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02-02-2023, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted By MrBourbon⏩
Im not finished with it yet but this is on track to be my nonfiction book of the year. I got to about chapter 4 in my library copy before I ordered my own from Amazon. This is one to keep on your shelf and refer back to boys:
Originally Posted By MrBourbon⏩
Just finished this one. I second Bourbons recommendation 100%Reps back, be sure to post your thoughts once you get into it.
It really puts things into perspective, on how insignificant our amount of time on earth is and how little control we have over it. Also definitely hit home when the author spoke about chasing the moment in time when you've caught up with everything and finally reached contentment. Ironically accepting that it's impossible to get there is what brings the contentment...Fuarkk, it me
Solid recommendation...Will probably read again in the future.
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02-02-2023, 01:42 PM
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I just finished book #1 of Sanderson’s Mistborn series and can’t wait to get my hands on book #2. I’ve read some of his other books and he might be your kind of thing.Finished #4:
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
great book about the battle of Thermopylae & the 300 Spartans.
Anyone have recommendations for a good Fantasy series (That's finished!) Growing up I was loving the Shannara series, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms etc
I read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss years ago and it was great, but the fukker still hasn't finished the final book.
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
great book about the battle of Thermopylae & the 300 Spartans.
Anyone have recommendations for a good Fantasy series (That's finished!) Growing up I was loving the Shannara series, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms etc
I read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss years ago and it was great, but the fukker still hasn't finished the final book.
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
Originally Posted By ChknFrydMFer⏩
Das fukken it fam. I started w a library copy then ordered my own a few chapters in so I could bookmark and highlight the gold.Just finished this one. I second Bourbons recommendation 100%
It really puts things into perspective, on how insignificant our amount of time on earth is and how little control we have over it. Also definitely hit home when the author spoke about chasing the moment in time when you've caught up with everything and finally reached contentment. Ironically accepting that it's impossible to get there is what brings the contentment...Fuarkk, it me
Solid recommendation...Will probably read again in the future.
It really puts things into perspective, on how insignificant our amount of time on earth is and how little control we have over it. Also definitely hit home when the author spoke about chasing the moment in time when you've caught up with everything and finally reached contentment. Ironically accepting that it's impossible to get there is what brings the contentment...Fuarkk, it me
Solid recommendation...Will probably read again in the future.
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02-02-2023, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted By Woody-5⏩
A great series about Genghis Khan was written by Conn Iggulden. It is a very solid five book series.Finished #4:
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
great book about the battle of Thermopylae & the 300 Spartans.
Anyone have recommendations for a good Fantasy series (That's finished!) Growing up I was loving the Shannara series, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms etc
I read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss years ago and it was great, but the fukker still hasn't finished the final book.
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
great book about the battle of Thermopylae & the 300 Spartans.
Anyone have recommendations for a good Fantasy series (That's finished!) Growing up I was loving the Shannara series, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms etc
I read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss years ago and it was great, but the fukker still hasn't finished the final book.
Bernard Conwell has a great series about early England.
Jim Butcher's Fury series.
Larry Correia - Hard Magic is a film noir hardboiled detective style series
Garth Nix
Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere
Joe Abercrombie - First Law series
Hugh Howey - Wool series
Will Wight - Any of his series
Dan Simmons - Hyperion
Travis Bagwell - Awaken Online
Brent Weeks - any of his series but Lightbringer is best and has some serious twists
Miles Cameron - Red Knight series
Mark Lawrence - Prince of Thorns series
Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon series
David Gemmell - Troy series is just as good as Steven Pressfield
Jim Butcher - Dresden series
Scott Lynch - Locke Lamore series
Martha Wells - MurderBot series
RW Krpoun - Grog series
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02-04-2023, 05:58 AM
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Finally finished “Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade. The first half was really interesting, I felt the second half got a little bogged down in more specific genetic discussion than I was interested in so I was slow to finish. I’m ready for something a little lighter next.
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1. The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
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1. The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
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02-08-2023, 10:46 AM
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The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from our Eyes, by Donald Hoffman
Some of the more bizarre implications of quantum theory. Basically nobody knows wtf is going on with… all of reality… and the Nobel Prize of 2022 showed that spacetime essentially doesn’t even exist.
