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Komentáře • 123

  • @WHATTHEDUCT
    @WHATTHEDUCT Před 10 lety +90

    your bookshelf is far more interesting than everyone else's. Other book tubers pretty much only own YA.

  • @Mezz1034
    @Mezz1034 Před 9 lety +39

    I really like the fact that you do read classics, most of the bookshelf tours i've seen are young adults.
    Good tour.

  • @ArielBissett
    @ArielBissett Před 10 lety +77

    I'm really happy about your introduction. Like, really really happy that that's how you chose to do this.
    I love how you did this, man! The wonderful focusing and peeking the books out to see the covers, lovely!
    JANE AUSTEN IS NOT AN AWFUL WRITER, YOU HORRIBLE BOY.
    You literally own 6 YA books. You are anomaly.
    I love that your reviews here were just "This is one of the most phenomenal pieces of literature ever to grace this planet," or "This was horrific."

  • @AlyMea
    @AlyMea Před 9 lety +30

    Subscribing because you're the first person i've seen on youtube who doesn't only own YA novels.

  • @findAplaceToCallHome
    @findAplaceToCallHome Před 10 lety +11

    I love the fact that you read classics and that you're not just hooked up on YA. subscribed

  • @BookConsumed
    @BookConsumed Před 10 lety +26

    YOUR BOOKS AND BOOKSHELVES ARE SO GORGEOUS!

  • @jealousofmypuddin
    @jealousofmypuddin Před 10 lety +7

    I love how Ha-Joon Chang was harder to pronounce than Dostoyevsky. BTW, that "She" cover was gorgeous. A lovely collection to be sure, and that 2001 opening foreshadowing your Kubrick love. :)

  • @lesliecastro2548
    @lesliecastro2548 Před 10 lety +10

    *Allllll* the Brontes!
    Allll the Orwell!
    And the Dickens! And the Vonnegut!

  • @kerstinhasstmsn
    @kerstinhasstmsn Před 9 lety +3

    I love the sound the book make when you put them back where they belong and they slide over the wood :)

  • @beetlebumm
    @beetlebumm Před 9 lety +2

    I'm all for these bookshelf tours that have books other than the same YA ones from the same series. I need more of these in my life.

  • @kahpaoh
    @kahpaoh Před 10 lety +1

    I am extremely jealous of your book collection.

  • @BooksAndTea58
    @BooksAndTea58 Před 10 lety

    your bookshelf is absolutely stunning! I loved the way you've organized it! thanks for sharing!

  • @flotocorazon
    @flotocorazon Před 10 lety

    OH MY GOD!!! I'm in love with your bookshelf!!

  • @ericgrabowski3896
    @ericgrabowski3896 Před 4 lety

    I want that little Poe collection. Beautiful.

  • @oliviaporteus8824
    @oliviaporteus8824 Před 10 lety +3

    When the music played at the beginning I was literally just sat there with this huge grin on my face and I couldn't stop haha:D Your books are beautiful, feel free to give them all to me.

  • @mallorca1558
    @mallorca1558 Před 10 lety

    I love your bookshelf tour!!!

  • @WKDowden
    @WKDowden Před 10 lety

    Such a cool selection of books! I really liked how you filmed this too.

  • @unepartdebonheur
    @unepartdebonheur Před 10 lety

    I've just found your channel and I'm your new fan! Excellent books.
    I loved your accent. Thanks for sharing!

  • @Everinez
    @Everinez Před 9 lety

    You have such an amazing book collection!!

  • @francesca4160
    @francesca4160 Před 9 lety +12

    Have you ever picked up a book by Haruki Murakami? I think you should!

    • @therealfirelord3359
      @therealfirelord3359 Před 5 lety +2

      Agreed! Murakami is so strange and so good, it would fit in with the other strange books on his shelf.

  • @missmarionk
    @missmarionk Před 10 lety +1

    Excellent video and excellent choice of music! I just love that your bookshelf has so many books that you normally don't see people of your age reading. It's so refreshing and interesting. And above all, I love that you only made comments like "this is a masterpiece" "this is awfull".
    I didn't see any Donna Tartt though, and that made me sad :(

  • @kelseyjardin4900
    @kelseyjardin4900 Před 10 lety

    Wow I totally forgot about The Giggler Treatment! I must've read that years ago as a kid. Awesome collection you've got here!

