book-recommendations

[gleaming juniper]

This server and it's peeps are too precious to get banned from

@ember depot and @gleaming juniper thanks for the links mates.

no probs

I'm happy I could help atleast one person today

that makes my tally of helping people to 13

haha keep up the good work.

[gleaming juniper]

Does digital minimalism worth it?

I'm thinking to buy it with atomic habits

[west glacier]

at the moment i hear it on Spotify

just began hearing it, so dont wanne give any recommendation 😄

But I generally like Cal Newport books

[gleaming juniper]

I know the stingy side of me is showing

it's unethical ik

but I find the books too expensive in India

[still crescent]

In some countries it is unaffortable

[gleaming juniper]

Ikr

fucking bull

[still crescent]

Same thing in turkey :/

[gleaming juniper]

sed third world noises

[still crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/aubrey-omori-sad-omori-aubrey-emotions-omori-aubrey-sad-omori-gif-20096188

[gleaming juniper]

I would have to be a male stripper to afford this books on my own

[still crescent]

haha :D

[gleaming juniper]

part time jobs are looked down in society in India

[still crescent]

to buy the every required textbook I would have to spent 2-month worth of part-time salary -.-

[gleaming juniper]

holy fu-

[still crescent]

yeah so online pdfs ftw

[gleaming juniper]

Pirates of the Carribean theme song Intensifies

[sonic sky]

and https://sci-hub.se/ 🤐

[gleaming juniper]

I prefer having it physically, it's expensive in where i live too

Depends on person to person

I prefer having everything in digital

except ficition

[idle pawn]

Mine is opposite.. fiction is one read for me so prefer digital. Non fiction and textbooks, i like physical

[gleaming juniper]

May I ask why?

[idle pawn]

Like I am not going to read a fiction book again unless i loved it a lot. But non-fiction in which I wanna make annotations in and personalise as much as possible, it is better in hardcopy

So why waste money on a one read, thats my logic

[ember sphinx]

You can try to find a store close to you that prints books for a good price. But I don't know if it's worth it. You gotta check it out

[gleaming juniper]

My logic is the feel of reading fiction

it should not be tryhard

plus digital books can be Anki-fied

Im gonna stream at 4 am IST feel free to join

Anki saves lives

https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1881966579

my decks

[broken rock]

from fiction to non-fiction

entertainment to technical manuals

[onyx roost]

only english?

[broken rock]

yeah, but there are some in other language

if you're specify in metadata search engine

[gleaming juniper]

Makes sense

[frosty panther]

What language do you speak ?

I didn't know this, thank you

[onyx roost]

turkısh

but german is also fine

😦

its fine, at least i can buy it

[frosty panther]

Turkish is more difficult than german ?

[onyx roost]

turkish is my mother tongue so idk is it difficult or not but i think german is much more difficult than english

[frosty panther]

Certainly it's, Spanish is my mother tongue and I can say that it's more difficult than Italian or English, but no more than German or mandarin for example. I was curious because as i know Turkish and German hasn't common roots like romance languages or German ones. So i guess is an interesting comparison haha 😄

[ornate cargo]

German is creepy in my opinion 😖

and also difficult

[frosty panther]

Is intimidating but it has an inner beauty

[ornate cargo]

yeah everything sounds like you want to kill oponent 😄

[frosty panther]

hahahaha

I would like to learn it

I have to plan myself to do it

[ornate cargo]

hope it will be easier for you :)

[frosty panther]

Thank you, It would be a challenge for sure.

https://tenor.com/view/studying-reading-baby-gif-4535602

[unkempt ice]

I think German is more difficult than Turkish. My mother tongue is Turkish and I live in Germany. I am currently learning Japanese and can say that its much more difficult ^^

[unkempt ice]

Yeah... inner beauty...

They = Sie
She = sie
Addressing someone in a formal way = Sie

[marsh gulch]

😂

darn

[frosty panther]

Oh God, I would have said that Turkish was more difficult, good to know hahaha

[frosty panther]

Yeah, well, the same with Der Die Das, and that crazy stuff 😄

and the absence of prepositions haahah

Naturwissenschaften love that word 😆

[ornate cargo]

Yeaaah..

the only fact that i like in german language is fact that you can easily create words by adding different

there are some word with 20+ lettera i think

[frosty panther]

more hahah

The record is 64 i guess

[ornate cargo]

Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragunsgesetz

63

[frosty panther]

That one hahaha

is something legal, maybe a law ?, i'm not sure

Have you read "Surely you're Joking Mr Feynman!" ?

I recommend it, is fantastic !!!

[gleaming juniper]

bought this book just now pogchamp

poggers

good morning / evening / night guys

Day 2 of streaming cuz i'm bored

[ornate cargo]

i thought of reading all Feymann's books, good to see appreciations :)

[frosty panther]

I don't know about the others, but that one is great, is brilliant and even funny time to time, you'll not regret it

You can learn stuff and laugh out loud at the same time hahaha

[gleaming juniper]

Streaming is thrilling and depressing at the same time

[mild plank]

Lol me and mr. @worldly robin have been in study room 2 for 9 hours

holy

[woven knoll]

what website should i use to read books?

[fleet pagoda]

bo-k.asia is a great place to get free books1

[worldly robin]

its ms, and actually i was sleepin

[raw schooner]

guys which room jvscholz join for yt videos ?

[knotty tide]

3rd.

[gleaming juniper]

Bruh

The book club has alot of refugees these days

There should be a Feynman channel

[forest osprey]

If you would translate that word by word it would translate to something like "beef labeling controlling tasks transmission law"

[ornate cargo]

hahaha thanks

[idle pawn]

I have but I didnt like it as much. It was definitely funny and informative but i felt it was too self-promoting. Obviously Feynman was a great man, but in the book it was like he was not being modest enough. But I think he had known that himself....

[viscid vessel]

💯 but but most of famous quotes are half picked

[gleaming juniper]

hmm

[gleaming juniper]

hallo

any books to suggest?

tom clancy anyone?

[still crescent]

read flow by mihayl csikszentmihaly

I might have misspelled the name

[gleaming juniper]

when does book club become active

[gleaming juniper]

whats ur taste??

