Library Book Haul

Another Library Unhaul, October 10, 2026

For an explanation of why I'm doing this, see here: https://youtu.be/UYRmdOODxhw

X-Men: Days of Future Past: Movie Review

Links to stuff mentioned:

* X-Men: First Class: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/_I6hk6J5Hp8

* Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/NBupCLpgOjs

This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:

https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04

and HERE: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2018/12/vlog-scripted-book-reviews-i-ramble-on.html

In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/06/x-men-days-of-future-past.html

Related Playlists:

Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA

Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP

Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI

Movies I Saw in 2014 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4WRnfM_TDQClWj8OOCg9f_&si=Uu6SYX9o1qm1Ndhc

7 Stars Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6c43OnKT_AjWtENJ2ixmRC

X-Men Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOAt-9-7Go1A&si=g05HAZ9nSc1Malxn

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 6 by Byrne, Frenz, Starlin, Jurgens, Adams: Book Review

(Book Review--Superman)

Part of my project to read through the Superman: Man of Steel series.

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 6 by Byrne, Frenz, Starlin, Jurgens, Adams: Book Review

Links to things mentioned:

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 1: https://youtu.be/OS4Wf5P1VbY

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 2: https://youtu.be/kHfRSa_XxH8

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 3: https://youtu.be/pzZYDqfRlMY

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 4: https://youtu.be/eof43z2pSbA

* Superman: The Man of Steel: Volume 5: https://youtu.be/V2vf6aHLmVg

* Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus Vol. 1: https://youtu.be/2m2K-A-DvIQ

Related Playlists:

Graphic Novel Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6NMoYW6CBw6Qj_cqK8DIeb

DC Comics Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6kPikhXNalrSh9BnvzZi2f&si=4rAijTT4v9u_06q2

Book Review Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7&si=EJ7CG8iO9IouNaYY

Books I Read in 2026: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7YYl7seud9ov0n6dtdHzvj&si=iMERlWtiF0Rq2-uy

Superman Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x72oeccW7gGCVROmoVmOpjF&si=NVVB2Mx3LpV0Cbyz

Superman: The Man of Steel Series Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFsyxFSUR_9Y&si=mJrKaW9whW7Ofkrc

Do Book Reviews Get Views?  (A Look at My Most Viewed Book Review Videos)

Links to stuff mentioned:

View Counts are Now Meaningless: https://youtu.be/bmkjFjKuKr8

* English Phonetics and Phonology: A Practical Course by Peter Roach: https://youtu.be/EoQtjD3yYhg

* The Lexical Approach by Michael Lewis: https://youtu.be/aZPjbdDeUWQ

* The Karamazov Brothers by Fyodor Dostoevsky: https://youtu.be/qio83jy-HXc

* Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching by Diane Larsen-Freeman: https://youtu.be/lNBAufP-b-U

* Implementing the Lexical Approach by Michael Lewis: https://youtu.be/atn0CdqkRfs

* Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz: https://youtu.be/p99UXOVKUis

* The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer: https://youtu.be/CerNpLfTD8E

* Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov: https://youtu.be/9u4ofB6JRyg

* The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 by Eric Hobsbawm: https://youtu.be/tfCGYA0Ri3w

* Tonoharu Part 3 by Lars Martinson: https://youtu.be/2DXbR1phi_A

* The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling: https://youtu.be/5jHagAr4GOc

* Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers by Michael McCarthy: https://youtu.be/wfeQQP9Ek_4

* Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain: https://youtu.be/60wDLyXirTA

* Second Language Acquisition by Rod Ellis: https://youtu.be/qpW95vvu5TQ

* How Languages are Learned by Patsy M. Lightbown and Nina Spada: https://youtu.be/0yJowIu9g1o

* A Passage to India by E.M. Forster: https://youtu.be/i3dQvmTb67Q

* Kim by Rudyard Kipling: https://youtu.be/rZS0KfrpG5E

Sorry Americans for Prosperity, You're Going to Have to Come Up with Better Talking Points

Dreadful-- 2nd Failed Version

Throwback Thursday. 