Interesting read, but warning, might make your brain hurt
Some of the more bizarre implications of quantum theory. Basically nobody knows wtf is going on with… all of reality… and the Nobel Prize of 2022 showed that spacetime essentially doesn’t even exist.
Interesting read, but warning, might make your brain hurt
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02-08-2023, 04:53 PM
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Read book 1 of Conn Iggulden’s Genghis Khan series. This series has been on my radar for awhile. I’ve got book 2 but may skip around and read other stuff rather than read the whole series straight through.
Spoiler!
1 The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
4 Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
Spoiler!
1 The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
4 Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
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02-08-2023, 06:02 PM
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Year 2023: Audiobooks
"Cujo" (1981) by Stephen King
"Christine" (1983) by Stephen King
Currently Listening to:
"Pet Sematary" (1983) by Stephen King
"Cujo" (1981) by Stephen King
"Christine" (1983) by Stephen King
Currently Listening to:
"Pet Sematary" (1983) by Stephen King
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02-08-2023, 06:13 PM
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Just finished Arnold's memoirs (Total Recall)
it was good overall, but I wish he would have dove deeper into his psyche on a lot of topics, how he struggled with XYZ, what he felt about this and that. I was hoping for something a bit more raw and cerebral. There is some of that (especially in the earlier chapters) but towards the end it was "I did _____ then I did _____ oh man having kids was kind of a challenge lol!" I don't care so much about what he did as Governor of California, rather I want to read about what he learned transitioning into politics, how it changed him, what it all meant to him. I mean that's why you read a person's memoirs... right?
it was good overall, but I wish he would have dove deeper into his psyche on a lot of topics, how he struggled with XYZ, what he felt about this and that. I was hoping for something a bit more raw and cerebral. There is some of that (especially in the earlier chapters) but towards the end it was "I did _____ then I did _____ oh man having kids was kind of a challenge lol!" I don't care so much about what he did as Governor of California, rather I want to read about what he learned transitioning into politics, how it changed him, what it all meant to him. I mean that's why you read a person's memoirs... right?
02-09-2023, 08:58 AM
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Currently reading Henry Fords autobiography.
If you have ANY interest in business at all, especially from the early 1900's, this book is AWESOME. He is very direct and there's no room for wishy-washy bullchit with him.
I will actually read his other book, "the international jew" next because of how well written his autobiography is.
If you have ANY interest in business at all, especially from the early 1900's, this book is AWESOME. He is very direct and there's no room for wishy-washy bullchit with him.
I will actually read his other book, "the international jew" next because of how well written his autobiography is.
02-09-2023, 09:59 AM
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1. The Choice (book 3 Dragon Heart Legacy) by Nora Roberts
2. Devoted in Death (#41 In Death series) by JD Robb.
3. Wonderment in Death (41.5 In Death series) by JD Robb
4. Brotherhood in Death (42 In Death ) by JD Robb
5. Apprentice in Death(book 43) by JD Robb
6. Echoes in Death (book 44) by JD Robb
She has 57 in Death books so far, 13 left.
2. Devoted in Death (#41 In Death series) by JD Robb.
3. Wonderment in Death (41.5 In Death series) by JD Robb
4. Brotherhood in Death (42 In Death ) by JD Robb
5. Apprentice in Death(book 43) by JD Robb
6. Echoes in Death (book 44) by JD Robb
She has 57 in Death books so far, 13 left.
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02-12-2023, 07:04 AM
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The last 2 weeks in my life have made reading very difficult but i've finished my two current ones:
Xenophon - Hellenica/History of my times - 4/5 - Really enjoyed this, finished off the peloponessian war where thucydides left off, and delves into the corinthian war and the campaigns of the excellent Epaminondas, gaining Thebes hegemony over Sparta. I will say though as much as i enjoy Xenophon and love his work (Anabasis is one of my favorite books EVER), after reading Thucydides it's pretty clear that he's a less gifted writer and historian - but he's still good. With this read that covers the main histories written by the ancient Greeks.
Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker - 4/5 - A good book on evolution but nothing new here for me, especially as i read the extended phenotype recently which is a more technical book. Still quite enjoyable though and a good refresher and re framing of many different facets of evolution.
Next up - Dostoevsky - notes from underground
Plato - Phaedrus (one of the few plato texts i somehow haven't read)
So my list for 2023 looks like this:
Spoiler!
