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ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

the last one i read was bill the galactic hero, a military and scifi satire

it was short and to the point and quite good

terry pratchett was also a fan of the book

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 01:50

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 13:49

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

Aardvark! posted:

I most recently gave up on book #3 of the Commonweal series by Graydon Saunders.

Now I'm reading The Seven And A Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton which is a 20s British manor murder mystery time loop thing. It's good so far OP

whats the commonweal about

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 02:04

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

Aardvark! posted:

what if magic but science. the first book is about a military campaign and magical artillery and then it becomes about wizard school and public works projects done using Majick

yeah, the murder mystery sounds more like something i'd like

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 02:16

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

blight rhino posted:

i'm slogging my way through a HP Lovecraft compendium.

Someone mentioned in another thread where they HAVE to finish a book they started. That's where I'm at right now, with this.

i'm ready for something much lighter and quick, after this.

AND HE WAS THE GHOST THE WHOLE TIME BOOWOWOOWOOWWOOOOO

don't get me wrong, i've definitely enjoyed some of it
-minus the racism

when i was younger i finished all the poo poo books i started, but these days when i just can't spend all days reading i'll quit easily if it seems like poo poo, and if the premise was interesting i'll check online how it ended

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 02:25

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

Pennywise the Frown posted:

Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion. It was ok. A lot of sciencey brain stuff. The last chapter was about fake gurus and awesome drugs which was nice.

I'm currently reading Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom. Another book based on brain science. I read it a long time ago but don't remember any of it. In fact I don't remember most books I read.

I like non-fiction books. A lot of what you might call "self-help" but not like Tony Robbins "Just think positive!" stuff. I like the physical/chemical science behind things. For fiction I have next to my bed "If It Bleeds" by Stephen King. His latest short story book. I LOVE King short story books. Just long enough to keep my attention span and make me feel like I accomplished something by finishing it.

last brain book i read was brain rules by john medina

it was about exercise, survival, wiring, attention, short-term memory, long-term memory, sleep, stress, multisensory perception, vision, gender and exploration

quite interesting stuff

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 02:53

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

roomtone posted:

i'll give this a look. i've read a few books which sound like this on the surface but have ended up being self-help books which really offer nothing but platitudes and anecdotes, but since you say it's interesting stuff and i am interested in this kind of thing i'll give it a go.

so many times this year i've left books half-finished because something completely different distracted me, only to then get distracted from that and move on again. i'm not really sure if it is a problem that this is becoming a habit. the books aren't even boring most of the time i just think ehhh had enough of this subject/story, what else. i suppose i can always return to them when i feel like it. the memory of what came before tends to re-emerge quickly so books aren't too bad to pick back up even months later.

the book is filled to brim with anecdotes, but not really platitudes imo, though it does have some self help stuff too

but the science stuff in it is based on peer revieved studies, and is referenced

it has stuff about distractions and memory, so you'd probably be interested in it

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 03:16

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

Me again. posted:

The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Suzann Cokal. Everyone had syphilis and the king had diarrhea constantly. Eventually he had some sort of rupture in his guts while engaged with his prime minister/lover in the bedchamber that made him poo poo blood until he died about 12 hours later. This is a problem because the king's only son has just died of syphilis and the dynasty is now in danger. But there's hope, since the queen is near term with her last pregnancy.

Alas, the child, while male, had congenital syphilis and died shortly after birth.

The two heroines save the day by stealing one of their newborn half-brothers (who doesn't have syphilis) and giving it to the widowed queen to let her perpetuate the late king's dynasty by passing him off as the king's. They then make their escape by murdering the prime minister, cutting off the prime minister's dick and stealing it because there were a bunch of gemstones sewn under the skin of his dick to protect him from contracting syphilis. (The prime minister was famously amorous and had had sex with both against their wills at different times, thus their awareness of his bodymod choices.) After extracting all of the gemstones the two women feed the severed penis to some alley cats.

Finally they sailed off to Copenhagen to see if they could find one of their ex boyfriends. It was a gross book and I don't recommend.

the aristocrats!

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 13:49

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

epic random user posted:

DUNE for the epic WIN OP

nice

pity that the sequels suck

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 20:26

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 13:49

ChubbyChecker: Mar 25, 2018

a mysterious cloak posted:

Recently finished The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking) by Katie Mack. Really enjoyed it.

Now working on Clive Barker's Weaveworld.

man, it's been ages since i've read barker

i read some of his books of blood, one of the stories that i remember had a haunted pig at a juvie

# ¿ Dec 20, 2021 21:09

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