@@Welther47 I have read some books on E-readers, and it works well. With audiobooks and E-readers I can carry a massive library in my pocket. On the downside, both formats are not owned outright by the consumers, as I understand it. A physical book will remain on our bookshelf for as long as we please and cannot be altered unless we ourselves alter it. An audiobook in the cloud can be, theoretically, altered without our knowledge or permission by Big Brother, as in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
@@terrylee6919 That's the reason you don't get a Kindle, but a Kobo and sideload content. With the wifi off, nothing is gonna change. And you can keep backup versions on a dongle. I only buy nice physical book, all the cheap paperbacks are fine for e-readers.
Hello, Sister Jerome! To echo an earlier post, your channel is a cool, fresh breeze today, and I 'm quite grateful. I haven't read most of the books you reviewed, although I had a pleasant jolt of nostalgia when you talked about THE ROLLING STONES. Heinlein was one of the first science fiction authors that I read, and I really enjoyed his work, until he turned into a dirty old man in later years. When I read these later books when they came out, I did enjoy them, but even then, they'd lost something. THE ROLLING STONES was one that I read in high school, and laughed my way through it, wishing that I could pack in a few light-years with this fascinating troupe The next book I read was TIME ENOUGH FOR LOVE, and as I said, it was a mixed blessing. Today, I wouldn't read any of the later books. I got frustrated with Preston and Child too, and for much the same reason; I was reading a number of series at the time, and they all seemed to suffer in this way. I have trouble reading actual books now, and I think that it might be from staring at screens for too long. Have a blessed day.
Audio books have saved my life. I have lost about 65% of my vision and reading is no longer possible. I have purchased over 84 books so far this year including War and Peace and Dr. zhivago. I used to read both every three or four years. Now I can listen to many old "friends" and find new books to love or hate. A lot of it depends on the narrator. I have my faves. Thanks for a good book review- a few titles for me to check into. xoxo
Thanks for these reviews! I loved hearing about "The Daughter of Time," and have put that book, in my queue. A few weeks ago I watched "The Lost King," a docudrama about Philippa Langley who lead the efforts to find the remains of Richard III. I found that fascinating and I'm looking forward to reading "The Daughter of Time."
I feel the same about audiobooks, but I will admit they work for me for re-reads. If I want to catch up on series before a new entry is about to release, I find the audiobook beneficial while still being able to read something else.
Hi JW!! Since you liked The Daughter of Time, you HAVE to see The Lost King a film that came out a couple years ago starring Sally Hawkins as a woman who has a quest to find out the truth about the much maligned King Richard III and find his lost grave. It's the best new movie I've seen in years! And surprisingly based on a recent true story. I'm sure you'll really enjoy it! It's a movie I'd love to hear you talk about here!
Hello J. Nice selection of books, and so many. I did read one of the Sherlock Holmes book once; it didn't grab me and I enjoyed the movies much more. Currently I'm rereading two books: Let Sleeping Vets Lie by James Herriot (the British version of All Creatures) and North County by Howard Frank Mosher, about his road trip along the northern US border. I also picked up a new paperback from a Little Free Library, about a lighthouse keeper in Labrador. No idea how that one's going to turn out! Thanks for these reviews, happy mid-July.
Just watched this last night & today I found (amazingly!) an original 1947 U.S. copy of Mrs Mike at a library sale for $2. Can't wait to read it. It would never have been on my radar except for watching your review.