1. Voltaire - Candide
2. Carl Jung - Synchronicity
3. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian war
4. Stephen fry - Heroes
5. Albert Camus - The Fall
6. Euripides - Medea, Hecabe, Electra & Heracles
7. Daniel Dennett - Bacteria to bach and back
8. Xenophon - memorabilia
9. Richard Dawkins - The Extended Phenotype
10. Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker
11. Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology
12. Xenophon - Hellenica
13. Dostoevsky - notes from underground (in progress)
14. Plato - Phaedrus (in progress)
Xenophon - Hellenica/History of my times - 4/5 - Really enjoyed this, finished off the peloponessian war where thucydides left off, and delves into the corinthian war and the campaigns of the excellent Epaminondas, gaining Thebes hegemony over Sparta. I will say though as much as i enjoy Xenophon and love his work (Anabasis is one of my favorite books EVER), after reading Thucydides it's pretty clear that he's a less gifted writer and historian - but he's still good. With this read that covers the main histories written by the ancient Greeks.
Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker - 4/5 - A good book on evolution but nothing new here for me, especially as i read the extended phenotype recently which is a more technical book. Still quite enjoyable though and a good refresher and re framing of many different facets of evolution.
Next up - Dostoevsky - notes from underground
Plato - Phaedrus (one of the few plato texts i somehow haven't read)
So my list for 2023 looks like this:
Spoiler!
1. Voltaire - Candide
2. Carl Jung - Synchronicity
3. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian war
4. Stephen fry - Heroes
5. Albert Camus - The Fall
6. Euripides - Medea, Hecabe, Electra & Heracles
7. Daniel Dennett - Bacteria to bach and back
8. Xenophon - memorabilia
9. Richard Dawkins - The Extended Phenotype
10. Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker
11. Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology
12. Xenophon - Hellenica
13. Dostoevsky - notes from underground (in progress)
14. Plato - Phaedrus (in progress)
02-14-2023, 04:46 AM
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Book 6 done, A Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson.
Great sci fi story. They discover a way to travel to alternate realities. There's almost 400 different versions of Earth, all slightly different, maybe one person made a different life choice at a certain crossroad, close calls go a little different in world to world. Fun story, I got read it pretty fast.
Finished it while on a work trip and I needed another book for flights home so I grabbed a trash airport book. I'll update when I finish it...
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
Great sci fi story. They discover a way to travel to alternate realities. There's almost 400 different versions of Earth, all slightly different, maybe one person made a different life choice at a certain crossroad, close calls go a little different in world to world. Fun story, I got read it pretty fast.
Finished it while on a work trip and I needed another book for flights home so I grabbed a trash airport book. I'll update when I finish it...
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
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02-17-2023, 03:56 AM
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7 in the books (see what I did there?)
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Thriller / mystery that I picked up at the airport in the middle of a multi city work trip. "perfect airport trash book" as one of my friends put it ("they always have the best ones" she added. Fun, easy read. The target audience is definitely a suburban female in her 40s, but it was enjoyable enough, especially the last 1/3 or so when everything started tying together.
I'm in dire need of a bookstore run as I'm ripping through my backlog fast, but I happened upon a hardcover I bought in 2018 that I'd started and forgotten about when I moved shortly thereafter. It's called The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova. I really enjoyed her book The Historian which I'd read forever ago when it first came out.
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
7. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
Thriller / mystery that I picked up at the airport in the middle of a multi city work trip. "perfect airport trash book" as one of my friends put it ("they always have the best ones" she added. Fun, easy read. The target audience is definitely a suburban female in her 40s, but it was enjoyable enough, especially the last 1/3 or so when everything started tying together.
I'm in dire need of a bookstore run as I'm ripping through my backlog fast, but I happened upon a hardcover I bought in 2018 that I'd started and forgotten about when I moved shortly thereafter. It's called The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova. I really enjoyed her book The Historian which I'd read forever ago when it first came out.
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
7. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
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02-17-2023, 04:13 AM
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Read a couple more
Dostoyevsky - notes from underground - 4.5/5 - Enjoyed this a lot, it gave me very nietszchian vibes.
Plato - Phaedrus - 3/5 - Not sure how i felt about this, as the plato dialogues go it was a little all over the place without a coherant thread, but still thought provoking
Next - sean carroll - the big picture
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Albert camus - the myth of sisyphus
Spoiler!
