interesting that's one of like five books I did finish last year love both
Yeah just wasn’t my thing. I know he’s a good author but something wasn’t hitting with me. I’ll come back to it at some point for sure because I’m a completionist.
Haven't finished sapiens i just stack so many books at the same time and can't properly finish one
Haven't finished sapiens i just stack so many books at the same time and can't properly finish one
sapiens been on my readlist from too much time, even my anthropology professor suggested it
Catch- 22 which is ironically one of my favorite books but I refuse to finish it, I get a lil further everytime I read it but I know everyone’s going to die and I don’t want the book to end
Dune. Bought it and read 2 chapters. I actually want to read it too but I can’t remember the last time I finished a book in its entirety
Started Moby D*** today & I feel like it’s gonna end up on this list
Someone convince me to finish pls
started The Moviegoer a couple weeks ago now, writing style is rly good but protagonist is such a total b**** jfk, dunno if I'll make it through that
laughed out loud when I first opened the book
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
I've been 48% into the book since 2019
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Just got busy and never picked it up again
The spy who came in from the Cold by John Le Carré
Might end up finishing (i'm at 50%) but s*** is currently boring my socks off, even though it's short.
F*** bro same. I need to get on it (blood meridian)
I've been "reading" Marcus Aurelius' Meditations for about 6 years. I only read a few pages here and there whenever I'm going through s*** lol but I'm tempted to finishing it this year
started The Moviegoer a couple weeks ago now, writing style is rly good but protagonist is such a total b**** jfk, dunno if I'll make it through that
laughed out loud when I first opened the book
There's some hoooes in this book
There's some hoooes in this book
I've been "reading" Marcus Aurelius' Meditations for about 6 years. I only read a few pages here and there whenever I'm going through s*** lol but I'm tempted to finishing it this year
Exact same situation here, I don’t really think it’s meant to just be read straight through just here and there as food for thought
Exact same situation here, I don’t really think it’s meant to just be read straight through just here and there as food for thought
Agreed. I really like that whenever I do pick it up, it's tied to whatever I'm going thru.
Also recommend The Art of Living by Sharon Lebell; it's an interpretation of Epictetus' works and is only ~100 pages.
Agreed. I really like that whenever I do pick it up, it's tied to whatever I'm going thru.
Also recommend The Art of Living by Sharon Lebell; it's an interpretation of Epictetus' works and is only ~100 pages.
I’ll pick the Art of Living up next
Is it similar to meditations in that it’s a collected bit of journals or something else?
I’ll pick the Art of Living up next
Is it similar to meditations in that it’s a collected bit of journals or something else?
It's more of a manual broken up into stoic ideas/concepts. It's definitely a lot easier to understand and the ideas are as short as a paragraph and as long as 2-3 pages.
It's cool to see how Epictetus' teachings influenced Marcus to write Meditations.
Started Moby D*** today & I feel like it’s gonna end up on this list
Someone convince me to finish pls
I’m the same, lmao. For one thing I’m not a huge American lit fan but the bigger issue is it’s like 20 pages of plot, 40 pages of Ishmael rambles and then like 100 pages about the weight and size of sperm whales outside of captivity
Heard its like gay p*** is that true
Lmao this comment got me
There’s some allusion to homosexuality that pervades the book but in general it’s just a really well written story
I’m the same, lmao. For one thing I’m not a huge American lit fan but the bigger issue is it’s like 20 pages of plot, 40 pages of Ishmael rambles and then like 100 pages about the weight and size of sperm whales outside of captivity
Surprisingly I’m powering through it. It’s not the worst thing in the world when you just accept there’s more digression than plot lol.
I’m like halfway through it
How to beat the market-Joel Greenblatt
just terrible, it basically tries to sell you on the concept of a magic formula which is really just value investing
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Putting it down at 41%
I'm sorry y'all this s*** repetitive like a mf