Hello, Jerome! Of these I have only read 84 Charing Cross Road; it was a very bittersweet story for me. Helen is so charming, but the repeated delay on her being able to visit London, and only making it after the bookstore has closed and her main correspondent died makes it so sad. I understand how you feel about audiobooks; I get very easily distracted and keep losing on words or even entire sentences even when I'm trying to focus. They are nice for a reread sometimes, but nothing more. HOWEVER, for some reason, I adore radio dramas, and the only problem I have ever had with them was the voices thing, that sometimes do not match what I had imagined... but that's only with adaptations I'm familiar with the source material first. And this is all oddly connected, because the couple novels you reviewed here, about a mystery solving couple reminded me of the Paul Temple radiodramas (well, Paul Temple is contemporary to the time the stories were made, in the mid 20th century, but one of the main highlights is how the Temples as a couple are portrayed and how they go about resolving the mysteries, even if it gets a bit repetitive after a while)... and then I see other people mentioning Sayers in the comments... I also got into the Lord Peter Wimsey novels through the radio dramas! These start Ian Carmichael, who was a great fan, and his interpretation of the character has so much flavor and depth. So that might be something you could try sometime, if you haven't yet! For my own reading these days I raid the Gutenberg Project every once in a while, download a couple dozen of books and then trim the list down XD Last one I finished that was worth of any notice from there was A Bachelor's Comedy, by J.E. Buckrose; the interest of the story lies mainly in that it is a coming of age story and a romance where the main (and POV) character is an Anglican clergyman. After having heard much praise of Elizabeth Goudge, I went on a spree and read The Middle Window, A City of Bells, and the Elliots of Damerosehay trilogy. I don't know yet how to feel about them. The prose is wonderful, but I find the world of her imagination and intuitions very alien to my own. If I'm allowed to quote Knives Out "it makes no sense. Compels me, though." XD P.S:: I'm also familiar with Ruth Rendell through BBC radio dramas, but I don't remember any tempting me enough by description to give them a try.
Good afternoon, Sunshine! Got a load of mystery sci-fi short story collections and wound up sitting through a week wo electricity in hot humid Tx. Hurricane Beryl. It was like that TZ ep with Burgess Meredith.
I also endured Hurricane Beryl and fortunately I didn't lose electricity or internet. Ironically, a day or two before Beryl, I read an article in which Rod Serling said his two favorite THE TWILIGHT ZONE episodes were the Burgess Meredith bookworm episode and "The Invaders" with Agnes Moorehead.
@@Barot8 Fortunately, some people including your relatives and me were spared the loss of electricity after Beryl. My favorite THE TWILIGHT ZONE episodes are: 1. "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up", 2. "To Serve Man", 3. "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street". Trivia: "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" starred John Archer as the lead state trooper and his wife is actress Marjorie Lord (their daughter is actress Anne Archer),who starred as Danny Thomas' second wife on THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW. "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" was directed by Montgomery Pittman, whose stepdaughter is Sherry Jackson, who played Marjorie Lord's stepdaughter on THE DANNY THOMAS SHOW. "To Serve Man" was ranked by TV GUIDE as No. 11 on its "Greatest Episodes of All Time" and No. 1 "Greatest Twist of All Time". Theo Marcuse played the Russian UN ambassador. In World War II, Marcuse was an officer on the submarine USS Tirante and was awarded the Silver and Bronze Stars. The Trirante's commander was awarded the Medal of Honor, another officer became governor of Massachusetts and another officer wrote the novel RUN SILENT, RUN DEEP which was made into a movie starring Clark Gable. Claude Akins and Barry Atwater co-starred in "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street", and they later co-starred on the tv vampire movie THE NIGHT STALKER which was the most-watched tv movie in history at that time.
BUNNICULA! Hadn’t thought of that in ages. It also immediately brought to mind another book from my misspent youth, Frank and Stein and Me by Kin Platt. Anyhoo… In regards to The Man in the Queue, that moment, when you were all like “It was not, I *pffft* Yeah.” Thanks for the laugh. We’ve all been there. Trust me. Thanks for sharking, always a pleasure.
But, but, but....I love my audio books (haha). I'm lucky that I can work remote, and walk to/from work when I need to go into the office. And I love talking walks around my neighbourhood throughout the year. Which means hours during the week in which I can listen to an audiobook (rewind passages when I need to), and pause the same way as slipping a bookmark. My imagination works equally well, with only the pace of the story being controlled by the narrator. (and some audio book, like those for sci-fi and westerns, my favourites have the FULL audio experience. As Graphic Audio says, "a movie in your mind.")
