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Today we will be ranking. all the characters in Dune books 1-4. I didn't notice until halfway through the video that the characters from books 5-6 weren't in it! If you guys disagree with any of the rankings let me know in the comments below! I ONe of. my favorite part of this discussion is about archetypes. Frank Herbert while writing Dune used. a Jungian archetypal mandala to figure out different characters' relations to each other. Today we will start trying to figure out how some characters fit into that role. Different opinions on Paul's opposite (sage) are welcome!

Not to be that philosophy bro, but reading the Greeks is so important for your philosophy journey! You may have physical and mental revulsions about the thought of cozying up with some Plato. But, opening your heart (soul) to the Greeks enables you to understand the axiomatic arguments that shape a ton of Western Philosophy. Thanks for watching philosophy tube!

I am reading all of Cormac McCarthy's novels before October 25th. McCarthy is releasing his first novel in a decade on the 25th, and I want to flood YouTube with McCarthy content! Cormac McCarthy Newsletter Signup: https://crafty-artisan-8853.ck.page/96005856b7

Haruki Murakami's portrayal of women in his novels is very problematic! There are articles in LitHub, The LA Times, The Guardian, The Toronto Star, and a ton of other major organizations on Murakami's problematic writing of women. There are also 800+ Reddit threads on this topic. Today I'll be exploring these articles, and getting to the bottom of Haruki Murakami's misogyny.

Today we are ranking all of the characters from the Dune book series. There are only characters from books 1-4 in this ranking. I hope to do another ranking of the characters from books 5-6

The exodus is over! The woke BookTube mob will cry themselves to sleep tonight boys 😭 Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter will transform BookTube in multiple ways. So many potential writers/speakers are scared to upset the BookTube mob and get canceled. I've deleted so many videos because of the fear of the hate I'd receive. I have BookTube videos with 1000+ views that remain unlisted because of the hate emails and comments I receive. If you don't support their crappy books, hold their same beliefs, and support the canon and great literature you are going to feel the hate. I do every day!

Today I'm sharing some of the best memoirs on overcoming trauma. All of these are by American authors before 1975. Expect a ton more memoir videos on other miro-genres :)

Every single year millions of people do not finish the books we'll be talking about today. Even though they are absolute CLASSICS, people underestimate how hard, long, and transformative these books can be all the time. However, most unfinished books start with a bad book recommender! You shouldn't recommend "Infinite Jest" to someone whose favorite book is 'The Great Gatsby." They aren't ready for that type of challenge yet. If they were, they would have found a way better book than Gatsby 😂

There are a ton of NASTY and hot male authors. Today I'm going to be playing a classic game of Smash and Pass with some of the most iconic living authors. This will be an ongoing series and I expect to have a female guest for the next episode of Smash and Pass (female authors.) Dropping that soon! Authors include: Neil Gaiman Stephen King Haruki Murakami Colson Whitehead Cormac McCarthy and a ton more!!!

Welcome to my October TBR 2022 list! I am open to any and all recommendations you guys think I'll like! You guys can also join me and read any of the books on the list as I'll be posting reviews on them. Then we can have a chat about them :) - This month I am SUPER excited for Cormac McCarthy's "The Passenger" which is his first novel since 2008! I am hopefully going to get myself back on track to read 200 books in 2022.

Here are eight fall book recommendations for all my real literature fans out there! I won't be doing the typical BookTube gimmick and recommending some empty horror books for October. Rather, I am here to drop some classic book BANGERS that have a thread of darkness running through them. Fall is a time when a dark and powerful potential energy falls over us and the land. Don't waste this yearly opportunity to escape from the world with TV, fluff books, and Halloween. Go outside, explore your shadow, and prepare for the oncoming winter...

David Mitchell's novels are very hard to rank! I have already done a few book reviews of David Mitchell's novels, so I decided to try and rank them from best to worst. It hurts my soul because I love all of David Mitchell's books, but I feel like most people will agree with this list! Comment your list down below! I'm very interested in everyone else's rankings :) Books ranked include Slade House Bone Clocks Utopia Avenue Cloud Atlas Black Swan Green Number9Dream Ghostwritten Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet

Today I am going to be doing a wrap-up video for all the books I read in September. This isn't a typical BookTube channel though, today we are going to be talking about books that can transform your life! Let's read hard books together and continue to push against the growing trend of non-readers and Booktokers saturating the scene with their infinite nothingness! I read sixteen books in September, but need to ramp up the pace if I am going to read 200 books this year. Check out my TBR for October dropping tomorrow! Books read include: The Denial of Death - Ernest Becker Tribes and This is Marketing - Seth Godin The Lesser Blessed - Richard VanCamp Mao 2 - Don Delillo Book of Longing - Leonard Cohen The Undiscovered Self - Carl Jung Mudras - Gregor Maehle The Sea of Fertility Tetralogy, Sun and Steel, Temple of the Golden Dawn - Yuikio Mishima Complete Short Stories - Ernest Hemingway The Information Bomb - Paul Virlio Artful Sentences - Virginia Tuft

What are the best books about the American Civil War? Today I will be exploring the best path for beginners to take. The books provided answers to why the Civil War started, how the actual war played out, and the aftermath of the Civil War. If you're a Civil War nerd, post all your favorite Civil War books below so we can give everyone a ton of options! In addition, I am planning some more in-depth videos on Civil War books in the future if you're interested!

