83 Overrated! Top 10 Books You Don’t Need to Read

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

Arts, History, Books

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Life is short, and books are many. How many great books have you read? How many more have you NOT read? How to choose? Mike Palindrome, President of the Literature Supporters Club, joins Jacke for a discussion of overrated classics and the pleasures of shortening one’s list of must-reads. FREE GIFT! Write a review on iTunes (or another site), then send us an email at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com to receive your free History of Literature card as a thank you gift. Act now while supplies last! Show Notes: Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766). You can find more literary discussion at jackewilson.com and more episodes of the series at historyofliterature.com. Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/historyofliterature. You can follow Jacke Wilson at his Twitter account @WriterJacke. You can also follow Mike and the Literature Supporters Club (and receive daily book recommendations) by looking for @literatureSC. Music Credits: “Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the Free Music Archive / CC by SA). “Sweet Vermouth” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. *** This show is a part of the Podglomerate network, a company that produces, distributes, and monetizes podcasts. We encourage you to visit the website and sign up for our newsletter for more information about our shows, launches, and events. For more information on how The Podglomerate treats data, please see our Privacy Policy. Since you're listening to The History of Literature, we'd like to suggest you also try other Podglomerate shows surrounding literature, history, and storytelling like Storybound, Micheaux Mission, and The History of Standup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglamorate Network and LIT Hub Radio.
0:07.0	Today's episode of The History of Literature is brought to you by audible.com.
0:13.7	Get a free audiobook download and a 30 day free trial at
0:17.2	www dot audible trial.com slash hol over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle, or MP3 Player.
0:29.5	That's W.W.audible Trial.com. H History of Literature Podcast. We are on a journey. A journey that
0:57.0	started with the Epic of Gilgamesh and is going to end up somewhere. Well, who knows
1:02.2	exactly, the journey's the thing, folks. It's that kind of deal. It's not A to B to Z. It's nomadic.
1:10.0	What can I say? I come from gypsies. I like to wander and life isn't life just a bunch of
1:17.5	wandering around you don't know where you're going to end you might think you do? You might have aspirations for certain achievements or
1:26.8	milestones, but really you're wandering. You're wandering just like me people. You'd better enjoy the wander.
1:37.8	So along the way is part of your journey or our journey. We like to read books because of the way those great books,
1:45.8	the pinnacles of literature help us to learn how to be better human beings.
1:50.8	And I don't mean better in the sense of morally better, although that can happen.
1:54.7	I mean in the sense of richer, more engaged, more alert.
2:00.4	Stretched out.
2:02.3	They say this about meditation and yoga and exercise.
2:06.0	It doesn't take time, it makes time. You make better use of your time.
2:13.0	But time is an enemy to be sure it's a ticking clock that ends with an explosion for all of us.
2:22.0	There's no magical spy who arrives to disconnect the wires on this
2:28.0	particular explosive device. Gee, it's getting a little morbid, but it's true. Anyway, here's the point. We don't really
2:37.3	control how much time we have and there are many, many great books out there.
2:41.7	I've read a few thousand myself and I'm sure you have
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jacke Wilson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jacke Wilson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.