Week 12! Classic Book Pickups! I Had Coffee During This Recording So Its A Little Hectic! 

East of Eden is AMAZING! You will love it ! 🎉🎉

The Road will be right up your street, it is bleak from start to finish with gut punches sprinkled throughout. 1984 changed how I view the world, my favourite book I have read to date. Congrats on 10 10K 🎉

Even though Blood Meridian was by far the most violent book I've ever read, there is one scene that has stuck with me more than any other. I remember reading it and feeling the ground shake through his writing. Even though it was a difficult book for me I'm glad I finished it and hope I will eventually do a reread. Cormac makes you feel things with his writing and I haven't been able to say the same for many other authors.

Bro lol I was in a reading slump, your video came up ( Stephen King dude here 🙋🏻‍♂️ ) and now I'm back on reading You're funny man lol the change up from your calmness to hyper in this video due to the coffee is straight humor 😂 stay rad bro 🤘🏼🤘🏼

East of Eden is AMAZING. I also read The Grapes of Wrath at the beginning of the year and it was great. John Steinbeck just knows how to write a story that draws you in and tears your soul apart.

I'm reading Lolita for the first time now, and it has, by far the greatest opening paragraph of any novel. The writing is absolutely amazing. I'm jealous of the copy of the Brother Karamazov you picked up. I got a 1961 Library collection of the stories and plays of Anton Chekov.

This video inspired me to read the road that’s been on my shelf for a few months, half way through it. Thank you lol

I think The Road is a great intro to Cormac…loved that one! I think since you’re a parent, it’ll resonate even more.

Congrats on 10k! Many more are in your future; proud to be an early subscriber!

I just started reading this year and the road has been my favorite so far. You’re going to breeze through it

I’ve had so much fun going on this book journey with you! I actually grew up reading classics first and foremost (and mysteries thanks to Agatha Christie) and now am enjoying a foray into fantasy as it’s a fun way to escape while being a boy mom of 3 lol. You should do a video on how to find time to prioritize reading as a parent!

Enjoying your channel & especially appreciate seeing someone over 20 tackle classics & being humble to admit you are just now getting to/expanding your reading. Love that! Looking forward to your thoughts on these titles. Read The Road last year-it wasn’t scary, just depressing but worth the read. I just tackled Watership Down in my attempt to read more classics too

THE Steinbeck book is Travels with Charlie

The Road is my favourite book. The end made me cry. Animal Farm is great and sadly still very relevant.

You should totally read "Of Mice and Men" from the jump. "Revival" is indeed underrated, and "The Road" is an excellent start for Cormac McCarthy. Great pickups!

I just picked up Revival second hand this week as well! First time I’ve seen it out in the wild, definitely not jumping to the top of my TBR but I’ll read it eventually

2 things- I also got back into reading 1.5 years ago and recently read my first McCarthy book Blood Meridian and was underwhelmed, it was good but felt the plot wasn’t there and was overhyped. Secondly Of Mice And Men was my favorite book as a middle school student and holds a special place in my heart, you’ll love it, start with that before East of Eden! Love your channel!

Great video. I would of recommended the road, that’s where I started and I plan on rereading next month. 1984 is a great read. I read Steinbeck at school but it felt forced so I feel I might of missed something in his writing.

Absolutely loved Idea East of Eden. I started with Cannery Row, which made an even bigger impression. Loathed loathed Lolita, grim. Awaiting your review of the Bluest Eye -have only read Beloved. 20 years later, I may have recovered enough to read a second Toni Morrison book.

I finished 1984 like a week ago for the first time. Its super sick

Of Mice and Men was my first Steinbeck and it's soooo beloved to me in my reading life now! Although I still have not yet read East of Eden haha - looking forward to your review! Whatever you do - don't start with the Pearl by him lol

Love your content man, keep it up!

I’ve followed you from tiktok and so I’m familiar with your videos lmao I can tell the coffee is intense when you started reading the names from patron 😂

Bought some King books on eBay. Came with first editions of Revival, Duma Key, Bag of Bones Dreamcatcher and Insomnia. Also had desperation in there.

Yeah, Blood Meridian is intense. One of my all-time faves. Truly one of the great books. Some of the best prose you’ll ever read.

The Road is messed up and a book I still think about years later. How you feel about the ending tells me everything I need to know about you as a person. I can’t wait for your review.

