What book are you reading?

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  • Revolu7
    Revolu7 Posts: 1,035 Member
    Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual....by Jocko Willink
  • fstrickl
    fstrickl Posts: 883 Member
    Reckoner69_lmao wrote: »
    Monster of the week: tome of mysteries

    Sounds intriguing! What’s it about?

    Also...I need to hang out in this thread more! 🤓
  • BrustMannEiner
    BrustMannEiner Posts: 360 Member
    IEEE standards
  • KetoNewLife
    KetoNewLife Posts: 88 Member
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  • Reckoner69_lmao
    Reckoner69_lmao Posts: 1,000 Member
    fstrickl wrote: »
    Reckoner69_lmao wrote: »
    Monster of the week: tome of mysteries

    Sounds intriguing! What’s it about?

    Also...I need to hang out in this thread more! 🤓

    It's a game book, rules and adventures in a horror-esque setting
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,452 Member
    edited August 2020
    honeybee__12 wrote: »
    My son insists I’ll like it,
    getting ready to start the series.

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    I'm not a huge Niven fan (I don't dislike any thing, I just don't actively seek him out) but he is a good writer.
  • fstrickl
    fstrickl Posts: 883 Member
    northviewvintage wrote: »
    Here is her wedding picture. She doesn't look happy:/
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    Oh wow! So cool that you have access to that photo. And your GG Grandma definitely does not look thrilled! How old was her husband, do you know?

    Yes, fortunately I can’t relate to Tess! Hardy’s description of his imaginary rural England is beautiful though, it makes me want to (re)visit England! Far from the Madding Crowd is a good one too.

    Apparently the scene where *spoilers* Tess is encountered in the woods is debated about whether or not it was a consensual act, which added to its shock at the time. I’d need to reread it but as I recall she seemed pretty NOT OKAY with the encounter.
  • confusionmaven
    confusionmaven Posts: 33 Member
    Circe by Madeline Miller
  • Thetwitchisback
    Thetwitchisback Posts: 462 Member
    It’s trash and I love it
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  • fictionreader91
    fictionreader91 Posts: 26 Member
    Currently on Dead Mans folly by Agatha Christie, a book called nightmare (horror) and Mrs Pankhurst’s purple feather x
  • tnh2o
    tnh2o Posts: 161 Member
    White Rage
  • MidlifeCrisisFitness
    MidlifeCrisisFitness Posts: 1,106 Member
    The book of Job
  • kuhlbrz
    kuhlbrz Posts: 5 Member
    Good morning. Currently reading:

    An Honest Thief
    Short story by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  • piggy_smalls
    piggy_smalls Posts: 1,771 Member
    The Conscious Resistance: Reflections On Anarchy And Spirituality by Derrick Broze and John Vibes
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    Thetwitchisback wrote: »
    It’s trash and I love it
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    such a fun series though!
  • 4legsRbetterthan2
    4legsRbetterthan2 Posts: 19,590 MFP Moderator
    just wrapped up the the inheritance series on audible, I started the series a long time ago before it was completed and never got back to it to see how it ends until now. A bit sad in the end but also a very interesting and different ending that I was anticipating.

    Just started White Fragility, trying to broaden my mind a bit.

    Physically reading the red rising trilogy still. I'm still not in love with it, but kinda of just keep going through it because I don't have anything I am itching to get into at the moment.
  • BrustMannEiner
    BrustMannEiner Posts: 360 Member
    More referring to rather than reading but DoD Cybersecurity Test and Evaluation Guidebook and NIST SP 800-171
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    I just finished this:

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    and I gotta admit, I'm a little embarrassed that it's taken me this long to read it ( don't judge me; I've been busy.)

    anyway, it's not what I expected and was simply a work of art.

    I just started this & it's pretty cool:


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  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
  • fstrickl
    fstrickl Posts: 883 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I just finished this:

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    and I gotta admit, I'm a little embarrassed that it's taken me this long to read it ( don't judge me; I've been busy.)

    anyway, it's not what I expected and was simply a work of art.

    This is on my list of next Classic to read (I have a few different read next book lists). I want to read it before I watch the old classic film of it! Is it a tough classic read or relatively smooth?
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    fstrickl wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I just finished this:

    9780194790956-us.jpg

    and I gotta admit, I'm a little embarrassed that it's taken me this long to read it ( don't judge me; I've been busy.)

    anyway, it's not what I expected and was simply a work of art.

    This is on my list of next Classic to read (I have a few different read next book lists). I want to read it before I watch the old classic film of it! Is it a tough classic read or relatively smooth?

    It's a short read and beautifully written.
    It really is a piece of written art. You will have no problems with it in the least.

    I slowly read it because I wanted to savor every sentence; it's that good.