Non existent cuz of mom's food

Books with military touch ig

hmm

tom clancy is famous one as u said above

there is more though i dont remember

[gleaming juniper]

what does she cook roaches??

Nope

Rice and sambar

I open my mouth and they will flow out 😂

its not bad

i love it expecially when there is pappad

[knotty tide]

If anyone hasn't filled in the survey, fill it asap. This survey is regarding the creation of Book Club.
NOTE : The form will be closed by tomorrow.

[idle pawn]

Does anyone have any courtroom based book recommendations? I have read and loved The Rainmaker and To kill a mockingbird

[gleaming juniper]

I really wish they made Anki channels

[gleaming juniper]

how do i open this file?

[frosty panther]

Is an interesting perspective, could it be, in fact, there is a lot of self-promoting, even though we have to remember that it's an autobiography and his personality was like that, we don't have to imitate him. Brilliant people could be extravagant and selfish in some cases, but at the end of the day I just love the book because of the funny stories and the content it provides.

[ionic furnace]

@idle pawn anything by John Grisham, a time to kill, it’s not fully courtroom based but it’s good

[gleaming juniper]

Double click?

[frosty panther]

That's the price of freedom

[still crescent]

I downloaded 50+ books so far and no problem

[gleaming juniper]

Im just talking about the overall feel of the webite

Its feels like you are about to commit some crimes

[still crescent]

True :D

[frosty panther]

Books should have some kind of contract to take profit for the content only in a few years and then become free (only the content )

[gleaming juniper]

Wait, it is a crime, but like still

Or, you know, they can get actual people who wont edit the book to be atleast 500 pages

I still like having physical copies as well

[frosty panther]

Don't think about it like that

hahaha

[gleaming juniper]

WAIT I JUST REALIZED I CAN GET ALL THE ART BOOKS I WANT

LETS GOOO

🤣

sees art book

morality has left the chat

[frosty panther]

HAHAHAHA

[gleaming juniper]

Directed by Robert E Wilde

Trueeeee

[frosty panther]

https://tenor.com/view/robert-d-weide-bruh-larry-david-directed-by-gif-15337945

[gleaming juniper]

Yeah well its my first time going intoa pirated website that actually felt like a pirated website

This is what we do everyday

[frosty panther]

yes

[gleaming juniper]

GTA:SA THEME SONG PLAY

[frosty panther]

sad but true

[gleaming juniper]

mostly cuz we are broke ass students

I need a drink

[young stratus]

can be part of the book club right?

[frosty panther]

and we're not considering the ones who lives in poor countries, like in Latin america

[gleaming juniper]

I suppose

did you fix your anki stuff up @young stratus ?

[young stratus]

did you write it in the suggestion form?

[gleaming juniper]

I put it in #838053642794958858

[knotty tide]

We will include this. 🙌🏻

[gleaming juniper]

They said if they make one for Anki it will mean they have to make one channel for everyone

What logic is that?

[gleaming juniper]

I'm from India so that counts?

[frosty panther]

@young stratus did you speak Spanish ? sorry for asking but that name is so Spanish that i'm curious

[frosty panther]

Of course my friend, sadly

[young stratus]

yeah, I mean that @knotty tide will include it, it's easier than in #838053642794958858

[gleaming juniper]

https://hours.zone/session/Z8nRSk54_

[young stratus]

yeah, I'm Spanish too😂

[gleaming juniper]

my session for tommorow.

feel free to join

[gleaming juniper]

I need sleep

I'm Hallucinating Anki cards now

[frosty panther]

Well I'm not Spanish but is great to know 😄

[young stratus]

all those tasks? I feel unproductive😂

[gleaming juniper]

India

[young stratus]

ohhh, I thought that you are Spanish, Where are you from?

[gleaming juniper]

I studied 14 hrs today

S L E E P

[young stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/ice-age-squirrel-scared-afraid-omg-gif-5387819

[gleaming juniper]

P L S C O M E

T A K E M E W I T H Y O U

i'm off

bye

[young stratus]

https://tenor.com/view/fabrisienra-dormir-a-mimir-a-dormir-mimir-gif-18132924

[frosty panther]

Yeah, I'm Cuban

[gleaming juniper]

Join the session

[gleaming juniper]

Pog

[young stratus]

ohhh okaayyy

[gleaming juniper]

How's life in Cuba?

I was always curious about cuba

Only seen it in F&F 9 or 11000 something

Isn't it liberalizing?

I did read some change in the political Climate

about*

[frosty panther]

I don't live there right now but i can tell you that is awful

[knotty tide]

I have heard a lot about the coffee beans and plantation up there and the amazing coffee that gets produced there.

[gleaming juniper]

Where u at?

[frosty panther]

is a dictatorship

[frosty panther]

Between Mexico and the US

[gleaming juniper]

So ICE custody?

[gleaming juniper]

The Castro era ended right?

and Obama did lift sanctions?

[frosty panther]

There is not, is a chaos, a big one, the goverment tried to build up a communist country in the middle of the Caribe and now they are broke and socially corrupted is really painful, there is not human rights is like a dystopia or something

[gleaming juniper]

Same in India

It's chaos

[frosty panther]

Yeah but the "virus" is still in charge

[gleaming juniper]

Supreme Court is running the country

Thank god that still works

@young stratus you from SPAIN?

POG

k man I better go before I collapse

[frosty panther]

US has nothing to deal with Cuba, but the Cuban government want to export the image that Cuba is broke because of US, wich is not true, Cuba is broke because of the corruption and the poor administration and because there is not democracy at all

[frosty panther]

Do you live there ?

[young stratus]

yeaah

[gleaming juniper]

Yea

Everything is collapsing

[frosty panther]

No hahaah I just have family in both sides

[gleaming juniper]

Government is going after religious sentimental bullshit

And spending 18k crore on new parliament than Health

[young stratus]

what happen with SPAIN?😂 @gleaming juniper

[gleaming juniper]

All I know about spain is

It's below france

[frosty panther]

I saw the news, hope that your situation get better

[gleaming juniper]

And some professor robbed y'all twice

[frosty panther]

Technically is not hahaah

[gleaming juniper]

Is not?