  • @Kitti_B
    @Kitti_B Před 10 lety

    I love your shelves!!

  • @jasmineb2487
    @jasmineb2487 Před 10 lety

    your collection is perfect

  • @em8733
    @em8733 Před 9 lety

    Your covers are literally the most beautiful thing ever. And your book-taste is just brilliant. I'm in love. Please give me your bookshelf.

  • @susyc9298
    @susyc9298 Před 9 lety

    Your bookshelf is amazing!!! :)

  • @rareopal
    @rareopal Před 10 lety +1

    I've been raving all year about Just My Type! Everyone just dismisses as it sounds ultra nerdy but it's just fascinating

  • @claritadk
    @claritadk Před 10 lety +9

    Agreed on Robinson Crusoe.
    About the way your books are organized: I tried to put my books in alphabetical order once, but it pissed me off so much to have Hornby's books next to Homer's, or Dostoievsky's next to Donohue's (like your have, haha). George R. R. Martin and Marx, together??? Organizing them by genre and period makes me sleep better. I know, it's stupid.

  • @elizabethstranger3122
    @elizabethstranger3122 Před 9 lety +5

    Have you read a clockwork Orange yet? If not, read it now!

  • @28Bookmarks
    @28Bookmarks Před 10 lety

    Great tour!

  • @chihabreda6681
    @chihabreda6681 Před 5 lety

    Waw great book shelf tour. Well done 👍

  • @hellebartelsen8208
    @hellebartelsen8208 Před 10 lety +1

    I'm glad to finally come across someone who organises alphabetically. I was beginning to think I was the only one!

  • @penssuck6453
    @penssuck6453 Před 4 lety

    You choose the best covers.

  • @LauraFreyReadinginBed
    @LauraFreyReadinginBed Před 10 lety

    Thanks for teaching me how to pronounce Toibin. He's coming to Edmonton later this year and I'll just feel better about it if I meet him :)

  • @d34dch1n4d0ll
    @d34dch1n4d0ll Před 9 lety

    I think your book taste s amazing ! Your shelf isnt full of fantasy books and you have classics..Idk but ur shelf kinda looks like mine! You're pretty relatableto me so... Loved it ! :) ♥♥♥

  •  Před 10 lety

    Oh you like Starter for Ten? It's one of my favorite books ^-^
    Really nice video. Glad to see you around.

  • @teasauruslex
    @teasauruslex Před 10 lety

    I'm so glad someone besides myself LOVES the Scarlet letter.

  • @tatteredreader2163
    @tatteredreader2163 Před 10 lety

    Also loving how your bookshelf is alphabetized!

  • @agoodbookandacupoftea8977

    It took me way too long to realize these were alphabetically organized. I was so focused on what classics you have i didn't realize the organization until the last shelf lol

  • @TheReadingOwl
    @TheReadingOwl Před 10 lety

    Can't wait to find out what you think about 'A Tale for the Time Being'.
    I quite liked it...

  • @therealfirelord3359
    @therealfirelord3359 Před 5 lety

    We have many of the same classics. I need to get some of these though. Agh!

  • @emverstone6129
    @emverstone6129 Před 10 lety

    OMG!Chronicles of NARNIA!!!!!AND YOU ALSO HAVE ROALD DAHL BOOOKS!

  • @alecontreras5718
    @alecontreras5718 Před 10 lety

    me encantan tus libros. son geniales.

  • @ThePencilCrayons
    @ThePencilCrayons Před 10 lety

    I feel so stupid for only realising towards the end that this was in alphabetical order... Oh dear. Great bookshelf! So many great books!

  • @LittleMew133
    @LittleMew133 Před rokem

    Love it thanks

  • @leeannereads8479
    @leeannereads8479 Před 9 lety +3

    If I want to get into Dickens, what book would you suggest I start with?

  • @k8rine
    @k8rine Před 10 lety

    I really recommend "Our Mutual Friend" by Dickens. (but sadly the last one he wrote!) At the moment I'm reading "Barnaby Rudge" which should be the next one if you are going in chronological order! I think you will like it, great videos btw

  • @tatteredreader2163
    @tatteredreader2163 Před 10 lety

    So many good books! Our reading taste is quite similar. What have you read from the Beat Generation? Also looking forward to your thoughts on "portrait of an artist as a young man" apparently the character Stephen dedalus is in both that book and ulysses. Quite fascinating. Those penguin modern classics are amazing! And so agree about wodsworth (puke! 😣😷) great bookshelf tour man.

