Books. They can entertain and/or inform you. They have been the harbingers of revolutions, whether it be social or political. Here's the place where I review, rant, and share all things regarding reading, books, and literature that I deem interesting.
booksandghosts asked: That's really cool that you'll be doing the Camino de Santiago. I have wanted to hike that for ages. So jealous
I highly recommend it if you get a chance. I did about 70 miles of it last summer and really fell in love with the experience.
@5 days ago with 2 notesbooksandghosts asked: A 50 page paper? That's rough. Glad I did business, the longest I had to do is 12 pages. I'm trying to read a book a day this year so if you know of any good quality books that are not intense reads I'd appreciate it.
The sad thing about the 50 pg. paper is that it’s not for a grade. I’m a staff editor on a law review so it’s just so I can get credit for working on the academic journal (of course there’s the possibility of it getting published in the journal as well).
Anyway a few books that aren’t too long/fairly quick reads/that I’d recommend are: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The History of Love, The Remains of the Day, some of the old school children’s classics like The Jungle Book, Peter Pan, The Secret Garden…, and One Day. Hopefully you haven’t read all of those. Good luck by the way! 365 books in one year is a steep challenge.
@3 months agobooksandghosts asked: How are you liking Disraeli by Andre Maurois and Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright? Have you finished them and like me are terrible at updating your read lists or have you not actually had a chance to read them?
That list is a tiny bit outdated since I finished Disraeli by Andre Maurois earlier this week. I do a better job keeping my Goodreads up-to-date than I do my reading list on Tumblr.
I really enjoyed Disraeli. I went on a date with this guy a few months ago who lent me his copy of the book and told me it was the best biography he’d ever read. I was curious since my specialization in undergrad was British history and I always loved the Victorian era and Disraeli was a major figure during that period. Anyway I have to agree with him, Disraeli was one of the most engaging and entertaining biographies I’ve ever read. I highly recommend it but I don’t know if it’s readily available. It was written back in the 20s and the copy of the book that was lent to me was a few decades old.
I’m still currently reading Going Clear. I’m about halfway through it. I’m enjoying it but if I was to be honest my enjoyment of the book seems to result from a morbid desire within myself to read the equivalent to a car crash. Not that it’s badly written, it’s just Scientology is cra-cra and this book is cra-cra just as a result of dealing with the history of Scientology. Like the church literally would torture its followers if they showed signs of doubting the church or disagreed with the church. And these people willingly let the church torture them. It’s bizarre. But that bizarreness does make for an interesting read.
@2 weeks agoYay! I have one book left to hit 40 books. Today will be full of reading.
You can do it!! Hopefully your last book that you’re reading is amazing.
Thanks!
Congratulations! You’re amazing!
Lol amazing might be an overstatement but thank you!
@4 months ago with 2 notesbooksandghosts asked: That's really cool that you'll be doing the Camino de Santiago. I have wanted to hike that for ages. So jealous
I highly recommend it if you get a chance. I did about 70 miles of it last summer and really fell in love with the experience.
booksandghosts asked: How are you liking Disraeli by Andre Maurois and Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright? Have you finished them and like me are terrible at updating your read lists or have you not actually had a chance to read them?
That list is a tiny bit outdated since I finished Disraeli by Andre Maurois earlier this week. I do a better job keeping my Goodreads up-to-date than I do my reading list on Tumblr.
I really enjoyed Disraeli. I went on a date with this guy a few months ago who lent me his copy of the book and told me it was the best biography he’d ever read. I was curious since my specialization in undergrad was British history and I always loved the Victorian era and Disraeli was a major figure during that period. Anyway I have to agree with him, Disraeli was one of the most engaging and entertaining biographies I’ve ever read. I highly recommend it but I don’t know if it’s readily available. It was written back in the 20s and the copy of the book that was lent to me was a few decades old.
I’m still currently reading Going Clear. I’m about halfway through it. I’m enjoying it but if I was to be honest my enjoyment of the book seems to result from a morbid desire within myself to read the equivalent to a car crash. Not that it’s badly written, it’s just Scientology is cra-cra and this book is cra-cra just as a result of dealing with the history of Scientology. Like the church literally would torture its followers if they showed signs of doubting the church or disagreed with the church. And these people willingly let the church torture them. It’s bizarre. But that bizarreness does make for an interesting read.
booksandghosts asked: A 50 page paper? That's rough. Glad I did business, the longest I had to do is 12 pages. I'm trying to read a book a day this year so if you know of any good quality books that are not intense reads I'd appreciate it.
The sad thing about the 50 pg. paper is that it’s not for a grade. I’m a staff editor on a law review so it’s just so I can get credit for working on the academic journal (of course there’s the possibility of it getting published in the journal as well).
Anyway a few books that aren’t too long/fairly quick reads/that I’d recommend are: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The History of Love, The Remains of the Day, some of the old school children’s classics like The Jungle Book, Peter Pan, The Secret Garden…, and One Day. Hopefully you haven’t read all of those. Good luck by the way! 365 books in one year is a steep challenge.
Yay! I have one book left to hit 40 books. Today will be full of reading.
You can do it!! Hopefully your last book that you’re reading is amazing.
Thanks!
Congratulations! You’re amazing!
Lol amazing might be an overstatement but thank you!
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