Good to hear about the Tey books--I have both on my TBR, along with Brat Farrar, which is supposed to be good. I read Conan Doyle's The White Company and it hit me the same way as your take on The Lost World. However, I found his nonfiction "Dangerous Work" fascinating. It's the diary he kept on an Arctic whaling ship when he served as ship's surgeon in 1880. Includes lots of his own sketches of ships and whales. If you like things nautical, you might enjoy this. Every New Year's Day I read 84, Charing Cross Road to kick off my reading year on a positive note. Glad you loved it. And completely agree about reading on screens--that's for work, not pleasure. I used to feel the same way about audiobooks. However, I have found that they work for me ONLY for re-reads (because I know the story) and ONLY with an excellent reader, usually a trained actor. Their interpretative reading widens my idea of the book, just like a great film adaptation. Also so many 19th century books (thinking Austen and Dickens here) were written knowing that their books would oftentimes be read aloud to others as a family activity, which is why they work well on audio. One of my favorite readers is actress Juliet Stevenson. Right now I'm considering plunking down the bucks for a copy of Richard Armitage (swoon) reading David Copperfield to me. Ahhhh....
My step father told me, back when I was in high school reading Elizabeth’s book, that he went to high school with Jim, although my father was a couple years younger and didn’t personally know him. Jim Eliot’s name instantly reminds me of his famous quote, “He is no fool who will give what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot loose.”
Hi Jerome... Great to see a book review this week The only one of these that I remember having read is 84 Charing Cross Road which I read back in the 1970s (?). I loved it then and am now tempted to read it again after hearing your glowing review. I agree with your opinion about preferring "real" books to reading on a device. I have enjoyed listening to some books... In particular, autobiographies read by the authors and "Jane Eyre" read by Thandie Newton (?). I've enjoyed listening to books as I'm treading water in my pool, but yesterday when I tried to do so, the device got too hot and shut itself off.That's never happened with a paper book! So I went back to reading more John Grisham novels as I float around in my pool. I'm working my way thru the extensive collection of paperbacks that I don't mind sacrificing to the pool. Hope you and your family are managing to stay cool!
Another nice thing about 84, Charing Cross Road is that it's very short. I breezed through it in less than two hours, I think, even with flipping back and forth to look at dates and things. So if you're inclined to reread it (which sounds like a lovely notion!), it's not a hefty commitment.
@@Weiselberry This is why I always choose pool books that are paperbacks which will be recycled after I've read them. Used to stick to "trashy romances" but that supply has been depleted, so I've been relegated to the suspense/mystery/best seller genre novels I inherited from my two dead husbands, I think last Summer's pool books were by Stephen King. I was going to finally read "Catch 22" but the font was too small (that's one advantage of reading on a device rather than a "real" book) so I dug around on the shelf until I found another Grisham book for my current read. My first husband was trained as a Librarian, so most of my home library is in a sort of Dewey Decimal order. But husband #2 just brought home bags of fiction paperbacks from the used book store and they're stacked willy-nilly on the shelves. Haven't gotten around to sorting them into alphabetic-by-author order ... yet. 🙂
I prefer Conan Doyle's short stories over his novels, but I do like The Lost World, and I just love the Sherlock Holmes stories, insufferable Sherlock and all. I haven't read anything new lately, just dipping into old favorites: Rumpole of the Bailey, Jeeves and Wooster, some books by and about my most favorite author of all JRR Tolkien. Read Treasure Island (and then watch the great 1990 adaptation with Christian Bale and Charlton Heston.)
The Daughter of Time should be required reading for anyone who wants to become a historian. I have recommended it to several people and they were so bored they could not even finish it. And it's a short book!
I, for one, enjoy your book reviews and look forward to them. In regard to Ruth Rendell, I prefer her '70s output the most, one of my favourites being; "A Judgement in Stone". I used to be a big murder/detective mystery fan, two authors who I recommend are: Dorothy L. Sayers, she is a period writer often featuring her character 'Lord Peter Wimsey', the books of hers which I recommend are: "The Nine Taylors", "The Five Red Herrings", "Whose Body?", "Murder Must Advertise", "Unnatural Death", "The Unpleasantness at The Bellona Club". Sayers was also a Christian writer. P. D. James, the books of hers which I recommend are: "Cover Her Face", "Shroud for a Nightingale", "The Children of Men", "The Black Tower", "An Unsuitable Job for a Woman", "Death of an Expert Witness". I hope that you'll enjoy these suggestions, if you've not already read them.
I read Whose Body? years ago, but I didn't take to Lord Peter Wimsey the way I'd expected to. I think I had Strong Poison on my list for ages per the recommendation of a friend, but I haven't gotten around to it.