[young stratus]

green- France, orange- Spain

[gleaming juniper]

Looks like that

[frosty panther]

I consume a lot of Spanish shows in part because is my mother tongue so advantages haha

[gleaming juniper]

Beyond this my knowledge is limited

[frosty panther]

Well if you see it like this

[gleaming juniper]

Is spain part of NATO?

[frosty panther]

of course

all the European Union

ig

[gleaming juniper]

What about Ukraine?

[young stratus]

I don't see practically any, I don't know why I don't like them😂 😆

[gleaming juniper]

It's not nato iirc

[gleaming juniper]

Even money heist?

[young stratus]

First season😂

[frosty panther]

Well it depends, I don't see like La isla de las tentaciones or Sálvame hahaah

[young stratus]

omg, please NO

[frosty panther]

hahahaha

[gleaming juniper]

How does it feel watching money heist in spain?

Does it meas with your sense of reality and fiction?

Mess

[frosty panther]

Money heist

[young stratus]

the truth is that no, I just saw it as if it were another series, it is as if it were recorded in another country😂

[frosty panther]

I didn't understand it because i watched it in Spanish hahaha

[young stratus]

the first time they told it like that, the same thing happened to me😂

[frosty panther]

@gleaming juniper In Spanish Money heist is "La casa de papel" literally in English would be something like "The paper house" hahah

[frosty panther]

hahahaha Can I ask where are from in Spain?

[young stratus]

yeah, Cataluña

[frosty panther]

there is so variety of people, that's incredible in Latin america people are just the same

[frosty panther]

So you speak Catalan as well ?

[young stratus]

like Spanish, yeah

[frosty panther]

Three languages in the pocket, great hahaha

I love this catalan rapper mmm i forgot her name

Santa Salut

[young stratus]

yes, well, I don't talk English perfect , but yes, 3, although Catalan I can only speak it here practically

I did not know her😂

[frosty panther]

and Andorra hahaha

[idle pawn]

That is true yes, mostly I focus on characters but the incidents and storyline is engaging and good, I admit

[lofty prism]

Can someone please tell me how the Book Club works?

It says 2 listening

[frosty panther]

Someone have to read, and the other ones listen, it's like and audiobook, but right now there's not anybody reading, that's because you can't hear anything, that's what I know

[gleaming juniper]

its kinda like the new stage feature that discord had

and kinda like a classroom where theres moderators and requests to speak

but thats all i know

[lofty prism]

Thank you guys @gleaming juniper @frosty panther 😊

[young stratus]

#book-recommendations message

[round tendon]

Italo Calvino! Awesome writer, my favorite one!

[frosty panther]

Hahahaha yeah, one of my favorites too

I'm learning Italian to read his works in his mother tongue 🤓

[round tendon]

Oh cool, I’m Italian

[frosty panther]

For real ? hahaha

[round tendon]

Yep, where are you from? I thought you were Italian due to your nickname

[frosty panther]

Then you can help me to learn faster, my mother tongue is Spanish so I can understand a good part of Italian despite of falsi amici

[round tendon]

Yes i can help you. Ask me anything and I will respond.

[frosty panther]

No, is just a nickname, an invented one

[frosty panther]

Grazie mille !

What is your favorite one of Calvino ?

[round tendon]

Il sentiero dei nidi di ragno, also “il barone rampante”

[frosty panther]

Sorry, I'm Cuban, but I'm living in Mexico and sometimes in the US

[round tendon]

Oh so cool!

[frosty panther]

"Il barone rampante" is amazing, but the other one I haven't read it

[round tendon]

I recommend to read as soon as you can

[frosty panther]

I read "Il barone rampante" in Spanish, of course, and also "Si una noche de invierno un viajero" in italian is "Se una notte d'inverno un viagiattore (i guess)"

[frosty panther]

Perfect, I'll read it

@round tendon What you think about this famous novel mmm "Il gattopardo" i want to buy it because is very inexpensive to start to read properly in italian, Do you recommend it ?

[round tendon]

I have a version that contains three books in one

[round tendon]

I read that long time ago, but from what I remember is fine

[frosty panther]

About the vocabulary for someone who is learning do you think that it is complicated ?

[round tendon]

Do you know Primo Levi? You can read “se questo è un uomo” but idk your level of Italian...

[round tendon]

You can get the majority of the vocabularies. It depends on your level but more or less is fine

[frosty panther]

I have some trouble with some words, but around, i would say 75%-80% of standard italian i understand it perfectly

[frosty panther]

Alright, thank you

[round tendon]

So Primo Lei was a Jewish persone, he went to Auschwitz during the second word war but he survived. “Se questo uomo” is the best book that he ever wrote. It talks about the conditions of the people in the lager. You can find on internet the introduction from the text. Is really short, less a page. But trust me, is touching

[gleaming juniper]

morning

It doesn't have the poem tho

Which sucks dick cuz that was the only thing I wanted to read, but I found this pdf instead

Wait, idek if that is the correct translation

Oh, nvm

I got it

You who live safe
In your warm houses;
You who find on returning in the evening
Hot food and friendly faces:

Consider if this is a man
Who works in the mud
Who knows no peace
Who fights for a bit of bread
Who dies because of a yes and because of a no

Consider if this is a woman,
Without hair and without name
Without enough strength to remember
Vacant eyes and cold womb
Like a frog in the winter:

Reflect on the fact that this has happened:
These words I commend to you:
Inscribe them on your heart
When staying at home and going out,

Going to bed and rising up;
Repeat them to your children:
Or may your house fall down,
Illness bar your way,
Your loved ones turn away from you

[gleaming juniper]

that's deep

Classes are not pog

I prefer to study alone

[gleaming juniper]

Especially in our current situatuion

@gleaming juniper where do you live ma dude

[frosty panther]

I prefer that too 😢

[gleaming juniper]

In India

[gleaming juniper]

where in india?

Delhi or wut?

Yeah I meant where in India

[gleaming juniper]

I'm from the southern part of India

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT-LhE8TKBw

Where my Chetan Bhagat Bois at?

[marsh gulch]

dude what time do you study from ?

