Just started talking to strangers by malcolm gladwell.
What are you reading?
- Thread starter mocha.
- Start date
Im currently re-reading Jennette Mccurdy's Im Glad My Mom Died. Truly gets at my heart strings. I idolised her as a child and from the outside she had this fantastic life I wanted so much instead of mine. Just to find out she fought great personal battles the entire time. Truly someone I deeply admire.
I’m listening to an audiobook called Complex PTSD: From Surviving To Thriving. It’s making me relive some painful childhood memories, but the tips and information provided are very helpful. I always like it when nonfiction books like this include stories from the writer too. It gives contextual examples for the advice and makes it feel more personal.
I found an old book I bought, shoved in my spare closet, about a soldier who wrote about his time of service during the Civil War and before. It's called Ten Years in the Rank. I read only a little bit so far, but it's interesting to see the life of the common soldier back then and their training.
For breakfast they were served a bowl of syrup lol. Can you imagine working, let alone fighting, on a bowl of syrup?
For breakfast they were served a bowl of syrup lol. Can you imagine working, let alone fighting, on a bowl of syrup?
worldstraveller
Member
What I am reading is Yu-Gi-Oh! manga/graphic novel volume 20, this is my 5th re-read of manga series.
Elissarosalee
Apollo best girl
the song of achilles
Disneyfangirl23
🦁 Lion King fangirl 🦁
I just started reading Felix the Railway Cat 
I read 1 chapter
I read 1 chapter
I'm about half way through reading The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, but I'm also listening to the audiobook for LOTR: The Return of the King by JRR Tolkien on my commute to work. It's narrated by Rob Inglis, who did a great job!
Still listening to LOTR: The Return of the King on my commute (about 11 hours left), but I've finished The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963) and I've moved on to The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir (1949, with 2009 translation)! Given my workload, I won't have a lot of time during the weekdays (or weekend for that matter) to read, so I imagine it will take me some time to get through given its size. I don't mind shelving it for a while if it doesn't hold my interest, but the first five pages have been good so far.
drowningfairies
rest a while.
Finished My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh not long ago.
Currently halfway through intercepts by TJ Payne. It’s been interesting so far, and fast paced. I was reading a good bit of fantasy then went back to mystery/horror
Currently halfway through intercepts by TJ Payne. It’s been interesting so far, and fast paced. I was reading a good bit of fantasy then went back to mystery/horror
ConfusedDad
*writes cutely*
the yearling. i dont appreciate it as much as i should but im not a fan of books whose spine will barely fit in my hand.
daisyflowers
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finished reading the satsuma complex by bob mortimer after i started a while ago.
will begin the girl on the train at some point
will begin the girl on the train at some point
Barnabus_i_am
Senior Member
The Servile State by Hilaire Belloc. Really interested in the implications of his economic theories.
In the last month I rented 45 books and gave about 30 a shot, finishing 6 of them. 2 got removed from the catalog so I get to keep them for free now. (One wasn’t anything special, and the other is a big one, never got to starting it.)
Favorite nonfiction reads from the last month (no particular order)
The Australian Bird Guide - Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack & Kim Franklin
Finally had the chance to birdwatch in the last month and this was extremely useful for identification. So long as you know how to navigate to specific families, about everything you would need to identify is in there. The illustrations are very nice and it highlights diagnostic traits clearly as well as showing locations and other unique info. Very fun to look through in general, large and seems thorough.
How To Hang A Picture (and other essential lessons for the stylish home) - Jay Sacher & Suzanne LaGasa
Adorable watercolor information and perfectly fills the intended role of being a little inspiration and jumping-off point. The technical information and theory are very accessible yet well-explained. A nice quaint book that isn’t too long or brief.
Living With Color - Rebecca Atwood
Love Color - Anna Starmer
Black & White (and a bit in between) - Celerie Kemble
Lumping these three together because the appeal was very similar but of all the interior design books I read with photos, these were definitely the best. There’s good variety and a great explanation of theory in each, yet all have a different flavor. Atwood’d book is probably the most technically fleshed out but still approachable, Starmer’s is more playful to flip through, while Kemble’s feels dramatic by virtue of the interiors themselves.