    Also, earlier in the thread you mentioned a book that you enjoyed but nobody else had read it and you wanted to compare notes. Do you recall the title of this book ??
  • KetoNewLife
    KetoNewLife Posts: 88 Member
    IKIGAI The Japanese Secret to a Ling and Happy Life
    Every little bit of encouragement and positivity helps❣️☺️
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  • XxFunctionalStrengthxX
    XxFunctionalStrengthxX Posts: 2,466 Member
    KetoNewLife wrote: »
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    It's interesting that there's so many views on what out ancestors ate for food. I was watching a movie a couple of weeks ago called "The Game Changers" and they talked about how the Gladiators in ancient times were vegetarians based off of bone structure samples.

    On the opposite end of the spectrum, I'm reading

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  • fstrickl
    fstrickl Posts: 883 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    fstrickl wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I just finished this:

    9780194790956-us.jpg

    and I gotta admit, I'm a little embarrassed that it's taken me this long to read it ( don't judge me; I've been busy.)

    anyway, it's not what I expected and was simply a work of art.

    This is on my list of next Classic to read (I have a few different read next book lists). I want to read it before I watch the old classic film of it! Is it a tough classic read or relatively smooth?

    It's a short read and beautifully written.
    It really is a piece of written art. You will have no problems with it in the least.

    I slowly read it because I wanted to savor every sentence; it's that good.

    Also, earlier in the thread you mentioned a book that you enjoyed but nobody else had read it and you wanted to compare notes. Do you recall the title of this book ??

    Thanks for your micro review! I’ve heard that Shelley was a force. And that her and Percy Shelley were kinda bad *kitten* and also a bit weird - apparently the first time she had sex with Percy was on her mother’s grave!

    I do remember!! It’s actually a trilogy. I’m nearly done book two. It’s called The Vorrh Trilogy (The Vorrh, The Erstwhile, and The Cloven). The author is B Catling. Please Let me know if you choose to read it.
  • Mithridites
    Mithridites Posts: 600 Member
    Where the Crowdads Sing by Delia Owens. Interesting so far.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    fstrickl wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    fstrickl wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    I just finished this:

    9780194790956-us.jpg

    and I gotta admit, I'm a little embarrassed that it's taken me this long to read it ( don't judge me; I've been busy.)

    anyway, it's not what I expected and was simply a work of art.

    This is on my list of next Classic to read (I have a few different read next book lists). I want to read it before I watch the old classic film of it! Is it a tough classic read or relatively smooth?

    It's a short read and beautifully written.
    It really is a piece of written art. You will have no problems with it in the least.

    I slowly read it because I wanted to savor every sentence; it's that good.

    Also, earlier in the thread you mentioned a book that you enjoyed but nobody else had read it and you wanted to compare notes. Do you recall the title of this book ??

    Thanks for your micro review! I’ve heard that Shelley was a force. And that her and Percy Shelley were kinda bad *kitten* and also a bit weird - apparently the first time she had sex with Percy was on her mother’s grave!

    I do remember!! It’s actually a trilogy. I’m nearly done book two. It’s called The Vorrh Trilogy (The Vorrh, The Erstwhile, and The Cloven). The author is B Catling. Please Let me know if you choose to read it.

    @fstrickl

    Got it; it's in an online shopping cart.

    I'll take a look at it.

    ..... and while we're trading titles: 'The Devil All The Time' by Donald Ray Pollock is probably my favorite book of all time.

    It's been made into a Netflix movie to be released very, very soon.
  • fstrickl
    fstrickl Posts: 883 Member
    @Motorsheen I feel like such and influencer now!

    I will have to check out your recommendation! Thanks for the suggestion. Happy reading!
  • midlomel1971
    midlomel1971 Posts: 1,283 Member
    edited August 2020
    Waiting by Ha Jin, the story about a man in China in the 60s and 70s who wants to divorce his wife (arranged marriage) and marry the woman he loves, but it takes, like, 18 years. So yeah...a lot of waiting.

    I also just finished the memoir Educated by Tara Westover which was fascinating, heartbreaking, infuriating (I swear to god my blood pressure spiked) and frustrating. Crazytown.
  • melaniedscott
    melaniedscott Posts: 1,452 Member
    midlomel1971 wrote: »
    I also just finished the memoir Educated by Tara Westover which was fascinating, heartbreaking, infuriating (I swear to god my blood pressure spiked) and frustrating. Crazytown.

    Reminds me of reading Sophie's Choice. I HATED that book. Threw it against the wall at least four times. That was the end of my philosophy that if I start a book, I must finish it. That was 17 1/2 years ago...and I still want to throw it some more. And punch the writer. But he's dead...so I can't.
  • FitAsaFalafel
    FitAsaFalafel Posts: 17 Member
    Don’t understand it, but I’m working through it 😁

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