What are you reading right now?

TheBig3 · 03-04-2021, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Brains that respond to Strokes.

I guess, but they also don't have a concept of where the body ends, and they lose their inner voice completely.

Trollheart · 03-09-2021, 04:01 PM

I think he was making a joke about the band...?

adidasss · 03-09-2021, 10:34 PM

My brilliant friend - Elena Ferrante

It was probably incredibly difficult to translate as she was apparently switching between standard Italian and the Neapolitan dialect, so the writing seems a little clunky at times, but obviously due to the language difference. Quite engaging so far.

goldendoodle · 03-10-2021, 04:13 PM

Some alchemy book, a couple books and a thesis about some of the kookier medieval female saints/nuns (the compulsive self-mutilation/mortification, anorexia, and general theatrics have always fascinated me), a book about Lucifer called Lucifer Princeps, and Aramaic English New Testament by Andrew Gabriel Roth (mostly I just skim and read the annotations) and also a book about gothic cathedral architecture + the medieval concept of order but I may have mentioned that one already recently.

**Marie Monday** · 03-10-2021, 04:16 PM

Oooh what is that last one? Sounds like something I'd be really into

goldendoodle · 03-11-2021, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Marie Monday

Oooh what is that last one? Sounds like something I'd be really into

The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order by Otto Georg Von Simson

Tristan_Geoff · 03-11-2021, 10:33 PM

Oh, to read, I miss it dearly.

The last book I attempted I think I talked about already so here's the deal.

I'll make up a book and y'all should all pretend like it sucks.

Actually one time to I reid tried to write a sequel to to to kill a mockingbird called to kill a scout but I got burnt out during the drafting process for ideas

**Marie Monday** · 03-12-2021, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by goldendoodle

The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order by Otto Georg Von Simson

Hell yes imma read that, thanks! The author's name too omg

**Frownland** · 03-22-2021, 12:50 AM

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson

20 million die in India during a harrowing wet bulb heat wave and the world responds with ecoterrorism and the titular global climate organization while the usual suspects remain indifferent. It straddles an interesting place between fiction and nonfiction, using accounts from different perspectives to propel the story while going into some thoroughly researched ecological, economic, psychological, and scientific concepts. This does lead to some pretty flat characters but the thought-provoking climate change solutions and unique approach make up for that in spades. The chapters are also super short, so the predictable character arcs don't overstay their welcome. There's a bit of a lull in the middle as he sets the foreground for some of the economic policies, but otherwise this was pretty engaging.

Spoiler for spoilers:

A really informative and interesting novel with some flaws, but none that are glaring. 8.5/10

ribbons · 03-29-2021, 11:44 AM

https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/coun...l-the-time.htm

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adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	My brilliant friend - Elena Ferrante It was probably incredibly difficult to translate as she was apparently switching between standard Italian and the Neapolitan dialect, so the writing seems a little clunky at times, but obviously due to the language difference. Quite engaging so far. __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

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goldendoodle god's favorite clown Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 139	Some alchemy book, a couple books and a thesis about some of the kookier medieval female saints/nuns (the compulsive self-mutilation/mortification, anorexia, and general theatrics have always fascinated me), a book about Lucifer called Lucifer Princeps, and Aramaic English New Testament by Andrew Gabriel Roth (mostly I just skim and read the annotations) and also a book about gothic cathedral architecture + the medieval concept of order but I may have mentioned that one already recently. __________________ formerly Chiomara

03-22-2021, 12:50 AM	#7209 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson 20 million die in India during a harrowing wet bulb heat wave and the world responds with ecoterrorism and the titular global climate organization while the usual suspects remain indifferent. It straddles an interesting place between fiction and nonfiction, using accounts from different perspectives to propel the story while going into some thoroughly researched ecological, economic, psychological, and scientific concepts. This does lead to some pretty flat characters but the thought-provoking climate change solutions and unique approach make up for that in spades. The chapters are also super short, so the predictable character arcs don't overstay their welcome. There's a bit of a lull in the middle as he sets the foreground for some of the economic policies, but otherwise this was pretty engaging. Spoiler for spoilers: While I get that KSR wanted to show how these solutions fleshed out, the ending was too optimistic. Plus for as much as he bemoans neoliberal hegemony, his key proposal of the carbon coin is built on strengthening it. There's a brief mention of some investors attempting to short the carbon coin that's waved away with an unhelpful assertion that they just made some new laws to fix it. For as well-researched as this book was, the way that that particular loose end was tied up felt really cheap. I see why it serves his purpose, but just a touch of lingering conflict or an unforeseen policy blunder for the Ministry to tackle as Mary steps down would have really strengthened this on a literary level. A really informative and interesting novel with some flaws, but none that are glaring. 8.5/10 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

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