Author Topic: book recommendations (Read 232598 times)

ben ji · « **Reply #2200 on:** November 08, 2022, 07:38:20 PM »

Anyone ever read Dune? I watched the recent movie over the weekend and enjoyed it...did some googling and apparently the book/series is kind of a big deal in 20th century sci-fi.

I picked up the book from my local library today and started reading and have enjoyed it so far.

CHONGS · « **Reply #2201 on:** November 08, 2022, 07:45:38 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on November 08, 2022, 07:38:20 PM

Anyone ever read Dune? I watched the recent movie over the weekend and enjoyed it...did some googling and apparently the book/series is kind of a big deal in 20th century sci-fi.

I picked up the book from my local library today and started reading and have enjoyed it so far.

Yes. The first three books are worth a read. I'd personally stop after those

ben ji · « **Reply #2202 on:** November 08, 2022, 09:40:17 PM »

Quote from: CHONGS on November 08, 2022, 07:45:38 PM

Quote from: ben ji on November 08, 2022, 07:38:20 PM
Anyone ever read Dune? I watched the recent movie over the weekend and enjoyed it...did some googling and apparently the book/series is kind of a big deal in 20th century sci-fi.

I picked up the book from my local library today and started reading and have enjoyed it so far.
Yes. The first three books are worth a read. I'd personally stop after those

I made it about 1/6th through the first book tonight and have enjoyed it (basically the same as the movie I watched over the weekend so far) but I'm not ready to spend all winter reading 6 books.

tdaver · « **Reply #2203 on:** November 15, 2022, 11:44:32 AM »

Is anyone reading the second era of Mistborn? Book 4 is out today. The time period is a nice change of pace and adds some fun wrinkles compared to the rest of Sanderson’s Cosmere books.

Pete · « **Reply #2204 on:** November 15, 2022, 02:23:30 PM »

Quote from: tdaver on November 15, 2022, 11:44:32 AM

Is anyone reading the second era of Mistborn? Book 4 is out today. The time period is a nice change of pace and adds some fun wrinkles compared to the rest of Sanderson’s Cosmere books.

I read the original series and liked it. I think I will check these out…I’m looking for a new series

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #2205 on:** December 12, 2022, 04:57:49 PM »

Has anyone read a good history of the Irish famine of the 1840s that they would recommend?

Pete · « **Reply #2206 on:** December 12, 2022, 05:05:01 PM »

None that I would recommend

Spracne · « **Reply #2207 on:** December 12, 2022, 05:12:58 PM »

And Then There Were No Potatoes is a good read.

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #2208 on:** December 12, 2022, 10:05:20 PM »

Quote from: Pete on December 12, 2022, 05:05:01 PM

None that I would recommend

Quote from: Spracne on December 12, 2022, 05:12:58 PM

And Then There Were No Potatoes is a good read.

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bucket · « **Reply #2209 on:** March 28, 2023, 08:09:24 PM »

I was watching a webinar at work today and the speaker mentioned reading a book on imposter syndrome. I thought that would make for a good read. However, they didn't mention what they read and I don't remember which presenter it was so I cannot reach out. Has anyone read anything on imposter syndrome? I did a quick search and I didn't like what I saw. It was mostly bullshit sites and I didn't like the books they highlighted.

steve dave · « **Reply #2210 on:** March 28, 2023, 08:10:02 PM »

Everyone has read it except you

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Spracne · « **Reply #2211 on:** March 28, 2023, 08:11:12 PM »

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #2212 on:** May 16, 2023, 08:01:54 PM »

Just used the Libby app to check out the audiobook of GRANT by Ron Chernow. Great stuff so far. Very good reader.

Cire · « **Reply #2213 on:** May 17, 2023, 03:02:00 PM »

Quote from: Sandstone Outcropping on May 16, 2023, 08:01:54 PM

Just used the Libby app to check out the audiobook of GRANT by Ron Chernow. Great stuff so far. Very good reader.

Chernow/Grant is solid

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #2214 on:** May 29, 2023, 05:55:56 PM »

Just finished The Price of Tomorrow by Jeff Booth. Was a really good book. He was on an AI podcast recently and was talking about some of the stuff from the book so figured I would give it a read.

DQ12 · « **Reply #2215 on:** May 30, 2023, 09:52:37 AM »

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, by Ernest Hemmingway. Who knew this thing was so short? Could probably read the entire book in an hour. What an easy American literary classic to knock off your bucket list.

Pete · « **Reply #2216 on:** May 30, 2023, 11:36:33 AM »

Quote from: DQ12 on May 30, 2023, 09:52:37 AM

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, by Ernest Hemmingway. Who knew this thing was so short? Could probably read the entire book in an hour. What an easy American literary classic to knock off your bucket list.

I had to read this in high school, and I am certain that I didn’t get as much out of it as I would if I read it today.

DQ12 · « **Reply #2217 on:** May 30, 2023, 02:35:46 PM »

Quote from: Pete on May 30, 2023, 11:36:33 AM

Quote from: DQ12 on May 30, 2023, 09:52:37 AM
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA, by Ernest Hemmingway. Who knew this thing was so short? Could probably read the entire book in an hour. What an easy American literary classic to knock off your bucket list.
I had to read this in high school, and I am certain that I didn’t get as much out of it as I would if I read it today.

it's good so far. this is my introduction to hemmingway, and it seems like a good one to introduce me to him.

Spracne · « **Reply #2218 on:** May 30, 2023, 02:46:39 PM »

You've really never read anything by Hemingway?

DQ12 · « **Reply #2219 on:** May 30, 2023, 03:28:01 PM »

nope. for whatever reason, he's been a blind spot for me.

ben ji · « **Reply #2220 on:** May 30, 2023, 03:40:30 PM »

Quote from: DQ12 on May 30, 2023, 03:28:01 PM

nope. for whatever reason, he's been a blind spot for me.

The sun also rises is pretty good if you want to go on a Hemingway spree.

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #2221 on:** May 30, 2023, 03:48:31 PM »

I don't think I have ever read any Hemingway either, I also might have idk.

DQ12 · « **Reply #2222 on:** May 30, 2023, 03:52:29 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on May 30, 2023, 03:40:30 PM

Quote from: DQ12 on May 30, 2023, 03:28:01 PM
nope. for whatever reason, he's been a blind spot for me.
The sun also rises is pretty good if you want to go on a Hemingway spree.

Next is As I Lay Dying by Billy Faulkner.

Spracne · « **Reply #2223 on:** May 30, 2023, 04:34:32 PM »

I grew up in Kansas and was required to read a bunch of Hemingway. (?)

CNS · « **Reply #2224 on:** May 30, 2023, 04:58:14 PM »

My fav Hemmingway is For Whom the Bell Tolls.

As for Faulkner, I haven't tried any of his work since my early 20's, but he was depressing and slow paced, iirc.