@@Weiselberry Okay, I know that the, Lord Peter Wimsey character and Sayers writing style aren't for everyone, plus they're written with the class system of the '20s and '30s in mind, something which if you're from the U.K. is far easier to understand but perhaps not so much if you haven't experienced a class system such as in America.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. I'm pretty familiar with the class system from things I've read and watched, so I don't think it's that or the age. I believe I just wasn't fond of the pacing and the level of description. I have wondered if the writing style altered at all as time went on, as is sometimes the case with series.
@@Weiselberry No, her writing style stayed pretty much the same, as I said her writing isn't for everyone. On that note though, there were in fact two TV series made based on the books and the character of, Lord Peter Wimsey, the best of these had Ian Carmichael playing the titular character from 1972 to 1975, I wonder if you might enjoy this series more, I got into the books after seeing the series.
@@Adam_Le-Roi_Davis. I would be willing to try her again sometime. After all, she's one of the giants of the Golden Age. I actually just found a copy of Sayers' Clouds of Witness on my shelf; I forgot I owned that. Anyway, thanks for your recommendations and helpful information!
Nice list of varied books. The only one I've read out of those is The Crysalids which I liked - I always wondered why it's never been made into a film. Also, when I read some Sherlock Holmes stories I imagined him to be like Peter Cushing's portrayal.
It is surprising, since The Day of the Triffids has been adapted several times and The Midwich Cuckoos became a successful film. I liked Cushing's interpretation in The Hound of the Baskervilles, and I enjoy Rathbone's Holmes, and what I've seen of Brett seems good, so I suspect I find Holmes more likable on the screen than on the page...
@@Weiselberry It would be fun to read a story based around a detective who was a kind of anti-Sherlock, who also uses reason and logic to solve a case - except that he always gets it wrong. So much for logic, then....
You're not wrong about audiobooks, but ... I find I don't take the time to read a book very often anymore (due to life and things), so audiobooks are what I've got that I actually fit into my day. They really make walking the dogs better. :)
Came here (and subscribed) after watching The Andromeda Strain review. Amazing, the book is still in its same place on your shelf. Ever watched/reviewed the 1974 NBC TV movie "Where Have All the People Gone?" or " Colossus: The Forbin Project?
Ha, yeah, I don't shuffle my books around much. Yes, I've seen both of those! I especially enjoyed Colossus. Here's my review of it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pDZPqdkT8F8.html
Am genuinely sorry that you don't enjoy the writings of Conan Doyle, he's always been a favorite of mine. Yes, Holmes is a prickly character at times but he has a moral center and the fun of his brilliance remains. The Lost World is also a favorite of mine, it's one of the first and best adventure novels ever and maybe once a decade I go back and reread it. But to each his own, Miss Weiselberry, thank you as always for the reviews.
Richard III was a very maligned character in history. I seem to try some positive aspects of villains in history. The play was to please Elizabeth who was the granddaughter of Henry VII who fought Richard on Bosworth Field. Richard was the product of the War of the Roses. Medieval Kings were violent and very aware of conspiracies against their person. You now have me wanting to read the book. Thanks for your reviews that open my mind to fiction. I also read every day, but have seemed to get stuck in history.
Dear Ms. Weiselberry, Nice review video! I'm adding "Defying the Nazis" to my To Be Read list. A good historical account of what happened to Edward V and his brother Richard can be found in “The Princes in the Tower” by Alison Weir. I'm sorry "The Lost World" didn't click with you, but I'll just note that there are some other novellas and stories with Prof. Challenger. I love "The Lost World" ('cause dinosaurs!), but even I admit that the sequels are not that great. They are: "The Poison Belt" (1913), "The Land of Mist" (1926), The Disintegration Machine" (1929), and "When the World Screamed" (1928). A few books I've read recently are: "Growing Up with Manos: The Hands of Fate: How I was the Child Star of the Worst Movie Ever Made and Lived to Tell the Story" by Jackey Neyman Jones. This is part family memoir and part movie history. She played Debbie in "Manos." Her father played The Master and her dog was in it, too; her mother made the costumes. "A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord. I've decided to do a "Titanic" read-fest "The 47 Ronin: A Story of Samurai Loyalty and Courage" by Barry Till. Nice illustration of the story that has been made into a few movies, including "Chūshingura" (1962) Keep Reading and Watching!!
