Bookcees revived

[PancakeBrah]

3 MINUTE CHESS.COM

I DONT READ BOOKS OR PRACTICE TACTICS LOL WTF

[Ghost1]

lmao what why me

that's too fast?

[Ghost1]

also...bb said beating u is first challenge on my road to greatness. apparently ur some mid level chess gatekeeper to him. I thought youd appreciate that :)

[PancakeBrah]

I'm pretty shit at chess. Although I only played bb drunk after late night Untitled group AIM sessions so maybe not my best efforts.

[uh-oh]

i commend you on getting through V's book. i will read it one day. i got past the prologue and maybe 2 chapters but it did nothing for me.

its not so much a condemnation of v's skills as much as my own ability to be drawn in

[Ghost1]

Originally Posted by uh-oh

i commend you on getting through V's book. i will read it one day. i got past the prologue and maybe 2 chapters but it did nothing for me.

its not so much a condemnation of v's skills as much as my own ability to be drawn in

Was a pretty easy read

Took me like 3 days I think ?

Whatd it take u 5min to read 2 chapters? Lol cmon son

[uh-oh]

lol yea i gave it one shit session. i went to read it again on another but didnt

and phones are too convenient.

i should give it more of a shot.

but like i pointed out its hard for me to want to read things. but when something is good and captures me there isn't much i enjoy more

[~RustyGunZ~]

No rating on James book?

[Ghost1]

I reviewed it on the last page. Said I wasn't going to give him a rating based on the scale I'm using for authors like Charles Dickens & Stephen King etc....doesn't seem fair.

[~RustyGunZ~]

Word went back

Also from last page feeling bad about owning an Android is poor people stuff stop giving into social media telling you what to own it isn't even an exclusive thing or hundreds more dollars or even on par slightly with Android devices I don't get the continued aura around Apple products

They're garbage

[Ghost1]

I don't follow social media trends....I follow women....they do not approve of my android ways...I will not sit here and defend nor pretend they have any logic worth value....that is irrelevant to my purposes.

[~RustyGunZ~]

Originally Posted by Bags

I don't follow social media trends....I follow women....they do not approve of my android ways...I will not sit here and defend nor pretend they have any logic worth value....that is irrelevant to my purposes.

Seriously?

Theyre useless cretins by the sounds of it find you a real woman man

You need to complete this full cycle of becoming a better man with a better woman

[PancakeBrah]

Bobby Fischer hated the Jews.

[PancakeBrah]

He trapped his bishop v. Spassky in a drawn endgame in game one the fucking madman

[Ghost1]

Lmaooooo

[PancakeBrah]

Woah chill out.

[~RustyGunZ~]

I won't.

[oats]

1. On Writing by Stephen King (4/5)
2. Your Republic is Calling You by Young Ha Kim (4/5)
3. Kafka On the Shore by Haruki Murakami (5/5)
4. The Guest by Hwang Sok Yong (4/5)
5. After Dark by Haruki Murakami (4/5)
6. The Vegetarian by Han Kang (4/5)
7. American Nations by Collin Woodard (5/5)
8. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut (4/5)
9. I'll Be Right There by Kyung Sook Shin (4/5)
10. Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (5/5)
11. Without You There Is No Us by Suki Kim (4/5)
12. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz (5/5)
13. I Have the Right to Destroy Myself by Young Ha Kim (3/5)
14. Sightseeing by Rattawut Lapcharoensap (4/5)
15. Atlas of Cursed Places by Olivier Le Carrer (3/5)
16. My Financial Career and Other Follies by Stephen Leacock (3/5)
17. Joseph Anton by Salman Rushdie (4/5)
18. Lua: Art of the Hawaiian Warrior by Richard Paglinawan (4/5)
19. Me by Tomoyuki Hoshino (3/5)
20. The Red Shark by Ruth Tabrah (4/5)
21. The Domino Diaries by Brin-Jonathan Butler (4/5)
22. The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings (4/5)
23. Black Flower by Young Ha Kim (4/5)
24. Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell (4/5)
25. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (3.5/4)
26. The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald (3/5)
27. The Bittersweet Science by various writers (4.5/5)

This is probably my favorite book of sportswriting. Every essay was good, and several were outstanding. Essays about being an amateur boxer, what it's like to throw in the towel for a fighter, the philosophy and psychology of violence, unearthing little-known stories from boxing history, and of course a lot of profiles of fighters and fights. You don't need to know much about boxing to enjoy it, and you'll know a lot more after reading it. If you're at all interested in boxing, can't recommend it enough.

