Rereading SpellSinger by Alan Dean Foster.
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Starting this one for the second time. Last time I read it was in 2016. Thought I could refresh my memory a bit.
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Would you like to tell us your takeaways from it? I’ve heard the name of the book, but I do not know what is it about.
The decline in reading for pleasure over 20 years of the American Time Use Survey
https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(25)01549-4
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Give me a few days. I’m reading multiple books at the same time, and I need to refreshen my memory on this one a bit to do it justice. But basically Dawkins is dealing with the subject of religiosity and organized religion, and how it distorts people’s understanding of what goes on around them, and how organized religion is harmful in terms of mass manipulation, for example. He deals with the idea of god on a conceptual level and, of course, attempts to disprove the existence of it based on scientific arguments.
But I need to finish it again, to be able to sum it up better.
My reading habit and choice of books has become whimsical and erratic lately.
Nowadays I’m reading Thing Explainer by the XKCD comics author.
It is a book that explains science and engineering mainly, but uses as simple words as possible.
I almost got the impression that “Simple Jack” from Tropic Thunder could’ve been the author.
It is THAT simple.
Standing here like I’m supposed to say something
Don’t hold your breath, I never said I’d save you, honey
And I don’t want your money
If I was you I’d run from me or rip me open
You’ll see you’re not the only one who’s hopeless
Be sure to put your faith in something more
I’m just a boy and you’re not as alone as you feel
We all got problems, don’t we?
We all need heroes, don’t we?
But rest assured there’s not a single person here who’s worthy
Don’t let me let you down
Hey, baby I’m not your superhuman
And if that’s what you want
I hate to let you down
Or get your hopes up
Now I got you hoping
That I’m gonna be the one that let you down
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Usain Bolt and The Flash told me you’re faster than both of them?
Man, I gotta finish reading The Dresden Files series. I’m set to read book 12 some time in the future. The guy in the image makes another appearance in book 15.
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removed 6~ off topic posts.
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I’m still reading Thing Explainer among reading other books in rotation.
The other book that I’m actually re-reading is Jack Canfield’s The Success Principles 20th Anniversary Edition. I’ve also read the original release, and the 10th Anniversary editions. It is completely revamped for the post-AI age.
The difference between original, 10th, and the 20th is that the original relies on teaching all the reasons and techniques of why we can work harder & smarter at the same time, while the 10th adds digital age’s “Web 2.0” on top of that. The 20th has invaluable advice on how to use A.I. fully to get an advantage about everything we strive towards in life.
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Good job on keeping your Oasis in pristine condition. Are you subbed to the Time magazine? I never figured out how those subs work.
Meanwhile this is me:
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10 Years of documented reading.
89 books of non-fiction & fiction of great length and all types of genres (out of 151 total in life - many other shorter-than-a-novel length texts as well).
32.683 pages, read at 300-1000 words per minute depending on how interesting a book was.
Conclusion: Good job, learned & applied a lot, however still a long way to go.
What about you guys statistics? Do you guys read a lot? What are your favorite books?
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This, it’s a Harry Potter type book, but for the price and the amount of reading it gives you it’s an absolute bargain on Amazon.
£1.99 for a 15 book set, and they’re not short reading books either. (kindle price)
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I use to read novels though over the past few years I had placed google searches as my primary reading material.
Then there’s is YouTube videos of people who have interesting topics to talk about.
I am trying to look for some hobby to take control of my free time.
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As I was walking through the store today this jar of pink vegetable stuck out so I had gotten that along with olives and hummus for dinner tonight.
I placed all 4 ingredients into the fridge in hope that I might have some on a later day also.
/ how did this end up on this reading thread?
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A person can’t read anything with an empty stomach.
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IIRC, messages are posted to the thread active when you open the editor, not the thread you actually are if you switched threads mid writing
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Yes, that’s possible as well.
