Howdy, howdy, my name is John
and this video is the Over 30
Book Tag. No one tagged me
but I figured, "Hey I'm over 30. I'm a grown
up now. I can do whatever I want."
The original tag creator is INKNOTBLOOD
and I'll link her video below in the
comments.
You really should check out her video.
She did a great job.
That video is a lot of fun. Before I get
to the questions,
I wanted to highlight a few of the books
in my collection
that are over 30 years old now and mind
you I've had the, ...
I've personally owned these for more
than 30 years.
Just as a point of reference, 30 years
ago, ...
I'm filming this at the end of
July in 2020 - 30 years ago I was getting ready
to start
the 12th grade.
First, I've got this copy of the
dictionary.
You can tell this dictionary is well
worn,
but my English teacher made me buy this
in seventh grade
because I was in a English class
and she wanted all of the students in
the English class to be using
the same dictionary. So,
I still have mine and I still use it quite
a bit, although
I use this one a little bit more now
just so that this guy doesn't get as
much
wear. Next is my copy
of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe -
book one
in The Chronicles of Narnia.
Look at the list price on this - $1.95.
Next is The War Between the Splendid
Kids and The Pitiful Teachers.
I mean come on, how much more perfect can
a book title be?
Every elementary school kid that I knew
wanted to buy this book,
including me. My parents really didn't
let me watch a whole lot of movies when
I was a kid growing up.
They didn't mind me reading books about
movies.
So here are two of my favorites Space
Camp
and The Karate Kid. Partly because I
wanted to copy a book that INKNOTBLOOD
had in her video I wanted to include my
copy
of Alas, Babylon. This is set
in a world where the United States has
been devastated
by nuclear attacks and it describes the
lives
of several people in Florida as they
adjust. The last of my
over 30 books I wanted to highlight was
A Day No Pigs Would Die.
This is the first book I remember
reading as a class assignment.
I read this book when I was in the sixth grade.
All right now the questions - The first
question is "Name
a book that features a protagonist
that's 30 years
or older". I'm actually going to mention
two books.
The first book is Speaker for the Dead.
This features
Andrew Wiggin. This is actually, ... this
is the
sequel to Ender's Game. It's a much
different book than Ender's Game and
Ender's Game
Andrew's a teenager and actually a
little bit younger at the beginning.
In this book he's around 35.
The next book I wanted to mention is
Stuart Redmond
from The Stand. Question number two -
"Name a book that represents you when you
were younger".
I'm going to call out The Three
Investigator series
and specifically the character of Bob
Andrews.
Bob is the one wearing glasses. Of course,
I've always worn glasses. I don't wear
them
while I'm filming because of the glare
but
Bob's not, you know ... Jupiter is the
incredibly smart one who is, you know,
solving all the mysteries. Pete was the
athletic one.
Well, I'm not as smart as Jupiter and I'm
not athletic, but
Bob was always there and he was always
helpful and of course he was the one
that
did the records and research and it's
kind of right up my alley.
Question number four - "Name a book that
represents you
in your life where you're at right now."
For this
I'm gonna pick the Xanth series
specifically the Good Magician Humfrey.
I mean I'm an old guy who wants to spend
all day with his nose stuck in a book
and is so wary of visitors that he makes
everybody who asks him a question
go through three challenges and then
serve a
year service. Now obviously I don't let
people do three challenges and
don't make them serve a year
service but I'd like to.
Question number four - "Name a book that
represents something that has never
changed about you."
Hi my name is John and I'm a nerd
and when I was a kid I used to read
the encyclopedia for fun.
I'm a grown up now and I still read the
encyclopedia for fun.
Now granted, I tend
to read Wikipedia more than I do my
physical
hard covers of the encyclopedia. As you
can see,
my encyclopedias are on this row, ... this
shelf
and the shelf below it.
My mom used to love to tell a story
that
once when she tried to punish me by
taking away television
I told her, "Fine, I'll go read the
encyclopedia".
Question number five - "Name one of your
favorite classics."
Now, I don't know what the definition of
a classic
is but it says it right here on this
book see it says
"classic" right there so I'm picking
Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy.
I read this first when I was in college
and I really enjoyed it.
I really need to reread it again. Question
number six -
"Name a book you like or would like to
read that was published in the year you
were born."
I'm going to pick three books for this.
Two I've already read and one I would
like to read.
In honor of someone else who was born in
1973
and these picks are legend,
wait for it, and I hope you're not
lactose intolerant because it's dairy,
legendary. That's right Neil Patrick
Harris was
also born in 1973.
One book published in 1973
is The Princess Bride, that's right
The Princess Bride.
Another book that I really enjoyed when
I was a kid that was published in 1973
is How to Eat Fried Worms. This is a
story
about a boy who takes a dare that he
will eat
a worm every day for 30 days
and it tells of his adventures trying to
keep that bet
and the many ways that you can eat a
worm including fried.
And then a book that I would like to
read is
the sequel to A Wrinkle in Time. I read
A Wrinkle in Time when I was a kid but I
never read any of the books
after that series and I would actually
like to read the entire series.
Well I hope you enjoyed this video. If
you're over 30,
you have my permission to film this tag.
Not that you needed it
but go do it.
Thank you for watching this video and I
hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
