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Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 7:56 am
by princesscookie19
The Diamond of Dury Lane, Its a teenage book I found in the libary and is about a masqurade girl who lives in a opera and meets some people along the way =) I stopped reaing James Patterson coz it was waay to gory and detailed in a bad way so I went to the libary and found that book..nice

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 8:04 pm
by ant
Inception and Philosophy: Because it's never just a dream

https://www.amazon.com/Inception-Philos ... B0062LNQFM

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:32 pm
by LanDroid
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Towards What Matters by Steven Hayes (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy)

Next one to read might be A Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:41 pm
by LanDroid
:welcome:
Welcome topazann.

You might enjoy checking out the BookTalk discussion of Guns, Germs, and Steel from a loooong time ago.

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2020 10:37 am
by Cattleman
Just finished reading Tau Zero, a science fiction novel by the late Poul Anderson (written in 1970). Hard Sci-Fi, with lots of discussion of time dilation, and near-light speed, :? :hmm: plus plenty of character development. :up: Warning: Some of the chapters will take a bit of time to digest. :hmm:

Next on my list: The Three-Cornered War (subtitled The Union, The Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West) by Megan Kate Nelson. This author is not known to me. The book was recommended, and loaned, to me by a neighbor. I will probably update you on my thoughts when I am finished (or at least well into) it.

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 9:03 pm
by Frankstien
War and Peace by Tolstoy - Amazing battle scenes, characters that really grow on you, the classic questions of man's existence are tackled throughout--HIGHLY recommended read.

The Eternal Husband by Dostoevsky - Considered by some critics as one of the more cogent and economical short masterpieces of this author. I'm a 1/3 of the way in and the story is setting up nicely with the two tortured characters. It promises to be a desperate tale of sad events--PERFECT!
;-)

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2020 10:45 pm
by Harry Marks
LanDroid wrote: You might enjoy checking out the BookTalk discussion of Guns, Germs, and Steel from a loooong time ago.
Jared Diamond has a new book out last year, "Upheaval". It looks interesting, though more about history and politics than his former anthropology and geography works. I hope to read it before too many months go by, but Haidt is top of the list for now.

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 2:32 pm
by Melina
I’m reading „A new earth“ by Eckhart Tolle - a really good Book!

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2020 8:14 pm
by msignorotti
I've been reading this book by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch called "The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington" and it is really fascinating. I normally don't read nonfiction, but this book has been so intriguing and fun to read. I highly, highly recommend this book to literally anyone!

Re: What are you reading these days?

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 11:09 am
by Frankstien
msignorotti wrote:I've been reading this book by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch called "The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington" and it is really fascinating. I normally don't read nonfiction, but this book has been so intriguing and fun to read. I highly, highly recommend this book to literally anyone!
You probably like "Heritage of Stone" by Jim Garrison as well. Garrison's District Attorney office was one of the few independent investigations of the JFK assassination. The book reveals some amazing things about Oswald's time spent in New Orleans in the months leading up to his move to Dallas.

https://www.amazon.com/Heritage-Stone-J ... 0399103988