Bookcees revived

[Ghost1]

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

[Ghost1]

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

[uh-oh]

Neil gaiman is wack

[Tha Pastor Reach Yeah]

Originally Posted by uh-oh

Neil gaiman is wack

You're wack.

[Ghost1]

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

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



just finished book of Job though. fire.

[Tha Pastor Reach Yeah]

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!

[Ghost1]

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.

[Mr. J]

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.

[uh-oh]

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

[wasim]

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.

[Ghost1]

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

[oats]

@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.

[Ghost1]

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.

[Destroyer]

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

[Ghost1]

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

[veritas]

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?

[uh-oh]

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

[Mr. J]

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

[big baby]

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

[oats]

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