of a city from its beginnings as a fishing village through 9/11.

It's good to see you back in action LOL! I read 'The Shipping News,' a few years ago. I did not like it.

I’ve been wanting to read The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. I have it somewhere on a shelf. I couldn’t get into Barkskins or The Shipping New. I don’t think I’m a fan of Proulx. Always enjoy your videos 👍

Annie’s last name sounds like “Proo” ☺️

I'm curious how many pages you read per hour? You read big books really fast. It's impressive.