New Audiobook Project (and my rambling thoughts on audiobooks in general)

This is the video version of this post here.  

Links to stuff mentioned:

The History of Rome, Volume I: The Republic by Mike Duncan: Book Review: https://youtu.be/XH-mDuo-y9E

Playlist of all my Mike Duncan reviews: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x6McqrMCizy3sOdvd3d6JG9&si=1Nyps7byMsa_ZOVE

Reviews of Podcasts Playlists: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7Q0x810uuHR9lCSsHaWWoh

Audiobook Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5JU_hUo4gD5WYCgfJeBiNg&si=LXjd2NzZ8z8Dso9E

Started: The Age of Revolution: 1789-1848 by Eric Hobsbawm read by Hugh Kermode. Audiobook

This is an audiobook.  It is also a reread.  I originally reviewed this book on July 10, 2009.

The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 22: 1964-1965: Book Review

(Book Review--Dick Tracy)

Started: March 10, 2026

The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 22: 1964-1965: Book Review

Part 2: The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 22: 1964-1965: Book Review

Unfortunately, these videos are not very good.  I got a bit tongue tied on the first one, and on the second video, I felt too tired to do much explaining.  Once again, I blame this on filming right before bed.  I think my brain was tired.

But, you know, these days, with working full time, and taking care of the kids, often the only time I have to film videos is right before bed.  What are you going to do?

* My review of the first Dick Tracy volume here: https://youtu.be/SNIiK2H_ggs

* My review of volume 13 here: https://youtu.be/TFSI6SRDA_E

* My review of Volume 15: https://youtu.be/ib5tKpYTeT8

* My review of Volume 16: https://youtu.be/5D_lW0psQdM

* My review of volume 17: https://youtu.be/ga1P1J0YaMs

* My review of volume 18: https://youtu.be/vkB-_o_H8EM

* My review of volume 19: https://youtu.be/BDjBp4H-dbg

* My review of volume 20: https://youtu.be/KJBtPdRiwaY

* My review of volume 21: https://youtu.be/HBu9OM1dLyM

* Dick Tracy: America's Most Famous Detective edited by Bill Couch, Jr.: Book Review: https://youtu.be/qQjcDSnFzfg

Related Playlists:

Dick Tracy Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7MsTIqdx2oSof-kvNCbeVj&si=f151y-QuLV7qPeB9

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

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

The Complete Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy Volume 22: 1964-1965 Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5bxQhEmdAlQ0t-d4N9jeFt&si=Idd7r4DWlMNdhERX

I was able to read this book thanks to the Michigan statewide state-wide interlibrary loan service called MeLCat, which may be in danger thanks to a Presidential executive order.  If you, like me, enjoy using MeLCat, contact your local representatives and let them know. 

Started: The New Teen Titans: Who is Donna Troy? by Marv Wolfman, George Pérez, Phil Jimenez and others

Fish Vocabulary

(TESOL Materials--Animals)

* Zale’s Big Ocean Adventure (for saltwater fish)--Created from this chat here (Made using Google Gemini Storybook)

* The Fish in the Pond (for freshwater fish)--created from this chat here

* Slideshow: slides, pub (I used this slideshow to present the vocabulary, and also to do a board race)

* Kahoot: Saltwater Fish

[Note: This vocabulary is based on the vocabulary from pages 120 and 121 of Oxford Picture Dictionary for the Content Areas.  But I believe this material could also be used independently for any lesson on animal vocabulary, so I'm posting it here.]

A Complaint by Rose Fyleman: Poem

(TESOL Worksheets--Poems ESL Listening)

Transcript: docs, pub
Video: HERE

A Complaint by Rose Fyleman: poem

Video: https://youtu.be/_xAzNyVbXcI

You’ve stolen all our mushrooms!

When friends come in to tea

In Fairyland it is the rule

To offer them a satin stool;

The grass is often very wet

And furniture is hard to get,

As you must all agree.

You've stolen all our mushrooms

And left not one behind.

If people came by night and day

And took your prettiest chairs away

And made them all into a stew

Without so much as thanking you,

Now would you call it kind ?

You've stolen all our mushrooms,

And, if you don't take care,

We'll go about the fields at night

And paint the toadstools brown and white,

And you'll be punished for your greed

By being very ill indeed

So you had best beware.

Related Playlists: Poems ESL Listening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7ReDXIOlVgC1Ci0mGdDWqd ESL Listening Exercises Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7xq-zLjulU2DRTjg2TNmAx Rose Fyleman playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x4xUwv4w9lyRwzhwcOr3STr&si=EH6dD3aCICn53mpX https://sites.google.com/view/reading-and-listening-practice

This Week in Booktube: March 29, 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

Joseph Francis Burton A Better Life, by Lionel Shriver - book discussion

jim's books reading & stuff The NON-Fiction Book Tag

William's Library Netflix's '1983' Review

jim's books reading & stuff 1 min review: Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Derek Green The Crusades.... An epic piece of history.

Bucky749 Book’em : BOOK’em : Sherlock homes and TMNT PICK UP

Barry Lyndon: Movie Review

Waterloo: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/-RU5-LByLLM

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/2014/02/barry-lyndon.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

The Hobbit 3: The Battle of the Five Armies: Movie Review

* The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: Book Review: https://youtu.be/fBnzH2HFLTA

* The Hobbit 1: An Unexpected Journey: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/Vxe2vr-wWPU

* The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/LPFNEqju7DM

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/2015/01/the-hobbit-3-battle-of-five-armies.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 2015: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x426qg4s_QQsRhrKi2t2PeQ&si=uGRpPXXf84z_IiGo

6 Stars Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5J3Xt6eNnuYXV6HcAIbGEy

J. R. R. Tolkien Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5i-NI47xPtNmgnqSSCLPEB&si=c89xrIhefatmHHbt

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7_AIufffOhnh-_TK8uCQed&si=URGoxv7w60KTS2zk

The Hobbit 2: The Desolation of Smaug: Movie Review

* The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: Book Review: https://youtu.be/fBnzH2HFLTA

* The Hobbit 1: An Unexpected Journey: Movie Review: https://youtu.be/Vxe2vr-wWPU

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/2014/02/the-hobbit-2-desolation-of-smaug.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

6 Stars Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5J3Xt6eNnuYXV6HcAIbGEy

J. R. R. Tolkien Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x5i-NI47xPtNmgnqSSCLPEB&si=c89xrIhefatmHHbt

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOY-0V_l_9x7_AIufffOhnh-_TK8uCQed&si=URGoxv7w60KTS2zk