  • @emverstone6129
    @emverstone6129 Před 10 lety

    Whoah. Lots of classical books.

  • @SaraFWilliams
    @SaraFWilliams Před 10 lety

    You should do a DVD one

  • @herzlaecheln
    @herzlaecheln Před 9 lety +1

    So many books, I'm jealous :D

  • @NelliBeen
    @NelliBeen Před 10 lety

    I am lusting over your editions of Agatha Christies

  • @JasminE-kb4sv
    @JasminE-kb4sv Před 9 lety

    Macbeth may or may not be my favorite Shakespeare play, even though I had to study it in school.

  • @chakimlu
    @chakimlu Před 10 lety

    Interesting collection :)

  • @booksandbabble6847
    @booksandbabble6847 Před 10 lety

    Why on gods green earth am I only subscribing to you now? :D

  • @pagestowrite
    @pagestowrite Před 10 lety

    Your Agatha Christie novels are absolutely beautiful :o. If you've read it, what do you think of Bill Bryson's Shakespeare? (Oh, and which Beckett work is your favourite?)

  • @okayokayval
    @okayokayval Před 9 lety +5

    Alphabetical order yesssssss.

  • @beansbooks9013
    @beansbooks9013 Před 9 lety

    I've not read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas since I was about 9 but I remember quite liking it but that was before I got into reading. I would love a review on it?

  • @one_smol_duck
    @one_smol_duck Před 10 lety

    I know you loved Jane Eyre, but have you read Villette yet? I got really excited that it was on your shelf, as most people don't really think of it. Jane Eyre is my favorite book, but Villette is my second and if I had to be unbiased I might tell you that it's better.

  • @littlebookworm4837
    @littlebookworm4837 Před 10 lety

    I am just finish The Sign of Four I really liked it but i thought it was kind of confusing what do you think?

  • @ahud2013
    @ahud2013 Před 10 lety

    you've inspired me to sort my bookshelf. it's a mess.

  • @mariongnd
    @mariongnd Před 10 lety

    You might hate it as well, but you should try Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen. Forget about Sense and Sensibility and Mansfield Park by her though.

  • @sarahhughes345
    @sarahhughes345 Před 10 lety

    You've a lot of Irish writers which is always nice to see. You should get more Roddy Doyle though. He's awesome.

  • @yj6118
    @yj6118 Před 8 lety

    Where do you pick up those wee biographies? They are so cute!

  • @Jjoujou
    @Jjoujou Před 10 lety +4

    you need some bukowski!

  • @xXBlackSheepRuleXx
    @xXBlackSheepRuleXx Před 10 lety

    What did you think of lord of the flies? I tried to read it but I could my get into it!

  • @katekay
    @katekay Před 10 lety

    I'm about halfway through the catcher in the rye and although I love the writing style I'm not sure I totally get what the story is trying to convey? Am I missing something?

  • @shellyowens8629
    @shellyowens8629 Před 10 lety

    Ooh, you're a Kubrick fan. I took a class on him. Is 2001 your favorite? I go back and forth between Full Metal Jacket and A Clockwork Orange. I also really like Dr. Strangelove.
    I quite envy your editions of Salinger. And if you'd like a rec for something to add between now and next year, I suggest Fates Worse Than Death by Vonnegut :)

  • @JoshuaHaveman
    @JoshuaHaveman Před 10 lety +1

    Strongly recommend "Island" by Aldous Huxley and "The Brothers K" by David James Duncan

    • @JoshuaHaveman
      @JoshuaHaveman Před 8 lety

      +Daniel McCoy I haven't read A River Why. I haven't read much of anything recently. Have you read it? I've heard that there are similar elements to Brothers K with regard to familial interaction.

  • @beckamccullough
    @beckamccullough Před 10 lety

    Shelf number five has 18 of my favourite books lol

  • @EmmaTobias
    @EmmaTobias Před 10 lety

    First of all, that intro might have been the most epic intro in all of booktube.
    Secondly, how is White Teeth? I read On Beauty and quite liked it.
    Finally, All The Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren is the da bomb. It has all the great things. Metaphors using cows. A little stream of consciousness. And complicated southern men.

