wait that doesn't sound right
#the-library
lunar island
fresh mural
@lunar island it is a perfectly executed murder! and poirot is an exceptional detective which is why he was able to figure it out
lmao 😂
lunar island
yes indeed
i wish i got back my habit of reading books
i got a pile of them just waiting to be opened
brief history of time, Isaac Asimov's the complete robot, Hyperspace, Physics of the impossible, Cosmos, the demon haunted world, catching stardust, planet factory, endurance, black holes and time warps, the zoomable universe
all of these are space related btw
fresh mural
are these fiction or non-fiction?
golden vault
Fiction
golden vault
Isaac asimovs ones ?
golden vault
There was this one book I probably won't find
fresh mural
have you started any of them or are they all unopened?
golden vault
Physics of superheroes
lunar island
i started one of them rest all unopened
i know right and i used to read a book daily
idk what happened
golden vault
Sem
lunar island
ok i gtg bye
fresh mural
yeah see ya
lunar island
ok am back but probs wont chat
golden vault
How lol
golden vault
send MEEEEEEEE
sullen crow
send REEEEEEEE
formal pelican
@golden vault please avoid sending things that are out of context. Last warning.
formal pelican
@golden vault your cat video
Your message was deleted, but yes you did. Don't repeat it
fresh mural
has anyone read this book?
fresh mural
smh 😂
there's this one quote from the book:
“But time isn’t the same for the mad and the blind.”
it's quite beautiful when you think about it
formal pelican
That's an amazing quote
fresh mural
it truly is, @formal pelican! have you read any of her works?
“I'd rather die on an adventure than live standing still.” - this one too! because what's the fun in life if you don't take risks?
it's actually a continuation of the quote, "Death comes for everyone," (some middle stuff) "I'm not afraid of dying. But I am afraid of dying here." and then it's the adventure line
formal pelican
Woahhh
fresh mural
this one too heh - “Hesitation is the death of advantage.”. honestly the book is full of icons and memorable and ~flawed~ characters, and it's amazing! you should check it out @formal pelican
okay that's too many 'ands' for a sentence dhsfkajdfadfd
fickle oxide
who read the takeshi kovacs series
fresh mural
what's it about @fickle oxide?
proud ocean
Yo guys who has read the house of night series?
fresh mural
@proud ocean omigosh that's why i was wondering why your name sounds familiar haha
fresh mural
@proud ocean yeah and I really didn't like it it was not a good read I stopped after the first book lmao
do you like it?
proud ocean
I am literally a bibliophile so yea give me any book I like them all
golden vault
Mien Kampf
proud ocean
@golden vault what?
golden vault
Do you like Mein Kampf?
proud ocean
Hand it to me and if its got words in it and it is a book I will probably like it
That's how I am deal with it
golden vault
@oak geyser
formal pelican
😂 😂
oak geyser
fresh mural
@proud ocean i actually was into it before but the characters are poorly written imo but hey to each their own
fickle oxide
@fresh mural it's set in a future cyberpunk-like theme
humans are now stored on stuff like usb drives
and the bodies are called sleeves
takeshi kovacs was a fugitive who was caught some 300 years before the events of the books
and now someone with a lot of money and power has been killed
but he had backed up himself onto a sattelite 2 seconds before he was shot
they put the backup in another sleeve
and now he wanted to find the killer
using his power
he got the "usb drive" (i don't remember what they were called :p) of takeshi kovacs and put him in a sleeve
and hired him to solve his case
fresh mural
@fickle oxide oh so it's sci-fi niiice i dont usually read sci-fi but i'll check it out!!
speaking of cyber robot stuff, has anyone here read the Lunar Chronicles? i havent read it but is it good?
golden vault
@eternal veldt
urdu ghazal is the best form of poetry i've come across by far in any language
golden vault
i've read some farsi poetry
eternal veldt
Niceee
eternal veldt
I cant understand farsi
I can understand sindhi a little bit
Not read it
But really little bit
golden vault
i'd recommend noon meem rashid but that may be a little too complicated for you
like he isn't easy for anyone tbh
but I don't think you'd spend much time trying to understand him
golden vault
mine wasn't very nice before I started reading Urdu poetry
it isn't very nice rn either
but i guess it's much better than what it used to be
@eternal veldt i'll play one of his easiest nazms to just how great this guy was
Noon Meem Rashid
join radio
golden vault
yeah lol
eternal veldt
But I'm really interested in knowing more
So I'll definitely want to hear it later on
golden vault
sure i should prepare for my papers too
eternal veldt
Good luck
formal pelican
@golden vault I was just going to ask you about Ghazal
formal pelican
Has anyone here read the Thirukural?
valid lintel
@formal pelican we need to know Tamil for that ( do we)
golden vault
@formal pelican is there something in particular you want to know about it?
