Books (62 pages this week)
The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan p.162-172 (10)
The Odyssey by Homer p.116-168 (52)
Podcasts and Audiobooks: (Not mentioned in the video)
Revolutions Season 4: The Haitian Revolution 2nd Listening From: 4.06- The Second Commission To: 4.07- The Citizens of June 20 (from Revolutions Podcast)
After finishing Tarzan, I've been reviewing it on the Youtube audiobook HERE.
Also to supplement The Peloponnesian War by Donald Kagan, I've been re-listening to some of his lectures from Introduction to Ancient Greek History with Donald Kagan, and also relevant episodes from The History of Ancient Greece Podcast.
Videos from this week:
Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs: Book Review https://youtu.be/3v5ZhY1RNLg
This Week in Booktube (not all of these were mentioned in the video, but these are the booktube videos I've watched this week) docs, pub:
Brandon's Bookshelf: My Deconversion Story! How I Left Christianity & Became An Atheist | Sunday School #2 https://youtu.be/J1ANw26EAgA
CPL Radio: Book of the Day - Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea, Illustrated by Zachariah Ohora https://youtu.be/3wX_af7gOaE
CPL Radio: Book of the Day - Dune by Frank Herbert https://youtu.be/o9vXB0mNeSE
CPL Radio: Book of the Day - Discipline is Destiny by Ryan Holiday https://youtu.be/UTTrf6eO5xg
CPL Radio: Book of the Day - The Whittiers by Danielle Steel https://youtu.be/IyQaegbXS-0
CPL Radio: Book of the Day - The Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien https://youtu.be/eYFtxHRlkFI
CPL Radio: Book of the Day - Revenge by Michael Cohen (ENCORE PRESENTATION) https://youtu.be/3pmDg50RG-I
Steve Donoghue: The BookTube Thanksgiving Tag! https://youtu.be/9bMU90-vWMU
William's Library: Garden Of Beasts By Jeffery Deaver Review https://youtu.be/NT5NdYEab0E
jim's books reading & stuff: 1 Minute review: The Inspector and Silence by Håkan Nesser https://youtu.be/tfsPCUs6qjc
For more information about what this is and why I'm doing it, see HERE.
Growing up in the 1970s there was no getting away from Tarzan. Every Saturday we had Ron Ely as the ape-man, which, in hindsight, was pretty bad. But The Legend Of Tarzan was inescapable. I remember taking the fat book home from the library and thinking, "What is this? I used to recommend Tarzan and the City of Gold to newbies. I don't know that I'd do that anymore!
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely keep my eyes peeled for Mari Ness.
I was checking Wikipedia while writing my review, and I realized that there was actually a steady stream of Tarzan media coming out right through the 1980s. So I wondered if Tarzan had really disappeared during that time, or if I was just oblivious to it. But at any rate, my perception at the time was that Tarzan was a relic of the past. It would be interesting to compare notes with more people about this though.
ReplyDeletePart of me is really curious to read through the whole Tarzan series. The other part of me wonders if I'd actually have the patience to stick with it. But at any rate, I am curious about the other adventures.
The problem will be tracking the books down here in Vietnam. But at least some of them are on project Gutenberg.
You've recommended Tarzan and the City of Gold to me in the past. And I am curious to read it. I've checked project Gutenberg, and unfortunately it's not on there. (I think Gutenberg only has books on it that are 100 plus years old, and Cities of Gold was published in 1933.) Although... it is on the Australian version of project Gutenberg. Maybe I can work with that.