Read East of Eden last month and was blown away! It was my first Steinbeck and I feel like it was a great place to start.

You are going to love Revival. King's retelling of Frankenstein. It's in my top 3 from him, after 11/22/63 and IT.

My favorite Hemingway short stories are up in Michigan, Indian Camp, Hills like white elephants, A clean, well lighted place, and The short Happy Life of Francis Macomber..

You are awesome. And thanks for playing coffee roulette with us !! 😂😅

OMG I’m so jealous I wish I was in the position to not have read The Road!! From the little I’ve seen of you I still feel comfortable saying I thinking you will vibe with it and have serious feelings on the experience/ message!!

It's insane that 1984 was written in 1949. So prescient! Sandra Newman's new book, JULIA/1984 (still in hardcover) is a retelling of 1984 from the character of Julia's perspective. It's gotten a lot of great buzz. Can't wait to read it, but I always wait for the paperback version (mostly since I read in bed--and also they're much cheaper).

The road is nuts! and even crazier is no chapters! But you might be ok with that since the whole cujo no chapters thing. I tried blood meridian and failed as well. Would love to know what to read after the road. I would do of mice and men first. I love me some Steinbeck. It's so good and a quick read. I'd bet you'd finish it in a day or two.

I absolutely adore Blood Meridian, I think it might be one of the great American novels. If you like The Road, you should absolutely give it another shot, very few books have stuck with me the same way Blood Meridian did.

Cormac is an absolute favorite for me. The Road is a good start. Would recommend All the Pretty Horses after The Road, then Blood Meridian.

I absolutely loved the road. Great introduction to McCarthy

I love Toni Morrison also. Her writing is fabulous. All of her books ate great! Enjoy! Thank you for the video.

Of Mice and Men is 5 stars, I would recommend starting with it since it’s so short. What Steinbeck was able to achieve in so short a book amazes me.

I noticed Caliban's War on your bookshelf - Have you read some/all of the Expanse series? I've read the first two and liked those. Looking forward to continuing the series, although I hear mixed reviews about which books in the series people love or find very disappointing.

We picked up copies of The Road and Of Mice and Men on the same day coincidentally. Both will be my first of those authors so I'm stoked to dive into their work!

I'm at the same place you are with classics. I read Animal Farm and Of Mice & Men a few weeks ago. Both were good! 1984 is near the top of my TBR now.

I just finished Cujo 2 weeks ago...the stream of conscience style took a bit of getting used to, but it was a really good read. Christine is my absolute favorite...

Of Mice and Men is honestly the best introduction to Steinbeck, but Grapes of Wrath has my heart

That edition of Animal Farm is so pretty. I read it in January and it was so easy to read and so well done so now, I bought 1984 to try next. I also plan to read John Steinbeck for the 1st time too, going to try The Pearl

This is wild, I was genuinely just looking at Paper Mill Press editions of multiple classics online. Maybe I'll go for it now, that looks super nice.

The Road is I my top 5 all time favs, All his books are beautiful writing about difficult subject matter, the juxtaposition is the point for me. Stunning.

I read cujo in high school and barely remember anything other than the car 😅 I think I'm due for a reread

This is the video that has finally made me subscribe to your channel. The classics! ❤ I'm so excited to hear your take on them! Is your copy of 1984 abridged? If so, I would recommend you get the unnabridged version, well worth it...that goes for any classic. Great picks!!!

Love The Road. In the middle of Blood Meridian right now and I agree, it's a tough read but I am biased because I love Cormac so much. No Country for Old Men! Fast read and I think my favorite Cormac book so far. I saw the movie a long time ago and they compliment each other amazingly.

Hey! Hi from Brazil! I really like your recommendations =) congrats on 10k!!

The bluest eye is in my apartment’s free library - I sat down and read like ten pages and was put off by lack of plot. I know that sounds insane to say about 10 pages so I should try again because all your recs have been a hit for me and you had it in your top ten

I also recently bought 1984 because I too did not read in high school. Funny enough I also just got Of Mice and Men for my first Steinbeck, again didn’t read in high school when I was suppose to. Congrats on 10k brotha! Love your videos and recommendations.

Sula is SOOOO good and was my first Morrison experience. Heartbreakingly beautiful.