You generally can't translate it so you at least need to know Hindi
Goethe tried to write ghazals in German
formal pelican
@golden vault nope. Just generally as to what it is
Oh wow
@valid lintel yups
It's beauty lies in form, so it would be quite diluted in English
But nevertheless, you can try
oblique swallow
:(
formal pelican
@golden vault I'll learn Hindi and get back to you
golden vault
@formal pelican there are are a lot of internal rhymes
It is very beneficial for songwriters to be able to write ghazals in 20+ meters
formal pelican
Ahh noice
golden vault
Because even tho songwriting doesn't generally follow the structure
The structure of the ghazal is so difficult
It's so difficult to write a ghazal that once you've mastered ghazal-writing
You can write very nice non-ghazal poems
formal pelican
Yup
I've heard of that
You should check out Tamil lit
You'd find it interesting
golden vault
I'm open to suggestions
I will properly start learning Arabic and Farsi once I'm done with these exams
formal pelican
👍
fresh mural
i've wanted to try reading the thirukural but my tamil reading is shoddy so shgfdsjkaglkjd
but i've seen some of the english translations
golden vault
That sounds like an interesting book
formal pelican
Besides it is classical Tamil though
It is
It's about morality
Just a brilliant read
Every poem is shorter 2 lines but says a lot
golden vault
2 lines short?
formal pelican
Yup
Hey it's not about the length here😂
The rhyme and the content make up for it
golden vault
Yeah no ofc
formal pelican
But it's a daunting read
golden vault
Is that what reminded you of the ghazal?
formal pelican
Yup
golden vault
That's the same concept too
Each couplet (2 lines)
Is unrelated to the next couplet content-wise
But it follows the same pattern of rhymes
And the whole ghazal doesn't have a title
So you only get two lines to express one idea
golden vault
@formal pelican you really can't find this stuff in English tho
If you can understand basic Hindi
And can read the Devanagari script
I can send you the playlist for the Urdu alphabet
formal pelican
Devanagiri does have some similarities to the tamil script
formal pelican
Yup, I know hard it is
golden vault
So hmu anytime if you have some trouble understanding something
formal pelican
👍
fresh mural
has anyone here read The Colour Purple? by Alice Walker?
fresh mural
@golden vault i hope you like it, it's actually a book that educated me it's good
you should check it out when you get the chance!
fresh mural
@golden vault the one who wrote Crime and Punishment?
golden vault
yeah
fresh mural
no i havent it's been sitting on my TBR, it's on the bottom actually hhh i'll read it in the summer
@golden vault do you like classics?
fresh mural
@golden vault have you read Pride and Prejudice?
ooh what's your fave piece from him?
i'll check it out
golden vault
Nope, I have it in physical copy tho
@fresh mural depends, are you talking about his short stories or novels?
fresh mural
okay first thing, you have to read it, it's amazing! Jane Austen is a legend
well i've only heard of Crime and Punishment
i dont know much about his other works
golden vault
The thing about Dostoevsky is that he understands the psyche of different sorts of people like no one else can
So his descriptions of what's going on inside the minds of his characters are so vivid
that you can almost empathize with his characters
Try to read Notes from Underground
And see if you can understand it
Because it's very dense
formal pelican
Dostoevsky is interesting
polar knoll
veary inetereseting
can u guys reccomand me any good book?
i relly neede to a new book to reed
fresh mural
@polar knoll what genre are you looking for?
weary gull
Any good crime books?
fresh mural
@weary gull
The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson (is that how you spell their name?? also i havent read it, but ive heard good things about it!!)
I'll be Gone in the Dark - Michelle McNamara (im only a couple pages in but im in: l o v e)
oblique swallow
I loved the movie 🤷🏼
weary gull
Thanks @fresh mural 😊
fresh mural
i willl! it's just that i have too many books and movies and shows i promised to watch this summer im buried
oblique swallow
gimme some and I'll tell you how it goes 😂
valid lintel
@fresh mural is this the book
golden vault
@valid lintel is that a rhetorical question
oblique swallow
:jot
oblique swallow
:jot
formal pelican
It's pretty good
golden vault
😎
fresh mural
@valid lintel that is, indeed, the book! it's a good read actually check it outtt
valid lintel
@fresh mural will try too
golden vault
@fresh mural have you read Flowers for Algernon?
fresh mural
@golden vault i read it last year! i remember tearing up at the end because holy shit it was heartbreaking
golden vault
Yeah
Very nice book tho
Very emotional
I cried for the first time in two years when I read it
I wasn't crying per se
More like teary eyes
Like I wasn't sobbing
Or anything like that lol
golden vault
@fresh mural have you read anything by Tolstoy?