1. Voltaire - Candide
2. Carl Jung - Synchronicity
3. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian war
4. Stephen fry - Heroes
5. Albert Camus - The Fall
6. Euripides - Medea, Hecabe, Electra & Heracles
7. Daniel Dennett - Bacteria to bach and back
8. Xenophon - memorabilia
9. Richard Dawkins - The Extended Phenotype
10. Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker
11. Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology
12. Xenophon - Hellenica
13. Dostoevsky - notes from underground
14. Plato - Phaedrus
15. Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus (In progress)
16. Sean carroll - The big picture (In progress)
Dostoyevsky - notes from underground - 4.5/5 - Enjoyed this a lot, it gave me very nietszchian vibes.
Plato - Phaedrus - 3/5 - Not sure how i felt about this, as the plato dialogues go it was a little all over the place without a coherant thread, but still thought provoking
Next - sean carroll - the big picture
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Albert camus - the myth of sisyphus
Spoiler!
1. Voltaire - Candide
2. Carl Jung - Synchronicity
3. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian war
4. Stephen fry - Heroes
5. Albert Camus - The Fall
6. Euripides - Medea, Hecabe, Electra & Heracles
7. Daniel Dennett - Bacteria to bach and back
8. Xenophon - memorabilia
9. Richard Dawkins - The Extended Phenotype
10. Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker
11. Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology
12. Xenophon - Hellenica
13. Dostoevsky - notes from underground
14. Plato - Phaedrus
15. Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus (In progress)
16. Sean carroll - The big picture (In progress)
02-20-2023, 09:00 AM
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Currently reading Whatever You Do, Don't Run, written by an African safari guide.
Spoiler!
1 The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
4 Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
5 Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
6 Genghis:Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
Spoiler!
1 The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
4 Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
5 Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
6 Genghis:Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women.
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02-20-2023, 05:16 PM
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Finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Good book and well-written. I don't usually read crime/murder books but this one was entertaining. The ending was good but it felt off, which is what the author intended I guess. 4/5 stars
now reading Lolita by Nabokov
1. Mere Christianity
2. Fahrenheit 451
2. The Metamorphosis - Kafka
3. The Catcher in the Rye
4. Animal Farm
5. Narnia
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5. Narnia
6. Perfume
Finished Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Good book and well-written. I don't usually read crime/murder books but this one was entertaining. The ending was good but it felt off, which is what the author intended I guess. 4/5 stars
now reading Lolita by Nabokov
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02-22-2023, 01:51 PM
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#8 done, The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova.
great book, young woman is going to teach English in Bulgaria. Upon landing in Sofia, she bumps into an elderly couple and their son. helps the old woman into a cab after she almost falls. During the exchange, their bags get mixed up and she discovers that she has one of their bags containing an urn complete with someone's ashes that presumably the trio was headed to bury.
She has to track them down, but there's a lot of mistrust of the police and each other in the country still, left over from the former communist regime.
I really enjoyed it, I'd also recommend her first book, The Historian that I read years ago when it was new.
Starting 4000 weeks next thanks to recommendations from you chaps.
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
7. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
8. The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
great book, young woman is going to teach English in Bulgaria. Upon landing in Sofia, she bumps into an elderly couple and their son. helps the old woman into a cab after she almost falls. During the exchange, their bags get mixed up and she discovers that she has one of their bags containing an urn complete with someone's ashes that presumably the trio was headed to bury.
She has to track them down, but there's a lot of mistrust of the police and each other in the country still, left over from the former communist regime.
I really enjoyed it, I'd also recommend her first book, The Historian that I read years ago when it was new.
Starting 4000 weeks next thanks to recommendations from you chaps.
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
7. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
8. The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
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02-25-2023, 01:18 PM
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5. James A Moore – SNAFU – Medevac Anthology 3.5/5
6. VE Schwab – A Darker Shade of Magic 4/5
SNAFU is a series of military sci-fi anthologies. Like most anthologies, some stories are pretty good and I have found several good authors that way.
A Darker Shade of Magic - Takes place in London. There were four realms that were initially linked by magic. One realm went crazy and was cut off. This is book one of a three book series and follows a magic user who meets a thief. Overall the book is pretty good, but not stellar.
6. VE Schwab – A Darker Shade of Magic 4/5
SNAFU is a series of military sci-fi anthologies. Like most anthologies, some stories are pretty good and I have found several good authors that way.