For anyone into some sci fi I'm re-reading the Expanse books and can recommend them. The first of about six books is Leviathan Wakes, by James S. A. Corey. Set about 300 years in the future, humanity has colonised the solar system. Three major groups have appeared; Earth under the UN, Mars, an economic and military super power to rival Earth, and the Belters, people born and who live their entire lives on various stations and asteroids in the asteroid belt in the outer system. The three groups hate each other but each depend on the other for survival so a sort of uneasy peace exists between them. That is until an artificial alien molecule is discovered, that has been lurking undiscovered for billions of years. Everyone decides they have to posses it and it plunges the system into war. Its told from the perspective of three main characters, the captain of a private ship and his crew, a senior UN official and a grizzled, washed-up police detective on the Belter colony of Ceres Station. Each are drawn into the plot and each of their plot threads are gradually drawn together as things unfold. There's an adaptation on Amazon Prime that is actually better than the books, much more fleshed out, but the books are still great. Believable, hard sci fi, great characters, a smidge of action and an intriguing plot. The books have some harsh language and there's one or two sex scenes in the show, and a bit of violence but not much. I'd love to know what people think.
I'm torn, but if I have to choose between your insights and your happiness, the edge goes to your happiness. Review books as infrequently as you best feel most comfortable with. That said, I thank you. Yes, I had always heard that the John Godey novel was much muddier than the (original) Pelham movie. Have you ever tried reading Peter Benchley's Jaws? It's oddly dull and pointless, with Mayor Vaughan involved with The Mob and Hooper having an affair with Mrs. Brody. Yeesh. Sometimes the movie really does provide the right adaptation. (By the way, I've noticed the insidious neologism "adaption" popping up over and over -- beware of it.) I may read The Lost World someday in any event, just to glean even a sliver of fun out of it. 84 Charing Cross Road is a charming movie, so I'm glad the book is so good. Say, speaking of Wyndham and British science fiction, do we have any thoughts about C. S. Lewis's "Deep Heaven" trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength? Strength is one of my mother's favorite books. Celery Stalks at Midnight -- sounds like a light snack to me. The only thing I like Preston and Child for is the goofy fun I had watching the movie The Relic. I did a quick check -- it looks like there are 34 Charlotte and Thomas Pitt books. How ambitious are you feeling? I think you make an necessary case for printed books being a break from staring at screens, and by extension, e-books. I worry that busy people may kid themselves by saying "I know, I will get 'reading' this book out of the way by listening to the audio" -- but do they necessarily retain it as well as they would reading it? You know me, Rome, whichever medium you choose to review, owl be seeing you.
Yeah, I read Jaws... Ick. That's my go-to whenever someone asks for an example of a film that was better than the book. (Isn't "adaption" a British version of the term? It sounds weird to me, so I don't think I'll be adopting it.) Plenty of other viewers are vouching for The Lost World, so maybe you'd enjoy it? I did read Out of the Silent Planet, and I think I liked it, but I had trouble getting into Perelandra, and once I set it aside, I never came back. I don't know, maybe I'll try it again someday. Oh, 34 books in the Pitt series? Hm. I'm not sure I'll stick around that long, haha.
Josephine Tey was a pseudonym of Elizabeth Mackintosh, a Scottish author who had been a girls physical training teacher in her early life and who also wrote plays under the name Gordon Daviot. Whether or not her conclusions on the Princes in the Tower are correct, 'The Daughter of Time' certainly makes you properly wary of automatically accepting received historical opinion. The two things that remain in my memory from reading it are her trenchant demolition of the common belief that Churchill deployed troops against striking Welsh miners ('Tonypandy!') and her denunciation of the Covenanters as murderous terrorists (I'm currently reading Scott's 'Old Mortality' which also deals with those persecuted martyrs/bloodthirsty fanatics and I've only just learnt that Mackintosh/Tey/Daviot wrote a non-fiction defence of one of that novel's main characters, the historical figure Graham of Claverhouse). I wouldn't give up on Tey yet, for I can certainly recommend the other novel of hers that I have read: 'The Franchise Affair'. The film version (1950) and BBC serial (1988) are also excellent.
