Woo! Looking forward to it! Thank you, man!

Ok so I'm not doing TBR anymore but I will be doing a video telling people what events I will be doing and this is one of them... So far I see there are (4) of us that are doing this? Do you know of more. I want to list these channels when I do my video... hope you are having a shootem up bangem up day brother! 😜

I really need to read outside of my comfort zone and explore other works. Added some of these that interested me to my list. Thanks for the recommendations.

Very interesting set of books. I consider myself a Christian but I rarely attend Church. I am interested in the teachings of Jesus Christ. And of course I fall short of what I should practice. But I rarely discuss religion and I never debate religion. To each his own. Very good video. -James

Nice little "not" a book haul. Westerns are always fun. Vinland Saga is pure awesomeness.

What an incredible list! Not your typical BookTube recommendation list but it is definitely getting written down on my end. Also, I once traced the WWJD movement of the late 90s in the U.S. as far back as possible and the farthest back I could go was Kempis and then possibly Augustine of Hippo. One more thing, you are exactly right about language, there are some sounds in other languages that we cannot make because of how our language guided and shaped our vocal development. Great vid.

Definitely want to check out Vinland Saga

Thank you sir! That is very kind of you! I am essentially retired and working on private material, but occasionally I put something out. My original six westerns were published in England and everything is reissued under my Wounded Outlaw Books brand. Those are the editions to buy if anyone is interested. Might finish one more. I'm not great, but it's fun. Thanks again!

I absolutely had the taking-myself-too-seriously early 20s phenomenon! I would only read what is considered "literature" and pretend I got it. Well, some I did; I'm looking at you Camus. Same with movies. I only wanted to watch deep, often dreary movies. Finally I found the appreciation in hokey B-movies and that led me down the trail to B-books and I'm finally in a world that I get. haha!

About 5 years before I retired at work we started making boxes for Amazon. And every order was no less than 100,000. Most were 250,000. I know that by the end of the week it would total way over 3 million or more. And the small 10 inch or less boxes were pure hell.

That is awesome! I will have to check them out! Nice haul ❤

I appreciate the laid-back nature of this video. I have very little experience with audiobooks, so I don’t have much to add to that conversation. It’s much easier for me to concentrate when I’m reading with my eyes. 😉

All valid points on Amazon... Except my drivers are decent guys. I highly dislike the whole Amazon thing but the wife just loves buying stuff. Well how did I not know McNulty wrote some books?

Appalachian tales are always interesting… at least to me.

That's a Name Not a Name! I will have to use a whole page of my Booktube Confidential to write that name down. So those books are written by Thomas from McNulty's Corral? That is too cool. Okay. I enjoyed your Not a book haul book haul? -James

nice to see Gone With the Wind. that's a classic book i really want to read. never knew they had them in 2 vols format

Put in a request with my library for Musashi... hope to have it by end of the week. Thanks for the recommendation. Hope it's as good as you say because I think it said it had "a lot of pages". LOL

I've done the same thing! "I'm not going to read this yet"... *finishes book*

Horoscopes " It's all horseshit". 😂 Amen to that! $5 a book that seems like a steal to me for those two hard cover books. Funny I was thinking hey he said he was going to show us that book when he was finished. Then the end of the video came and I don't remember seeing it. Thanks for the finished product

Cool haul. And nice little clap-back to my tag video lol! 😂

Oh no! Am I gay! People that write stuff like that are doing a click bait shock value thing for views and attention. By the way....what is your name please. Is it Nick? I have to jot it down in my Booktube 2024 Confidential book. That way when I comment I don't have to spell out H & R. I promise that I won't share it with the Internet. Thanks. -James

I have the art of war but haven’t read it. I really need to read it. My copy is small, is it a long read?

These are some fantastic recommendations. Musashi is a great read. Honestly the anime is a great watch as well. Love the channel!

very nice collection of many cool artworks. your correct that youtube is very inconsistent about the rules on what can be shown in videos

I never connected reading to sexuality before. I have been in a big reading slump since about April. I hope that doesn't mean I am turning straight!! Always good to see a vid from you. Have a great weekend!

