Harmonium1923 · 56-60, M
I don’t read as many as you, though I’m never without a book. I read about 30-40 legit books in a typical year. Not counting random browsing through poetry or essays, magazines, etc.
Next up will be Love in the Time of Cholera, highly recommended to me by @SmoKin, who needs to join this group if not already a member!
Next up will be Love in the Time of Cholera, highly recommended to me by @SmoKin, who needs to join this group if not already a member!
PinkStarburst · 56-60, F
@Harmonium1923 That’s a great book.
Harmonium1923 · 56-60, M
@Jenny1234 @PinkStarburst I feel like I’m the last person in our age range to read it. I knew so many friends who read it college or right after.
HumanEarth · F
I’m seriously this close to switching to audiobooks. My eyesight keeps getting worse every day.
My cataracts are getting worse, but the doctors keep telling me, in that snotty tone, “They’re not severe enough for surgery.” Excuse me? I can barely read the dashboard, I get brutal headaches from reading a plain white page, and somehow that’s “not bad enough.” So yeah, audiobooks, here I come.
My cataracts are getting worse, but the doctors keep telling me, in that snotty tone, “They’re not severe enough for surgery.” Excuse me? I can barely read the dashboard, I get brutal headaches from reading a plain white page, and somehow that’s “not bad enough.” So yeah, audiobooks, here I come.
HumanEarth · F
🫂I don’t even know where to begin with them. I’ll start looking tonight after supper. I prefer MP3 formats so I can play them anywhere and not worry about licenses expiring. I’ve heard that’s a big issue with audiobooks, you don’t always own them for life anymore.
greensnacks · F
greensnacks · F
@Jenny1234 hg Wells the time machine.
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PinkStarburst · 56-60, F
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LamontCranston · M
@Nate931 An excellent accomplishment. Some you've especially found worthwhile this year?
Nate931 · 31-35, M
@Jenny1234 @PinkStarburst @LamontCranston
The best I've read so far:
The Birds by Tarjej Vesaas
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
The Left Hand of Darkness by Usrsula K. LeGuin
Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
The Thomas Mann was probably the most worthwhile, but also the most challenging. It took me a few months to read it.
The best I've read so far:
The Birds by Tarjej Vesaas
Rejection by Tony Tulathimutte
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani
The Left Hand of Darkness by Usrsula K. LeGuin
Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann
The Thomas Mann was probably the most worthwhile, but also the most challenging. It took me a few months to read it.
peterlee · M
Six I think. I’m about to embark on some Japanese fiction, my favourite port of call, and revisit Ernest Hemingway.
PinkStarburst · 56-60, F
Jenny1234 · 56-60, M
@PinkStarburst which did u like best so far?
Harmonium1923 · 56-60, M
CurrentName · 51-55, M
26 books!? Jesus Christ! Why,? You don't think that's a bit you know..crazy or at least you know , crazy,??
I've read half of one. Well almost half of half of one. The Lord of the Rings. Couldnt keep up with all the names of characters and places. Started to make a list on the margin but eventually I said. . to MORDOR with this.
Goal my goal is not to finish this one and after that, my goal is to not start another .
I've read half of one. Well almost half of half of one. The Lord of the Rings. Couldnt keep up with all the names of characters and places. Started to make a list on the margin but eventually I said. . to MORDOR with this.
Goal my goal is not to finish this one and after that, my goal is to not start another .
CookieCrumbs · F
Prince0217 · M
@CookieCrumbs Oh! Wow.
CookieCrumbs · F
@Jenny1234
This week, I’m finishing Python for data science. Other textbooks would be about machine learning, computer vision, and AI.
This week, I’m finishing Python for data science. Other textbooks would be about machine learning, computer vision, and AI.
moonlightlullaby · 46-50, F
I used to read like breathing air, but last year and this haven't been stellar. Like zero. I need to change that now that I'm better. Thanks for the inadvertent reminder, Mr Jenny 😌
Good luck on your goal 🤞💖
Good luck on your goal 🤞💖
StygianKohlrabi · 46-50, M
Jenny1234 · 56-60, M
@StygianKohlrabi which have you read?
StygianKohlrabi · 46-50, M
@Jenny1234 The Wager. I'm only 100 pages in. I used to read a book in one night.
Mamapolo2016 · F
Mamapolo2016 · F
@Jenny1234 I reread Endurance, a true account of the Antarctic exploration in 1914-1917 of Ernest Shackleton with his 29 man crew. Before they even started on the planned expedition, their ship got ice-locked and began to sink and they had to evacuate.
No radios. Their only choice for survival was to use their ingenuity, strength and skill to get to help. It took 497 days in the worst weather on the planet, but every man returned alive. A genuinely remarkable story.
No radios. Their only choice for survival was to use their ingenuity, strength and skill to get to help. It took 497 days in the worst weather on the planet, but every man returned alive. A genuinely remarkable story.
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
Jenny1234 · 56-60, M
@SageWanderer what have you been reading
SageWanderer · 70-79, M
@Jenny1234 Basically cookbooks and witchcraft, notes are recipes for one or two and uses for crystals, herbs and such.
BrandNewMan · 61-69, M
Jenny1234 · 56-60, M
@BrandNewMan I like audiobooks too. which did u like best so far?
BrandNewMan · 61-69, M
@Jenny1234 The Alchemist, Stop Letting Everything Affect You .. I'm working on 50 Short Story Masterpieces and like it so far
CurrentName · 51-55, M
100 books? Why
