Slightly controversial takes || FRIDAY READS 

I was gonna say Seekers books, don't they have a bookstore cat?

@@AshtheViking They DO how did I forget to mention that

Did end up at the BMV on Bloor!

I already had the Cleveland and Cuyahoga when I lived in Boston 😅 they have my largest digital libraries but don’t always have my niche picks. So of my four libraries only Boston Public has the third terra ignota for ebook. I think the cleveland ones have the audio but I don’t want to go that route. The audiobook treatment is mixed on this series 😅

Thanks for the rec ☺️

Oh it was rough lol glad your brain deleted it!

Thanks for the recs!

One thought I had, that I wish Butler had touched on, was weather maturity and cognitive ability is strictly a product of time vs biology. As in, she may be like 50, but her body is still that of a child, which would inevitably impact the brain function. It's not really a complaint so much as an idea that would have been interesting to have considered.

It was a lovely time!

Thankfully it did end up being a good time but it really pulled me out of it for a second 😅

I wish I liked alcohol and cocktails more cause that sounds awesome! We did end up at a brewery last night with board games and played a quick game patchwork

Might have just bought another T Kingfisher while on my trip…

We did get to go yesterday! It was a cool place ☺️

I think that’s why rereading has been such a priority for me this year. Been struggling to find new 5 star books

Truly the Halla Zale problem solving missions were fantastic!

I mean I think most people would still say Fledgling is disturbing but I found the ending more optimistic than the majority of her works, but not sure if that’s saying alot 😂

Yea that’s about where I landed as well

Hope it helps!!

Hope its also engaging for you!

I do get that imagery is still tough for people and that had to be an intentional choice by Butler but it did not bother me as much as it has other readers

Fine. Ok. I will!

One day soon!

I am not anti-stratfordian so much as anti assuming we know for sure who it is lol the book has lots of fun theories and I don’t think any are convincing but they all convince me that none of the evidence is strong. I am more mesmerized that its not a topic people are allowed to academically debate without so much controversy or hatred. There are also plenty of theories of people who are not Nobel but have more education that would help make the allusions and references in the works make sense

I find I can’t binge HoD, or GoT. The pacing of those shows works super well for me at one episode at a time but then I’m full. Plus I love seeing the memes right away 😂

@@LiteratureScienceAlliance While I want all of the story, _now_ 😂 But I completely agree with the memes point. That's what usually broke my conviction to wait when GOT was releasing 😂

The difference in family vibes is wild, especially when you consider Daemon is actually a pretty good family man???

This was actually a large part of the beginning of the nonfiction, people have been questioning the authorship since the 1600s its not super modern, just perceived to be

I will say I care less about who wrote the plays than I do the lack of academic integrity given to the topic. Some of the theories aren’t even a nobleman must have done it. One is someone with a similar background to Shakespeare. Basically the lack of even allowing conversation feels anti academic to me. There is a section about publishing near the end that frustrated me a little lol. This book obviously has its bias of thinking shakespeare is not the author but I found the way it laid out all the theories for and against the authorship of shakespeare and other candidates pretty plainly with minimal emotion, which I value in research

@@LiteratureScienceAlliance I also value objetive research. I've read a lot about Shakespeare, his life, and the authorship question, both for and against. And the impression I always get is that the anti-strats dismiss every argument and historical fact (like Ben Jonson's "sweet swan of Avon") as "not a proof" while they build a castle of speculations over a lot of shifting sands. Anyway, it's a debate we won't settle here. Sorry for the intermission. Great video, btw.

Also, if we want to debate, it's better to turn to Kit Marlowe. Now that's an interesting character, a great author with a life full of mystery and unexplained things... ;-)

@book so that’s my favorite theory! (Although I am still not very into picking one the data isn’t strong enough for me for any candidate) It’s one of the last chapters of the book so I hadn’t gotten there yet when filming. There is also a fascinating computer code that was used to finger print author styles based on word length and Marlowe and Shakespeare are nearly identical with that test. But I do think I come from this less from a Shakespeare lover (although I do love his poems and plays) and more someone who dislikes how the higher academics have dealt with the subject matter. It reminds me of stubborn PIs in the sciences.

Hahaha no, I love shakespeare works but have now learned how defensive and passionate people are on this subject and will be observing from afar from now on 😂

Yea the way the academic community wouldn’t publish the one well researched work was astounding to me, and the lack of legit reasons they listed in the rejection letter 🙄

Its even more interesting cause I did not realize how many people in the comment section would find that to be the controversial part of this video 😅 I was thinking of fledgling when I made this title

Truly a wild idea and extremely poorly executed 😂

That one was not brought up but the way Queen Elizabeth seemed to treat Shakespeare so differently compared to other playwright does make some theories very fun