people like books started reading Middlemarch by George Elliot
Eliot’s epic of 19th century provincial social life, set in a fictitious Midlands town in …
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people like books reviewed The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand …
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4 stars
Really enjoyed the first few chapters devoted to debunking stuff like alien abductions and ESP, promoting an approach to the world that is both filled with curiosity and wonder but also critical. I was paralyzingly afraid of a lot of this stuff as a kid and still get creeped out when I'm alone or in a bad mental state, so it was a nice comfort read in that regard. The latter chapters were kind of over the place and a bit self-indulgent, from responses to his work on this topic to [mostly valid] whining about not enough science funding, the state of education, and how democracy is definitely gonna collapse if we don't do something ASAP about the widespread culture of superstition and gullibility (RIP)
people like books finished reading The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
The Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan
How can we make intelligent decisions about our increasingly technology-driven lives if we don’t understand the difference between the myths …
people like books set a goal to read 30 books in 2025
A cornerstone of world literature and a monument to the power of storytelling, the Arabian …
Stunning and thoughtfully edited classics
4 stars
Didn't finish this cover to cover, but read the main bulk of stories (there are many many notes, sources, alt versions of texts etc). I might try to track down a hard copy of this, if not to have at least to look at because its chock full of illustrations and they're incredible. I read a lot of new fiction and I decided I wanted to challenge that habit a bit this year, so for my first big book I went reeeeeal old. Excellent, if too effective bedtime reading (the whole book is literally bedtime stories) means I usually fell asleep after a few pages and it took me over a month to finish. This is the first collection of 1001 nights stories translated by a woman (british-syrian translator Yasmine Seale), and her input in the selections highlighted stories with strong and prominent women characters, as well as pushing back …
Didn't finish this cover to cover, but read the main bulk of stories (there are many many notes, sources, alt versions of texts etc). I might try to track down a hard copy of this, if not to have at least to look at because its chock full of illustrations and they're incredible. I read a lot of new fiction and I decided I wanted to challenge that habit a bit this year, so for my first big book I went reeeeeal old. Excellent, if too effective bedtime reading (the whole book is literally bedtime stories) means I usually fell asleep after a few pages and it took me over a month to finish. This is the first collection of 1001 nights stories translated by a woman (british-syrian translator Yasmine Seale), and her input in the selections highlighted stories with strong and prominent women characters, as well as pushing back against the orientalist vibe of previous editions. All that said, the stories are also genuinely delightful and fun and wacky, wrapped up into a compelling meta-narrative. All in all really happy I read this.
people like books started reading Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong
Mater 2-10 by Hwang Sok-yong, Sora Kim-Russell, Youngjae Josephine Bae
Centred on three generations of a family of rail workers and a laid-off factory worker staging a high-altitude sit-in, Mater …
people like books finished reading The Annotated Arabian Nights by Omar El Akkad
The Annotated Arabian Nights by Omar El Akkad, Paulo Lemos Horta, Yasmine Seale
A cornerstone of world literature and a monument to the power of storytelling, the Arabian Nights has inspired countless authors, …
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This was basically a test to see if I can catalogue zines on here and keep them sorta separate from my "book reading"... I think it's gonna work! I made a separate shelf called "zines" and am gonna add reviews, info, and maybe even links to pdfs. Shoulda set this up when I did my zine-a-day fun-a-day....
people like books reviewed All This Stuff Life is Made of by Arthur K.
"the following chapters were started in mexico city and finished in new york city in …
basically candy for me
5 stars
Beautiful and thoughtful zine about colonialism and the american project, wrapping together struggles of the past and present with a sprinkle of David Wojnarowicz, duh I loved it
people like books reviewed Trajectoires
interviews au format long sur les pratiques de la scène punk do it yourself des …
This sounds disparaging but tbh I really enjoyed it
3 stars
I'm normally really unmotivated to read in French (and I'm sure I missed a lot of nuance cause I kinda suck at it) but this was pretty up my alley and I chomped it up. If you love being punished by gen x dudes about the hardcore punk scene in the 90s and why corporate social media is problématique, this book is for you!! But actually, cool initiative and beautiful book, its cool to learn about how people are wrestling with and talking about the same things that my friends and I are (how punks relate to politics, capitalism, technological alienation, etc) in different places and contexts in the last few years.
people like books finished reading Trajectoires
Trajectoires
interviews au format long sur les pratiques de la scène punk do it yourself des années 90 à nos jours. …
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@realityasylumreads nice, OK I will definitely check the others out!
people like books started reading Trajectoires
Trajectoires
interviews au format long sur les pratiques de la scène punk do it yourself des années 90 à nos jours. …
people like books replied to realityasylumreads's status
@realityasylumreads I thought it was good but not mind blowing, like super well-crafted and vibey but nothing to really sink my teeth into. I read the memory police a few years ago and really liked it. You read this recently ya? What'd you think?