  • @petitgarcon9675
    @petitgarcon9675 Před 4 lety

    Never expected a book by a korean writer. He became kinda famous in politics a few yrs ago
    Overall very impressive!

  • @MissMarplereads
    @MissMarplereads Před 9 lety

    Omg, you have Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens and Shakespeare 😱😱😱😱😱
    My favorite authors of all time..
    A tale of two cities one of the best Dickens novels you should check it out.

  • @stephenjenners927
    @stephenjenners927 Před 10 lety +1

    May I suggest some Chabon? (Yiddish Policemen's Union especially)

  • @geisenma
    @geisenma Před 9 lety

    White Teeth is amazing! I loved it so much, but I've been reading NW recently and it is not as good... On Beauty was pretty good too though, I'd recommend it.
    Eugenides is one of my favorite authors, but you are missing Middlesex, which is by far his best. Marriage plot is the weakest, it was just okay.

  • @mjunaid8729
    @mjunaid8729 Před 10 lety

    What happens to the books that get of the shelves?

  • @michellecruz4568
    @michellecruz4568 Před 9 lety

    What did you think about empire of the sun?

  • @brydon10
    @brydon10 Před 9 lety

    Have you ever read anything without first reading reviews?

  • @saisandeep6457
    @saisandeep6457 Před 9 lety

    Try reading Rohinton Mistry his books are depressing like hell but tender and humane

  • @jzmcdaisy
    @jzmcdaisy Před 9 lety

    Get more Atwood, I love her dystopian works

  • @anthonybarcellos2206
    @anthonybarcellos2206 Před 10 lety

    I haven't read any Agatha Christie yet ... but one day. Read quite a bit of Dahl and the Harry Potter Series. Douglas Adams, yet. No Austen yet. Read Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale" (chilling). Lots of Bradbury. "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights" my only Bronte so far. Some Burgess. No Burroughs (except Edgar Rice). "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is on my to-read bookshelves. Carroll, yes. Read "Crusoe." Got Dickens, haven't read most of them (but yes to "Tale"). Read all of Holmes. No Ellis. Eliot: "Silas Marner" and currently reading "Middlemarch." Read "Great Gatsby" a couple of times. No Ian Fleming yes, but enjoyed Stephen Fry. Got the fonts book and enjoyed it. "She" and many other Haggard novels, yes. No Hardy (yet). Heller yes. Not much Hemingway ("Old Man," yes). James Joyce inspired my most recent manuscript (but he mustn't be blamed for it). "Confederacy" is amazing. I've ready most of Lewis, including Narnia and apologetics and the "Perelandra" trilogy (allegory applied with a spatula). "Gravity's Rainbow" left me high and dry.
    Whew! I'm impressed by your collection.

  • @daisyblue7128
    @daisyblue7128 Před 10 lety

    Wow, amazing bookshelf!
    I haven't read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, I've only seen a movie and I didn't really like it. But then! The Absolutist... Oh, it's just so brilliant! Read it, this book is fucking masterpiece.

  • @PninianPnin
    @PninianPnin Před 10 lety

    I always catch your videos really early. How odd. I HATE THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS SO MUCH! YAY! Also, from that tour I've further ascertained how great Everyman Library editions are. They stand out.

    • @Bazpierce
      @Bazpierce  Před 10 lety +3

      That bloody book was literally all hype and no substance. Yeah, the Everyman's are FAB

    • @PninianPnin
      @PninianPnin Před 10 lety +1

      Funnily enough, in terms of emotional manipulation and propoganda, it shares striking similarities to Triumph of The Will. Both are idolising the brilliance of a particular individual. One, Hitler, the other, the author himself, John Fucking Boyne.

    • @bethos3
      @bethos3 Před 10 lety

      May I ask why you dislike it? I was going to buy it because I felt like I was missing out on something, having not read it, but then I watched this video and saw your comment and I am no longer sure that I want to do so:/

    • @bethos3
      @bethos3 Před 10 lety

      Wow! Thank you for taking so much time and effort to help me. I will not be buying this book now because it sounds pretty bad.
      I watched the film in an English lesson a few years ago and felt that the characters were portrayed pretty weirdly compared to actual documentaries I have watched about the holocaust. I hoped this would not be the case with the novel and, instead, just down to bad directing. However, judging from your comment, I'm guessing that is not the case.
      Thank you. I will be not wasting my money on this novel and, instead, will spend it on something that is not awful.

