Always cool to see such a varied list of books that you discuss! Thanks for putting a lot of these on my radar 🤘🏽
@AnEruditeAdventure
3 ай бұрын
It wouldn’t be quite so varied if I limited it to just Fantasy. But that’s okay. Thanks for watching!
@vens_corner
3 ай бұрын
I want to go back and re-read Earthsea, it has been a long time since i read them.A friend of mine picked up Natural History of Dragons recently and i am looking forward to pinching it off them at some point. Loving your Top 100 series bud
@AnEruditeAdventure
3 ай бұрын
Thank you. Earthsea is so nice. As is Natural History of Dragons. Low stakes enough that it just becomes comfortable, but fun stories that are still full of adventure. Thanks for watching!
@walkingwriter4325
3 ай бұрын
I read both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn many years ago and recall liking TS much more than HF. I thought the latter kind of dragged. But my main point is "Jurassic Park". Read that a few years ago and enjoyed it. I like a lot of Michael Crichton books. Just finished reading his novel "Micro" this morning. He had started writing it before he died and Richard Preston finished it for him. A fun, quick read even though it's slightly over 400 pages. It's kind of like JP on the miniature scale, with beetles, wasps, ants, etc. taking the role of the dinosaurs. Some commentary, especially at the end, about the role of new technology in our lives. And you learn lots of cool things about bugs and birds, too!
@AnEruditeAdventure
3 ай бұрын
I’ll read Tom Sawyer someday (and reread Huck Finn). Maybe soon. I want to read more Crichton. I’ve got his pirate one (can’t remember the name off the top of my head) on my shelf, so eventually I’ll get there. Thanks for watching!
@UniqueArtsCostcoPicasso
Ай бұрын
Cyrano de Bergerac amd Huck Finn are two I adore! Dumas is interesting because they're very entertaining page turners but while I think of Dumas being a classic modern purely entertaining page turners usually do not get such praise and will not be considered classic later I'm sure. I wonder if it's because Dumas is dated but doesn't feel dated at all.
@AnEruditeAdventure
Ай бұрын
Dumas is interested. I think largely it’s due to his balance. He’s very entertaining, but there’s also a good spattering of heart, romance, themes, humor, action, adventure, friendship etc. He may not be the best at any individual thing, but he’s solid at a lot. And he is just fun to read, which helps too. Musketeers is funner, but Monte Cristo is the objectively better book. Cyrano DeBergerac though, that was fantastic. I want to do that as a play so bad. Thanks for watching!
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