If you want to know how to read more books, I give you 15 tips in this video. Some unconventional tips, battle-won from years spent carving out deep reading habits. I hope you enjoy it. How To Read More Books Secret Book Recommendations: Beginner Intermediate Advanced Free Audible Credits: Audible Free Trial Mentioned in the […]
Should We Boycott Straight White Male Writers? (Podcast)
Should we ever boycott a writer on the basis of their sex, race, or orientation? Here’s what I have to say on the subject in season two, episode two, of Hardcore Literature. Should We Boycott Straight White Male Writers? Let me know what you think. We’re talking mansplaining, virtue signalling, and culling male writers from […]
The Silence of the Lambs Podcast
Kicking off Season Two of the Hardcore Literature Podcast with a good one: Thomas Harris’ The Silence of the Lambs. Let me know how you like the new opening intro music. The Silence of the Lambs Podcast: Hardcore Literature S2 E1 We’re talking about: 0:34: “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice […]
Reading Shakespeare Chronologically: The Journey Begins (Video)
I’ll be vlogging my journey reading Shakespeare chronologically in a year. There will be meta-commentary videos like this one along the way: There will also be long lectures, deep dives into each play, mini-documentaries, attempts to break specific scenes and language and characters and themes apart. I also have a secret project in store for […]
Saturday Morning Reading Recommendations
Here’s what’s on my bedside table this Saturday morning. Links to books, articles, blogs, and videos below. Books: Walden by Henry David Thoreau: Was Thoreau autistic? Read his essay in this wonderful collection ‘On Reading’ and tell me what you think. It’s been hypothesised before. Something to think about. On an unrelated note, Thoreau is […]
Boycott Academics
When you set out to read Shakespeare chronologically, you run into a few problems. First, and most obvious, no one can agree on the correct chronology for Shakespeare. Did he write the cycle of Henry VI plays first? Or did he write The Taming of the Shrew? Or, should we say, The Taming of A Shrew? […]
How to Read Shakespeare in a Year (Video)
I’ve talked about how to read the complete works of Shakespeare in a year. But I’ve recently decided to read everything Shakespeare wrote in chronological order and document my journey in video form, kicking off with this introductory video here: I’ve decided on reading Shakespeare chronologically because I want to know Shakespeare the man, the […]
Analysing ‘The Horla’ by Guy de Maupassant (Video)
‘The Horla’ by Guy de Maupassant is one of my favourite short stories of all time. So here’s my brand of analysis. We take a short story – sometimes a poem or a play or a philosophical tract – and we make the poetic eminently practical. We suck the marrow out of the work. We […]
Books I’m Reading This Month (July 2020 Video)
Reading some superb books this month. So I thought I’d put together a little show-and-tell. I particularly want to show you the pictures inside the first two books. So check out the video below, then let me know what you’re reading this month. Books I’m Reading This Month July 2020 Books mentioned: William Blake The […]
How To Construct Your Own Personal Targeted Reading Plan
I’m going to teach you how to construct your own personal targeted reading plan. I’ll also give you a peak at my own reading plan creation and show you how to read more books, keep your reading habit consistent, and get even more out of your reading. You will need: A journal – I favour […]
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