finished American gods.........I guess it was pretty good

he tied everything up really well....making parts that felt awful become really rewarding.......but they were still awful initially ....this book I feel like will have high replay value.....although the twists wont be as rewarding there will be parts I can appreciate more on a 2nd read thru

not sure I want to dive deep into Gaimans works tho at this point im on the fence

1. Art of war by Sun Tzu (5/10)
2. 48 laws of power by Robert Greene (7/10)
3. how to influence people and make friends by Dale Carnegie (6/10)
4. the power of now by Eckhart Tolle (8/10)
5. think and grow rich by Napolean Hill (7/10)
6. the little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (8/10)
7. outliers by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
8. the power of the subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy (6/10)
9. Animal Farm (8/10)
10. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (8/10)
11. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (9/10)
12. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10/10)
13. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas adams (9/10)
14. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (9/10)
15. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (10/10)
16. The Stand by Stephen King (10/10)
17. The power of the dog by Don Winslow (10/10)
18. Astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (10/10)
19. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (10/10)
20. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (6/10)
21. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro (7/10)
22. Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday (7/10)
23. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglass Gillette (10/10)
24. Modern man in search of a soul by Carl Jung (8/10)
25. IT by Stephen King (10/10)
26. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (6/10)
27. The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker (10/10)
28. Marley and Me by John Grogan (8/10)
29. The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo (7/10)
30. The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson (10/10)
31. The subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson (6/10)
32. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (8/10)
33. David and Galiath by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
34. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (8/10)
35. Blink by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)




blink was dope....not my favorite gladwell of the 3 ive read but it was still awesome

about to start the tipping point next

oh and ill be reading Job in the bible this evening @Witty

chronicles was rough but I made it thru

Neil gaiman is wack

You're wack.

yea idk American gods wasn't great.....

should I bother with norse mythology or neverwhere.....?



just finished book of Job though. fire.

Tbh if you didn't like American Gods you prob won't like his others. Neverwhere is a bit different in characters and story but pretty similar style. I haven't read Norse Mythology.

I guess you just read Job as it is, rather than alongside a commentary/study. There's a lot going on in Job for sure. John Calvin preached through it which is a book on my wishlist!

correct. my intentions are to read thru the entire bible at face value. then I will delve into studying it. I mean I go to church so I get to hear sermons every week but word I plan to do my own research of the passages as well.

Yeah if you didn't like American Gods you wouldn't like the other stuff. It's in the same vein basically.

Otherwise I got my "To Read" shelf cluttered with books.
Doesn't help that I can pick whatever I want up after I'm done working.

Confession time

Ive never read any neil gaiman lmao

Hes always recommended and my favorite writers praise him. But i cant get invested in single novels, espescially when i dont know what they are about in the first place. I need at least a trilogy.

That said ill probably read his norse gods books. But again im a history guy and when i want to learn about mythology or even a culture i try and find writings from as close to the source as possible. So while i hear gaimans book is great i feel like i should learn about norse mythology prior to reading a modern persons rendition of it. The problem ARISES with it all being hearsay anyways tho because vikings were illiterate rune drawing dummies who dont have a history of their own, they exist because people recorded their encounters with them knahmsaying

Ill read something i guess

I haven't read a book in a good 3 months, time for me to get cranking this week. Gonna start read the books mentioned on this thread. Starting with On Writing by Stephen King

a question my netcees fellas who read a book in a week, how do you guys do it? honest question.

I read like 3 books a week

I have a lot of spare time at work tho

2 of the 3 are audiobooks

But I've been getting a full ebook read on my Kindle pretty easily within a few days completely outside of work



So check it out


At first I was just doing audiobooks.......had the speed cranked up to 1.75x .....or faster if I can still understand it.....but that's usually the fastest I can handle

Anyways.....after that and after hours put in with the bible I finally developed this speed reading technique where I Kindle am able to just see each word and ingest it as I glance over it keeping an inner monologue going



So maybe those will help u? Audiobooks at anytime you are doing a chore that doesn't require your ears

And read physical texts for a couple hrs before bed or when you can

The audiobooks at high speed will enhance your physical reading speed

@wasim it's all about making time and reading things you actually enjoy. I try to wake up and read a little (can't always), and I read for about 20-30 minutes before work since I have 2 hours before students come, and I'll read for about 15 before bed. I read while shitting a lot, too. When I was taking the subway to work I would read an ebook on the way.

A line from "On Writing" that stuck with me, is that reading should be short sips as well as long draws. People can get intimidated because it seems like a daunting task that requires setting aside an hour, but most of the times I read are short. Only once a week or so do I dedicate a lot of time in a single sitting.

1. Art of war by Sun Tzu (5/10)
2. 48 laws of power by Robert Greene (7/10)
3. how to influence people and make friends by Dale Carnegie (6/10)
4. the power of now by Eckhart Tolle (8/10)
5. think and grow rich by Napolean Hill (7/10)
6. the little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (8/10)
7. outliers by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
8. the power of the subconscious mind by Joseph Murphy (6/10)
9. Animal Farm (8/10)
10. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (8/10)
11. David Copperfield by Charles Dickens (9/10)
12. Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (10/10)
13. Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by Douglas adams (9/10)
14. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (9/10)
15. 11/22/63 by Stephen King (10/10)
16. The Stand by Stephen King (10/10)
17. The power of the dog by Don Winslow (10/10)
18. Astrophysics for people in a hurry by Neil DeGrasse Tyson (10/10)
19. The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow (10/10)
20. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson (6/10)
21. What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People by Joe Navarro (7/10)
22. Ego is the enemy by Ryan Holiday (7/10)
23. King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine by Robert Moore and Douglass Gillette (10/10)
24. Modern man in search of a soul by Carl Jung (8/10)
25. IT by Stephen King (10/10)
26. The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (6/10)
27. The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker (10/10)
28. Marley and Me by John Grogan (8/10)
29. The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo (7/10)
30. The Social Animal by Elliot Aronson (10/10)
31. The subtle art of not giving a fuck by Mark Manson (6/10)
32. Freakonomics by Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner (8/10)
33. David and Galiath by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
34. American Gods by Neil Gaiman (8/10)
35. Blink by Malcom Gladwell (8/10)
36. The Holy Bible (NIV) (10/10)


hadn't updated this recently because I been pouring all my reading time into the GOOD BOOK. finally finished it. I think I started in January so about 7months it took me. not going to review the bible lol......what could I really even say. was amazing. changed my life.

Yeah the part about how to treat slaves was really eye-opening

HEY HEY settle down. I am not here to debate with you sir. I enjoyed it and took a lot from it. if you want to focus on the negative aspects of it that's cool homie. but I have no desire to go down that road with you. surely @veritas would entertain you lol

Jude.....did you know that Blacks were the first slave owners?

And did you know that the Bible's condones indentured servitude and not outright slavery?

There is no way to prove blacks were the first slave owners. Human beings have owned slaves since the beginning of time

Forgot about this. Starting Mythology by Edith Hamilton and Picture Of Dorian Grey this week.

bb read 3 bikes a day it ez jus stop msging bags vidriosa of bb making fun of ppl an dread then u got dun prittifaZt LoLmao

So i started watching the show version of American gods, really enjoying it. Anyone read any of gaiman's short stories?