@Thrillho I had every intention of reading them in release order but the fact that I was informed that this one had some kind of relation to CP swung it for me... didn't wanna be in a situation where, when I finally got to LtWW that I'd forgotten the vast majority of what went on in CP.
Only on Chapter 3 atm but Chapter 2 has well and truly sunk its hooks in... seems interesting.
Wonderful so far. Pieces the events together as a story. Washington and his army, having earned my respect before reading, have garnered even more since.
@urrutiap I literally just finished that yesterday. I've started the Dune Sequence for the first time in prep for the movie. I was less impressed by this compared to the original which I found to be an epic adventure. Messiah was mostly a lot of chapters full of people discussing politics in rooms. I'm hoping Children of Dune improves things.
I'm taking a break from that at the moment though to start Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi.
I'm also making my way through Sandman (not sure if there's a comic book thread for that).
Sanndman I assume you mean NNeil Gaiman's Sandman? Funny you mention that since I just started reading his novel Neverwhere.
as for the new Star Wars High Republic, I just got the hardcover of the book from Walmart couple of weeks ago. I should start reading that too besides reading Neverwhere
@urrutiap I literally just finished that yesterday. I've started the Dune Sequence for the first time in prep for the movie. I was less impressed by this compared to the original which I found to be an epic adventure. Messiah was mostly a lot of chapters full of people discussing politics in rooms. I'm hoping Children of Dune improves things.
I'm taking a break from that at the moment though to start Star Wars: The High Republic: Light of the Jedi.
I'm also making my way through Sandman (not sure if there's a comic book thread for that).
@urrutiap yes, Neil Gaiman's Sandman. I haven't read them since college when I borrowed them from the library but I recently began collecting graphic novels so I'm looking to complete the Sandman set. Only on Vol 2 at the moment.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@M0rriss Hey, sorry for the late reply, you didn't tag me so I only saw this today, it isn't hard to read at all, but it is "of it's time" so many young people today may not like it, not that I am old, I am just able to appreciate stuff from a different time, so if you can do that ,too, you should enjoy it.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
I am not in the middle of this activity, but I have recently been reading tiny bits of pages or paragraphs from my xerox copy. It’s titled Republic by Plato. I don’t know if I would have the absolute level of understanding to comprehend the book's Socratic dialogue, more so when I had a hard time reading between the lines of Socrates’ trial. The language back then was not very straightforward — even harder than the Regency Period, if I may! Anyhow, I am still checking if it’s actually worth it to buy a hard copy of the said book. Any thoughts from you guys?
Currently reading Meena Kandasamy's Exquisite Cadavers- it is SO MOVING!
I am also reading Born a Crime, especially the young learner's version for teaching it this fall. I of course enjoyed the normal edition more
@Th3solution I finished James Thurber's complete works, think I told you I was reading it, very funny book from the noted humorist. I'm now on to re-reading A Laodicean by Thomas Hardy, one of his minor works, unparalleled literary style from the master, of course. Are you reading anything atm? @colonelkilgore How is your sci-fi reading going? Still finding time to catch up in slower moments at work?
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
@TheBrandedSwordsman Actually I’ve been reading a little Malcolm Gladwell lately. Non-fiction, sociology content is what he’s know for, if you’ve not read him. He also has a popular podcast “Revisionist History.” Anyways, Talking to Strangers is his latest that I’m reading and it’s pretty good. I like his earlier works like Outliers, and Davids and Goliaths better, but he always makes me look at the world in a different way.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
@TheBrandedSwordsman nah sadly work has picked right up and I'm getting no chance at all. I am able to listen to podcasts though, so I'm pretty much listening to most playstation and multiplatform shows. I'll be working from home from September onwards too, so if things does quiet down again with work I'll just have more gaming time.
Think reading will be off the docket now until I can no longer hold a controller due to arthritic hands 🙌
@Th3solution Malcolm Gladwell certainly sounds interesting, I have a GCSE in Sociology so it sounds like he might be worth reading if I were to re-explore that route.
"Preoccupied with a single leaf, you won’t see the tree. Preoccupied with a single tree, you’ll miss the entire forest. Don't be preoccupied with a single spot. See everything in its entirety...effortlessly. That is what it means...to truly "see." "
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