fresh mural
@golden vault the one who wrote War and Peace?
golden vault
Yeah
fresh mural
sadly, no :(,,,you?
golden vault
Yeah
He's a great writer
Tolstoy_Ivan.pdf
Check this out
@fresh mural I've been reading some local works from the subcontinent
And I'm very impressed
With the quality of the literature
fresh mural
i'll check it out, thanks @golden vault! :)
formal pelican
His shorts are really good
golden vault
@formal pelican yo idk if you're into spirituality and stuff
But you should check Nayyar Masud's short stories if you are
They're not spiritual in the way that they don't preach anything
But there are a lot of Sufi references
formal pelican
👍
pure crater
whats your favourite book in sherlock series
formal pelican
I'd say the the short stories are better
humble mortar
Here's one of my most beloved poems - Boy with his hair cut short. Every time I read it it provides me with familiar comfort in times of stress.
SUNDAY shuts down on this twentieth-century evening.
The L passes. Twilight and bulb define
the brown room, the overstuffed plum sofa,
the boy, and the girl's thin hands above his head.
A neighbor radio sings stocks, news, serenade.
He sits at the table, head down, the young clear neck exposed,
watching the drugstore sign from the tail of his eye;
tattoo, neon, until the eye blears, while his
solicitous tall sister, simple in blue, bending
behind him, cuts his hair with her cheap shears.
The arrow's electric red always reaches its mark,
successful neon! He coughs, impressed by that precision.
His child's forehead, forever protected by his cap,
is bleached against the lamplight as he turns head
and steadies to let the snippets drop.
Erasing the failure of weeks with level fingers,
she sleeks the fine hair, combing: 'You'll look fine tomorrow!
You'll surely find something, they can't keep turning you down;
the finest gentleman's not so trim as you!' Smiling, he raises
the adolescent forehead wrinkling ironic now.
He sees his decent suit laid out, new-pressed,
his carfare on the shelf. He lets his head fall, meeting
her earnest hopeless look, seeing the sharp blades splitting,
the darkened room, the impersonal sign, her motion,
the blue vein, bright on her temple, pitifully beating.
vague island
uwu
eternal veldt
Cute
thick ermine
@vague island do you read otherwise?
vague island
i used to
but i finished all the readable books in thelibrary
most of them are fucked in the ass
and the library closed
i read like 4 long novels
and tintin shit
but no poem n shit
i dont like
thick ermine
@vague island oh that's cool
thick ermine
?
thick ermine
John Grisham
vague island
i quote
thick ermine
or any of the pop stuff at the time
vague island
"u had 6 pairs of boobs bouncing infront of his face, he was drunk...."
lunar island
Lmao
fresh mural
fun fact: I actually read the first book in the Twilight series and i made it a bit thru 50 shades 😂
lunar island
Bleh
vague island
Did u bust a nut?
lunar island
No
vague island
Colleen what
humble mortar
Sylvia Plath. Her poems are jarring yet it exudes various tones of energy. Worth the time to read some of her poems.
You can also find her reading those poems online, if you wish.
humble mortar
Lady Lazarus and Daddy.
faint drum
I LOVE LADY LAZARUS
golden vault
@formal pelican have you read Leda and the Swan?
formal pelican
Oooh
golden vault
it's by Yeats
check it out when you get the time
This is from Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace on suicide
"The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom Its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise. Make no mistake about people who leap from burning windows. Their terror of falling from a great height is still just as great as it would be for you or me standing speculatively at the same window just checking out the view; i.e. the fear of falling remains a constant. The variable here is the other terror, the fire’s flames: when the flames get close enough, falling to death becomes the slightly less terrible of two terrors. It’s not desiring the fall; it’s terror of the flames. And yet nobody down on the sidewalk, looking up and yelling ‘Don’t!’ and ‘Hang on!’, can understand the jump. Not really. You’d have to have personally been trapped and felt flames to really understand a terror way beyond falling."