A Darker Shade of Magic - Takes place in London. There were four realms that were initially linked by magic. One realm went crazy and was cut off. This is book one of a three book series and follows a magic user who meets a thief. Overall the book is pretty good, but not stellar.
Yeah, I'm old, been here for years before posting. Son posts as well.
My "Doggies in the Snow" thread:
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02-25-2023, 02:07 PM
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Few more down
Albert Camus - The myth of Sisyphus
Franz kafka - The trial (what a book)
Currently reading Sean Carroll - the big picture, and Plutarch - Greek lives, about 75% through each of them.
Spoiler!
1. Voltaire - Candide
2. Carl Jung - Synchronicity
3. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian war
4. Stephen fry - Heroes
5. Albert Camus - The Fall
6. Euripides - Medea, Hecabe, Electra & Heracles
7. Daniel Dennett - Bacteria to bach and back
8. Xenophon - memorabilia
9. Richard Dawkins - The Extended Phenotype
10. Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker
11. Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology
12. Xenophon - Hellenica
13. Dostoevsky - notes from underground
14. Plato - Phaedrus
15. Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus
16. Franz Kafka - the trial
17. Sean Carroll - The big picture (In progress)
18. Plutarch - Greek lives (In Progress)
Albert Camus - The myth of Sisyphus
Franz kafka - The trial (what a book)
Currently reading Sean Carroll - the big picture, and Plutarch - Greek lives, about 75% through each of them.
Spoiler!
1. Voltaire - Candide
2. Carl Jung - Synchronicity
3. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian war
4. Stephen fry - Heroes
5. Albert Camus - The Fall
6. Euripides - Medea, Hecabe, Electra & Heracles
7. Daniel Dennett - Bacteria to bach and back
8. Xenophon - memorabilia
9. Richard Dawkins - The Extended Phenotype
10. Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker
11. Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology
12. Xenophon - Hellenica
13. Dostoevsky - notes from underground
14. Plato - Phaedrus
15. Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus
16. Franz Kafka - the trial
17. Sean Carroll - The big picture (In progress)
18. Plutarch - Greek lives (In Progress)
02-25-2023, 02:27 PM
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I finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Definitely like the book better than the movie (and the movie was great) but it was kind of odd how the last part of the book it's like he sped right through it. A bunch of impactful things happened within the span of less than a dozen pages or so. Kind of odd the pacing shift like that. Either way, great book, will recommend.
Originally Posted By 2010JW⏩
I haven't read Psychology of Money, but Atomic Habits is a great book.What book you recommend to read next, The Psychology of Money, or Atomic Habits? srs
02-27-2023, 12:04 PM
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Finished 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman over the weekend. For such heavy subject matter, it's actually a quick and easy read. But damn, it really makes you think. There's so many things he references that most of us our guilty of, even moreso those of us that are striving to be high achievers, and to better ourselves.
Thanks to all here who recommended it, it's definitely something everyone should read, although unfortunately, I think most people won't give it a second thought. I've already suggested it to a few of my closer friends, I hope they read it soon because I want to talk about it with them.
To everyone who suggested and enjoyed 4000 weeks, highly recommend you pick up The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter and check it out. Little bit different, but he touches on a lot of the same things- trying to be ultra productive all the time, distractions etc etc
back to some good old fiction to give my mind a chance to process morality lmaoooo
Picked up Fairy Tale by Stephen King the weekend. Heard it's more of a fantasy than his typical horror which of course makes me think of the Dark Tower series which I loved (most of). really looking forward to it
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
7. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
8. The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
9. 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Thanks to all here who recommended it, it's definitely something everyone should read, although unfortunately, I think most people won't give it a second thought. I've already suggested it to a few of my closer friends, I hope they read it soon because I want to talk about it with them.
To everyone who suggested and enjoyed 4000 weeks, highly recommend you pick up The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter and check it out. Little bit different, but he touches on a lot of the same things- trying to be ultra productive all the time, distractions etc etc
back to some good old fiction to give my mind a chance to process morality lmaoooo
Picked up Fairy Tale by Stephen King the weekend. Heard it's more of a fantasy than his typical horror which of course makes me think of the Dark Tower series which I loved (most of). really looking forward to it
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
7. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
8. The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
9. 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
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02-27-2023, 01:40 PM
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Finished reading Whatever You Do, Don't Run, written by Peter Allison. He had some good stories and quite an interesting career as a safari guide, camp manager and eventually someone who trains safari guides.
