Hm, with a foreword by Neil Gaiman
Seven Blades in Black by Sam Sykes. A rip-snortin' fun fantasy epic; first of three? Reminiscent of the powder mage books but in its own world. Sal the Cacophony is a wonderful lead character with a story arc that carries things along at a rapid pace.
dusters
Emperor
George Polya - How to solve it .
An amazing and classic book on heuristics in mathematics. It has received an update by different authors in 2000s as well. The original book was written in 1940s.
It gives methods of discovery of new formulae and theorems. It gives tools for solving problems "problem to find" and "problem to prove".
I plan to get all the books in the series, they are a must for a scientific method oriented student in any STEM field.
An amazing and classic book on heuristics in mathematics. It has received an update by different authors in 2000s as well. The original book was written in 1940s.
It gives methods of discovery of new formulae and theorems. It gives tools for solving problems "problem to find" and "problem to prove".
I plan to get all the books in the series, they are a must for a scientific method oriented student in any STEM field.
I tried CJ Box last week and now I've read two of his novels and am starting the third.
Karamazovs re-reading nearing the end (fourth book), and started reading some short story collection by M.R.James.
The Brothers Karamazov was never my favorite novel by Dostoevsky, in fact it would be just above the Idiot, and behind both Possessed and Crime and Punishment. But ultimately I prefer some of his short stories.
The Brothers Karamazov was never my favorite novel by Dostoevsky, in fact it would be just above the Idiot, and behind both Possessed and Crime and Punishment. But ultimately I prefer some of his short stories.
Josu
Emperor
Ended The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Definetely I have a problem with Ursula K. Le Guin, I enjoy her readings, but never get hooked.
Starting The zone of interest by Martin Amis
Definetely I have a problem with Ursula K. Le Guin, I enjoy her readings, but never get hooked.
Starting The zone of interest by Martin Amis
End of the Karamazovs.
Finishing off a ghost short story collection by M.R.James.
Haven't read this before, I find that there is some charm in his style, although it is certainly a simple style. I like the motif of not bothering to explain the chasm between the ghosts and people - particularly in the Locked Room story.
Finishing off a ghost short story collection by M.R.James.
Haven't read this before, I find that there is some charm in his style, although it is certainly a simple style. I like the motif of not bothering to explain the chasm between the ghosts and people - particularly in the Locked Room story.
Don't forget to take regular breaths while reading each 300 word sentence.....
Faulkner was my first, by my real time perception, "difficult" encounter as a reader - sometime in my junior year in high school. Of course a lot that I read up to that point was more difficult than I gave it credit it for, but I could at least manage the surface.
In 10th grade we were to chose a book to write a response to. I chose Faulkner's Sound and Fury, and my English teacher shook her head at me and told me I had a week to change my mind.
It did not take a week for me to switch to The Old Man and the Sea.
I decided to give CJ Box's Joe Pickett books a chance and am now....um, six books in.
In 11th grade, I chose For Whom the Bell Tolls confusing Hemingway for O' Henry. My teacher gave me a shot to back out, but I soldiered on. We read The Sun Also Rises as a class later that year and I became a little too much of a Hemingway fanboy for a spell.
I should like him more than I do, but the only one of his books I've ever wanted to re-read was The Old Man and the Sea. Haven't read Bells yet, though.
Ten Arrows of Iron is book 2 of the Grave of Empires trilogy (after Seven Black Blades) by Sam Sykes. Sal the Cacophony continues her story in grand style.
Josu
Emperor
DNF The zone of interest by Martin Amis
I understand that the point of the book is seeking to shock with direct ordinary language and vanalization of characters that pretend to ignore what's going on in a nazi concentration camp.
This game is not for me, does not shock me, bored me and transformed the book in The zone of desinterest. A hundred of pages was enough for me.
Started The Rain God Weeps over Mexico by László Passuth
I understand that the point of the book is seeking to shock with direct ordinary language and vanalization of characters that pretend to ignore what's going on in a nazi concentration camp.
This game is not for me, does not shock me, bored me and transformed the book in The zone of desinterest. A hundred of pages was enough for me.
Started The Rain God Weeps over Mexico by László Passuth
Starting number nine after I finish Images of America: Fenway Pahk
Finished The Innovators by Walter Isaacson and liked his focus on collaborative teams like Babbage/Lovelace and Woz/Jobs.
Josu
Emperor
Ended Jonathan Haidt's The anxious generation
Excellent. Should be read by any person involved in any kids education
Started A libertarian walks into a bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
Excellent. Should be read by any person involved in any kids education
Started A libertarian walks into a bear by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
Josu
Emperor
Ended The Rain God Weeps over Mexico by László Passuth
Started The armour of light, by Ken Follet
Spoiler My feelings with this book :
Started The armour of light, by Ken Follet
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