[gleaming juniper]

Usually 3am to 8pm

including classes

My phone decided to update software So i missed my alarm today

[marsh gulch]

oh!

3-8 pretty good

and that's all for the day?

[gleaming juniper]

I meant 2000 hrs

0300-2000 hrs

with breaks in between

Now stuck in useless classes

hence chilling on discord

[marsh gulch]

yeah same here

useless classes

[gleaming juniper]

Class is P A I N

Guides and PDF's online are enough

[marsh gulch]

yeah

youtube is enough

[gleaming juniper]

What are ya studing

HS?

[marsh gulch]

college

you?

[sterile gazelle]

Genre - Greek mythology
Any suggestions?

[gleaming juniper]

Percy Jackson dude

[broken rock]

the iliad?

[gleaming juniper]

Grade 12

just entered

[proven moon]

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

[sterile gazelle]

Yeah ,I have read that <3

Tysm @broken rock @gleaming juniper

[gleaming juniper]

hey

can someone help me as to how to make a digital Magazine?

[tardy zodiac]

holy shit that's a lot

[tardy zodiac]

also sure, what do you ened to make and waht apps do you hvae to use

[gleaming juniper]

It's a school magazine

[gleaming juniper]

It's habit at this point

I tried streaming but webcam is un- pog

[tardy zodiac]

do you have adobe illustrator by any chance? it's pretty good for what you're trying to do

[gleaming juniper]

I am thinkinf of using Canva

[young stratus]

I looooooove Canva

[gleaming juniper]

Lol

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWWEcRhUVtL8n?si=e4650f1062244a6c Jamming to this while doing notebook completion

I think they should just end the Notebook complusion

All the notes that I actually use are Anki-fied and Marked up in goodnotes

[gleaming juniper]

F U C K M E

[runic marsh]

wwhere ur hold

hole

[gleaming juniper]

WAT?

[orchid jungle]

Canva is super easy to use and it have loads of templates to choose from

has*

[hushed locust]

oof

[alpine plover]

bruh f

[hard vapor]

hey all

can anyone recommend me a good book

m gonna start reading daily

[rocky wyvern]

I really liked The kite runner by Khaled Hosseini and a thousand splendid suns also by Khaled Hosseini if that helps 🙂

[hard vapor]

wow thankyou so much

yes it helps a lot!

[gleaming juniper]

does anybody know some good crime book or smt similar to moscow rules by daniel silva

[young stratus]

do you have a literary genre preference?

[hard vapor]

ya

mystery

[obtuse pond]

I know a good book, altough it's not quite mystery.

it's called The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Altough it's quite dark

@hard vapor

[hard vapor]

wow thanx

[obtuse pond]

no problem

[knotty tide]

Gone Girl or The Hound of the Baskervilles is a pretty good read for mystery genre.

[frosty panther]

Did you read "The magic mountain" by Thomas Mann?

[tardy helm]

hi! What is the most popular book?

[knotty tide]

Depends on the genre

[lofty prism]

Percy jackson series

If you start with a series it helps to make reading a habit

[gleaming juniper]

What to listen in #839081742794489866

[tardy helm]

psychological like a motivation

[west compass]

Bible or Koran

[knotty tide]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rJtRI2eF3qqT7IdUynTpzt3TebY5BHjA?usp=sharing
Atomic habits is a good start. I hand-picked several in these.

[tardy helm]

Maybe

[tardy helm]

Thank you very much. It is good collection

I will read

[atomic mirage]

Enders Game, Siddharta, 1984, Animal Farm, Normal People, Prisoner B-3087, The Giver, The Outsiders, Supermarket (it’s not the best book but it’s what made me love reading), Slaughterhouse Five, Lord of the Flies, Meditations (Marcus Aurelius), The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

Get the app GoodReads and you will find a ton of great books. You can find recommendations, follow people, create a read list or to be read list, track your reading, set goals, and so much more.

[hard vapor]

wow thanx everyone

[atomic mirage]

Siddharta and Meditations (Marcus Aurelius)

[tardy helm]

Thank you, i will read

[atomic mirage]

they are both great books! i recommend you take it slow with meditations and make sure you truly understand. you will def need to annotate, as well.

[tardy helm]

i will do, thank you

[frosty panther]

You recommend almost every genre hahaha

[frosty panther]

Meditations is philosophy, Stoicism, but an amazing reading, pure and deep, is certainly a book to keep our entire life.

[atomic mirage]

lmao yeah. my favorite book list is very diverse.

[atomic mirage]

yeah i know it’s philosophy but it motivated me so much and my drive is crazy now bc of it so i thought i would recommend it. it’s a great book!

[knotty tide]

To those who have/had filled the Book Club survey form. I forgot few choices. My apologies. 😓
Kindly choose your preferred option below :
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Only weekends -> 4:30 PM GMT [1 session per day]

[frosty panther]

I always imagine how that book was written and the motivation that drove the author to write it down, being emperor of Rome, he gave us a masterpiece that people has followed still today

[atomic mirage]

It’s very interesting! I think it’s awesome that he wrote it several hundred years ago and it’s still applied today, nothing has changed

[frosty panther]

Exactly, blows my mind, that the proof that humanity has not change in several years

[tribal grove]

Exciting thanks @knotty tide for doing this!

[steel thicket]

wow, thanks for sharing that @knotty tide !

[gleaming juniper]

Stoicism 🙄

[haughty kelp]

random fact, but i've just seen atomic habits, deep work and can't hurt me are among the top selling non-spanish books on amazon spain 😯

[gleaming juniper]

Well like more than 1000 years ago.

[atomic mirage]

is awesome

[gleaming juniper]

Philosophy has regressed funnily enough.

[atomic mirage]

yes that is true

[gleaming juniper]

Isn't it deterministic? Also, it treats virtuous action as an end in itself I am pretty sure.

At least its greek and respects reason. Unlike post-modernists.

😕

[shrewd wyvern]

yoo, does anyone have the pdf of sn sanyal (organic chemistry)?

