#books

At the beginning of Chapter Ten of Madeline Miller’s Circe, the protagonist arrives in Crete, the island that her domineering sister rules oppressively.

Those who distrust self-help books and who might snort and roll their eyes at this book merely for its subtitle – Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts – might be surprised at the sobriety of Burkeman’s advice.

There are many kinds of books.

This book seems to be mostly about abuse, often violent, inflicted by men against women.

I’ve read seven chapters so far. Here are some thoughts and some excerpts.

In her novel Normal People, Sally Rooney exposes the hidden reasoning of our subconscious.

I almost quit this book as soon as I began it.

From where I am sitting on my balcony I can see the TV out of the corner of my eye and it’s very difficult to ignore it.

I heartily agree with Crawford’s emphasis on the importance of embodied experiences and his warning that virtual worlds can promote passivity, technology as magic, and false agency.

Writing what is this site? #3 made me think about how this site reimagines the process of writing books to emulate the process of software development.

I anticipate confusion regarding the name of this site. How is it a book?

most…wonderful places of the world were not made by architects, but by the people.

In his book The End Of Absence, Michael Harris laments the everpresence of digital technology.

I have a knack for picking up new books even while I have already a few on the go. Eschewing reading etiquette in this way amuses me as if it were actual mischief.

This novel is like a long, restless dream about a man paralyzed by his guilt and his grief.

As I walk through cities nowadays I try to look through a Jane Jacobian lens at the diversity of enterprise and use about.

Dr. George Pransky in his book The Relationship Handbook writes:

[M]aintaining a sense of well-being is all it takes to make [relationships] enjoyable and easy.

I’m 120 pages into this book and so far it has consisted purely of dialogue between a psychiatrist and a patient who has voluntarily checked herself in.

I’ve been developing Muze Radio, reading Stephen King, watching Poor Things, and more.

My second attempt to review a book while I read it instead of waiting until I finish it.

Half memoir, half advice for aspiring fiction writers. Both good.

My first attempt to review a book while I read it instead of waiting until I finish it.

I’ve been losing weight, playing soccer, developing this site, reading books, and more.

I’d recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand the values and politics of rural America through literature.

Absolutely essential read. Mind-bending and mind-expanding.

Highly recommend to anyone interested in reading about time management. This book has a radical message for you: give up hope.

This is my second review of this book. I have to say – it won me over, big time.

Starting a new book is exciting.