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Aroxx
·Lots of Pema Chödrön because my life continues to just fall apart.
What are you reading??
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chronolux
·I prefer audiobooks because its difficult for me to focus on one book. I'm currently reading "Losing my Virginity" by Richard Branson. It's good so far, Richard Branson comes across as private regarding his personal life so there was a lot of stories in the book I've never heard before.
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peatnick
·Island of Vice
On the topic of unconscionable acts, New York City politics were invented to scare young children. This account detail’s the depravity and corruption of my city 130 years ago and the frustratingly futile attempts of short time Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to quell the inevitable. The more things change the more they stay the same.
On the topic of unconscionable acts, New York City politics were invented to scare young children. This account detail’s the depravity and corruption of my city 130 years ago and the frustratingly futile attempts of short time Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to quell the inevitable. The more things change the more they stay the same.
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFI’ve removed a number of posts because this book thread turned into a religious debate thread and religion is one of the topics we don’t do here.
You’re entitled to your opinions on that subject but if you need to share them keep it to Facebook.
You’re entitled to your opinions on that subject but if you need to share them keep it to Facebook.
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Mouse_at_Large
·I'm a sci-fi/urban fantasy reader. Currently reading (and thoroughly enjoying) "Infinity Gate" by M. R. Carey. Recently finished "Season of Skulls" by Charles Stross and "Ivory" by Mike Resnick.
The elephant in the room is "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe" by Charles Yu. It's this month's choice for a book club. Not enjoying it at all and there's a good chance it will be a DNF.
The elephant in the room is "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe" by Charles Yu. It's this month's choice for a book club. Not enjoying it at all and there's a good chance it will be a DNF.
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dsio
··Ash @ ΩFSo I have really severe ADHD, and it makes reading really difficult because the act or labor of reading sort of distracts from world building or imaging what the words are describing and I end up reading the same paragraph endlessly before giving up. I’d never read an actual novel until I was about 31, then someone suggested audiobooks and I got the first Harry Potter book as a free trial on Audible. Not only was it possible for the story to sink in by audio but I was so deep into it I stayed up all night until I’d finished the first book.
Since then I’ve kept listening to audiobooks, my favorites atm are anything relating to submarines for some reason, the book Blind Man’s Bluff is my favorite but I’ve got a huge collection of them. I don’t know why I find nuclear submarines so cool but they just are.
Since then I’ve kept listening to audiobooks, my favorites atm are anything relating to submarines for some reason, the book Blind Man’s Bluff is my favorite but I’ve got a huge collection of them. I don’t know why I find nuclear submarines so cool but they just are.
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pdxleaf
·So I have really severe ADHD, and it makes reading really difficult because the act or labor of reading sort of distracts from world building or imaging what the words are describing and I end up reading the same paragraph endlessly before giving up. I’d never read an actual novel until I was about 31, then someone suggested audiobooks and I got the first Harry Potter book as a free trial on Audible. Not only was it possible for the story to sink in by audio but I was so deep into it I stayed up all night until I’d finished the first book.
Since then I’ve kept listening to audiobooks, my favorites atm are anything relating to submarines for some reason, the book Blind Man’s Bluff is my favorite but I’ve got a huge collection of them. I don’t know why I find nuclear submarines so cool but they just are.
Little off topic. The reading loop struck a cord. That was me as a kid. Tests were particularly hard, as I would cycle, knowing the clock was ticking but unable to concentrate. I didn't realize that I might be somewhat ADHD until a couple years ago after I had already retired. Understanding this has helped more than i would have thought. I used to think i was just an over achieving, anal attentive German ancestry, introvert who didn't tolerate mistakes well in himself or others. Now I think I may have just had some ADHD and can look at situations differently. Kindof surprised I couldn't have seen it earlier.
Sounds like you're heavier into it, as I can get through a book, even if there are false starts and a little herky jerky at times.
Probably too much sharing on the internet. Also, I enjoy your Omega stories. Keep em coming.
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lillatroll
·I just started reading Hidden Figures which is about the African American women who worked as Computers at the NACA and later NASA. I first came across the story of these remarkable women when watching a film about the US mission to Space. A fantastic read so far, I would recommend it if you are a fan of History or the Space program. Or maybe both.
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BLOW UP
·Re 'What are you reading??'
This post funnily enough..
This post funnily enough..
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vbrad26
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peatnick
·So I have really severe ADHD, and it makes reading really difficult because the act or labor of reading sort of distracts from world building or imaging what the words are describing and I end up reading the same paragraph endlessly before giving up. I’d never read an actual novel until I was about 31, then someone suggested audiobooks and I got the first Harry Potter book as a free trial on Audible. Not only was it possible for the story to sink in by audio but I was so deep into it I stayed up all night until I’d finished the first book.
Since then I’ve kept listening to audiobooks, my favorites atm are anything relating to submarines for some reason, the book Blind Man’s Bluff is my favorite but I’ve got a huge collection of them. I don’t know why I find nuclear submarines so cool but they just are.
