Podkayne of Mars by Robert A. Heinlein: Book Review

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/2014/07/podkayne-of-mars-by-robert-heinlein.html

Related Playlists:

* Book Review Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7dao6py7ODX_PkUvrAEch7

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

* Scripted Book Reviews Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x53WSp_2mGcDRHBR7ubQkDa&si=T_0QPBDOZqhqN-oa

* 2014 Reading List Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6Qz8okehoyhie5HTXe_LMx&si=LWfalvGt8PPorKr6

* Fantasy and Science Fiction Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4NClast3lkLp_cQ1Tn-2cb

* Robert A. Heinlein Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x70ZMpPBnCK-NSyT13EfeNf&si=dUPb0xD60UthS0PX

I'm upset about that data center in Virginia that forced residents to evacuate their homes

The original article: In Virginia, a data center ran diesel generators during a Code Red alert, and DEQ couldn't stop it

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/virginia-data-center-ran-diesel-092400768.html

Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7sWjmJPUFF0PhseI7SRLV0&si=-bPixWINxD1SGyzJ

The Back to School Tag

This book was created by: ‪@OnastackofBooks‬

I was tagged by Abby Reads: https://youtu.be/gGJXspfM2ig?si=9WEjStS8jAKDWAn8

Links to things mentioned:

* Tom Brown's Schooldays by Thomas Hughes: https://youtu.be/EFExxN6sJAc

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

* The Magicians by Lev Grossman: https://youtu.be/cIIW7oMFOZM

* I am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe: https://youtu.be/r7cjQpe1Fsw

* Globish: How English Became the World’s Language by Robert McCrum:  https://youtu.be/nxIoUgjCF1A

* Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis: https://youtu.be/VIpnBa6ViQ4

* The Silver Chair by C. S. Lewis: https://youtu.be/W-izhO2QpBM

* George Orwell: Essays: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2014/09/george-orwell-essays.html

I Tag:

 @danecobain  

 @WilliamsLibrary  

 @Bucky749  

Tag Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x68GfUHYtDeSJLo6gwRKIID

Weekly Reading Wrap-Up 167: Superman, The Horse and His Boy, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

(Weekly Reading Vlog)

Books: 

The Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis--up to p.130

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting up to p.278

Comic Books:

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 9: Just Started

Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus Vol. 2 up to p.1420

Book Haul:

Greek Myths by Olivia Coolidge

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

Book Reviews from this week:

* The Borrowers Aloft by Mary Norton: https://youtu.be/zN0nN_ayHIc

* Poor Stainless by Mary Norton: https://youtu.be/N8UdH9zn0gY

* The Once and Future King by T.H. White: https://youtu.be/zzp_oti2e88

* Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 7: https://youtu.be/vb4QS77rHDs

* Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 8: https://youtu.be/5WbA2NXJugU

For more information about what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE.

Poor Stainless by Mary Norton: Book Review

Note: I actually posted this review onto my Youtube channel on October 14, 2026, but for whatever reason I forgot to make a blog post about it until now.

(Book Review--Children's Books)

Part of my project to read through The Borrowers series.

Poor Stainless by Mary Norton: Book Review

* The Borrowers: https://youtu.be/Yf_FnyBdNvs

* The Borrowers Afield: https://youtu.be/OPixoyL9xdA

* The Borrowers Afloat: https://youtu.be/XC9t3xVw4zk

* The Borrowers Aloft: https://youtu.be/zN0nN_ayHIc

Related Playlists:

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

Young Adult Literature: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5xhu8yD4fcSu3Lw6jJNDxS

The Borrowers Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYBRohQjTP0c&si=gHKN6GQq3l4vleq0

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 8 by Byrne, Ordway, Perez, Mignola: Book Review

 (Book Review--Superman)

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

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 8 by Byrne, Ordway, Perez, Mignola: Book Review

Part 2: Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 8 by Byrne, Ordway, Perez, Mignola: 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 Man of Steel Volume 6: https://youtu.be/3N4NBuRaCOw

* Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 7: https://youtu.be/vb4QS77rHDs

* 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

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 8 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOcmCyxnUZN8&si=r_ObnQD2uKxuV--e

This Week in Booktube: October 18, 2026

(These are the Booktube videos I watched this week. As always, I encourage you also to check out each of the videos I've linked to down below.  Support Booktube.  And let me know what you've watched this past week.)

Google document: docs, pub 

Bookish Sally Rooney and Aslan

Abby Reads: If you could go to any fictional school, which would it be?

