What are you reading now?
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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"
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 17:09 last edited by
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.
wrote on 27 May 2020, 17:31 last edited by@Aqua-Letifer Thanks Aqua. I have just started, so will remember your thoughts as I move through the book!
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wrote on 27 May 2020, 18:01 last edited by
You reading it in Thai? Or is that book in English too?
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wrote on 28 May 2020, 01:02 last edited by
@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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wrote on 28 May 2020, 01:11 last edited by
@Horace said in What are you reading now?:
Today is the youngest day of the rest of my life.
Again today. I'm on a roll.
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wrote on 30 May 2020, 22:07 last edited by
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
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wrote on 31 May 2020, 19:04 last edited by
@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.”
wrote on 6 Jun 2020, 21:58 last edited byWonderful 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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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 02:26 last edited by
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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wrote on 10 Jun 2020, 06:01 last edited by
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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
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wrote on 12 Jun 2020, 16:30 last edited by@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
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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."
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" 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."
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wrote on 12 Jun 2020, 16:36 last edited by
Not White Fragility.
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wrote on 15 Jun 2020, 04:16 last edited by
Reread. (I'm rolling a warlock, so, why not. Seemed appropriate.)
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wrote on 15 Jun 2020, 12:19 last edited by
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wrote on 15 Jun 2020, 16:31 last edited by
@Aqua-Letifer What was that book you were mentioning on Police Brutality (and I don't mean White Fragility)