i said that i wasn't going to read quite as much this month but instead i switched audio books and i'vegot through an awful lot of them. i should probably mention that i doyou think audible app which means that i can speed up the narration, so that means that i can get through an awful lot more
a dance with dragons by george rr martin, it works really well for me because it'slike having a time turner the reason that i've been listening to so many audiobooks is because i've been doing a lot more graphic design work, which brings us to the first book that i finished which was design is a job this is by mike monteiro. it is a whole
lot of tips and tricks on to make it as a freelance designer or as a designer working for an agency. there was a lot of stuff in here that i foundreally helpful. not all of it was new to me but the stuff that was was reallyhelpful. last year i read a game of thrones, the first in the song of ice and fire series and this month i have go into the audiobook versions so i've listened to the second, third, fourth and now i'm currently on the fifth book. i find that having something with a really great plot is fantastic for audiobooks, and it certainly stops me from
zoning out. the narration is excellent as well, although there are a few discrepancies betweenthe books accents start changing. this was slightly disconcerting at first, but idid get used to the changes i was quite confused as to why tyrionlannister seemed to sound welsh, whereas his siblings didn't; and also in the later ones his voice for daenerys seems to change quite a bit, which is a bit weird but i think i've got used to it. i tend toimagine the characters with the voices from the television show which i've already seen
so maybe that's why doesn't bother metoo much. next i listened to gathering of waters by bernice l. mcfadden. stevereadsbooks read thisbook last month and did a review of it and i trust his judgement completely now.anything he reads and raves abour i'm almost guaranteed to really love as well. i'll link his review in the descriptionbecause he does much better job of describing the book than i would. next up was the purity myth by jessica valenti. this is a feministnon-fiction on the concept
virginity, particularly in girls. i found this really thought-provoking, and i think it's a book should be readmuch more widely. the thing that really struck me was that there isn't actually medical definition of virginity, yet we seem to know what it means. this is one i'd definitely recommend people read, particularly if you're interested in feminism or even if you're not, you'll probably find this educational.next is a book by ian mcewan i haven't read any ian mcewan for years now, so i thought it was about time that i read another one of his books. this was sweet tooth
and this was quite different to any of his other books. it's about this very bright young woman who goes through cambridge and then gets employed by mi5. as always you mcewan does characterization very well i did feel invested in the characters but the story did drag a little at times. overall though, it came together really well and ian mcewans' writing is excellent as always. then we have another physical book, this is another design book and make your own luck by kate moross. this is part portfolio and part instruction manual on how to make it
as a graphic designer. it's beautifullylaid-out and the illustrations are lovely, as you would expect from an illustrator and designer. her work is really bold and bright and very graphic - lot of typographic stuff going on, so this was a real pleasure to read although style is very different from myown i found a lot of inspiration in here and lots of helpful tips aswell. so if you're a graphic designer and looking for fun, brightly-colored books to read then thisis a good one. after reading ulysses last
year i thought that it might be a goodidea to go back read a portrait of the artist as a young man. i think i actually started the audiobook of this a few months ago. i just got fed up with it. i finally gotthrough the last couple hours but i'm a bit over joyce to be honest. i appreciate what he did and this isdefinitely a lot more accessible than ulysses, but i didn't actually enjoy it as much as sections of ulysses. but that might just be becausei read the two too close to each other. i'm not a huge rush to go and finnegans wake though. the next one
is on immunity by eula biss. i actually listened to this one as well, butthis is my mum's copy. i think this is a pretty important bookactually, it lays down the argument about immunization, and why it's important. and basically thereis no argument it's a good idea to get immunized. shelooks at it from historical context but she also looks at the social, the political, and the economic sides of it as well.what she saying isn't new but i think she put it in a way that isreally understandable
and will put a lot of minds at rest. i'malmost tempted to buy a whole of copies if this a just give them out to people. i would say that this is a must-read parents as well as anyone else interested inthese topics. then i listen to the ultimate in classic crime thrillers this was crime andpunishment by fyodor dostoyevsky. i really enjoyedthis as well. it has great momentum. dostoyevsky does a great job of thepsychological turmoil of the main character, and it's another one to tick off the bbc top 100 list. i have another book that i as a physicalcopy but
read as an audiobook, and that's 'cause audible threw it in front me at a cheap price. it's a lovely book as well, so i'm quite glad to have it in real life. if you've been following my channel for a while then you'll know that i love reading about feminism in all of its forms. and this it all about the performative sidegender. to put it really simply you could say it's the nature versus nurture debate but she goes into so much more than justthat. many aspects of this are autobiographical. she talks about herexperience cutting her hair short, of dressing like a boy at one point andabout her experiments with body hair.
it's an excellent, informative and inspiring read and if i ever get around to makinganother video on feminism then i'll talk about this then. the next book i read because the author was coming to the library where i live and so i thought i would go all prepared have the book read, but i didn'tactually get it finished before the event. and this was rick gekoski's lost, stolenor shredded this is a book all about missing pieces art and literature so it was right up my alley. i studied art and literature at university
but we never really looked at the gaps, andthat's what this book focuses on he talks about byron's lost memoirs. he talks about when the mona lisa got stolen he talks about lost letters, poetry, andeven a new zealand example in there. rick gekoski is an antique booksellerand he's also worked as a university professor. the way he writes isn't stuffy and academic and this is definitely a book that lots of people could enjoy. and finally i finished this monster and this is another one where i switched tothe audiobook because it was
on a good deal on audible. this would have taken me a very long time to get to the end of, i think, had i notswitched to the audiobook. i should probably mention what the bookis: it's alan turing: the enigma by andrew hodges. this is the book that the imitation game was based on. so we have the lovely picture of benedict cumberbatch on there. this is such a horrible edition. it's all shiny and it's the film cover and it makes me die slightly inside. but the text is still the same andthere's a new introduction, which was written in the21st century, which kind of puts it into context a bit more. so i watched the
film the imitation game and i really, really liked it. i thought it was reallywell done and that the acting was superb. but i did have a few questions concerninghistorical accuracy and this book answered most of them. the main difference being that it seems that alan turing was actually a really well-liked guy. he had friends and he goton with colleagues. which makes me rethink the film because in the film he's very muchportrayed as this awkward solitary genius. and i thinkthat's a
really dangerous stereotype to have. so since finishing i have really mixed feelings about the film. if you agree with me on any ofthese points then definitely check this one out. there are some technical bits drag on a bit if, like me, you don't understand them thenyou can skim past them or zone-out if you're listening as an audiobook. but besides those technical details it was really interesting and yes, ihave a goodreads review and it is linked in the description so you can go and see my full thoughts there. now i couldn't do my wrap-up withoutbriefly mentioning this book *a little life by hanya yanagihara* which i am over halfway
through. this is another one that stephenrecommended. everything that everyone is saying about it is true, and more. i do intend to do afull review on this once i've finished it but in the meantime it is so engrossing and the characters are so incredibly well written. it is a verydifficult read, but i few so invested in thesecharacters, above and beyond any other book that i've read before i think.barring maybe donna tartt.
but yes, that's what i'm readingcurrently. this video has been far
i'm really sorry. those are the books that i in march. thank you very much for watching and i'll hopefully see you next time. bye! *game of thrones theme, played on cello*