Thanks for the endorsement of The Franchise Affair! I was wondering if that might be a good one to try next, as it seemed to be another of her most-read and highest-rated novels.
Until I see you live - even if you're clearly speaking of something very new - I won't believe this isn't transferred from VHS somehow. I'm not complaining, just saying. I enjoy that about your channel. :D
I think Jerome can travel back and forth through time. She tapes all of these in 1995 and transfers them to the present day. Have you noticed that in all the years she's been doing this she hasn't aged a single day? It's a remarkable feat.
Surprised by your dislike of Holmes. I have always found him a compassionate man who was a slave to his intellect. A tragic man. There are many examples of his kindness.
I guess I prefer my detectives less arrogant. I've always been a big fan of Marsh's Inspector Alleyn and Christie's Superintendent Battle, who are intelligent but humble family guys with kind natures. Of course, I do love Nero Wolfe, who is also a genius and makes sure everybody knows he's the smartest man in the room, but he's offset by Archie Goodwin, who pokes fun at him and helps balance things out.
The book I’m in reading right now is HP LoveCrafts short horror collection stories ! They are quite interesting the way the writer writes them and how he envisioned it. Great read!
First, I'm filing an official complaint that your Godzilla stuffy is obscured. ;) I prefer physical because of the smell. And if the paper quality is good, I like to just feel the page I'm reading. But, my lady and I are adventure tourers, spending months travelling all over the place in the boonies. I need a book going in my headset, else I will snap and rampage, resulting in many megadeaths. Audio books save lives. I despise ebooks, but after moving a few times in my life, I appreceiate the idea of having my entire library weigh less that 40 trillion tons. :)
Hard to let a series go…. But…I do think so many have agreed with you..that Preston child are wrapping it up….. that series….. the praying mantis by Hubert Monteilhet is an interesting very short mystery….that was turned into a tv 2 parter currently on RU-vid with Jonathan price and Cherie Mary Lunghi…. That as a teenager I loved…don’t know how much it has aged.
I read the first one some years ago. It was all right, but I haven't felt inclined to read more. I felt surprised that I wasn't into it, since I would have expected it to be right up my alley.
Alas, I greatly enjoy Conan Doyle’s writing style in the Sherlock Holmes stories. As a young man I was attracted to the idea of a hero who was more brainy than brawny. My more mature readings of the Holmes cannon leaves me underwhelmed by the story plot lines and by the renowned deductive abilities of the titular hero. But I love how Doyle turns a phrase. I understand that England took great pride in how Sherlock presumably exemplified England’s innate superiority to everybody else.
I think - if you can get hold of it in the USA - you'd probably enjoy the British TV series 'The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes', which are based on a short stories. There are book collections too but I think they're out of print. So this is not a very helpful recommendation.
It would probably be strange for me to not mention the horrendous history making incident that occurred yesterday, I can’t imagine what it would be like to see something like that happen in my country and live on TV, as Americans it must’ve been very upsetting for you and your family regardless of political feelings, ugh politics :( I’ll keep believing hope, love and positivity will always win out and hope you and your family are okay. 18 Books during the summer is impressive. The Lost World is the only book on your list that I’ve read and I didn’t love it either, i also thought it was a little dull, maybe if I’d read it before seeing the film I’d feel differently and Holmes is a very difficult character to like on the page and is extremely arrogant, Young Sherlock Holmes was on TV when I was a child and enjoyed it so began reading the stories and found myself being disappointed, he’s very unlikeable, he’s the kind of arrogant and overconfident fella you hope ends up being wrong but you know he won’t be lol, I’ve liked some of the adaptations of Holmes on film and TV because I felt the actors like Basil Rathbone and Jeremy Brett managed to add a humanity I thought the character was missing from the books. I like some of Doyle’s stories well enough but for the most part I wouldn’t call myself a fan. Your reading selection for the summer has everything, mystery, dinosaurs, subways, faith, friendship, a vampire rabbit, dog and cat, romance, space exploring kids and a Nazi with a conscience. I’m going to order Charing Cross Road, I don’t believe I’ve seen the film so I’ll wait to read the book first, it sounds like a lovely book and I’m excited to read it. I’m going to also order Defying the Nazis: The Life of German Officer Wilm Hosenfeld because I’ve always really liked The Pianist and have been curious to know more about that man’s story. I’d like