[atomic mirage]

i mean i kinda like determinism but to answer your question, i don’t think there is a for sure answer. i know it’s debated a lot. determinism says we are pretty much mechanical parts of a universe machine or a god has planned our fate but instead, the idea is that everything in the past that has brought us up to the present moment is the result of an inexorable chain of causes and events, but that what happens in the future is still being shaped by the interaction of practically infinite numbers of causes, and among these causes are human wills and characters.

i don’t see a problem with a little bit of determinism, though. it helps me accept things.

[gleaming juniper]

Telling yourself that that's just the way things are is a bullshit excuse. There is more evidence of change than of going into one straight path. If we were all following a straight path, we would find purpose in life, to live and die. However, in our lives, we find no purpose, that's why we strive to be conscious of the world around us. I wonder if there is a theory about incidents that occur causing us to change ourselves, but whether that change is good or bad is up to us. Not, "Because God said so", but we were given the opportunity by God so we can be tested if were "worthy" of sanity. I don't know, I'm spitting a bunch of horseshit as well, because if accomplished scientist can't figure out, we aren't going to figure it out in the couple of hours. Also, it's impossible to prove, the entirety of philosophy is just theories that make sense

But, there are occasions when philosophy and anatomy collide that solidifies the "truth" of notion

[atomic mirage]

I dont always tell myself thats just the way things are. I am always looking to better improve the situation but when it is totally out of my control then I do not see why telling yourself "thats the way things are" is bad. For example, I just tested positive for covid. I am not going to fret about it because I can not control it. Of course, philosophy will never be "proved".

[gleaming juniper]

It can be if its a thing you could change and is in your control. But if things aren't it is right to accept them as they are.

[gleaming juniper]

Philosophy isn't just theories. It defines the basis of demonstration and the justification of our knowledge. lol

[wanton yoke]

BOOK CLUBBB

[gleaming juniper]

hey guys, i didn't followed the chat

when is gonna be the book club session?

[frosty panther]

is in the pinned messages

https://discordapp.com/channels/716801153991442442/717771903825215590/840650472611905588

[gleaming juniper]

GMT = UTC?

[frosty panther]

No it's not

https://greenwichmeantime.com/current-time/

[gleaming juniper]

yeah, GMT = UTC

😆

GMT: 1h45
UTC: 1h45

[frosty panther]

Oh sorry, yeah UTC is the successor of GMT :/

[gleaming juniper]

no worries 😉

[gleaming juniper]

I didnt say it was just theories....i literally said the exact same thing you jusr said

[gleaming juniper]

Yeah exactly, i just think determinism isn't really the best method for improvement. If its a method at all.

[sterile gazelle]

Has anyone read "the midnight library", and how's it?

[gleaming juniper]

https://youtu.be/RErdSr0iAcs

This is fascinating, you guys should watch it

[valid dew]

Ooh I'm curious with this one too

[gleaming juniper]

the entirety of philosophy is just theories

k bro

[gleaming juniper]

This is deep

Hmm

If you're comfortable

Can you tell me exactly what your problem is?

@mild thicket

[gleaming juniper]

9pm and 1:30 am reading club 😦 I won’t make it

[winged iron]

is there reading today ?

[knotty tide]

The upcoming Saturday-Sunday.

[hard vapor]

bought all of em thankyou

[young stratus]

If you like historical fiction I recommend you 'the Nightingale' by Kristin Hannah, if you like romance, all books by Colleen Hoover (but I like so much 'It ends with us', 'November 9' and 'All your perfects'), if you like a hard , breaker but beautiful book 'A little life' by Hanya Yanagihara, but it's important before you will read it you look the trigger warnings , I recommend this book for +18 ⚠️( They are not a mystery but I liked them a lot)

Anyways there are two Colleen Hoover books that can have a bit of a mystery depending on how you look at it : Verity and Layla ( romance too)

[hard vapor]

thankyou just wanted to ask one thing

is it 18+ cause of mature content or?

[young stratus]

There are very delicate topics, if you look at the trigger warnings they tell you what they are but I don't want to make any spoilers, it's a pretty hard and sensitive book, everyone recommends it for that age

[hard vapor]

Thankyou 😆

[gleaming juniper]

My state is literally the meme

The sting wants to collapse but it can't due to the constant pressure

I'm gonna go watch a movie

Gonna start working out tommorow

I'm looking for a study partner IST time

[short anchor]

hey sarah here. is anyone online

???????????????????????/////

[gleaming juniper]

yo sarah

[atomic mirage]

oh wow! enjoy them!!

they are all sooo good!!

[gleaming juniper]

I'm almost done with atomic

I'm soo slow with books now

back in 8th grade I used to zip through a 700 page novel in a day

[young stratus]

in January with final exams I read 6 books and then in a week of March I read 6 more books, in a single week. I have not read for a month😂 I think I understand you

[hard vapor]

Bahahaha

[gleaming juniper]

damn @young stratus how many books do you go through in a year?

[young stratus]

this year I read 18 books. My maximum in a year was 30/31

[gleaming juniper]

pog

well time to sleep

another successful day for me

[hard vapor]

Nice

But it’s just 10:30

[young stratus]

here is 7pm

[atomic mirage]

yeah some weeks i will read 4 books and then other weeks i wont even pick up a book

[hard vapor]

M sorry I was talking to @gleaming juniper

[ornate cargo]

how to read that fast 😓

[atomic mirage]

i honestly am such a slow reader lol

[ornate cargo]

bruh

i can't finish one book in 2 weeks

[frosty panther]

It's just practice, my friend

[ornate cargo]

haha yeah I know

but im that type of reader who needs to stare at one page for 15 minutes to understand

[young stratus]

It may be because of the type of book, not all books are read equally fast, at least in my case, but there are some that get you so hooked that you can't stop, if they are not knowledge or thinking and if they are short (300 pages) you can read it in a day or two, but as @frosty panther said it is practice

[ornate cargo]

Okay okay, happy to have you guys :DD

[rustic elm]

Does anyone have a suggestion for a book that has an engaging story?

[short stone]

if you are into fantasy, you should really read brandon sanderson books

if i were you i would start with the saga of mistborn(first 3 books)

and then hop in his main saga,Stormlight archive

[rustic elm]

Okay

Thanks

[gleaming juniper]

And now I'm up and running at 0440

[atomic mirage]

yeah like thrillers = fast reading but philosophy = slow reading

[gleaming juniper]

I think it's because in thrillers you don't have to deeply process everything, while in self help books it is essential and process to understand everything.