Where They Purr - Paul Barbera
This is a second to the other interior design books. It’s not going to be the most informative, but it has a pretty obvious appeal to it, so I’ll throw in a mention for this one.
Roses - Jane Eastoe & Georgianna Lane
Pleasant little compendium with lovely pictures and a lot of personality in writing, interesting hearing the history of the flower. The descriptions bring up some nice imagery and info, including how the flowers grow and further info on taking care and rosehips is laid out nicely. Every species included has a photo and you can usually see them paired with other flowers to spur ideas.
Inside Art Movements: The Renaissance / Cubism / Surrealism - Susie Brooks
These are three books separate from one another and there’s actually a series of six, this was all they had to rent. It’s pretty good as a starting point to understand the movements, child or adult. If you have more knowledge of art theory you’ll get more out of the questions asked by the book, because it kind of just asks you “why do you think this is important?” sometimes, but nonetheless the writing really does inspire a bit and they’re good for quick references about the movements.
Favorite nonfiction reads from the last month (no particular order)
The Australian Bird Guide - Peter Menkhorst, Danny Rogers, Rohan Clarke, Jeff Davies, Peter Marsack & Kim Franklin
Finally had the chance to birdwatch in the last month and this was extremely useful for identification. So long as you know how to navigate to specific families, about everything you would need to identify is in there. The illustrations are very nice and it highlights diagnostic traits clearly as well as showing locations and other unique info. Very fun to look through in general, large and seems thorough.
How To Hang A Picture (and other essential lessons for the stylish home) - Jay Sacher & Suzanne LaGasa
Adorable watercolor information and perfectly fills the intended role of being a little inspiration and jumping-off point. The technical information and theory are very accessible yet well-explained. A nice quaint book that isn’t too long or brief.
Living With Color - Rebecca Atwood
Love Color - Anna Starmer
Black & White (and a bit in between) - Celerie Kemble
Lumping these three together because the appeal was very similar but of all the interior design books I read with photos, these were definitely the best. There’s good variety and a great explanation of theory in each, yet all have a different flavor. Atwood’d book is probably the most technically fleshed out but still approachable, Starmer’s is more playful to flip through, while Kemble’s feels dramatic by virtue of the interiors themselves.
Where They Purr - Paul Barbera
This is a second to the other interior design books. It’s not going to be the most informative, but it has a pretty obvious appeal to it, so I’ll throw in a mention for this one.
Roses - Jane Eastoe & Georgianna Lane
Pleasant little compendium with lovely pictures and a lot of personality in writing, interesting hearing the history of the flower. The descriptions bring up some nice imagery and info, including how the flowers grow and further info on taking care and rosehips is laid out nicely. Every species included has a photo and you can usually see them paired with other flowers to spur ideas.
Inside Art Movements: The Renaissance / Cubism / Surrealism - Susie Brooks
These are three books separate from one another and there’s actually a series of six, this was all they had to rent. It’s pretty good as a starting point to understand the movements, child or adult. If you have more knowledge of art theory you’ll get more out of the questions asked by the book, because it kind of just asks you “why do you think this is important?” sometimes, but nonetheless the writing really does inspire a bit and they’re good for quick references about the movements.
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I'm reading Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho. It's a memoir by a half Korean woman about her relationship with her schizophrenic mother and her life in a small town. As someone who has also lived in the rural Pacific Northwest, it's interesting seeing her description of the place. I'm glad I checked this book out from the library.
Mr_Keroppi
Hoppy Froggy Friend ੈ✩‧₊˚
I have been reading Ally Brooke's memoir/autobiography: Finding Your Harmony! I am a huge Fifth Harmony stan (Harmonizer) so I am loving this book! Im about half way through and its really good! Its an interesting book 
ZeldaCrossing64
Sugary Cynic
I'm currently reading The Crucible (by Arthur Miller) for English class. If I'm being honest, I have no idea what's going on in the story/play despite being on Act 4.