Abby Reads "Red Rising" by Pierce Brown | A 5P Review

Bucky749 Booktube: marvel comics digest issue 5 staring ant & wasp review

Jzy Shzy The Witch | Marie NDiaye | A Lit-Fantasy-Kafkaesque Book Review

Abby Reads How to be happy when you're missing someone -- a lesson from life and literature

Dane Cobain Reading Children's Books and Stephen King in French

Michael K. Vaughan Did John Byrne SAVE Superman…or DESTROY him?

Michael K. Vaughan Is the Read What You Own Challenge Madness?

Bucky749 Prince of power comic review ep.4

Jzy Shzy My Book Buying System (Tag)

Abby Reads "Call It Courage" by Armstrong Sperry | A 5P Review

Currently Reading List as of October 18, 2026

(Currently Reading Vlog)

Links to everything mentioned:

* William's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC58dmRPQlaJAfsUEz7PM68w

* William's comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMOgTeR5VKE&lc=UgyhRYxyABFAy6Z1zlR4AaABAg

* 2022 video: https://youtu.be/q969qCT9iVw

* 2023 video: https://youtu.be/tEhaB4dCCdk

* Started: The Bible:  https://youtu.be/ZSASoBvenLM

* Starting: Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature Edited by Benjamin R. Foster: https://youtu.be/GntFy0nIRPA

* Starting: The Chronicles of Narnia Series: https://youtu.be/IDelUfso6gg

* My History With Studying Latin: https://youtu.be/Wj7H8gsmgJU

Wheelock's Latin: 7th Edition by Frederick M. Wheelock and Richard A. LaFleur https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2024/12/started-wheelocks-latin-7th-edition-by.html

Scribblers, Sculptors, and Scribes by Richard LaFleur https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/01/started-sculptors-and-scribes-by.html

Workbook for Wheelock's Latin 3rd Edition by Paul T. Comeau & Richard A. La Fleur https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/01/started-workbook-for-wheelocks-latin.html

Essential Vietnamese Grammar by Tri C. Tran https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/06/started-essential-vietnamese-grammar-by.html

Complete Spanish Step-By-Step by Barbara Bregstein [Premium Second Edition] https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/06/starting-complete-spanish-step-by-step.html

The Student's Catullus by Daniel H. Garrison https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/09/started-students-catullus-by-daniel-h.html

Thirty-Eight Latin Stories by Anne H. Gorton and James M. May https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/09/started-latin-stories-by-anne-h.html

Read Real Japanese: Fiction edited by Michael Emmerich https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/10/started-read-real-japanese-fiction.html

Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata Series https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2025/10/started-lingua-latina-per-se-illustrata.html

Elementary Vietnamese [Fourth Edition] by Binh Nhu Ngo https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/02/started-elementary-vietnamese-fourth.html

Making Content Comprehensible for Multilingual Learners: The SIOP Model [6th edition] https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/03/started-making-content-comprehensible.html

My review of the 3rd edition of this same book: https://youtu.be/adX1bxeN62k

Superman: The Triangle Era Omnibus Vol. 2 https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/05/started-superman-triangle-era-omnibus.html

The Borrowers Series: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/07/started-borrowers-by-mary-norton-i-was.html

Superman: The Man of Steel Series: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post_17.html

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-post_25.html

 Vergil's Aeneid, Books I-VI https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2026/09/started-vergils-aeneid-books-i-vi-latin.html

Currently Reading Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7yGqfIdwV2EEPPDbOtMXYy&si=Qxwy4jizZ32-QZK_

Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7sWjmJPUFF0PhseI7SRLV0&si=-bPixWINxD1SGyzJ

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 7 by Byrne, Ordway, Kesel, Beatty: Book Review

(Book Review--Superman)

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

Superman: The Man of Steel Volume 7 by Byrne, Ordway, Kesel, Beatty: 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 Man of Steel Volume 6: https://youtu.be/3N4NBuRaCOw

* 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

Channel Update: I'm restarting my Weekly Reading Vlogs and Starting Videos

Links to stuff mentioned:

Channel Update: I'm going to indefinitely stop doing Weekly Reading Vlogs and Starting Videos: https://youtu.be/cmaIdb3Mn2w

I'm Going to Try for 4000 Watch Hours by January 31: https://youtu.be/E9sSHy7NI-k

Scripted Youtube Videos To Do List: https://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2024/12/scripted-youtube-videos-to-do-list.html

All my "starting" videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6iMcM85L9dcWvKxN6kGZKg&si=_CQ1ihibo9EqvzCU

All my "weekly reading vlogs" videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x45zouAVdrWyM6CaPRYktXy&si=m5phtHPBYNL7-SUK

Vlog Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7sWjmJPUFF0PhseI7SRLV0&si=-bPixWINxD1SGyzJ