He hanged himself, I think
golden vault
@hollow niche it's about a lot of things
It's huge
Like more than a thousand pages huge
Just the footnotes are a hundred pages long I think
hollow niche
Ye ik it's looked upon as a good piece of contemporary literature
iirc i downloaded it too
never got around to reading it
imma read it then
vague island
Book review
Mein kampf
Very thoughtful very thought provoking
I recommend u read it
golden vault
why is it so popular these days
vague island
do u know what it is/?
golden vault
Hitler wrote stuff
golden vault
fresh mural
@faint drum why?
faint drum
Idk 😂
Some of my friends said it is actually very powerful
And like we know who he was so like
Kinda scary
placid spruce
woah
fresh mural
Hitler was known to be very charismatic, no?
i have the e book version somewhere on my laptop and same im kinda terrified to read it
but that's part of the thrill
fresh mural
oh he is dead but there's just a small part that's kinda scared to read the words written by such a person
oblique swallow
Hitler has a book written after him
And where have I been all this time
And doing wot
signal pawn
@oblique swallow Hitler wrote the book himself
fresh mural
Mein Kampf @oblique swallow
fresh mural
that would be a lotta pins tho ;-;
fresh mural
yep, it is
oblique swallow
Yay
faint drum
Yea this whole thing about him being sooo charismatic and shit
And then reading his book
😖
But i really want to anyway
golden vault
Anyone knows about the book "man box" ?
humble mortar
The Yellow Wall-paper. A very nice short story.
formal pelican
@primal hill me!
primal hill
If I was to start reading from today for the first time in a couple of years, what book would you recommend? @formal pelican
primal hill
Non-fiction and like generally historical stuff
Did you ever read “An elephant in the garden”?
primal hill
It’s legit the only book I ever enjoyed
primal hill
Basically a German family during WW2 where the mum used to work in the zoo and she was connected to a small elephant
And when missiles started dropping in her town
She had to evacuate outside with her family and taking with her the baby elephant
It’s based on a real story surprisingly
fresh mural
@primal hill hello ! i like books!
fresh mural
hol up lemme read it 😂
primal hill
What would you recommend 😂
fresh mural
Anne Frank is a classic historic novel man is also related to WW2
primal hill
Non fiction 😂
fresh mural
aw :(
primal hill
But I’ll have a read through that in the summer too
primal hill
It is? Thought you said it was a fictional book lol
Not as much as non fiction
I don’t hate it
fresh mural
no haha diary of Anne Frank is an actual girl's diary during WW2
fresh mural
may i introduce you to a couple of (historical) fiction books that may let's see, ignite a love for fiction? 😂
hahaha we all have our moments 😂
fresh mural
oop sorry i should've worded my sentences better hhh
fresh mural
The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin
Transcription - Kate Atkinson (heard good things bout it, havent read it yet tho 🤷🏾)
primal hill
DescriptionIf you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? It's 1969 in New York City's Lower East Side, and word has spread of the arrival of a mystical woman, a traveling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the day they will die... - the immoralists
Sounds good
Transcription sounds nice too
Thanks would definitely start reading them this summer 👍👍
fresh mural
yay lemme know how it goes !!
also can you recommend some good non-fiction works? cebause ive been looking to read some good ones and idk much bout them so heh
fresh mural
oh thank you!! i'll check it outt
golden vault
Is sherlock Holmes good lol
fresh mural
@golden vault it's brilliant!!
golden vault
I mean I got the book
Very thicc
I'll start after AS is over :)
Yes very thick indeed😂
It's fantastic, must read!
fresh mural
yee is amazing!
formal pelican
@golden vault it's a collection actually
Of short stories and stuff
It's brilliantly written, full of twists
Check out the Sherlock TV series of possible
That's good too
golden vault
i c i c
@formal pelican idk what it is about😂 that is why i am asking
I saw that [redacted] read it and another person was proud of [redacted] cause he read it and i wanted to know what the book is about
Does taht even make sense
golden vault
My second is over
vague island
he didnt read it
golden vault
Who didnt?
oblique swallow
@golden vault He meant Pugazh
golden vault
:o
golden vault
Jskskaj dumbo
Kim namjoon is RM
the first picture is a pic of his old studio
And armys being the fbis they are
Found the book in the picture even tho its varely visible
Okay i should stop exaggerating
dark ingot
asterix and obelix is quite a good comic series
weary gull
Thx👍
formal pelican
If you're into comics then give Injustice a shot
weary gull
@formal pelican alright thx 😄
bright swift
If anyone wants comicbook recommendations, I'm your guy 
golden vault
@oblique swallow 50 shades of grey 10/10 💯
oblique swallow
How dare you recommend that to an innocent baby liek me :<
fresh mural
@oblique swallow the fact that you know what 50 Shades is truly proves your innocence :')
fresh mural
same 😂
eternal veldt
O-O
pure crater
Oo
humble mortar
The Jungle by Uptown Sinclair. It gave me existential dread reading it so- I'm sure you'll enjoy it. Here's an excerpt:
The irony is real-
Here's the entire thing, as well.
dark ingot
how does one read so much
i, myself, am incapable of reading one page in ZNotes because of the trash grammar and i cannot focus XD
golden vault
Jsjsjdjsjsj that is me wth znotes but i read fanfics with 100k words eye-
pulsar horizon
@oblique swallow 50 shades darker 😉
pulsar horizon
Good book 10/10 would read again (:
bright swift
Top 10 books you should never borrow for hygiene reasons
oblique swallow
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
pulsar horizon
Who reads books anymore 
oblique swallow
Says the one who recommended to read a book smh my head
vague island
whys everyone in vc
humble mortar
Bosch and Bruegel : From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life by Joseph Leo Koerner. The book casts the two artists in a new light and reveals the antagonistic relationship that their artwork portrays.
