Would love to know more of your thoughts on “Leave the World Behind”. I read that book and Paul Tremblay’s “The Cabin at the End of the World” close together and they both felt like the same unsatisfying stories.
I bought that Joan of Arc recently.l, though I haven't read it yet. It's nice when I see my interests align with the OGBG, notwithstanding my terror at seeing Of Mice and Men in that format. Now I'm worrying about algebra homework!
Absolutely loved the story of little Peaches and the other thing I loved was the idea that you had absolutely no where else to be but right there doing what you were doing (and loved most). It was beautiful....I am going to really sincerely try and live like that. Even if I only accomplish it for a short time I will be happy.
What lovely bookish memories and also some bookish anguish you brought me with your book haul today. I fell In love with The Price of the Phoenix and The Fate of the Phoenix some decades ago. My copy of The Price of the Phoenix is also a mass market paperback published in 1977, a second printing. I was captured by those first few lines: "Dr. McCoy had one thought in his mind: Spock must be spared this." I think I read that book in one sitting, and also devoured The Fate of the Phoenix when I found it. Alas, I somehow managed to lose that second book in my travels over the years. I actually squealed when you held it up today. This gives me hope that I, too, might one day stumble across a copy. Thanks for the memories!
@@leegoulter514 I've got other copies - I'd be happy to send it! Simply email me an address that's good for packages, and I'll try to pop it in the mail this week!
What a great video. I love the story of Peaches, and thanks for reading the Paul Revere poem. I'm not in the US, so this isn't something that was in my childhood. The art in that book is fantastic. btw - I looked on eBay for The Fate of the Phoenix as there wasn't an ebook version on Amazon, and for anyone who's interested, there's a copy signed by George Takei. :)
I CACKLED with laughter when I first read that email! I thought sure the sender was CRITICIZING me & Mark & Jason & Tod & Shawn for constantly bombarding the airwaves with book-hauls - but hee - like everybody else, she just wanted more!
I STILL haven't found a piece of technology here at Hyde Cottage that can play it! I know I have an ancient MacBook with a CD drive, but, um ... I seem to have quite a few MacBooks ...
Well, keep in mind that books as early as "The Price of the Phoenix" don't read anything at all like the Star Trek novels published after the franchise started making big money in the movie theaters. These early novels were written without a cadre of lawyers vetting every word - and hoo boy, does it show! In good ways and bad ways!
@@saintdonoghue sounds like a preferable way to have them written especially as I’m a casual fan so any potential plot holes will probably go unnoticed by me.
I'm currently reading Helen Vendler's Art of Shakespeare and It's passionately written. I like that she explores his sonnets from a dramatist's lens instead of historical/psychological perspective. I got the paperback and I wish I had the CD 😅.
Evidently Frieda hasn’t shared with you yet that the women among us often verbally smack whiny boy-men for saying those behaviors are .‘being loud & bossy’. Those are known as Leadership Skills these days, Steve! She’ll be needing some Chucks & Pearls as an apology, And, if you really want her back in your good graces, a lovely new briefcase! 💼
@@saintdonoghue Ah, yes. The “big assertive” types. They are often the hardest to lead! It takes so much more volume to get any productivity out of them! Volume is a strong component of Leadership Skills. She’s just learned that sincere praise & regular attention are YOUR productivity language. No need for that Volume with you. She just saves that component of her Leadership Skills for the other thick-headed clots out there who resist her softer skills. She’s got the world by the leash! Chucks & Pearls, Steve. She deserves her own!
Hah! No disrespect to Ethan, but: surly teenage boys have absolutely NO CHANCE in a case like this! I've talked wonderfully with more surly teenage boys than he has hairs on his head!
I was just reading about Paul Revere's ride in Patriots by A.J. Langguth so it's good to hear the poem! I'm not an American so have managed to never hear it before.
Totally agree - I'm pretty sure I already have a copy of Wages of Destruction, and some of it went over my head (much more your line of country), but I loved it!
I've lived in the Philly area all my life and never heard of the store. It looks amazing. Maybe when I'm out and about again I'll check them out. Loved your reading of Longfellow as well. And your Peaches story, delightful.
magically experience right there Steve! I hope you meet Peaches again. Thank you for sharing - truly delightful
Great video! That reading was a delight! Very happy for a long video when it's so chock full of enthusiasm.
Hah! The one thing you'll get from me is enthusiasm!
The poems I memorized in school have stayed with me all my life.
Fabulous reading especially these days--to remember the birth of our country!
Wow what an amazing haul this one was!
The dog whisperer ... nice anecdote.
Would love to know more of your thoughts on “Leave the World Behind”. I read that book and Paul Tremblay’s “The Cabin at the End of the World” close together and they both felt like the same unsatisfying stories.
Oh thank God, someone is speaking the truth about academia. Thank you, sir.
Flannery O'Connor guy 😂
I read, The Grapes of Wrath in high school.
I bought that Joan of Arc recently.l, though I haven't read it yet. It's nice when I see my interests align with the OGBG, notwithstanding my terror at seeing Of Mice and Men in that format. Now I'm worrying about algebra homework!
Hah! Brings back memories, does it?
@@saintdonoghue There must be a German word for Negative Proustian Effect...
Absolutely loved the story of little Peaches and the other thing I loved was the idea that you had absolutely no where else to be but right there doing what you were doing (and loved most). It was beautiful....I am going to really sincerely try and live like that. Even if I only accomplish it for a short time I will be happy.
Well, again, in this particular anecdote the biggest beneficiary was ME! I got to cuddle with somebody for a deliriously happy 30 minutes!