I picked up 'The Road' and 1984 myself last month (1984 I found in a thrift store for like 50 pence 😂) Hyped to get into The Road especially. I read Blood Meridian last year and loved it.

My favorite Steinbeck is The Grapes Of Wrath. I have 2 arguments as to why it should be your first. One is that it's a book when it's not being banned or censored is often recommended for Summer reading for high schoolers (it was for me and was my introduction to Steinbeck). The second reason is that it can be a banned book and that means there are truths in that book that 'they' don't want you to see. But ultimately having read both you can't go wrong. Both familial tales, both long, both have extraordinary characters and both have something to say about us as humans and cultural traditions. Can't wait to see what you choose. :)

Hey - I picked up The Fisherman at the library on your recommendation. Liking it so far. Lonesome Dove is next

East of Eden is my top five favorites of all time. I read it more than a decade ago and reread it a few times after and still holds as my favorites after reading hundreds more after it. Of Mice and Men isn't a bad place to start either though! I feel it will only make you want to read East of Eden more and it should take you a sitting for Of Mice and Men. Writing style is quite different in the two, but maybe because East of Eden is more deep and a family saga.

Congrats on 10k!🎉 Next up 100k

Read The Road back in high school. Very good! Actually currently reading All the Pretty Horses. Slow beginning but it’s growing on me.

Fairly new subscriber and I didn't know you were Canadian, let alone from an area I know very well. I was born and raised in Brantford but I'm in Windsor now. I actually did read Orwell in high school. It was math class that I skipped.

Cormac is my favorite. All of his works are pretty dark and heavy. The Road was not my favorite. It is accessible but I always recommend the boarder trilogy as a first read. It starts with All the Pretty Horses. No Country for Old Men is also a good one and easier to start with. I hope you enjoy him !!

The Road is probably the best book to start with if you're new to Cormac. He's a fantastic author, but I have to be in the right mood to power through his work. Also, Cujo was a good boy ^_^

East of Eden is true Steinbeck -- captures the best of what he does. Of Mice and Men is a cool little play-novella.

I’ve never read East of Eden yet, but I think Of Mice and Men is a great place to start. The Pearl from Steinbeck is pretty good too. I’m really wanting to read The Grapes of Wrath too.

Woah, Waterdown and Dundas! Are you a fellow Hamiltonian? That's so exciting!

Congratulations for 10k subs 🎉🎉, Love you ❤

Grapes of Wrath, we had to read in high school. I loved it.

Revival was cool for me since it gave me a little perspective into King's musicianship along with how he handled the overall story. I paid my 500 for what is a US first edition of Dracula😅. A British copy is only about 10,000😅😅😅, so small chance there lol. A book that only gets better with age? I've been buying hard copy books that have multiple stories by classic authors - Washington Irving, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Poe, Lovecraft, Mary Shelley, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Now I gotta read 'em😅. Great channel sir. Blessings!

Hills Like White Elephants- Hemingway. Lolita is about Humbert Humbert who falls In love with a 12 year old girl (Lolita). It’s a lot more than that, too. Another wonderful Nabokov book is Pale Fire . Sula is the best! I used to teach it all of the time. They’re actually making a movie of it.

East of Eden is a top 10 for me. Can’t wait for you to dive into Steinbeck and Hemingway (A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises are 👌)

Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Revival. And 1984.

I read The Bell Jar about two weeks back, I'm glad I didn't read that book at 14, teenage girl hood was not the time for it personally

East of Eden stuck with me for so long. You should go for it!

Suggestions for Hemingway, "Farewell to Arms" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls". Suggestions for Orwell, "Homage to Catalonia"(about his participation on the government side against Franco), "Down and Out in Paris and London"

The road is the perfect starting place for McCarthy in my opinion. You will love it. I actually have a suggestion for when you get back to Blood Meridian. If you’re a fan of audiobooks at all try listening to the audiobook the first time through it.

2 books sort of lost in the shuffle...The World According to Garp and Catch-22...both have a lot of laugh out loud moments...and one more...The Milagro Beanfield War...

East of Eden is my favorite Steinbeck, but Of Mice and Men would be a good introduction to his style. As for Hemingway I would recommend Hills Like White Elephants or The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

I swear I could see when the caffeine took effect 😮. I truly don't know what that's like, I can have coffee and go to sleep! Also check out some interviews with King where he talks about where his ideas came from, the one with Cujo would probably interest you.