[uh-oh]

AIGHT so i'll make my list too

1. 1177 BC the year civilization collapsed by Eric Cline(4/10)
2. How Great Generals win by Bevin Alexander (7/10)
3. Game Of Thrones by George RR Martin (9/10)
4. A Clash of Kings by George RR Martin (9/10)
5. A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin (10/10)
6. A Feast For Crows by George RR Martin (8/10)
7. A Dance of Dragons by George RR Martin (8/10)
8. The World of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin (7/10)
9. Rogues by a bunch of people (6/10)
10. Dangerous Women by a bunch of people (6/10)
11. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms by George RR Martin (7/10)

word. the first book, 1177 was a borefest so i only gave it a 4/10 even though it was pretty interesting to me. i wanted to delve deeper into "the sea peoples" but so little is known about them it was fruitless. that said there was alot of shit about civilizations of the time in general, and it goes into depth about reasons why there was a big "collapse" of overall society towards the end of the bronze age and beginning of the iron age. so while boring i give it the 4 for its interesting bits.

how great generals win is more of the same, but it goes indepth on some strategies and tactics employed by the greatest generals in human history. from hannibal and scipio to more modern dudes and the ghengis khans in between. there was a decent amount of opinion and HYPOTHESIS' regarding future wars which i couldve did without but there were dope chapters. but all the robotics could be the future leading to precision strike teams being the only soldiers although ringing of truth couldve been left out.

everything else was a re-read. obviously the song of ice and fire series. the only reason i gave the first and second books 9/10 instead of the full 10, was because imo a storm of swords was the best book of the series so far. it was just better then the others so i dropped them to 9's. a feast for crows and a dance of dragons were both MASSIVE, and really only 1 book. each was just so massive with so many new characters it was split into two, but as far as story progression goes it was one book. for this reason i dropped each to 8, but the re-read was well worth it. my first read through i kind of skimmed it seems past character chapters i didn't care for to get to the tyrion/jon snow/jamie lannister etc's but i took my time with the read through this time and the newer characters, victarion, arianne martell, even sansa chapters had dope shit giving a wider understanding of the world and goings on.

the world of ice and fire again was a dope read, but its more a history book of a fake world, so while i enjoyed it, its not really a page turner. but more knowledge on things was cool. wish they wouldn't have stolen my book of sha'bat style (pages smeared can't read) tactic for the summerhall bit, but it makes sense because of dunk and egg still being a thing

which leads me to a knight of the seven kingdoms, which i re-read in one sitting yesterday while my internet was bogged down downloading nonsense. its 3 novellas following duncan the tall and a young aegon targaryen, brother to aemon who was the maester at the wall in modern game of thrones books. they read like teen novels, except for the language, (cunt, fucks, rape your face etc.) but they are quick and enjoyable and help flesh out the world as well. with appearances by brynden rivers (the blood raven/three eyed crow that teaches bran) and some others. i enjoyed them but its quick and easy writing for martin.

rogues, and dangerous women, are compilations of short stories by modern fantasy writers. i got rogues for patrick rothfuss' story as well as martins. rothfuss followed bast, the demon dude innkeep assistant to kvothe, it was aight. martins short stories in both books couldve been in the world of ice and fire. written like a history not a story. both following targaryens of the past, and i guess both are going into his next big book about the targeryans pre-dance of dragons im pretty sure

but word figured i'd add this since i sat and read that knight of the seven kingdoms horseshit yesterday

[oats]

tried to rep but couldn't @uh-oh