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Currently reading "A Really Good Day" by Ayelet Waldman. She's a Californian mom (she says her kids describe her as very "basic") who experiments with microdosing to treat her mood swings and severe PMDD. It's interesting, and she's damn funny.
Other reads so far this year:
"The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman - No need to read this one. Read a paragraph-long synopsis and you'll have read the whole book.
"When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi - Amazing. Written by a neurosurgeon in his mid-thirties who discovers he has terminal lung cancer. It's a good exposition on the importance of having meaning in your life. His perspective as both doctor and patient gives good insight.
"Talking Back, Talking Black" by John McWhorter - A linguist's take on the legitimacy of Black American English. He discusses the origins of many qualities intrinsic to most Black Americans and also how the opinion that it isn't "proper English" isn't always rooted in racism (though sometimes it is).
"Milk and Honey" by Rupi Kaur - I read this book of poetry on a whim because it's been a bestseller in our store for weeks. I was tearing up by the second page. Some very, very powerful poems in here. Towards the end some of the feminist tropes seemed a little overdone to me, but overall it was still great. Trigger warning for abuse.
"The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck" by Mark Manson - A great self-help book, especially for people who don't like self-help books (though I don't consider myself part of that group). His very direct, no-bullshit approach to simply not giving fucks about things not worth giving a fuck about is pretty refreshing.
Post by SupeЯfuЯЯyanimal on Feb 16, 2017 23:11:01 GMT -5
Dave Maynar Yeah, it's a little intimidating. I got to around page 600 of book one and realized nothing had really happened yet. Ha. Most of the first one is really similar to FotR up until they reach Rivendale... but then it does it's on thing at the end.
I'm on book 2 of The Wheel of Time. If it makes me think "holy shit there are 12 more of these" at least three times it might be as far as I get.
I had thought about starting those because I listened to the two books that have been released so far of Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series, and I know he was the one who ended up finishing off the last three books of the Wheel of Time series. I ended up really, really liking the Stormlight books, but it took me a while to get into the first one.
I don't know about Sanderson yet but Jordan is a decent writer. He's hardcore into world building and has a tendency to over-explain but that's typical of fantasy I guess.
It's enjoyable so far. Really liking book 2, as it pretty much hits the ground running and has some really enjoyable character moments setting up the next arch up. I'll report back next year when I'm on book 14.
Anyone here familiar with Hunter S Thompson? I have Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, The Rum Diary and Hell's Angels - not sure where the best place to start with him is.
Anyone here familiar with Hunter S Thompson? I have Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, The Rum Diary and Hell's Angels - not sure where the best place to start with him is.
I've only read Fear and Loathing so I recommend that one. Let me know what you think of the others, I need more Hunter S in my life.
Post by Fozzie Bear on Aug 14, 2017 19:57:05 GMT -5
I'm close to finishing How to Win Friends and Influence People, and man this book has changed my life. As an introvert, it's still a challenge to interact with strangers and keep a conversation going, but this book really has changed the way I think and how I approach people.
I just finished Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. If you have a Hyperbole and a Half size hole in your heart, this should fill it nicely. It lacks the drawings of Allie Brosh but it does have plenty of taxidermied animals.
Hopefully I'll make it through this time, I think this is my third attempt? Maybe only second. I doubt I'll finish it by the time the movie comes out, but I've been reading at a nice clip lately and enjoying to so far.
Also we should really change the name of the thread to Now Reading.
Hopefully I'll make it through this time, I think this is my third attempt? Maybe only second. I doubt I'll finish it by the time the movie comes out, but I've been reading at a nice clip lately and enjoying to so far.
Also we should really change the name of the thread to Now Reading.
I read this in sixth grade, took me a few weeks, but man I loved it. It's been a long time since I've read any Stephen King, but It was definitely one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy and finish it!
Post by Fozzie Bear on Sept 13, 2017 20:33:02 GMT -5
Just started "The Rap Year Book," which counts the most important rap songs from 1978 to 2014. Just finished 1978 and discovered "Rapper's Delight" and "Rhymin' and Rappin'"
So for some reason I've been on an absolute reading tear since the new year started. It hasn't even been a New Year's resolution or anything, but for some reason I've just kinda ditched TV recently and the internet has been boring me, so I've been spending a lot of my free time reading. Here's what I've read so far:
1. "Your Best Year Ever", Michael Hyatt. This book actually was about New Year's resolutions. It was boring and unhelpful. 2. "Dracula", Bram Stoker. Very enjoyable read. It was a bit weird in the sense that because vampire lore is so prevalent in our culture, a lot of the story seemed cliche. I had to remind myself that this was the book that MADE the cliches. 3. "The Road", Cormac McCarthy. Do you like being sad? Here's some sadness. 4. "Waging Heavy Peace", Neil Young. Didn't enjoy this one a whole lot; I like Neil Young but you can kinda tell he's got a bit of an ego on him. And the book is not linear AT ALL, so it's just a hodgepodge of random stories, many of which aren't incredibly interesting. If you're a big fan maybe read it, otherwise it's pretty skippable. 5. "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley. Pretty good, this was my third attempt to read it. I enjoyed it enough, but not nearly as much as 1984. Huxley's writing style is hard to get into for me. 6. "The Kite Runner", Khaled Hosseini. I liked this. Sobbed my goddamn eyes out a particular unexpected scene near the end. Some of the literary devices were obvious almost to the point of being distracting, but overall it was still a good read. 7. "American Gods", Neil Gaiman. I've read a few Gaiman works, but this one didn't seem to be as tight as some of his others. I found his descriptions to be slightly lacking in certain areas and a bit excessive in others, but overall I liked the book.