"In human life, the world vanishes at a touch. A painting of life must therefore express this vanishing. Transition, is a moment in this very vanishing, and it is devilishly difficult to picture or ponder, and it is the remarkable achievement of Koerner's new book, in which it has acquired philosophical brilliance and an eye opening discovery of the merest details, and the finest nuance, in the process of transition."
Added Note: There is also a talk recorded and uploaded on Harvard University's youtube channel where Joseph Koerner orates about the book and the two artists' work. It's also worth listening to other than reading the book.
bright swift
Oh wow @humble mortar That looks interesting! I'll add it to my reading and watching list
humble mortar
An example of Bosch/Bruegel's work. Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch and The Triumphant Return of The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel.
(If you're pretty intrigued by art in general, Nerdwriter1 on youtube makes very well done analytical videos on certain pieces of art. You can really see the depth and layers and how a story reveals itself and betrays the still moving frame that traps the canvas.)
lunar island
@timber grotto
golden vault
Oof
bright swift
@humble mortar #extracurriculars is a good place to post art in general
and yes I love nerdwriter1, his videos are really well made
Bosch and Bruegel is more interesting than I initially thought, damn
dark ingot
"When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi
pretty good book, haven't been so engrossed in reading a novel like this in a long time. It is inspiring yet heartbreaking at the same time 👌
lunar island
I forgot all my books at home 😭
humble mortar
oof
midnight tide
@dark ingot DUDE i have that book right in front of me at this very moment now, still wrapped.
I am planning to read it soon
fresh mural
what's it about @dark ingot?
hard shadow
Lol
dark ingot
Has anyone read "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius?
Gonna read ir, but I wonder if it is worth the time 
formal pelican
It is
dark ingot
dal.define ostentation
quartz fossilBOT
quartz fossilBOT
civic osprey
i like reading, but most of our local libraries have old books only, any one with any touching novels (pdfs)please send?
civic osprey
thanx
golden vault
any good detective and crime books
formal pelican
Start with Sherlock
Pierrot series is pretty good
Murder on the Orient express
Any short story from Sherlock
crisp bane
No shit sherlock
golden vault
Oooh ... I'll give it a try👌 👌
dark ingot
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is 👌
but have a dictionary or phone at hand because the vocab is really advanced
like i have no idea what some sentences even mean
formal pelican
Yups
golden vault
Meditations ? .... Give me a summary on it @dark ingot
dark ingot
I, myself, have not finished it yet. I have to reread the chapters because I don't understand. I'll send you a summary from the internet though
formal pelican
@golden vault it's about the reflections of Marcus Aurelius, a Greek king and philosopher. It's a stoic text primarily
golden vault
ohhh … that's sounds interesting ! …
sly wave
Any one has good (very very good) sci fi/space books?
dark ingot
Footfall by Larry Niven
sly wave
Bruh
silk forge
@golden vault 😂
leaden wagon
Indeed good read
sly wave
Anyone reading or read Bad Blood?
nimble stag
so has anyone read the catcher in the rye?
a mOdErN cLAsSiC apparently
so im on chapter 14/26 or something and im genuinely wondering what people see in it
im mad at the amount of time ive wasted going through it
fresh mural
havent read it,,,
@nimble stag just read The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
it's great
fresh mural
so it's about a dysfunctional family and an inheritance @nimble stag
nimble stag
i looked it up
do u have something more indulging?
something more philosophic?
im sooo tired of the catcher in the rye
fresh mural
to the lighthouse is excellente
nimble stag
are her books difficult to follow?
fresh mural
not really
nimble stag
oo ok thank u b @fresh mural
fresh mural
@nimble stag anytimeee !!
formal pelican
@nimble stag check out shorts from Albert Camus, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Kafka
nimble stag
@formal pelican camus is great really liked the stranger. i've been wanting to start the idiot for a while now just never get around to it probably because its super long. I'll check tolstoy and kafka out tho! thanks ❤
golden vault
Does anyone has a good read...motivational, non-fiction, and positive
golden vault
no reply...