I messed up the line "her clothes and toys" again, so I decided to re-recorded it.

Successful version here:

https://youtu.be/WuYV8NeOT5U

https://sites.google.com/view/reading-and-listening-practice

Celebrating Banned Book Week

Links to stuff mentioned:

Did I just get a book banned from my library?: https://youtu.be/PbpxZwJwba8

List of most commonly challenged books in the United States: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_commonly_challenged_books_in_the_United_States

* Charlotte's Web by E.B. White: https://youtu.be/VmHLPuDOR38

* Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass: https://youtu.be/2Mj1PhLSpuw

* Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: https://youtu.be/w5oh8a5j5vM

* East of Eden by John Steinbeck: https://youtu.be/ouXkUbtXd68

* Persepolis 1: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi: https://youtu.be/EIsfx1fKUuM

* The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton: https://youtu.be/Lgi6KqSfi44

* Rabbit, Run by John Updike: https://youtu.be/_tK0oB1ggvk

* Beloved by Toni Morrison: https://youtu.be/wEnvL5J0gYo

* A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: https://youtu.be/T3Jno4fMf2E

* All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque: https://youtu.be/iETW1uB5P08

* The Age of Reason by Thomas Paine: https://youtu.be/ElY3IU4Oty4

* Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence: https://youtu.be/z5A4f4D3HjQ

* Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith: https://youtu.be/uQ4IrAn6ar8

* The Witches by Roald Dahl: https://youtu.be/BF9P894Jtu0

* Animal Farm by George Orwell: https://youtu.be/UZ4vb8McF8I

* God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens: https://youtu.be/QnNFh-Mn-Eg

* Shanghai Baby by Zhou Wei Hui: https://youtu.be/zfRW4XyikiU

* Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling: https://youtu.be/U-jirLdcRwg

* Catch-22 by Joseph Heller: https://youtu.be/MGy2a7GTFYM

And here's one I forgot to include in this video, but it's a big one:

Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman: https://youtu.be/S87PD0qUjaQ

Banned Books Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKcL3PYTw1Js&si=KohkPjK4Yqb6cg1t

Did I just get a book banned from my library?

Links to stuff mentioned:

DC Finest: Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters: Book Review: https://youtu.be/-I5ctw1E6-Y

DC Finest: Green Arrow: The Trial of Oliver Queen: Book Review: https://youtu.be/QTexm4XG0NQ

Citizen’s Request for Reconsideration: https://kdl.org/citizens-request-for-reconsideration/

The Form: https://cdn-web-main.bibliocms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/88/2021/10/KDL-Reconsideration-Request.pdf

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Movie Review

Part 2: Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Movie Review

Links to stuff mentioned:

My review of Star Wars here: https://youtu.be/WRcOonqi_NY

The Empire Strikes Back: https://youtu.be/IzevCQxxOXo

Return of the Jedi: https://youtu.be/wWEE9DCpMyc

This is part of my so-called "Scripted Review" series, in which I make a Youtube video based on an old blogpost.  For more information on what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE:

https://youtu.be/HgneyXvRI04

and HERE: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2018/12/vlog-scripted-book-reviews-i-ramble-on.html

In this case, the old blog post is here: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2015/12/star-wars-viii-force-awakens.html

Related Playlists:

Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6N06WoIoV2fLb6xRYrepTk&si=EDHi2_Y41ACLnCmA

Scripted Movie Reviews playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x49ts8TV1DbXQo8zN_e65us&si=_gzqGAmaz337NVCP

Scripted Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5BKcEIufNKlS58JHU_glyL&si=Pje0KQqIqOgWGGUI

Movies I Watched in 2015 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x426qg4s_QQsRhrKi2t2PeQ&si=rN0DxZavADhs53EF

9 Star Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5aPtoh3J8RAFCGWsr4kyX2

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXAXElIXogNI&si=ab_pfa5eyJ8Ub3Xi

Star Wars Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7Jm_h-i0bQnQMSWOPCW2Ta&si=e3zVCgCFCy1NNMBF