What are you reading now?
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wrote on 1 May 2020, 15:10 last edited by
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.
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Covers Churchill's first year as prime minister. Wow...what a page turner. Impossible to put down.
wrote on 3 May 2020, 14:47 last edited byI am reading Dead Wake by the same writer. Good book so far.
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I am reading Dead Wake by the same writer. Good book so far.
wrote on 3 May 2020, 16:49 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in What are you reading now?:
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."
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wrote on 12 May 2020, 12:28 last edited by
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wrote on 15 May 2020, 16:09 last edited by
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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wrote on 15 May 2020, 17:10 last edited by
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wrote on 15 May 2020, 17:13 last edited by
Just finished a good popcorn read:
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wrote on 15 May 2020, 17:23 last edited by A Former User
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wrote on 15 May 2020, 17:23 last edited by
guess you need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to post a picture here.
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wrote on 15 May 2020, 17:43 last edited by
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wrote on 15 May 2020, 17:44 last edited by
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.
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guess you need to be a rocket scientist to figure out how to post a picture here.
wrote on 15 May 2020, 18:49 last edited by@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:
So it will look like this:
I inserted a couple of spaces so that it would look sort of what you should see.
Result? This:
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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:
So it will look like this:
I inserted a couple of spaces so that it would look sort of what you should see.
Result? This:
wrote on 16 May 2020, 16:04 last edited bythanks George. I thought I did just that.
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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.
wrote on 16 May 2020, 18:05 last edited by@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.
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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:
wrote on 21 May 2020, 20:39 last edited by@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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wrote on 22 May 2020, 09:41 last edited by
Finished this. Really good book! Very interesting.
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wrote on 22 May 2020, 10:16 last edited by
I read that a couple years back. Very good
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wrote on 22 May 2020, 10:19 last edited by
I’m reading this:
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 17:04 last edited by
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"