I'm following that up with My Life with Ndoto: Exploring Africa in a Forty-Year-Old Land Rover by Teresa O'Kane.
Spoiler!
1 The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
4 Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
5 Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
6 Genghis:Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
7 Whatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison
I'm following that up with My Life with Ndoto: Exploring Africa in a Forty-Year-Old Land Rover by Teresa O'Kane.
Spoiler!
1 The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
4 Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
5 Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
6 Genghis:Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
7 Whatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison
Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women.
Vybz Kartel crew
02-28-2023, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted By DolphinPilot⏩
Actually started on Atomic Habits, it's really cool how they have everything set up there. Makes me feel like applying the things the book teaches you can take me to way higher levels than i've ever thought srsI finished One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. Definitely like the book better than the movie (and the movie was great) but it was kind of odd how the last part of the book it's like he sped right through it. A bunch of impactful things happened within the span of less than a dozen pages or so. Kind of odd the pacing shift like that. Either way, great book, will recommend.
I haven't read Psychology of Money, but Atomic Habits is a great book.
I haven't read Psychology of Money, but Atomic Habits is a great book.
R.I.P Greg Plitt
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03-02-2023, 04:51 AM
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I blew through My Life with Ndoto: Exploring Africa in a Forty-Year-Old Land Rover by Teresa O'Kane. I really enjoyed it and the honest emotion it was written with. Taking a trip like theirs would be amazing.
I liked it so much I picked up her earlier book Safari Jema: A Journey of Love and Adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town where the same couple travels Africa using nothing but public transportation.
Still waiting on the library for the next two Genghis books in the series.
Spoiler!
1 The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
4 Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
5 Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
6 Genghis:Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
7 Whatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison
8 My Life with Ndoto: Exploring Africa in a Forty-Year-Old Land Rover by Teresa O'Kane
I liked it so much I picked up her earlier book Safari Jema: A Journey of Love and Adventure from Casablanca to Cape Town where the same couple travels Africa using nothing but public transportation.
Still waiting on the library for the next two Genghis books in the series.
Spoiler!
1 The Second Day at Gettysburg by David Schultz and Scott Mingus Sr.
2. The Whisper on the Wind by Adam Schoalts
3. Cro-Magnon:How the Ice Age Gave Birth to the First Modern Humans” by Brian ***an
4 Before the Dawn: Recovering the Lost History of Our Ancestors” by Nicholas Wade
5 Genghis: Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden
6 Genghis:Lords of the Bow by Conn Iggulden
7 Whatever You Do, Don't Run by Peter Allison
8 My Life with Ndoto: Exploring Africa in a Forty-Year-Old Land Rover by Teresa O'Kane
Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women.
Vybz Kartel crew
03-02-2023, 04:23 PM
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1. The Choice (book 3 Dragon Heart Legacy) by Nora Roberts
2. Devoted in Death (#41 In Death series) by JD Robb.
3. Wonderment in Death (41.5 In Death series) by JD Robb
4. Brotherhood in Death (42 In Death ) by JD Robb
5. Apprentice in Death(book 43) by JD Robb
6. Echoes in Death (book 44) by JD Robb
7. Secrets in Death (book 45) by JD Robb
8. Dark in Death (book 46) by JD Robb
9. Leverage in Death (book 47) by JD Robb- just started
11 left.
2. Devoted in Death (#41 In Death series) by JD Robb.
3. Wonderment in Death (41.5 In Death series) by JD Robb
4. Brotherhood in Death (42 In Death ) by JD Robb
5. Apprentice in Death(book 43) by JD Robb
6. Echoes in Death (book 44) by JD Robb
7. Secrets in Death (book 45) by JD Robb
8. Dark in Death (book 46) by JD Robb
9. Leverage in Death (book 47) by JD Robb- just started
11 left.
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03-02-2023, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted By Legz422⏩
You may have already mentioned it but is that a series or are you just reading the authors entire catalog?1. The Choice (book 3 Dragon Heart Legacy) by Nora Roberts
2. Devoted in Death (#41 In Death series) by JD Robb.
3. Wonderment in Death (41.5 In Death series) by JD Robb
4. Brotherhood in Death (42 In Death ) by JD Robb
5. Apprentice in Death(book 43) by JD Robb
6. Echoes in Death (book 44) by JD Robb
7. Secrets in Death (book 45) by JD Robb
8. Dark in Death (book 46) by JD Robb
9. Leverage in Death (book 47) by JD Robb- just started
11 left.