What lovely bookish memories and also some bookish anguish you brought me with your book haul today. I fell In love with The Price of the Phoenix and The Fate of the Phoenix some decades ago. My copy of The Price of the Phoenix is also a mass market paperback published in 1977, a second printing. I was captured by those first few lines: "Dr. McCoy had one thought in his mind: Spock must be spared this." I think I read that book in one sitting, and also devoured The Fate of the Phoenix when I found it. Alas, I somehow managed to lose that second book in my travels over the years. I actually squealed when you held it up today. This gives me hope that I, too, might one day stumble across a copy. Thanks for the memories!
Surely I should send you this copy?
@@saintdonoghue Really? I'd love to have it, but I wouldn't want to break up your own set.
@@leegoulter514 I've got other copies - I'd be happy to send it! Simply email me an address that's good for packages, and I'll try to pop it in the mail this week!
@@saintdonoghue I'll do that. And thank you so much. You've made my whole year!
Your dog stories are just the best.
I really want to learn how to dog whisper. I’m good with them but not like that. Can you give us all a quick lesson?
Hah! I'm afraid not - it's one of the only things I can't give lessons on! But I'm glad you're good with dogs - not enough people are!
What a great video. I love the story of Peaches, and thanks for reading the Paul Revere poem. I'm not in the US, so this isn't something that was in my childhood. The art in that book is fantastic.
btw - I looked on eBay for The Fate of the Phoenix as there wasn't an ebook version on Amazon, and for anyone who's interested, there's a copy signed by George Takei. :)
Signed by George Takei??? but is Sulu even mentioned in the book?
@@saintdonoghue You can't let logic get in the way of a good book signing. :)
The yellow pages don’t exist anymore, now they turn brownish.
I love the idea of being an elder statesmen of booktube... I feel like that should be a video idea or a tag 😂
I CACKLED with laughter when I first read that email! I thought sure the sender was CRITICIZING me & Mark & Jason & Tod & Shawn for constantly bombarding the airwaves with book-hauls - but hee - like everybody else, she just wanted more!
Finding a book with a CD in it is like winning the lottery!
I STILL haven't found a piece of technology here at Hyde Cottage that can play it! I know I have an ancient MacBook with a CD drive, but, um ... I seem to have quite a few MacBooks ...
@@saintdonoghue I hope you can find the ONE ancient MacBook in the "Steve Stack O'Macs" .... :) :)
House of Our Own bookstore is still up and running.
Incredible! I should look them up online - maybe somebody there would be interested in seeing this note!
Great find with the anthology. Enjoyed the reading. Thank you
I’m going to have to keep an eye out for those Star Trek Phoenix books. Always loved the shows never read any of the books.
Well, keep in mind that books as early as "The Price of the Phoenix" don't read anything at all like the Star Trek novels published after the franchise started making big money in the movie theaters. These early novels were written without a cadre of lawyers vetting every word - and hoo boy, does it show! In good ways and bad ways!
@@saintdonoghue sounds like a preferable way to have them written especially as I’m a casual fan so any potential plot holes will probably go unnoticed by me.
I'm currently reading Helen Vendler's Art of Shakespeare and It's passionately written. I like that she explores his sonnets from a dramatist's lens instead of historical/psychological perspective. I got the paperback and I wish I had the CD 😅.
I'm still trying to find the one piece of ancient tech I think I have that can actually play that CD!
Evidently Frieda hasn’t shared with you yet that the women among us often verbally smack whiny boy-men for saying those behaviors are .‘being loud & bossy’. Those are known as Leadership Skills these days, Steve! She’ll be needing some Chucks & Pearls as an apology, And, if you really want her back in your good graces, a lovely new briefcase! 💼
Hah! But it's not just whiny, wimpy dogs she bosses around - it's big, assertive dogs as well! I'm pretty sure that qualifies as 'bossy'!
@@saintdonoghue Ah, yes. The “big assertive” types. They are often the hardest to lead! It takes so much more volume to get any productivity out of them! Volume is a strong component of Leadership Skills. She’s just learned that sincere praise & regular attention are YOUR productivity language. No need for that Volume with you. She just saves that component of her Leadership Skills for the other thick-headed clots out there who resist her softer skills. She’s got the world by the leash!
Chucks & Pearls, Steve. She deserves her own!
Haha just got to you reading The Poem. You even got my surly 17 year old son Ethan watching and interested. He said man Dad I like this old guy haha
Hah! No disrespect to Ethan, but: surly teenage boys have absolutely NO CHANCE in a case like this! I've talked wonderfully with more surly teenage boys than he has hairs on his head!
I was just reading about Paul Revere's ride in Patriots by A.J. Langguth so it's good to hear the poem! I'm not an American so have managed to never hear it before.
Oh my god I totally forgot about Hitler’s Empire - that IS a great book! I would also of course add The Wages of Destruction to the list you mention.
Totally agree - I'm pretty sure I already have a copy of Wages of Destruction, and some of it went over my head (much more your line of country), but I loved it!
Hi Steve. I just checked and House of Our Own is still extant on the University of Pennsylvania campus.
Incredible!
I've lived in the Philly area all my life and never heard of the store. It looks amazing. Maybe when I'm out and about again I'll check them out. Loved your reading of Longfellow as well. And your Peaches story, delightful.
Wow love the long videos. Im an extreme Trek fan and I had never heard of the The Price of The Phoenix. Gonna have to find and read it!!
Hope all well have lovely week my friend thank you
Wonderful haul!
I read the orange spined Penguin of Of Mice and Men