to get Bunnicula and Howliday Inn too because reading a charming and sweet book about a vampire rabbit and a dog and cat sounds like perfect summer reading and a great temporary antidote to help subdue the noise of doom spreading through the world right now. I’m unsure if I had heard of Bunnicula before, don’t believe I have, perhaps it wasn’t as popular in Ireland as it was in the States but it seems very fun and the story of Deborah and James Howe is sad but also sweet, James understanding Deborahs writing and her feeling for the characters so much that it feels like she’s still involved says a lot about their connection and love I think. The British have a vampire duck named Count Duckula, Americans have a vampire rabbit named Bunnicula, I was going to post what do the Irish have and come up with a character called Foxula or something until It dawned on me that Dracula was written by an Irishman lol The Rolling Stones goes on the list, The Rolling Stones is an interesting title, I wonder how Heinlein felt in the 60s when the Rolling Stones emerged to huge success, did he think, ugh, in 40 years readers will have to dig through 700 Rolling Stones biographies to find my book lol. The Daughter of Time is another I’m excited to check out, I’m stunned to be interested in this title but it seems like an engrossing mystery, I saw a little bit of an investigative documentary on the search for Richards grave a couple of months ago, Miss Pym Disposes also sounds like a fun read. The Carter Street Hangman also has my interest, Victorian murder mystery with a couple as protagonists is an interesting idea, there’s a TV show with a similar premise titled Miss Scarlett and the Duke, I think they’re a couple or maybe it’s a will they get together or won’t they type of show. Through the Gates of Splendor, great title and a story I’m interested in. Master of the Moor, killer isn’t the hound of the Baskerville is it? Lol, anytime a story is set on a moor it seems to end with death, even Wuthering Heights. I’d like to read a Pendergast story in the future but I’m a little intimidated, what if I like it and feel the need to read the entire series ? :0 lol. I’d like to read all of the books you’ve mentioned to be fair, well maybe not The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, love the film but the book seems to be a little distasteful. Excellent reviews for books I’m excited to read. ~ Thank you Ms Weiselberry ~ :)
Thanks for your concern. These are certainly troubling times we're living in. Nah, it's 18 books since February or March, not since summer started, so don't give me too much credit. :) Humanity (or the lack of it) is a good way to describe what puts me off about Holmes on the page. It's not just that I find him arrogant, but that he lacks warmth or any kind of relatability, at least in my eyes. Many of the actors who have played him have found a way to humanize him, make him feel more genuine, more winsome, more compelling... and it's helped a lot. Oh, you would definitely like 84, Charing Cross Road! I'm glad you're going to check it out, along with Hosenfeld's biography (which I suspected you'd be interested in, since I know you also are a fan of The Pianist). The Rolling Stones was published in the UK as Space Family Stone, which is curious because that was back in the early '50s before the band was a thing. But, yeah, you can't hear the title of the book without thinking of Mick Jagger, haha. And I guess I'm going to prove that you can read only some Pendergast books and resist the urge to complete the series! Part of me would like to read the rest just so I could say I did, but the downward trend in quality paired with the unappealing subject matter has made it fairly easy to give up. I do hope the last one I read will be good, but I doubt I'll change my mind afterward. That said, I do think you can get a big kick out of Relic and then be done. :) Thanks for sharing your thoughts on all these books!
@@Weiselberry I’ve read Relic!!!!! I’ve read it and liked it! Doing a little dance to celebrate 🕺🏻 I must’ve briefly confused Pendergast/Preston with Pratchett. that’s a lot of P’s, P-P-P pick up a penguin, reference to an old commercial for a chocolate bar. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fI0Fa66h6Qo.htmlsi=ER1BXu0zKL7n9Vas I watched your video and left a comment while surrounded by screaming people, a proud achievement on my part lol, my brother dragged me out to watch the Euro 2024 final, Spain vs England, Spain won, ha! If England had won we’d never hear the end of it, Irish/English banter, i had my priorities straight so pulled out my tablet, put in my earphones and watched your video and left a comment :D Jerome Weiselberry video>>>>European championship final all day long lol. ~ Thank you again Ms Weiselberry ~
@@bartolomeuomacduibheamhnad6855 I thought you had read it! Haha, I was wondering about my memory, since I was pretty sure we'd talked about it in other videos. Oh, congratulations to Spain, I guess! That was a soccer/football game, right? :P I'm shocked you were able to hear my video in such a noisy place. Those must be good earphones!