2. Devoted in Death (#41 In Death series) by JD Robb.
3. Wonderment in Death (41.5 In Death series) by JD Robb
4. Brotherhood in Death (42 In Death ) by JD Robb
5. Apprentice in Death(book 43) by JD Robb
6. Echoes in Death (book 44) by JD Robb
7. Secrets in Death (book 45) by JD Robb
8. Dark in Death (book 46) by JD Robb
9. Leverage in Death (book 47) by JD Robb- just started
11 left.
Here's to swimmin' with bow-legged women.
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03-03-2023, 04:48 AM
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Few more down
Sean carroll - the big picture - 3.5/5 - Interesting book that collates a lot of knowledge from a few different fields (physics, biology, philosophy), but ultimately doesn't offer much new, and im not sure how i feel about 'poetic naturalism'. Probably more interesting for people who haven't already covered this material many many times.
Plutarch - Greek lives - 4/5 - Great book, especially enjoyed the life of Cimon as he had a huge impact on the Greek world, yet is a lesser known strategoi than the likes of Pericles or Themistocles. Alcibiades and Nicias also had interesting biographics, although a lot of it is covered in the Hellenica but Plutarch is able to frame it all. I had already read Lycurgus' & Agesilaus' life in Plutarch - on Sparta.
Plato - The Symposium - 3.5/5 - Found this one of Plato's more tedious dialogues if i'm honest, it's saving grace was the last 25% or so percent when Alcibiades shows up drunk and brings the lolz.
Godfreid Leibniz - Discourse on Metaphysics & Monadology - 3.5/5 - For it's time, i can see how this was extremely impressive, and whilst i didn't love this Leibniz to has always seemed a little under-appreciated compared to some of his others of the enlightenment era. This particular work goes through his metaphysics and model of monads which is ruthlessly logical, interesting and displays the mind of someone very gifted. Unfortunately, there's less insights than a mind like Leibniz could give us because it's from the era where philosophers would try to extend logic infinitely far to metaphysical considerations, and get themselves in trouble. However, i do find a lot of the metaphysics logic that pervades the pre-empericist era of philosophy reach their apex in Leibniz, and he has put them in their best, most concise form.
One insight i did notice is that in his monad model, he seems to realise that our conception of cause and effect is little more than an inference and not a deduction, the same thing David Hume would later point out and start a skeptic revolution.
Currently reading:
Carlo Rovelli - Anaximander and the birth of science - This book is exciting to me and i've been waiting for its release. I love Rovelli's work an Anaximander is one of my very favourite pre-socratics.
Baltasar Gracian - Pocket Oracle & The art of prudence - read this over 10 years ago, but it contains so many insights it's always good to get a refresher.
Current list:
Spoiler!
1. Voltaire - Candide
2. Carl Jung - Synchronicity
3. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian war
4. Stephen fry - Heroes
5. Albert Camus - The Fall
6. Euripides - Medea, Hecabe, Electra & Heracles
7. Daniel Dennett - Bacteria to bach and back
8. Xenophon - memorabilia
9. Richard Dawkins - The Extended Phenotype
10. Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker
11. Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology
12. Xenophon - Hellenica
13. Dostoevsky - notes from underground
14. Plato - Phaedrus
15. Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus
16. Franz Kafka - the trial
17. Sean Carroll - The big picture
18. Plutarch - Greek lives
19. Plato - Symposium
20. Leibniz - Discourse on Metaphysics & Mondaology
21. Baltasar Gracian - Pocket Oracle & The Art of Prudence (In progress)
22. Carlo Rovelli - Anaximander and the birth of science (In progress)
Sean carroll - the big picture - 3.5/5 - Interesting book that collates a lot of knowledge from a few different fields (physics, biology, philosophy), but ultimately doesn't offer much new, and im not sure how i feel about 'poetic naturalism'. Probably more interesting for people who haven't already covered this material many many times.
Plutarch - Greek lives - 4/5 - Great book, especially enjoyed the life of Cimon as he had a huge impact on the Greek world, yet is a lesser known strategoi than the likes of Pericles or Themistocles. Alcibiades and Nicias also had interesting biographics, although a lot of it is covered in the Hellenica but Plutarch is able to frame it all. I had already read Lycurgus' & Agesilaus' life in Plutarch - on Sparta.