Submarines are a tangential story line in “Dead Doubles” by Trevor Barnes, I enjoyed it.
British intelligence discovered spies stealing secrets from the highly classified submarine research center at Portland in the U.K.
The events have wound up, one way or another, in plays and novels over the years.
Now Trevor Barnes has plunged into newly declassified documents and several national archives to tell the true story.
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Makesbelieve
·Here's a photo of my bedside table.
I read a lot but can't keep up with modern literature, as such I've set myself two rules when reading fiction:
1. Only read 'the classics' - books that people are still talking about at least 10 years after their publication.
2. Only read dead authors.
This helps me separate the wheat from the chaff and fill my mind with quality inputs.
As you can see from the image, with the recent passing of Cormac McCarthy I've gone on a binge and devoured these 6 books over the last 4 months... I'm blown away by his work, particularly Blood Meridian which is nothing less than a masterpiece.
When it comes to non fiction, as a designer, I only read design related books... but am also partial to history and have just finished 'Killers of the Flower Moon' which tells the amazing true story of the Osage nation from Oklahoma who were moved onto a reservation sitting on top of a massive oil reserve... which resulted in them becoming, at the beginning of the last century, the most wealthy people per capita in the world... Martin Scorsese has just completed a film based on the book that's coming out in November.
I read a lot but can't keep up with modern literature, as such I've set myself two rules when reading fiction:
1. Only read 'the classics' - books that people are still talking about at least 10 years after their publication.
2. Only read dead authors.
This helps me separate the wheat from the chaff and fill my mind with quality inputs.
As you can see from the image, with the recent passing of Cormac McCarthy I've gone on a binge and devoured these 6 books over the last 4 months... I'm blown away by his work, particularly Blood Meridian which is nothing less than a masterpiece.
When it comes to non fiction, as a designer, I only read design related books... but am also partial to history and have just finished 'Killers of the Flower Moon' which tells the amazing true story of the Osage nation from Oklahoma who were moved onto a reservation sitting on top of a massive oil reserve... which resulted in them becoming, at the beginning of the last century, the most wealthy people per capita in the world... Martin Scorsese has just completed a film based on the book that's coming out in November.
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.Just arrived and it’s great!
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Waltesefalcon
·I read a lot but can't keep up with modern literature, as such I've set myself two rules when reading fiction:
1. Only read 'the classics' - books that people are still talking about at least 10 years after their publication.
2. Only read dead authors.
As you can see from the image, with the recent passing of Cormac McCarthy I've gone on a binge and devoured these 6 books over the last 4 months... I'm blown away by his work, particularly Blood Meridian which is nothing less than a masterpiece.
You waited until he was dead to read Cormac McCarthy, man you've been missing out for years. He is easily one of the best American novelists to ever put pen to paper.
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Waltesefalcon
·So I have really severe ADHD, and it makes reading really difficult because the act or labor of reading sort of distracts from world building or imaging what the words are describing and I end up reading the same paragraph endlessly before giving up. I’d never read an actual novel until I was about 31, then someone suggested audiobooks and I got the first Harry Potter book as a free trial on Audible. Not only was it possible for the story to sink in by audio but I was so deep into it I stayed up all night until I’d finished the first book.
Since then I’ve kept listening to audiobooks, my favorites atm are anything relating to submarines for some reason, the book Blind Man’s Bluff is my favorite but I’ve got a huge collection of them. I don’t know why I find nuclear submarines so cool but they just are.
For several years at the beginning of my teaching career I taught special education English at a local high school. The number of smart kids that took my class because they struggled with staying focused on books, made me a believer in audiobooks.
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Waltesefalcon
·I've been writing chapters for my thesis lately, so I've mostly been reading history and ethnography of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes. I'm writing about the KCA Reservation. I have a special interest in it as I've lived on the land it used to occupy for about half my life and I'm Kiowa.
I'm currently taking a little break before school starts up to read Crime and Punishment.
I'm currently taking a little break before school starts up to read Crime and Punishment.
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Makesbelieve
·You waited until he was dead to read Cormac McCarthy
Rules are rules.
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Spruce
··Sunburst dial fanCurrently a new spy novel set in the 1960s, ‘The Partisan’, in which the main Russian protagonist wears a Strela chronograph
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NoName
·I've been writing chapters for my thesis lately, so I've mostly been reading history and ethnography of the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache tribes. I'm writing about the KCA Reservation. I have a special interest in it as I've lived on the land it used to occupy for about half my life and I'm Kiowa.
I'm currently taking a little break before school starts up to read Crime and Punishment.
Amazing book Crime and Punishment!My favourite writer,Fyodor Dostoevsky!
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Waltesefalcon
·Amazing book Crime and Punishment!My favourite writer,Fyodor Dostoevsky!
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