@@Weiselberry Ha! Yes my earphones are very good, v-moda crossfade over the ear headphones, I rate them highly because they belonged to my brother, he never took them out of their case, never used them so when it was time to organise his belongings my family said I should take them, the receipt was still in the case and my brother spent almost €400 on them :0, on earphones? no wonder he didn’t take them out of the case, I’ve used them everyday for years now and they still work perfectly, Sunday night was a bit of a struggle to hear even with them though, I was going to bring AirPods because they’re less bulky but didn’t know where I’d left them, my brother had a collection of watches too, he loved them and would take them to a horologist for maintenance but he wouldn’t wear them, he’d take them out of the case he bought and look at the watches then put them back, apparently they’re worth quite a bit but I don’t know what to do with them, they meant a lot to him so it would feel strange to sell them. I was much more interested in watching your video over the match but the tablet was also a great hiding place, my brother, the brother that dragged me to see the match with him in the pub told me my sisters friend was going to be there with some of her friends and I wanted to avoid having to talk about Love Island so putting my head in a screen while wearing headphones seemed like a good solution, worked for a while but still received questions like “ who are you writing? “ and still had to talk about Love Island for at least 15 minutes :( I do remember buying a copy of Relic and reading it after you had recommended it and liking it a lot, I think it was within the last two years. it probably wasn’t a great idea on my part to watch your video and comment when it was so difficult to hear and focus. Typing Pendergast while thinking Pratchett is nearly as bad as thinking The Southerner while typing The Westerner lol, Wichard Ridmark would think I’m widiculous. I’ve re-watched your video and ordered 84, Charing Cross Road, Defying the Nazis: The Life of German Officer Wilm Hosenfeld and should have them next week and when done reading those I hope to get more from the list 🐰 Yes it was a soccer/football game :) Irish, Scots and the Welsh and the rest of Europe were rooting for Spain lol, England won the World Cup once in 1966 and haven’t stop taking about it so everyone was dreading them winning the Euros lol. Bobby Charlton the footballer played by Jack O’Connell in the film United was in that England team with his brother Jack Charlton and Jack Charlton went on to manage Ireland. Some boring football information lol. Apologies for all the strangely long comments recently, last one until the weekend and I’ll do my best to make that one shorter lol. ~ Have a great evening and thank you again Ms Weiselberry ~ :)
Oh. I was just trying to find The Taking of Pelham......on Audible(Its not there) I love the orignal film. The remakes are rubbish. The TV Movie is very bad considering the cast.
_"Sherlock Holmes is smug and stuck-up!"_ - JW - 2024. I'm ok with audio books, but I agree - it's not the same as 'reading' them. I would say they're a good substitute for those who read too slowly or don't have time to read much (but maybe travel a lot). Stephen King thinks they're ok...
Since you're a fan of the original movie THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE, you might look at another Walter Matthau cop movie based on a novel, THE LAUGHING POLICEMAN co-starring Bruce Dern. It's not as good or humorous as PELHAM, but it's an interesting Matthau cop movie to compare to PELHAM. TRIVIA: the two coeds in the hijacked subway car are related to PELHAM cast/crew members. Coed #1 (the TMI-chanting coed) is played by Carolyn Nelson, wife of PELHAM director Joseph Sargent, and both are alumni of the original STAR TREK. Coed #2 is Lucy Saroyan, step-daughter of Walter Matthau and daughter of writer William Saroyan. Several years ago, I heard an interview with a doctor who co-authored a book with his father, also a doctor, in which they speculated that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was really Jack the Ripper. As I suggested, before, if you want to watch a really bad Irwin Allen volcano movie, watch THE LOST WORLD with Michael Rennie, Claude Rains, David Hedison and Jill St. John----it makes THE FLINTSTONES look like real science.
