What book are you reading?

[JeffS7444]

I may have a soft spot for tales with a foodie theme.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744310/the-kamogawa-food-detectives-by-hisashi-kashiwai/
https://yenpress.com/titles/9780316471855-delicious-in-dungeon-vol-1

 

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[GD Fan]

This arrived today. I'll probably hold it for the annual Jazz Fest pilgrimage in early May.

 

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This is a fascinating book. I had no idea of how epilepsy impacts people in so many different ways. Some people are impacted by hearing a certain type of music (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicogenic_epilepsy). Musicogenic epilepsy has an estimated prevalence in the general population of 1 in 10 million people (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9987853/).

 

[dkinric]

New John Scalzi is out

 

[JeffS7444]

New John Scalzi is out

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On my reading list now.

 

[Soandso]

Does a comic book count?

 

[Fahzz]

Recently discovered Don Winslow's Neil Carey Series. Winslow is deservedly known for The Border Trilogy which I also highly recommend, as well as a bunch of California based crime novels, and I read pretty much all of those.

I didn't know about these but now I'm on my third one. Anybody who likes crime fiction should give these a try.

 

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Sunday morning sustenance!

 

[Count Arthur]

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

A dramatically new understanding of human history, chal…

www.goodreads.com

 

[Vacceo]

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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

A dramatically new understanding of human history, chal…

www.goodreads.com

Graeber, may the gods keep his memory, is an absolute titan of anthropology.

My students get the suggestion of this work, Debt and Bullshit Jobs as part of the anthropological economy coursework.

 

[GK.]

Inoffensive and a bit of a laugh, but a rather underwhelming purchase and a bit of a disappointment I am afraid. Sold with claims of being a scientific treatise but is instead rather banal and doesn't give particularly insightful or non-obvious answers to any of the questions posed. Proffers an abundance of saccharine sentimentality to substitute for the dearth of substance though. For example:

".....The most important part of the journey are the people and animals we meet. Our relationships ground us, provide cherished memories, and help us grow. Love is a universal language and anyone who loves chickens knows that they speak it too."

*groan*

I think my expectations were probably a bit too high on this one.

 

[Thomas Savage]

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Ah iv got the audio version , I find Yanis and his ideas ' difficult ' but that's why I bother .

And posted with a terrible beer , is this some kind of new stealthy review strategy? Regardless, naturally I approve. I tend to post the other way , in the beer thread with my books ., ha ha

 

[Vacceo]

Ah iv got the audio version , I find Yanis and his ideas ' difficult ' but that's why I bother .

And posted with a terrible beer , is this some kind of new stealthy review strategy? Regardless, naturally I approve. I tend to post the other way , in the beer thread with my books ., ha ha

I have a lot of issues with Varufakis characterization of late capitalism as retaking feudal traits. Those traits have always been there.

 

[SeleniumFalcon]

 

[Old_School_Brad]

A book on ammonia screw compressors...

 

[Count Arthur]

A book on ammonia screw compressors...

Admit it, you only read it on public transport to impress women.

 

[bluefuzz]

A book on ammonia screw compressors

There's more than one?

 

[bluefuzz]

I've recently been rereading some of the greatest works of philosophy of the 20th Century:

And no I'm not joking.

 

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Ah iv got the audio version , I find Yanis and his ideas ' difficult ' but that's why I bother .

And posted with a terrible beer , is this some kind of new stealthy review strategy? Regardless, naturally I approve. I tend to post the other way , in the beer thread with my books ., ha ha

It’s a great morning beer. Italian builders must have done some blind tasting to come to this conclusion!