That is awesome that a comment I made lead to this... I will have to ask Faceless Jr. if he has read any of these. I'm almost thinking he might have. Thanks for the shout out as well... I really appreciate that... I might have to check out Musashi... Glad to hear you broke that mold and started reading different things.

Excellent collection!

Cool vintage sci-fi covers 🚀!

Cool stuff!

These are really cool, thanks for showing them off.

Same, had this happen to a video this week. I also watched and commented early this morning..

I'm so confused... I watched this video 30 min. ago... left a comment but now I see this was released 5 min. ago and my comment is gone? Did you take this down and then put it back up? I know I watched this already. LOL UGH Maybe I should just stop youtube...it confuses me. 😁

Louis L'amour was very fond of reading Shakespeare. And you will see characters in his books refer to Shakespeare. In high school I read Shakespeare but I read his Sonnets. I did Have to read Romeo and Juliet. I guess not knowing the story of Macbeth might be a plus while reading Serena?! Sounds good. -James

Pretty cool. did you end up owning it?

excellent driving analogy! I never thought about it like that. I personally don't like audio books for the same reason you said, I can't pay attention. I do however like radio dramas where a script is acted out (I had this sentence typed and then you said the exact same thing in the video! So, I'm leaving it. great minds). Also, people don't like your personality? You are one of the chillest people on here. Come on now. Ha

Adding a defense of audiobooks to my video list 😂😂😂.

Another person in my camp that audiobooks are not reading.... By definition they are listening. You and I have the same feeling that words don't mean what they use to anymore. That's just kind of how this new American culture is. Enjoyable rant. I may cheat on the Sackett series as well. But I still have 2 books to get thru so we will see. Looking forward to the read along.

I'm new to the Booktube community, but i swear it's the best place. They have been so welcoming. And Thomas is awesome!!! He is so down to earth. Love the shout out vid. 👍 Kevin is kewl. I love his output. He keeps his page busy with new content!!!

I just saw from Kevin Towles channel you were hosting this read along. I just so happen to have 131 Louis L'Amour books and have rhe complete set of The Sacketts so if I could pull a seat up to your little group I'd like to join you on this adventure. BTW I'm 52 and Like you said I have a son who is 28 and I don't think he would ever pick up a western...so I'm thrilled when I see people like you and Austin reading westerns and enjoying them. Hey if you think westerns don't get a lot of love on your channel... Try doing a cozy mystery. Lol I just did my first one and not one guy said they were interested in it. 😂😂😂 But I get what you are saying. I'm like you and read all over the genre spectrum. It does seem that people who read consistently the same genre do a little better, but that kind of makes sense to me when you're all over the place like us You're not grabbing one specific group. You're grabbing a little bit here a little bit there. All that to say I understand where you're coming from. And I'm going to subscribe to your channel so there is that. So call me 152. Hey we almost have the exact same amount of subscribers. 😂😂😂

very cool retro set up. i use to have a TV like that but it was dark purple. Ninja Gaiden games on NES are tough but still very enjoyable and Rival Turf is fun but the sequels such as Brawl brothers and Peace Keepers i played much more. original castlevania and the 2 Contra's are some of my all time favorite on the system

Definitely westerns need more attention on booktube. That's reason why I started my channel although I don't read quite as much as some booktubers but when I do, I want to read westerns. I love collecting the books aswell as reading them too. It can Definitely be hard to find the stuff if you don't know where to look. When I started few years ago, I had to dig deep to find authors and books but now I feel like I almost know them all even though I still find new authors/pen names everyday. I need to upload a video again soon, but since starting my channel this year I hit a bad reading slump and only just about to finish my 4th book this year. Think I need to get back to some good old audiobooks soon.

I might try to tag along. I have about 5 Sackett books. The only way for me to get the others are off the Internet. I read Ride The River earlier this year and I had the review posted but I may have taken it down? I rarely find any Louis L'amour books at my local thrift stores. Anyway, I will think about it. Thanks -James

Oh I am so down for this!!!! Count me in sir!

I’ve been wanting to get around to this series so count me in! And hey man that’s all we can ask if for you to be honest about what you’re reading and there’s nothing wrong with reading different genres it keeps reading from getting stale. And I agree the western genre is way underrated and we need to try and bring the western genre back!