Which takes time.

[frosty panther]

Essentially whatever that involves an explanation more than a narrative takes time to process even if it isn't philosophy

[keen herald]

Have you guys read "The Winner Stands Alone" by paulo coelho

[gleaming juniper]

This excerpt from my anki deck also could possibly apply for my maths skills. More practice= more automation

The human brain is so weird yet interesting

[gleaming juniper]

the best part of my day is over

hi bon

[frosty panther]

Congrats !

[hard vapor]

Wow!

[rare bear]

https://youtu.be/LNHBMFCzznE

this might just help understand more...

[gleaming juniper]

watching this now

[gleaming juniper]

haaloooo

[raven tulip]

Hi

[gleaming juniper]

300 pages in one or two days? how many hours are you spending on reading on a normal day

[young stratus]

not every day, but if I get really hooked on a book, I can read about 5-6 hours a day, and you can finish a book in that time, it depends on the genre😂 In a normal day, well, I don't have normal day, I have 2 moods:

1. I read 6 hours a day and I finish a book in a day
2. I don't read a book in a whole month

[gleaming juniper]

ouh i know the second mood

[young stratus]

I think everything is based on finding the literary genre or literary genres that you like. 😂

[gleaming juniper]

well i am from germany and mostly read books that are written in english, could be the reason why im not that fast

I read 45 books in year

[young stratus]

WOW

[gleaming juniper]

have to lookup most of the vocabulary

[young stratus]

and you can't find them translated into German?

[gleaming juniper]

well i can, but it still consumes time

[young stratus]

It is less than what you spend if you read it in English, although at least you practice

[gleaming juniper]

I'm 12 years old and I love Harry Potter

I read a lot of books of Harry Potter

[crude pelican]

does anyone read pride and prejudice

[wise violet]

yes thats my fave

[delicate flare]

you might like 'the inheritance cycle' and 'septimus heap' then.

[gleaming juniper]

You should try french literature, it's really rewarding

[rare bear]

Good heavens dude!! U are on top of my list now!! ( previously it was 30) XD

[void geyser]

kill your friends bye john niven

one of my fav books of all time

[young stratus]

(ha) * 100

[rare bear]

This world is fullll of wonders!!😄

[spring echo]

Anyone has read the talent code?

[near sable]

@everyone может пocaceте хуй?

[somber pine]

HI

can I jon james study room

I see he is live

in yt

[atomic mirage]

youtube and spotify are always worth checking out for free audiobooks. i know audible is good but you have to pay.

[gleaming juniper]

Is 'The Law of Success' by Parmahansa Yogananda worth reading?

[idle pawn]

What is everybody reading? Just curious!

[gleaming juniper]

My current read is a Nepali book.

[idle pawn]

I am reading Truly Devious and How to become a straight A student!

[idle pawn]

Ohh nice! What is it about?

[gleaming juniper]

It's about Kathmandu University.

[idle pawn]

Nice. Though i dont have much knowledge about it

[gleaming juniper]

According to Sanskrit
The must have qualities of a good student are:
1.Putting efforts like a crow.
2.Staying alert like a dog
3.Leaving your comfort zone or your house.
4.Giving right inputs to your senses.
5.Being focused like a crane.

Are these thing in How to become a straight A student?

[idle pawn]

About tips from straight A student, I will enlist somethings i learnt. Though this book is a bit more practical

[gleaming juniper]

Yeah sure.

[knotty tide]

These are pretty amazing tips.

[gleaming juniper]

I'm not hearing anything in the book club, is this. correct?

[ornate cargo]

Yeah, only time you'll hear something there is during sessions :)

so Saturday and Sunday 5PM and 9:30PM GMT

[native violet]

Not really books put I thought it would be the best channel for this: What podcasts do you all listen to? Any good recommendations? (Podcast Language can be English, German or Swedish!)

[valid perch]

i can't hear anythng );

[gleaming juniper]

I listen to Jocko Wilkins and Ali Abdaaal's Podcast while doing light work

[drowsy shadow]

@native violet Behind The Bastards

[boreal flax]

I like alis playlist actually

[boreal flax]

Deep questions by cal newport
Trained by Nike
Some episodes by tim ferris

[gleaming juniper]

Not overthinking is soo good

[native violet]

Thank y’all so much for your recommendations! I will check them out! If anyone else has other recommendations I am always open for new suggestions!!

[white bay]

Are there any good recommendations of crime, thriller podcasts?

[young stratus]

Does anyone have recommendations of a poetry book to start with poetry?🙃

[rare bear]

people say Alexander pope and P B Shelly are good for beginners....

🙃

[young stratus]

thank uuuuuu

[low vortex]

Also Baudelaire, le fleur du mal, it's confusing at start but when you get the hang of it it's pretty fun to read

[young stratus]

is it in french?

[low vortex]

It is but you can find the translation in your preferred language

I have it in french and italian so i can compare them

[young stratus]

Okay thank uuuu so much, I will look at it🙃

[gleaming juniper]

Yeah they are.

[idle pawn]

What is going to be the book for the weekend?

[gleaming juniper]

Can someone one not from the Indian subcontinent read Chetan Bhagat books and give me a review?

@young stratus @knotty tide perhaps?

[wooden niche]

do you guys read fantasy?

usually and in the club, both

[scarlet folio]

How long is it?

[young stratus]

sometimes

[young stratus]

any particular book?

[wooden niche]

and is there a book club cast everyday?

or is there some schedule?

I'm reading mistborn, so was just curious if people here were interested in fantasy

[idle pawn]

Anyway who is deciding this?

