A Casual Reading Update & Book Haul - October 28, 2023

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Books mentioned:
TR, The Last Romantic by H. W. Brands
The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
The Sea by John Banville
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Purple Secret by Rohl, Warren and Hunt
The Victorians by A. N.Wilson
Queen Victoria: A Life by A. N. Wilson
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Комментарии : 35

@TheGrapeJellyLibrary 8 месяцев назад

Totally understand what your saying about time and how busy we can get. Purple Secret- interesting! Wow! The Victorians, good for you. You are really reading some stellar books.

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Thanks, Flo!

@audreyh7892 8 месяцев назад

Interesting books!!

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@Jake-kn9fo 8 месяцев назад

I just got done reading Julia Bairds biography on Queen Victoria and loved it. So far my favourite book this year!!

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

I am so glad you enjoyed it! That is a fantastic book, one of my all-time favorites as well!

@jwhend49 8 месяцев назад

Good to see you return to discuss your reading progress. I've got The Victorians on my tbr pile so I may get to it soon. Your book haul was interesting. When you do start reading The Crucible (I've both read it and seen a production of the play), I recommend you seek out a copy of The Devil in Massachusetts by Marion L. Starkey. It is a classic history of the Salem Witch Trials that I thoroughly enjoyed. While it was written in1949, it has been republished since then and has not been surpassed.

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

I will keep a lookout for a copy! Thank you!

@jackiesliterarycorner 8 месяцев назад

Most reading right now has been done via my new Kindle. I just finished Victor Lasalle's The Changeling, which I really liked. I started Knights Templar: A Captivating Guide to a Powerful Catholic Military Order and Their Impact on the Crusades by; Captivating History, and I started Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin. I've been dipping into Dombey and Son by Dickens via physical book, as well.

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Those all sound really good to me! Thanks for your comment. :)

@ayse889 8 месяцев назад

I am so happy to find your channel being a literature student myself. I'd like to see your views on Poe's works.

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for stopping by! I have read some of Poe, and I'd love to make a video about my thoughts on his works. Thank you for the suggestion!

@jamesholder13 8 месяцев назад

Welcome back!

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@josmith5992 8 месяцев назад

Good to see you Micah! I saw your chat with Steve where you were explaining why you had been away and I applaud you getting out and enjoying life, especially at your age, you can always read later 😉 Thanks for the recommendation of the A.N. Wilson books, can I ask what first got you into reading about Victoria and that period?

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, Jo! ☺️ I’m really not quite sure if it was any singular event that made me interested in Victoria and the her era so much as simply reading Julia Baird’s biography of her on a whim a few years ago and just becoming increasingly interested in reading about Victoria and the period as a whole.

@saintdonoghue 8 месяцев назад

Prioritizing “real life” over BookTube? That sounds like The Madness of King Micah!

@thelefthandedreader6632 8 месяцев назад

What an interesting haul and reading update. I’m interested now in The Victorians! I saw HW Brands speak at a fundraiser a few years back. What an engaging author. I’m glad to be reminded of his books.

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Thanks, Renee! Oh wow, that's so great that you got to hear him speak! He's very engaging from the clips I've seen of his talks on RU-vid.

@franklinrobinson 8 месяцев назад

Yes, I am interested in your opinion of Brand's TR. I've read his bio on Andrew Jackson and would like to read more of Brarnds books. I'm a big fan of TR and have read many books about him. Also, will be interested in your opinion on The Crucible. Never read the book, but I have seen it on stage and the Movie with Daniel Day Lewis and Winona Ryder. Anything with Lewis is worth seeing.

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for your comment, Franklin! I'll be sure to talk about Brand's TR when I read it. Hopefully, I'll be getting to that early to mid-next year. I'll add The Crucible movie to my watch list. Thank you for the recommendation!

@bookssongsandothermagic 8 месяцев назад

Good to see you back. Great haul too. The book on the rulers' bloodline looks interesting. I used the book on the Victorians for my degree, it's a good book and I'm more interested in social history than the history of the monarchs so that book suits me well. I studied The Crucible in school too and that's amazing. Great video mate.

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, Gareth! I agree with you, I have started mainly reading social histories instead of just the monarchy or military aspects of countries' histories and it's been really rewarding.

@DebMcDonald 8 месяцев назад

It’s cardigan season! 🍂 I’m glad to know about The Victorians. I’ve been concentrating on Victorian lit for the past couple of years but have only general knowledge of the history and politics. I’ve read The Five and Ruth Goodman’s How to be a Victorian (both excellent) but need more.

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

It is indeed! I would highly recommend it! I loved it. It's really detailed so it feels like you get all the information you could need. I still need to get to Goodman's How to be a Victorian, I have read her other books, but not that one yet. I'm eager to read it!

@bookofdust 8 месяцев назад

True story, the British movie The Madness of King George III, had to be renamed just The Madness of King George in the US because they were afraid American audience would have thought they missed the first two films of a franchise and not go see the third one.

@Tanya-vx4pc 8 месяцев назад

😂😂what!

@MicahCummins 8 месяцев назад

That sounds absolutely true! 😂

@MicahCummins 8 месяцев назад

I know, right? 😂

@Yesica1993 8 месяцев назад

HAHAHAHAHA!

@chrisbeveridge3066 8 месяцев назад

You would have done better to read Lytton Strachey's Eminent Victorian's and Queen victoria bio...Strachey is a wonderful writer who combined meticulous scholarship with extremely sensitive and perceptive observations... he was a phenom...hard to top his writing...

@MicahCummins 6 месяцев назад

I have both of those books on the shelf, and I am eager to read them! Thank you for the recommendation!