Right now I'm about a third of the way through American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. It's...interesting.
Edit: Also I initially wrote "Bram Stroker" and then giggled to myself.
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So for some reason I've been on an absolute reading tear since the new year started. It hasn't even been a New Year's resolution or anything, but for some reason I've just kinda ditched TV recently and the internet has been boring me, so I've been spending a lot of my free time reading. Here's what I've read so far:
1. "Your Best Year Ever", Michael Hyatt. This book actually was about New Year's resolutions. It was boring and unhelpful. 2. "Dracula", Bram Stoker. Very enjoyable read. It was a bit weird in the sense that because vampire lore is so prevalent in our culture, a lot of the story seemed cliche. I had to remind myself that this was the book that MADE the cliches. 3. "The Road", Cormac McCarthy. Do you like being sad? Here's some sadness. 4. "Waging Heavy Peace", Neil Young. Didn't enjoy this one a whole lot; I like Neil Young but you can kinda tell he's got a bit of an ego on him. And the book is not linear AT ALL, so it's just a hodgepodge of random stories, many of which aren't incredibly interesting. If you're a big fan maybe read it, otherwise it's pretty skippable. 5. "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley. Pretty good, this was my third attempt to read it. I enjoyed it enough, but not nearly as much as 1984. Huxley's writing style is hard to get into for me. 6. "The Kite Runner", Khaled Hosseini. I liked this. Sobbed my goddamn eyes out a particular unexpected scene near the end. Some of the literary devices were obvious almost to the point of being distracting, but overall it was still a good read. 7. "American Gods", Neil Gaiman. I've read a few Gaiman works, but this one didn't seem to be as tight as some of his others. I found his descriptions to be slightly lacking in certain areas and a bit excessive in others, but overall I liked the book.
Right now I'm about a third of the way through American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. It's...interesting.
I have been trying to read a lot more this year as well. While I was in school I spent LOTS of time reading, and rereading, scientific papers which really sucked a lot of fun out of reading. I have made a conscious effort now to keep my kindle out and easily accessible so that whenever I have a few minutes here or there, instead of using my phone to passively scroll through facebook/reddit or get in a bad mood by reading the news I can get some pleasure reading done. I started cryptonomicon about a year ago, but now I am actually making consistent progress. I've got a list of stuff I want to tackle once I finish that behemoth.
The Road is so stark and depressing but I think I read that over the course of like 8 hours on flights to/from my parents house for christmas one year. McCarthy has always been a bit bleak, but I love his style and that book kept me sucked in.
So for some reason I've been on an absolute reading tear since the new year started. It hasn't even been a New Year's resolution or anything, but for some reason I've just kinda ditched TV recently and the internet has been boring me, so I've been spending a lot of my free time reading. Here's what I've read so far:
1. "Your Best Year Ever", Michael Hyatt. This book actually was about New Year's resolutions. It was boring and unhelpful. 2. "Dracula", Bram Stoker. Very enjoyable read. It was a bit weird in the sense that because vampire lore is so prevalent in our culture, a lot of the story seemed cliche. I had to remind myself that this was the book that MADE the cliches. 3. "The Road", Cormac McCarthy. Do you like being sad? Here's some sadness. 4. "Waging Heavy Peace", Neil Young. Didn't enjoy this one a whole lot; I like Neil Young but you can kinda tell he's got a bit of an ego on him. And the book is not linear AT ALL, so it's just a hodgepodge of random stories, many of which aren't incredibly interesting. If you're a big fan maybe read it, otherwise it's pretty skippable. 5. "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley. Pretty good, this was my third attempt to read it. I enjoyed it enough, but not nearly as much as 1984. Huxley's writing style is hard to get into for me. 6. "The Kite Runner", Khaled Hosseini. I liked this. Sobbed my goddamn eyes out a particular unexpected scene near the end. Some of the literary devices were obvious almost to the point of being distracting, but overall it was still a good read. 7. "American Gods", Neil Gaiman. I've read a few Gaiman works, but this one didn't seem to be as tight as some of his others. I found his descriptions to be slightly lacking in certain areas and a bit excessive in others, but overall I liked the book.
Right now I'm about a third of the way through American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. It's...interesting.
Edit: Also I initially wrote "Bram Stroker" and then giggled to myself.
Reading more is always good; that's an impressive list so far.
The Road was my first entry to McCarthy, and while I liked it, I didn't love it. I want to read another one of his books, but I wasn't as enthralled as I expected to be. Have you read any others from him?