Plato - The Symposium - 3.5/5 - Found this one of Plato's more tedious dialogues if i'm honest, it's saving grace was the last 25% or so percent when Alcibiades shows up drunk and brings the lolz.
Godfreid Leibniz - Discourse on Metaphysics & Monadology - 3.5/5 - For it's time, i can see how this was extremely impressive, and whilst i didn't love this Leibniz to has always seemed a little under-appreciated compared to some of his others of the enlightenment era. This particular work goes through his metaphysics and model of monads which is ruthlessly logical, interesting and displays the mind of someone very gifted. Unfortunately, there's less insights than a mind like Leibniz could give us because it's from the era where philosophers would try to extend logic infinitely far to metaphysical considerations, and get themselves in trouble. However, i do find a lot of the metaphysics logic that pervades the pre-empericist era of philosophy reach their apex in Leibniz, and he has put them in their best, most concise form.
One insight i did notice is that in his monad model, he seems to realise that our conception of cause and effect is little more than an inference and not a deduction, the same thing David Hume would later point out and start a skeptic revolution.
Currently reading:
Carlo Rovelli - Anaximander and the birth of science - This book is exciting to me and i've been waiting for its release. I love Rovelli's work an Anaximander is one of my very favourite pre-socratics.
Baltasar Gracian - Pocket Oracle & The art of prudence - read this over 10 years ago, but it contains so many insights it's always good to get a refresher.
Current list:
Spoiler!
1. Voltaire - Candide
2. Carl Jung - Synchronicity
3. Thucydides - History of the Peloponnesian war
4. Stephen fry - Heroes
5. Albert Camus - The Fall
6. Euripides - Medea, Hecabe, Electra & Heracles
7. Daniel Dennett - Bacteria to bach and back
8. Xenophon - memorabilia
9. Richard Dawkins - The Extended Phenotype
10. Richard Dawkins - The Blind Watchmaker
11. Neil Gaiman - Norse Mythology
12. Xenophon - Hellenica
13. Dostoevsky - notes from underground
14. Plato - Phaedrus
15. Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus
16. Franz Kafka - the trial
17. Sean Carroll - The big picture
18. Plutarch - Greek lives
19. Plato - Symposium
20. Leibniz - Discourse on Metaphysics & Mondaology
21. Baltasar Gracian - Pocket Oracle & The Art of Prudence (In progress)
22. Carlo Rovelli - Anaximander and the birth of science (In progress)
03-06-2023, 05:34 AM
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#10 done, Fairy Tale by Stephen King
Great fantasy story, I burned through it in a week. Really fun read, definitely different than his usual stuff. The final act had a darker tone and not quite as good as the first 2/3 of the book, but it was still enjoyable, plus I was so invested in the characters at that point, I couldn't put it down.
I was going through some old crap in storage and found my old Narnia books. I never finished reading them as a kid (I think i read 4?) so I'm going to burn through those again then finish the series.
#11 done, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by CS Lewis.
Fun book, reminds me of a cartoon movie they did for TV back in the late 70s. I used to watch it all the time as a kid
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
7. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
8. The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
9. 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
10. Fairy Tale by Stephen King
11. The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Great fantasy story, I burned through it in a week. Really fun read, definitely different than his usual stuff. The final act had a darker tone and not quite as good as the first 2/3 of the book, but it was still enjoyable, plus I was so invested in the characters at that point, I couldn't put it down.
I was going through some old crap in storage and found my old Narnia books. I never finished reading them as a kid (I think i read 4?) so I'm going to burn through those again then finish the series.
#11 done, The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe by CS Lewis.
Fun book, reminds me of a cartoon movie they did for TV back in the late 70s. I used to watch it all the time as a kid
Spoiler!
1. Necessity by Jo Walton (thessaly book 3)
2. Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
3. The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
4. Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield
5. The Buried Giant by Kazou Ishiguro
6. A Space Between Worlds vy Micaiah Johnson
7. Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger
8. The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova
9. 4000 Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
10. Fairy Tale by Stephen King
11. The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
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03-06-2023, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted By MrQuint⏩
It's a series. It's Nora Roberts writing under J.D. Robb. I've read almost all of her books and have 10 to go on this J.D. Robb series.You may have already mentioned it but is that a series or are you just reading the authors entire catalog?
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