fresh mural
heyy sorry didn't see this @golden vault!! but try:
What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (i actually watched the movie before reading it but it's still lovely)
golden vault
Thanks
fresh mural
of course, anytime !!
nimble stag
henlo boys
has anyone read crime and punishment
i finally finished it and oof it took quite a while and i feel quite accomplished since it was such a hUGE book
fresh mural
the cannibals
lunar island
the cannonballs
formal pelican
Lol
formal pelican
So I recently read "Letters to a young contrarian" by Christopher Hitchens
I'd like to leave you all with a quote from it
'The high ambition, therefore, seems to me to be this: That one should strive to combine the maximum of impatience with the maximum of skepticism, the maximum of hatred of injustice and irrationality with the maximum of ironic self-criticism. This would mean really deciding to learn from history rather than invoking or sloganising it.'
formal pelican
"How many Kafka's have lived and died without ever sharing their voice with the world; whose voice would have changed it forever. How many people never know who they'll be after they're gone."
valid lintel
@fresh mural tell me abt this book
valid lintel
@fresh mural
last elbowBOT
Hey, mass-pinging isnt something we like here, please refrain from tagging unrelated roles or users, or tagging multiple roles at once
valid lintel
;0
eternal veldt
Lmao
valid lintel
@fresh mural !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fresh mural
hihi sorry @valid lintel but well i did my best to avoid the entire book and the series cause im too lazy BUT loads of people like it it's good apparently
outer hedge
willow cypress
I actually haven't read The Hunger Games
Or Insurgent
Neither of those series
and my sister bullies me about it
valid lintel
hihi sorry @valid lintel but well i did my best to avoid the entire book and the series cause im too lazy BUT loads of people like it it's good apparently
@fresh mural ohh okai
and my sister bullies me about it
@willow cypress my brother told me to read bookss... any fiction or non fiction... so i told him to tell a book and he said hunger games
willow cypress
i dunno bro
read what you will but there is certain allure around Agatha Christie's books that almost noone can beat
Also read Khaled Hussaini's Books
valid lintel
i don't have time to complete all my assignments and do work here properly...
how do i read books 😂
nimble stag
fun book review youtubers? yk like the vids pewdiepie does on books occasionally
nimble stag
not much fond of his normal vids either sir but his book review monthly vids things are quite real like he evaluates them based on their writing and content, detaching any emotional bias
willow cypress
By who?
nimble stag
readwithcindy has a video on six of crows i love her already omg
By who?
@willow cypress theyre youtubers bb
willow cypress
ohh
sly wave
Who reads books
nimble stag
ahan
golden vault
No what's the genre?
buoyant mirage
it's mystery
sly wave
Bad blood is a must read
nimble stag
has anyone here read anything by brandon sanderson?
fresh mural
oooh i havent @nimble stag recc a book
nimble stag
@fresh mural uhhh sjsjjs each of his book is thicker than 5 v v FLUFFY pancakes on a plate so im not sure if it'd be the most welcoming
he mostly writes fantasy series tho. super long books but he builds worlds like no one else ive read does oof
fresh mural
omg sweet
sadly i cant get the physical copy but ebook would have to do
recc a book
nimble stag
start the mistborn series!
i audiobook books. ive still got the audios for these. if ure into audiobooks lmk ill mail em to u
fresh mural
omg mistborn ive heard a couple friends talk abt it
i cant do audiobooks :(
i lose my focus v quickly and i'll end up distracted
nimble stag
I need some one to talk to about mistborn series ;-;
alright ebooks it is then ig
what are u currently reading?
fresh mural
ok u see
i had an entire list
but then
i got extremely distracted by this thing called:
✨ kdrama ✨
and now im on my third ,,, oops?
nimble stag
how do i access ur goodreads
also hamza watch a kdrama
@fresh mural i am unable to read this text, sorry
fresh mural
hamza Come On do it for the sake of cinema I promise you won't regret it
how do i access ur goodreads
@nimble stag im pretty sure im @/aishwarxya on there?
buoyant mirage
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a friend of mine started watching kdrama and now she's plagued
everything she talks about is kdrama now
fresh mural
ok look it depends on the kdrama there are some amazing dramas with Layers & Depth & Meaning to it with actually complex characters okay
buoyant mirage
cool
also ANSWER ME has anyone read the Blackthorn Key series if you haven't you should because it is amazing thanks
nimble stag
@fresh mural hmmmmmmmmmm
nvm i found u through email
accept 😠🔪
also ANSWER ME has anyone read the Blackthorn Key series if you haven't you should because it is amazing thanks
@buoyant mirage what kind of fantasy is it and how well is the world built and most imp how are the characters
buoyant mirage
it's not a fantasy, it's more on the mystery side of things
The world building is rly cool atleast imo and the character development is brilliant
nimble stag
The world building is rly cool atleast imo and the character development is brilliant
@buoyant mirage ill add it to my list
what are u currently reading?