A Brave New World is one of my favorite books of all-time. It's hard to say if I prefer it over 1984, but I say it paints a slightly more realistic picture of how government and society could turn out in the future. Have you read Fahrenheit 451? I like to put that, Brave New World and 1984 under my self-appointed "Dystopia Trilogy." Hell, I may just reread Brave New World again after writing this.
I've always heard good things about The Kite Runner, and coincidentally enough I'm reading Hosseini's other big book A Thousand Splendid Suns now, and am enjoying it much more than I expected to enjoy it. That and Wonder by R. J. Palacio are the only books I've read so far this year.
The Road was my first entry to McCarthy, and while I liked it, I didn't love it. I want to read another one of his books, but I wasn't as enthralled as I expected to be. Have you read any others from him?
Blood Meridian has one of my favorite antagonists. Child of God was really disturbing. I have heard good things about The Border Trilogy but haven't read it.
So for some reason I've been on an absolute reading tear since the new year started. It hasn't even been a New Year's resolution or anything, but for some reason I've just kinda ditched TV recently and the internet has been boring me, so I've been spending a lot of my free time reading. Here's what I've read so far:
1. "Your Best Year Ever", Michael Hyatt. This book actually was about New Year's resolutions. It was boring and unhelpful. 2. "Dracula", Bram Stoker. Very enjoyable read. It was a bit weird in the sense that because vampire lore is so prevalent in our culture, a lot of the story seemed cliche. I had to remind myself that this was the book that MADE the cliches. 3. "The Road", Cormac McCarthy. Do you like being sad? Here's some sadness. 4. "Waging Heavy Peace", Neil Young. Didn't enjoy this one a whole lot; I like Neil Young but you can kinda tell he's got a bit of an ego on him. And the book is not linear AT ALL, so it's just a hodgepodge of random stories, many of which aren't incredibly interesting. If you're a big fan maybe read it, otherwise it's pretty skippable. 5. "Brave New World", Aldous Huxley. Pretty good, this was my third attempt to read it. I enjoyed it enough, but not nearly as much as 1984. Huxley's writing style is hard to get into for me. 6. "The Kite Runner", Khaled Hosseini. I liked this. Sobbed my goddamn eyes out a particular unexpected scene near the end. Some of the literary devices were obvious almost to the point of being distracting, but overall it was still a good read. 7. "American Gods", Neil Gaiman. I've read a few Gaiman works, but this one didn't seem to be as tight as some of his others. I found his descriptions to be slightly lacking in certain areas and a bit excessive in others, but overall I liked the book.
Right now I'm about a third of the way through American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis. It's...interesting.
Edit: Also I initially wrote "Bram Stroker" and then giggled to myself.
Reading more is always good; that's an impressive list so far.
The Road was my first entry to McCarthy, and while I liked it, I didn't love it. I want to read another one of his books, but I wasn't as enthralled as I expected to be. Have you read any others from him?
A Brave New World is one of my favorite books of all-time. It's hard to say if I prefer it over 1984, but I say it paints a slightly more realistic picture of how government and society could turn out in the future. Have you read Fahrenheit 451? I like to put that, Brave New World and 1984 under my self-appointed "Dystopia Trilogy." Hell, I may just reread Brave New World again after writing this.
I've always heard good things about The Kite Runner, and coincidentally enough I'm reading Hosseini's other big book A Thousand Splendid Suns now, and am enjoying it much more than I expected to enjoy it. That and Wonder by R. J. Palacio are the only books I've read so far this year.
Fahrenheit 451 has been on my list for a while now; I might make that my next one. Haven't read other McCarthy either, frankly I don't care for his writing style too much and didn't love The Road, so I'm not too likely to pick up another one of his for a while. How was Wonder? We sell tons of copies of that regularly but I've never really looked into it.
Reading more is always good; that's an impressive list so far.
The Road was my first entry to McCarthy, and while I liked it, I didn't love it. I want to read another one of his books, but I wasn't as enthralled as I expected to be. Have you read any others from him?
A Brave New World is one of my favorite books of all-time. It's hard to say if I prefer it over 1984, but I say it paints a slightly more realistic picture of how government and society could turn out in the future. Have you read Fahrenheit 451? I like to put that, Brave New World and 1984 under my self-appointed "Dystopia Trilogy." Hell, I may just reread Brave New World again after writing this.
I've always heard good things about The Kite Runner, and coincidentally enough I'm reading Hosseini's other big book A Thousand Splendid Suns now, and am enjoying it much more than I expected to enjoy it. That and Wonder by R. J. Palacio are the only books I've read so far this year.
Fahrenheit 451 has been on my list for a while now; I might make that my next one. Haven't read other McCarthy either, frankly I don't care for his writing style too much and didn't love The Road, so I'm not too likely to pick up another one of his for a while. How was Wonder? We sell tons of copies of that regularly but I've never really looked into it.
The younger kid has read Wonder multiple times now and most of the related titles once. We saw the movie last week which was my first exposure to it. It's a sweet and light YA story. I don't think it's a necessary read at this point, but I wouldn't have regretted reading it.
