52 books 2020 challenge

[Ghost1]

1. Miracles by C.S. Lewis (4/5)
2. Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (3.5/5)
3. The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan (2/5)
4. Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson (5/5)



im sure pilgrims progress was fire 3 hundred years ago but that shit was way too blunt and obv in its allusions and allegory. good message but again no new insights and clumsy in deleviry based on more modern literature of its genre

maps of meaning may be one of the best books ive ever read.

[BodySnatcher]

Listening to The Magicians by Lev Grossman Book 1. Maybe halfway through, it's kind of slow and somewhat different than the show.
Finished the year reading The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Which was fucking excellent and addictive. Dunno why it took me so long to read.

[Orc]

1. 12 rules for life - Jordan Peterson (5/5)
2. The Dubliners - James Joyce (3.5/5)
3. The Money Culture - Michael Lewis

[Sharp]

Originally Posted by ORC

2. The Dubliners - James Joyce (3.5/5)

I take issue with this rating

Originally Posted by PancakeBrah

Read the first half of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. I can't imagine it not being good. I give 12 stars out of 14.5 stars. Will never finish it.

Great read

Stopped halfway thru the last chapter

[Orc]

Originally Posted by Sharp

I take issue with this rating



Great read

Stopped halfway thru the last chapter

You wanted more? I can see why if so. I’m not rating it off of technical ability or prose just personal enjoyment.

I’ll post my updated list later. Currently reading Michael Lewis - The Undoing Project.

[Sharp]

Originally Posted by ORC

You wanted more? I can see why if so. I’m not rating it off of technical ability or prose just personal enjoyment.

I’ll post my updated list later. Currently reading Michael Lewis - The Undoing Project.

I think it took me a third read to really get it, but once you get past the prose it's got some amazing moments. Definitely not the most fun read, the first two times I read it were for different classes

[Ghost1]

1. Miracles by C.S. Lewis (4/5)
2. Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (3.5/5)
3. The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan (2/5)
4. Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson (5/5)
5. Intro to old Testament (Harvard Lecture series) by Christine Hayes (5/5)
6. Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools by Steven Brill (3/5)
7. Educated by Tara Westover (4/5)

[Objective]

I never read/have the patience for it so I'm going to do this super fucking light. Gonna try to go for 12 books/1 book or comic a month. If I do 12 books it'll be more books than I've finished after I turned 18. Dope thread, will update later on if I actually hold on to my goals and keep it going.

[Eŋg]

i'm 3 weeks late but i'll catch up. i've been meaning to do this.

[veritas]

1. Laws of human nature. By Robert Greene. Read it twice.
2. Dragon ball super full series
3. The wire full series
4. John Danaher enter the system back attacks

[veritas]

Originally Posted by veritas

1. Laws of human nature. By Robert Greene. Read it twice.
2. Dragon ball super full series
3. The wire full series
4. John Danaher enter the system back attacks

5. Principles by Ray Dalio - a lot of common sense, but good. 4/5

[PancakeBrah]

Read the first half of Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. I can't imagine it not being good. I give 12 stars out of 14.5 stars. Will never finish it.

[Maximus]

hmm, lovely thread.. i've been learning java programming for some time now and textbooks relating to that area is what i mostly focus on these days (the practice exercises mostly) but i do have some audiobooks i listen to every now and then
-Art of thinking clearly (Ralph Dobeli)
-Outwitting the devil (Napoleon Hill)

[Vulgar]

I read the One Piece manga every once in awhile. I bought a history book about Antisemitism by Deborah Lipstadt. I'm also reading one or two pages every week or so of The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty. My book reading life is waning. Thanks 4 motiv@tion.

[Ryno]

Anybody read the 48 laws of power yet? I’m at like law 14 lol But i encourage anybody that doesn’t have it to go cop it. It’s pretty good

[Ghost1]

Meh. I read it a few years ago when I started doing these cause every one sweats it. Machiavelli was a piece of shit and this is just an entirely too long winded version of the prince. 48 laws to being a lying coward. Even apart from disagreeing with the overall message there's way DOPER philosophy books you could spend your time on. The historical references are somewhat entertaining and interesting though.

[veritas]

7. The Emerald Tablets of Tothe the Atlantan - so dope. 5/5. Not for everyone

[Ghost1]

1. Miracles by C.S. Lewis (4/5)
2. Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis (3.5/5)
3. The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan (2/5)
4. Maps of Meaning by Jordan Peterson (5/5)
5. Intro to old Testament (Harvard Lecture series) by Christine Hayes (5/5)
6. Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools by Steven Brill (3/5)
7. Educated by Tara Westover (4/5)
8. Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Nietzsche (3.5/5)
9. A Delusion of Satan by Frances Hill (4/5)
10. A Storm of Witchcraft by Emerson Baker (4/5)
11. Why Jesus? Rediscovering his truth in an age of mass marketed spirituality by Ravi Zacharias (5/5)

[Orc]

1. 12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson 5/5
2. The Dubliners - James Joyce 3/5
3. The Money Culture - Michael Lewis 4/5
4. The importance of being Ernest - Oscar Wilde 3/5
5. The Great Gatsby - Scott Fitzgerald 3/5
6. Console Wars - Blake Harris 3/5
7. The Blank Slate - Steven Pinker 4.5/5
8. The tattooist of Auschwitz 3.5/5
9. The undoing project - Michael Lewis 5/5
10. Sapiens - Yuval Noah Harari 5/5

[Ghost1]

Sapiens was cool.....I liked homo deux better but just because history can be a little painful to sift thru


What's that Pinker book about.... evolutionary psychology? I read his better angels book and it was pretty dope