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What are you reading now?

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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    Just started "Why We Sleep" this morning.

    One of the most fascinating books I've read in a long time. I'm only about 1/6 of the way through it, but it's a great read. Very accessible to the non-scientist too.

    "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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    • QuantumIvoryQ QuantumIvory

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      Covers Churchill's first year as prime minister. Wow...what a page turner. Impossible to put down.

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      @QuantumIvory

      I am reading Dead Wake by the same writer. Good book so far.

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      • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

        @QuantumIvory

        I am reading Dead Wake by the same writer. Good book so far.

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        George K
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        @taiwan_girl said in What are you reading now?:

        @QuantumIvory

        I am reading Dead Wake by the same writer. Good book so far.

        I love Larson's books. I got hooked on them with "Devil in the White City."

        "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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          #35

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          Only non-witches get due process.

          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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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:

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            "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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              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              • JollyJ Offline
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                Just finished a good popcorn read:

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                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                    guess you need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to post a picture here.

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                      • kluursK Offline
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                        George - not quite as well done as Why We Sleep, I would still recommend this one as well. Wish we were about 20 years younger. ce43d8ce-2963-40fb-86bc-6995e82bb89a-image.png

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                          Today is the youngest day of the rest of my life.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • ? A Former User

                            guess you need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to post a picture here.

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                            @nobodyssock said in What are you reading now?:

                            guess you need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to post a picture here.

                            Click on the picture icon (fourth from the right), and copy the url of the picture you share. Paste into that command:

                            ![alt text]( image url)

                            So it will look like this:

                            ![alt text](http://ww w.dreadcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/e86891c7fd444d6ada8d0327f6a26b94.jpg)

                            I inserted a couple of spaces so that it would look sort of what you should see.

                            Result? This:

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                            "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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                            • George KG George K

                              @nobodyssock said in What are you reading now?:

                              guess you need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to post a picture here.

                              Click on the picture icon (fourth from the right), and copy the url of the picture you share. Paste into that command:

                              ![alt text]( image url)

                              So it will look like this:

                              ![alt text](http://ww w.dreadcentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/e86891c7fd444d6ada8d0327f6a26b94.jpg)

                              I inserted a couple of spaces so that it would look sort of what you should see.

                              Result? This:

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                              thanks George. I thought I did just that.

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                              • kluursK kluurs

                                George - not quite as well done as Why We Sleep, I would still recommend this one as well. Wish we were about 20 years younger. ce43d8ce-2963-40fb-86bc-6995e82bb89a-image.png

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                                @kluurs said in What are you reading now?:

                                George - not quite as well done as Why We Sleep, I would still recommend this one as well.

                                Thanks for the tip. I'll seek it out and queue it up after my current thriller.

                                "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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                                • George KG George K

                                  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:

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                                  George K
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                                  @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:

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                                  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:

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                                  Looking forward to it.

                                  "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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                                  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                                    Finished this. Really good book! Very interesting.

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                                      I read that a couple years back. Very good

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        I’m reading this:

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                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        • taiwan_girlT Offline
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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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