buoyant mirage
nothing tbh
I finished this book called Duskfall recently
that was cool so I'm looking for the sequels
nimble stag
i wonder if we've got a book in common
buoyant mirage
uhh
Harry potter is obviously up there
Blackthorn key series
and uhh
The Maze Runner series for sure
and I rly liked the power of five series too
nimble stag
bec i watched the movie first
reading the book even tho i knew the book is v likely to be superior after ive seen an adaptation on it is death to me
nimble stag
yes but
im way to anxious to go through those
i listen to books. and i speed em up to 2x to devour it asap
and ill know the general idea that revolves are the series so nein
young matrix
List of books about learning how to learn:
- "Talent Code" by Daniel Coyle
- "The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups" by Daniel Coyle
- "The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills" by Daniel Coyle
- "Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise" by K. Anders Ericsson, Robert Pool
- "Ultralearning" by Scott Young
- "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" by Cal Newport
- "So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love" by Cal Newport
- "Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World" by Cal Newport
- "How to Become a Straight-A Student" by Cal Newport
- "How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Students" by Cal Newport
- "How to Be a High School Superstar: A Revolutionary Plan to Get into College by Standing Out" by Cal Newport
- "Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning" by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
- "Outliers: The Story of Success" by Malcolm Gladwell
- "Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman
- "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones" by James Clear
- "The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed" by Ash Ali, Hasan Kubba
*18. "Teach yourself Physics" Jakob Schwichtenberg
stable cove
hey guys
Any maths book recommendations to rekindle my interest in the subject?
something that's not exactly popular science but that actually explores the subject in an interesting way
Like 3 blue 1 brown
or perhaps an interesting maths internet course
Sanks in advance
stable cove
@formal pelican sanks I actually heard about the guy will def check it out
formal pelican
Sure
If you're done with A2/is comfy with that level of math then you can try the "Mathematical Thinking" course by Keith Devlin from Standford on Coursera
And if you're into proofs check out "Proofs from the Book" by Martin Aigner, Günter M. Ziegler and Karl H. Hofmann
stable cove
If you're done with A2/is comfy with that level of math then you can try the "Mathematical Thinking" course by Keith Devlin from Standford on Coursera
@formal pelican I've been looking for something like this👍
stable cove
Will do mate
formal pelican
:)
formal pelican
lethal violet
subtle basin
shy thicket
I just read Stephen Hawking's 'Brief Answers To Big Questions', and I'm gonna read Sun Tzu's 'The Art Of War' next. Can someone recommend similar books? Or something along the lines of Ernest Cline's books?
formal pelican
If you liked 'Brief Answers to Big Questions', you'll like 'Einstein's unifinished revolution' by Lee Smolin or 'Time reborn' by the same dude
shy thicket
Thanks, I'll be sure to check those out and read though em
proven merlin
😮
Okayyy so there’s this website that has EVERY BOOK IMAGINABLE
Like literally every book for free
proven merlin
Hold up I’m trynna find it
lean olive
oceanofpdf?
proven merlin
indeed
hybrid rune
https://z-lib.org/
@proven merlin My gosh THANK YOU! That is acc an amazing website. Found the book i wanted in a sec
uneven sleet
proven merlin
@proven merlin My gosh THANK YOU! That is acc an amazing website. Found the book i wanted in a sec
@hybrid rune ayeee anytime! It has literally every single book imaginable, so go crazy 👾👾
modest hemlock
how did u find this??
fresh mural
omg yeah ! i've been using z-lib for a while n i found everything i need 😭
silent sage
OMGGGGG
I DIDNT KNOW ABOUT Z-LIB AND I FOUND THE BOOK IVE BEEN LOOKING FOR SINCE JUNE
golden vault
just fyi z library is massively illegal and goes against every copyright law in the universe as well as every religious or non religious outlook to life
just saying
signal pawn
just fyi z library is massively illegal and goes against every copyright law in ...
im pretty sure that's fairly obv to everyone here
silent sage
just fyi z library is massively illegal and goes against every copyright law in ...
as long as I get the books XD
golden vault
as long as I get the books XD
yeah, ive used it as well but i felt extremely guilty so bought every book i read on it and got a scribd subscription instead
ancient hawk
https://z-lib.org/
ancient hawk
hi
can ya'll recommend some good books to read?