[scarlet folio]

I don't wanna be that one guy who mixes parents income with a students success but for many years I was in the advanced class of my school and these guys had photographic memory and the tools to learn things fatser than others or had family who knew about what was being taught in class. Not to discredit them, but after changing classrooms when covid started I've realized how a lot of these kids o the lower class don't have the resources and especially the commitment tyhe guys on top do. In the end it's all about commitment. I don't have photographic memory and ADHD so I dedicated a lot of time to my studying just to get B- in some of the toughest science exams at the time. My friends always say everytime they talked to me and saw me I sounded like I wanted to kill myself which i didnt obviously but for the top you should always have commitment and the right tools to make it and survive

[gleaming juniper]

To be a straight A student is something that is achieved by everyone differently I think

[young stratus]

I do not know how you are going to organize the book club, surely @knotty tide do. My comment was about me🙃 sorry, but I suppose there will be a schedule or something

[wooden niche]

Thank you

[scarlet folio]

True most of my life if we're talking semesters Im a straight A guy

[young stratus]

ohhh, I have this book on my list, it is good?

[scarlet folio]

But agin it took a lot of commitment

[gleaming juniper]

I was a straight A student last year really but that's because I got to take classes I really really liked for the first time ever, if you do something you like you will be good at it yknow?

[wooden niche]

so far, good

[scarlet folio]

Yes this why I fail science class and spanish the class of my own language

[wooden niche]

I'm one third of my way through it and to be honest it is good

[wooden niche]

you don't like science and spanish?

[scarlet folio]

I got a 100% this year in science cause its a repetition on the science material I was tortured with 2 years ago

[scarlet folio]

Nope. Im more of a history, english, and economics guy myself

Spanish is my second language while its the one in my country

Literal lmao

[young stratus]

I'm Spanish and I didn't like my Spanish classes😂

[wooden niche]

Isn't it good that you know what you like and dislike early on

i too don't like my native language

[scarlet folio]

I do

[mortal juniper]

same xdd

[scarlet folio]

Same lmao

[wooden niche]

and was dumb enough to choose it instead of cs

[scarlet folio]

You mean chinese?

[wooden niche]

don't let my username fool you(it is Japanese actually ;-;), I'm indian

[sterile gazelle]

Fun fact- idk even know how to write or read in my native language .
They never taught the lang in my scl ,idont even know why I joined that shit scl

[scarlet folio]

Cool

Oh damn

[wooden niche]

damn

[sterile gazelle]

It's all about memorising and vomiting for me ,so I never found any subs interesting :(

[scarlet folio]

Yo thx g

[scarlet folio]

What's cs tho?

[wooden niche]

computer science

[frosty mirage]

read the book that i just sent u would love it, it will help u with that mental 🙂

[sterile gazelle]

Tysm,sure I'll read it <3

[toxic harbor]

BOOKS

🍉

[young stratus]

I chose science and in the end I am in a career of letters😂

[gleaming juniper]

~300

[gleaming juniper]

Pick any

[frosty panther]

Considering that you know Spanish you have so much to do in your own language, personally I don't like translations at least in poetry.

[frosty panther]

You have in Spanish, José Luis Borges, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Mario Benedetti, Dulce María Loynaz, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, José Martí, Ruben Dario, etc.

Thousands

Now I realized that I didn't include the Spanish ones, Góngora, Lorca, Lope de Vega, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Damaso Alonso, etc, what I said: thousands, everyone good enough to be read.

[scarlet folio]

Whats it about?

[drowsy tendon]

HELP

Pleasee

I am dead inside how fix?

[scarlet folio]

HELP I NEED SOMEBODY HELP I NEED ANYONE HELP YU KNOW I NEED SOMEONE HELP

[drowsy tendon]

HELP!

[drowsy tendon]

Fuck you dude

I do

[scarlet folio]

Its a beatles song chill

[drowsy tendon]

[scarlet folio]

I recommend listening to a Beatles album

[drowsy tendon]

I recommend doing your work

[sterile gazelle]

Which one

[scarlet folio]

The White Album

[gleaming juniper]

It's an cringe overrated novel

I wanna know what other ppl outside my country think of it

[warm quarry]

Lord of the Rings Lovers?

[young stratus]

Thank uuuuuuuuu!!!!

[frosty panther]

You're welcome !

[gleaming juniper]

More game of thrones than LOTR.

[scarlet folio]

MOVIES YES

[uneven token]

Hi, guys. I'm new here can anyone explain how this book club work?

[frosty panther]

Of course, my friend, is like a rite of passage to this book club, https://discordapp.com/channels/716801153991442442/717771903825215590/839082472615706624

[gleaming juniper]

ciao

[undone vault]

cool

[placid talon]

same!

[frosty panther]

Hi

[formal hawk]

Guys how did you read deep work? (Which website?)

[boreal flax]

I just bought the book

[gleaming juniper]

@placid talon where are u from?

[blissful fable]

hey guys, i kinda need a book recommendation for a motivational/life changing book, is there anyone that can help

[crude forum]

Cant Hurt me of David Goggins

[knotty tide]

The subtle art of not giving a f*ck. Extremely good read. Other than the normal be positive, do good stuff book.

[blissful fable]

JUST read it lol

[knotty tide]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kByJKiZB6REm1Vy1snAS1mrFPbkgu_Hx

Find one here. I hand-picked these.

[knotty tide]

Also if you like the book, there's a part two of it.

[tardy thistle]

How To Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie if you worry a lot or have anxiety

[blissful fable]

yesss

i;ll add it

thanks guys

[placid talon]

India, wbu

[gleaming juniper]

I thought you are my classmate.

[winged oxide]

Hey guys at what time do you read books?

[ornate cargo]

usually 19-23

[gleaming juniper]

EverYtime

[scarlet folio]

48 laws of power

theres also a 2 hour version of the book on youtube

making a daily schedule probably wont help much if you dont develop those habits first

[stuck socket]

👀

[scarlet folio]

well something that i do that works for me is that I make sure im not waisting too much time on something by knowing how long a group of songs I listen too last, so when theyre done i do something else

but thats just me

[stuck socket]

i m gonna start book reading today

[scarlet folio]

good luck

[stuck socket]

what is the meaning of ngl

ooh

ig ??

means

[scarlet folio]

time to optimize then

[stuck socket]

thanks mate

[scarlet folio]

well if you can read a video on time boxing then you can read an article on what your reading about so you dont get so bored when your actually reading it

watever floats yur boat i guess

[blissful fable]

ok ill check out

[scarlet folio]

definitely I havent checked it out completely but the fragments ive read are epic

idk wym

[blissful fable]

there's a 10 hr audiobook of it

[scarlet folio]

yeah and theres a 2 hour version which describes the book

good luck dude

[blissful fable]

yea man

have a good day

[scarlet folio]

likewise

no

just take pics of it

[foggy wolf]

@stuck socket Not Gonna Lie, I guess

hi all,
does anyone know how James journals?
I'm curious about how he keeps track of his deepwork sessions.

he briefly shows inside the journal in desk setup video. But it ain't enough!