If you're just getting into Steinbeck, I really like 'Of Mice and Men' and 'The Grapes of Wrath' I had a hard time getting invested in 'East of Eden'--I'm going to try again, but I feel like it may not be a great entry point.

It's not yet a bona fide classic but at least a modern classic to me, Post Office by Charles Bukowski. I think it's his best book. I am reading The Pearl now. Steinbeck's writing is so engaging and immersive. Grapes of Wrath was incredible. Aside from this, I'd recommend The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov, Catch 22 by Joseph Heller, For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway, The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick, On the Road by Kerouac and Junky by Burroughs.

I thought you were the one who hauled Fluke by James Herbert recently, but now I can't find it in your videos. Anyways, if that wasn't you, you should check it out it's so fun!

The Road is great. I read that in college. I loved it.

THE Steinbeck is The Grapes of Wrath. That book is The Classic for a reason!! Of Mice & Men is prob essential to read bc it's his most read thanks to high school curricula but tbh having reread it as i read through all of steinbeck's work... it's soooo middle of the road in comparison. Was a bit disappointed in East of Eden not going to lie. It was amazing!! Don't get me wrong! But comparatively to The Winter of Our Discontent, To a God Unknown, the Pastures of Heaven, the Grapes of Wrath, & now Travels with Charley... I don't think it takes the cake. Would 1000% recommend the Penguin Classics edition of The Winter of Our Discontent - the introduction rly enhanced the reading experience! He was so gutted by the book's reception that it became his last novel :(

I saw the movie The Road, very good. I loved Revival.

The only Toni Morrison I've read so far is Song of Solomon. I think you'll like that one if you pick it up. I had a hard time getting into it, but once I did I thought it was pretty great. Since you already have experience loving the author I'm guessing you'll be into it from the jump.

The Hemingway short stories are great! Brothers Karamazov is my next classic read.

Cormac McCarthy is one of my favorite authors. The Road is a good place to start. I would also recommend No Country for Old Men and The Border Trilogy.

The Road is great, dark and bleak and that's not my favourite genre, but the world felt real and I would be open to re-reading.

I bought a first edition hardcover at the Road at The Printed Word just a couple weeks ago for $60. That’s my favourite book store in the GTA. Great book, super depressing tho. Great haul, let me know if you ever want a crash course in Hamilton book thrifting, I’m happy to offer some tips (and tricks 👀👀).

Ayy Waterdown represent!! Pickwicks is a fun little bookshop on the corner in town I’ve gotten a couple books from there. What a small world I just stumbled upon your vids this week and have watched a bunch of em now! Keep it up cuz books are, in fact, sick ! Have u ever read any manga or graphic novels?

I read The Road last year not knowing it was by a rather famous author just based on the title. Very short and mysterious title. It's a solid read and exactly what you'd like. It's the only CM book I've read but it does feel like a good intro. Second, Of Mice and Men I read in high school and it's... also what you'd like 😭

Of Mice and Men is short, but very deep and thought provoking-but very readable. Although, I’ve never read East of Eden.

Sula is too amazing, and I agree that it’s a perfect first Toni Morrison.

Honestly I started John Steinbeck with Of Mice and Man. Love it I think it didn't disappoint me as the first

Love East of Eden! But I think I’d say that Grapes of Wrath is a better first Steinbeck. Whatever the case, enjoy! 🙌🏼

I have one of those editions of The Brothers Karamazov but it's the Philosophy of Nietzche. Dostoevsky is my favorite author by a LANDSLIDE, and if you haven't read Crime and Punishment before I recommend you get on that ASAP. Though you truly cannot go wrong with Dostoevsky, honestly.

Lots of cool reads there id like to get to. I read my first Dostoyevsky last year with Crime and Punishment and loved it. Hoping to get to BK soon. I actually read The Hobbit recently for the first time and I picked up one volume Lord of The Rings during the week! I dont even know who I am anymore, but I love it.

Congratulations at 10.5 k 🎉🎉👏👏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I've just seen this video now - Revival is one of Stephen King's best books, easily one of his best late-career novels. He truly sticks the landing on it and takes the ending to a weird, terrifying place.

East of Eden is my favorite book of all time!!! You’d love it but Of Mice and Men is an excellent book as well:)