  • @FleurPillager
    @FleurPillager Před 10 lety

    I saw the Narnia books. Have you read The Space Trilogy?

  • @oceyx93
    @oceyx93 Před 10 lety

    Please read Misery by Stephen King! It is very good

  • @lyndiejoybest
    @lyndiejoybest Před 6 lety

    Come back to CZcams!

  • @patriciakedeni
    @patriciakedeni Před 10 lety +1

    My collection have 70% of the titles you have. Amazing. But i shelve by genre as much as possible. Alphabetical does not seem rjght to me. Haha.

  • @joansmith69
    @joansmith69 Před 8 lety +1

    >Not liking Robinson Crusoe.
    I... Uhm.. Well, I've never!

  • @beckamccullough
    @beckamccullough Před 10 lety +2

    I thought I was the only person who keeps books that I don't even like (I'm a book hoarder lol)

  • @beckamccullough
    @beckamccullough Před 10 lety

    My bible (The Book Thief) is beside your bible (The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats)

  • @tara.5986
    @tara.5986 Před 7 lety

    Yes!! I hate The Boy in the Striped Pajamas as well.

  • @FleurPillager
    @FleurPillager Před 10 lety +2

    You need some Erdrich and more Eugenides.

    • @Bazpierce
      @Bazpierce  Před 10 lety +1

      Haven't read any Erdrich, need to change that! And by more Eugenides you mean his one other book? I'll get Middlesex when I've read The Marriage Plot :)

    • @FleurPillager
      @FleurPillager Před 10 lety +1

      Bazpierce
      The Marriage Plot is not his best so please don't be dissuaded from reading Middlesex based on The Marriage Plot.

    • @FleurPillager
      @FleurPillager Před 10 lety

      Bazpierce
      I think you would like Erdrich. What did you think of White Teeth? That's on my list to read and I trust your taste in fiction since you're such a fan of The Scarlet Letter. Probably one of my favorite books.

    • @Bazpierce
      @Bazpierce  Před 10 lety +3

      Haven't got around to White Teeth yet, or any Zadie Smith for that matter. Need to get on it soon.

  • @catherineoconnor6025
    @catherineoconnor6025 Před 5 lety

    Every time i watch book reviews, i ALWAYS spot the harry potter books! My godness... why! Lol Do you ever annotate your books...? I love the movie little women. 🙂 Jeez why would you read the boy in the stripped pajamas.... sooo depressing!

  • @Kinis1231
    @Kinis1231 Před 9 lety

    Why do you think Austen is awful?

  • @debbiekinsey6688
    @debbiekinsey6688 Před 10 lety +1

    Just out of interest, why do you keep books you think are terrible? I like getting rid when I don't like them to make more room on my shelves for others (It's an excellent excuse for book shopping!) & I like just seeing ones I love when perusing my bookcase.

    • @Bazpierce
      @Bazpierce  Před 10 lety +22

      Because I'm a hoarder, plain and simple.

    • @marney7080
      @marney7080 Před 9 lety +4

      You can't just get rid of books! A limb or two maybe but books are preciousssss...

  • @eoghancassidy3485
    @eoghancassidy3485 Před 8 lety

    I own an original copy of othello

  • @23sicko23
    @23sicko23 Před 9 lety +1

    Thank you for saying that Jane Austin is an awful writer. Finally , someone.

  • @BeckyMD26
    @BeckyMD26 Před 10 lety

    If all these novels are so bad why do you keep them?

  • @skybluelover10
    @skybluelover10 Před 10 lety +1

    i just want to raid your bookshelf

    • @n6i9k4a
      @n6i9k4a Před 10 lety

      You are not alone in that regard. :D

  • @amandapearl2books
    @amandapearl2books Před 10 lety

    Tsk, The Magician's Nephew is not the first book of the Chronicles of Narnia! Publication order is the best and I will stick to that argument haha. I am jealous of your shelves though, I love it when you come across a YA title LOL. "Oh look what we have here, a rogue YA novel..." But seriously though, your shelves make me feel a little dumb because there's so much good literature. I love how polarized your book opinions are, they're either "this book is better than Jesus" or "this book was utter shit". I need to review like that!