Here is my first installment of reacting to BookTok! Comment a video link if you have any BookTok videos of your own/others you want me to react to! I'm starting to infiltrate the BookTube and BookTok community and can't wait to find even more juicy BookTok's to react to. Is there a side to BookTok that has deep reactions to the greatest books ever written? Let me know! Maybe I'm just wading in the shallow waters of BookTok!

Today we are doing a fanfiction trope remix on the classic novel "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey. This is one of my favorite books, and I wanted to kick off this new series with a fun one! Gender power dynamics, healing trauma through love, and liberation without existing in the common gender binary are some themes we explore today! The infinite amount of insane options for this series is making me super excited! "Call of the Wild" time-loop? Smut "In Search of Lost Time??" The options are so funny 😂

David Goggins is one bad dude! His book "Can't Hurt Me" is the best memoir I've ever read, and I recommend everyone should read it. In this "Can't Hurt Me" book review I'll lay out a few reasons why David Goggin's book is so impactful, and then hop into two dangers that the book presents for normal civilians!

Today I am ranking Colin Kaepernick's favorite books! This list is way better than I thought it would be, and I hope to bring in some HOT takes for some of the picks. Many books are classics, and each one is radical in its own way. There is a heavy focus on race and politics with his picks. I don't care what you think about Colin Kaepernick! Let's keep the discussion focused on the books! I am apolitical and don't watch football so hopefully I can give an objective perspective. List of Colin Kaepernick's favorite books The Autobiography of Malcolm X Why the Caged Bird Sings The Invisible Man Black Feminist Thought The Wretched of the Earth The Mis-Education of the Negro The Fire Next Time Race and Representation

Reading Yukio Mishima always makes me go, full radical bro. I can't help it! Over the past week, I read the whole "Sea of Fertility" tetralogy, "Confessions of a Mask," "Temple of the Golden Dawn," "Sun and Steel" and the "Sound of Waves." Mishima's mystique stems from the ability to write masterful novels and still live an action-orientated life. Most famous authors are recluses, get sucked into family obligations, or find some (No Spoilers in this video)

Aurora Dusk and I are doing a book review of "She: Understanding Feminine Psychology" by Robert A. Johnson. "She" explores the myth of Psyche and Eros. This is part one of the review, but in today's video, we explore the ritual of marriage, jealousy, and the archetypal significance of Psyche and Aphrodite. Aurora is my first guest on the show and I'm super excited to bring more people on! This video is a part of the "Robert A. Johson" course. Three other Robert A. Johnson (He, We, Inner Work) book reviews are available on this channel/playlist also!

Environmental Philosophy is one of my favorite genres to read! This video is about creating a deeper relationship with nature. Not about climate change or political environmentalism. The change we wish to see in the world starts with us. Most of us want to project pseudo-altruism and aggression about the environment, when we don't even experience a co-creative relationship with it.

Neil Gaiman is one of the best fantasy writers of the twenty-first century! Today we are tier-ranking every Neil Gaiman novel on a bell curve. There will be some winners and losers, and I'm ready to take the heat in the comments. Let me know what your list is! Hopefully Neil Gaiman's best books are still waiting to be written. But, I've been waiting since 2005 for him to write another adult level novel 😔 So, it may never happen! Sorry for mispronouncing "A-nan-ci" lol. Books ranked include American Gods Neverwhere Good Omens Interworld series Stardust Norse Mythology The Graveyard Book The Ocean at the End of the Lane Anansi Boys

David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King" is a masterpiece. Even though it is post-humous, it explores some of the most important aspects of our society still today. Boredom, the IRS, and the repetition of modern life! It's very sad that David Foster Wallace didn't have the chance to finish this, as it would have probably been a way better book than Infinite Jest!

We are here to celebrate and talk about timeless writing advice from Salman Rushdie's masterclass. In this video we will discuss Rushdie's - 7 Tips for Writers - 4 Steps of Editing - Surrealist Book Recommendations If you want to learn to write well, go buy Salman Rushdie's bibliography, read it in full, learn to imitate his style and move on to other authors. I find it unethical to market any M.C. course with affiliate links because most starving writers use courses to procrastinate doing the real work. You have the potential to change the world with your writing like Salman Rushdie did, now go out and start writing!