What are you reading now?
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Loved, just loved "Why We Sleep." It's amazing how the thinking about sleep has changed since I was in school.
Anyhow, up next - more popcorn:
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Loved, just loved "Why We Sleep." It's amazing how the thinking about sleep has changed since I was in school.
Anyhow, up next - more popcorn:
Yeah. Popcorn indeed. And just as satisfying.
Has all the marks of a really good thriller - confusing crime, missing person, lots of misdirection.
But, popcorn ain't a good meal. The ending was rushed, confusing, and though satisfying, like popcorn, wasn't really fulfilling. 3/5 stars.
Up next, based on Kluurs recommendation:
Looking forward to it.
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Finished this. Really good book! Very interesting.
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Reading The 12 Rules of Life (while practicing social distancing in a BKK coffee shop! 555)
Interesting book, but it has not yet "grabbed" me.
From Wikipedia
"The book advances the idea that people are born with the instinct for ethics and meaning and should take responsibility to search for meaning above their own interests (chapter eight, rule seven, "Pursue what is meaningful, not what is expedient"). Such thinking is reflected in contemporary stories such as Pinocchio, The Lion King, and Harry Potter and in ancient stories from the Bible.[4] To "Stand up straight with your shoulders back" (title of first chapter) is to "accept the terrible responsibility of life", to make self-sacrifice,[10] because the individual must rise above victimization and "conduct his or her life in a manner that requires the rejection of immediate gratification, of natural and perverse desires alike".[9] The comparison to neurological structures and behavior of lobsters is used as a natural example to the formation of social hierarchies.[6"
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Not much of a "grippy" book, but I should mention that each chapter deals with very different subject matter. Some are pretty damn dark. The first one's the weirdest and in my opinion the worst choice for an opener.
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Not much of a "grippy" book, but I should mention that each chapter deals with very different subject matter. Some are pretty damn dark. The first one's the weirdest and in my opinion the worst choice for an opener.
@Aqua-Letifer Thanks Aqua. I have just started, so will remember your thoughts as I move through the book!
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@jon-nyc said in What are you reading now?:
You reading it in Thai? Or is that book in English too?
Both. I am trying to learn better Thai, but I am too lazy and just read the English side. LOL
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Finished Sinclair's "Lifespan" today. Most engaging and thought-provoking. He tends to get a bit preachy toward the end - I enjoyed the "science" parts more
Up next:
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:
What a fun read! I'm only about ¼ of the way through, but it's great!
It's full of stuff like this (on page 3):
“Hey, Walt. You ain’t gonna believe this shit. . . .” He didn’t sound particularly drunk, but Bob’s a professional, so you never can tell. He was silent for a moment. “Hey, no shit, we got us a cool one out here.”
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@Aqua-Letifer said in What are you reading now?:
What a fun read! I'm only about ¼ of the way through, but it's great!
It's full of stuff like this (on page 3):
“Hey, Walt. You ain’t gonna believe this shit. . . .” He didn’t sound particularly drunk, but Bob’s a professional, so you never can tell. He was silent for a moment. “Hey, no shit, we got us a cool one out here.”
Wonderful language...
“ It was brain-tanned leather, as soft as a horse’s nose, and the color of butter melting in the sun. The minute glass trading beads were Maundy yellow, a faded mustard tint I recognized as over a hundred years old.”
If you've ever felt a horse's nose, you know what that means.
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I just finished "Moon of the Crusted Snow"
It was an interesting book, but for some reason, i didn't think it was greatly written. It is a very atmospheric book, set in a native village (or rez) in the far north of Canada, in the near present or future. The village has been recently connected to the "outside" world, but something happens, and they lose power, phones, etc. They soon learn that the "outside" world is falling apart.
Like I say, it seems like this was maybe a "rookie" attempt at writing. I read the whole thing and enjoyed it, but it seems like it could have been a bit better.
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Finished Sinclair's "Lifespan" today. Most engaging and thought-provoking. He tends to get a bit preachy toward the end - I enjoyed the "science" parts more
Up next:
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Finished Sinclair's "Lifespan" today. Most engaging and thought-provoking. He tends to get a bit preachy toward the end - I enjoyed the "science" parts more
Up next:
That was a fun read. As Aqua points out, it's substantially different from the TV series, but both hold up well.
I've enjoyed Ben MacIntyre's books ever since reading "Operation Mincemeat."
Up next:
" The celebrated author of Double Cross and Rogue Heroes returns with his greatest spy story yet, a thrilling Americans-era tale of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War."
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Not White Fragility.
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Reread. (I'm rolling a warlock, so, why not. Seemed appropriate.)