Preferably Romance/Comedy
Something that's not cliche
noble ferry
I don't read much romance, but the closest i think you might like is The Bridge to Lucy Dunne
its more scifi than anything, really, but the author manages to hit all the emotional buttons i have (":
ancient hawk
I don't read much romance, but the closest i think you might like is The Bridge ...
Thanks, I'll check it out ❤️
proven merlin
has anyone read Lolita?
golden vault
if you like post apocalyptic books I suggest the zombie uprising series by MA Robins
silent sage
whoa, those are all so beautiful
golden vault
:)
formal pelican
Heyyo <@&597406347784355850> so we were thinking of starting a reading club where we sort of read sections of a book and discuss it in #625746674417008641. Any suggestions?
iron steeple
hot
limpid citrus
sounds awesome!
mystic swift
that seems nice
iron steeple
i'd like to read macbeth ngl
nimble stag
love it
cedar vapor
good idea :)
iron steeple
love u @nimble stag 
silver jacinth
Oh thats great
cerulean kite
that wud be very nice
nimble stag
love u <@!538822994135613460> <:flushed_puffle:697439716949360652>
i look at u the way basil looks at the portrait of dorian
nimble stag
it's from this book the picture of dorian gray
iron steeple
sounds hot
iron steeple
even hotter
nimble stag
so u can imagine how he'd look at it
iron steeple
should i read it
iron steeple
that sucks ass
nimble stag
so does ur face
but its a nice fill of the classical era
oscar wilde wrote it
nice stuff yk
iron steeple
oscar wilde >>>
i was going to go book shopping last week as a matter of fact
theres a store here that sells classics
hardback copies too
for way cheaper
nimble stag
ugh heaven
iron steeple
ikrrr
nimble stag
saudi doesnt have many bookstores and even less that sell stuff like this
golden vault
who tag’d
golden vault
Good hai
noble ferry
i'm down but it takes me like a month to finish a book lmao
nimble stag
nicee
noble ferry
long live zlibrary
nimble stag
i'm down but it takes me like a month to finish a book lmao
yeah i was thinking of making this a monthly thing too?
we do genre based months
cedar vapor
me who finished a book in 2 hours
nimble stag
me who finished a book in 2 hours
then let's do complicated works?
noble ferry
me who finished a book in 2 hours
was it a picture book?
cedar vapor
no
nimble stag
was it a picture book?
nvm ppl will lose interest
nimble stag
death on the clouds
genre?
cedar vapor
murder mystery
cedar vapor
agatha christie
noble ferry
ah
cedar vapor
not my cup of tea
what is yours?
noble ferry
not a big fan of Christie ngl
cedar vapor
i like murder mystery thats most likely why i like her
nimble stag
what is yours?
v difficult to answer but ?? dark academia books? would be a nice way to sum it up
noble ferry
v difficult to answer but ?? dark academia books? would be a nice way to sum it ...
aristotle meets Kafka?
nimble stag
they seem boring until u read them w a diff minself and then they change ur life
nimble stag
aristotle meets Kafka?
mhm very much so
cedar vapor
kane and abel is an amazing book
formal pelican
I live in country where I can experience kafka rather than reading his shorts
nimble stag
do you recommend ?
im not sure what ur taste is, dont want u to regret any buys
have u read anything by leigh bardugo?
nimble stag
I live in country where I can experience kafka rather than reading his shorts
i think that's nicer
cedar vapor
and Jeffery archer
formal pelican
i think that's nicer
😂
nimble stag
i mainly read murder mystery tbh
ever wanted to get into other genres?
cedar vapor
i mean i don't really know any other genres tbh
nimble stag
😂
no really being able to recognize the kafkaesque aspects in everyday things would be a nice perspective
noble ferry
hemingway is a genius
formal pelican
sure someone recommend genres
Absurdist literature?
noble ferry
dont read the old man and the sea tho lol
cedar vapor
i mainly read manga, murder mystery and Jeffery archer
cedar vapor
Absurdist literature?
iidk what that is haha
cedar vapor
that does not seem like smth i would like tbh
noble ferry
try The Snow of Kilimanjaro by Ernest Hemingway
cedar vapor
sure i'll check it out :)
cedar vapor
yeah i'll see if i can find a online version :)
rugged verge
Any great fantasy books?
noble ferry
Any great fantasy books?
i personally love Mark Lawrence and Terry Pratchett
So, I'd recommend Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence, The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett, and the OG, Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
formal pelican
Anyone here reads non-fiction?
noble ferry
if you count school books
i havent really come across any good NF, but thats mostly because ive never really looked
got any recs?
formal pelican
got any recs?
Malcom Gladwell
Yuval Noah Harari
Cal Newport
James Gleick
Ryan Holiday