[dull anchor]

why is hitler in here?

[eternal spire]

omg whoever gathered these to share them: THANK YOU ❤️

[dull anchor]

there you go

[knotty tide]

Non-fiction. I put that on someone's request here. Someone wanted the book, Mein Kampf.

[ionic furnace]

Help, in 1984 how is education or the lack of it a reason behind the war and oppression of people, in need a quote.

[stuck socket]

Thanks buddy

[gleaming juniper]

Virtually any mention of the proles is enough

I'd look at the part where Winston's reading the book O'Brien gave him

There're a lot of mentions about how the poor are kept poor there

Speaking of 1984, check out this absolute abomination lmao

[tender carbon]

Thank you so very much for sharing this!! Might be one of my best reads yet

[worldly jewel]

Thanks! I'll take a look at it :)

[formal hawk]

Thank you buddy

[dreamy perch]

<@&717391911132069929>

thank u 👍

[lofty cape]

clive cussler good book

well the nighthawk is the one I read

[wooden niche]

lmao

[shadow mesa]

I think someone was searching for "Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World" , but I can't find the message. I put it here in epub format, if you want it in pdf, simply convert it online

[sterile gazelle]

☝️

[half echo]

What is #book-recommendations

[ornate cargo]

some kind of reading club B-)

[half echo]

Oh

So I want genki, anyone have it's ebook

[exotic coyote]

https://youtu.be/xBcFps8U9jc

[half echo]

Tysm bro

[ornate cargo]

np bro

[sullen tendon]

Alphabeth is the most known book ever writen. Change my mind!

[worthy vigil]

hey, idk if any of u like to read sapphic books but i'm trying to make a sapphic books list, if you know some and wanna help out https://forms.gle/giY3xzfvdBPxBppg8

[worn umbra]

Hello! Anyone have a good fantasy novel to recommend?

[runic marsh]

final fantasy

[boreal anchor]

The cruel prince

[plush bison]

@worn umbra

Reverend Insanity

[worn umbra]

Ok

Thanks btw

I wanted to read more novels

[knotty tide]

For what reasons?

[frosty mirage]

amazing

[blissful fable]

nice one

[boreal anchor]

your welcome :)))

[fading glen]

GIRL YESSS

i binged folk of the air in a week omg it was 💯

[oblique folio]

hi @everyone anybody starting “the 7 habits of successful people” and wanna comment along as we read?

[gleaming juniper]

so saon's time has come little boi

[ornate cargo]

anyone read "Fundamentals of space systems" or "Rocket propulsion elements" and can recommend or discourage?

[frosty panther]

Nope, I want to read "Ignition !" some day

but just for hobby, I love rockets and all that stuff even though when I'm not a Muskian or Elonian or whatever hahaha

[ornate cargo]

same to me

[ornate cargo]

gl :D

[frosty panther]

Nice

[frosty panther]

Sorry what is "gl" D:

[glad flare]

Good luck

[frosty panther]

Thank you ❤️

[ornate cargo]

yeah gl=good luck

[frosty panther]

Thanks

Have you guys have experienced unpleasant situation during this time of online classes?

I have such a great story to tell but I want to read your stories first

[digital topaz]

I’m almost always sleeping during online classes unfortunately lol so I don’t really have one
What’s your story?

[frosty panther]

Yeah it happens, they are kind of boring mostly :/

Well

[gleaming juniper]

what the hell is a sapphic book. . . .

[worthy vigil]

lesbian basically

[boreal anchor]

GIRLL YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVED IT

[frosty panther]

I was in a class around 7 am and my teacher stop the class and gave us some exercises to do and he often use his celphone as a camera so in the same call are two "professors" sort of speak, he -as i said- gave us some work to do and he turned off his camera, everything was fine but in a few minutes like 10 min or so, we saw the " 🎱 s" of the professor in first person, he took his cellphone to the 🚾 and accidentally the camera of the cellphone, the selfie one turned on and all the class kept freaked out for around a minute or so, and he realised the problem and turned off the camera suddenly.

And everything after that was just normal, nobody said nothing and always was as usual

[fading glen]

AAAAAA its so good frfr

im thinking of buying the whole series on Christmas just to reread it ahshxuahha

[frosty panther]

Is the most harrowing and surrealistic experience in my whole life as a student

[digital topaz]

wow........did anyone take a screenshot?

[frosty panther]

Nope, because everyone was extremely freaked out, no one was expecting that

[boreal anchor]

I think i'll do the same tbh...i usually only take them from the library but i'll make an exceptionn

[frosty panther]

It's was a extremely weird situation as you can notice

[fading glen]

saaame gotta borrow those books first

[digital topaz]

Too bad....I’m really curious

[frosty panther]

Hahahhaha

[novel olive]

does anyone have summary pdf of why we sleep

[wooden niche]

mistborn?

or any of sanderson's works

[worn umbra]

I'll try it

[oblique folio]

anybody wanna read 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE?

read together/ discuss/ sessions maybe

🙂

[cunning charm]

i'm currently reading atomic habits

[shadow mesa]

Here's the whole version. If you want a summary, I'm sure there are videos (Youtube) and articles out there.

[gleaming juniper]

OMG! that's hilarious and shocking at the same time.

[ornate cargo]

what will be read tomorrow at club

[ember depot]

@sterile gazelle whata the book about?

[idle pawn]

I have been asking the same thing

[ornate cargo]

@knotty tide im sure you know

[wooden niche]

i have its pdf if you want

[wooden niche]

tomorrow is the book club day? is it every saturday?

i've been trying to find the schedule, if there is one, for some time now

[worn umbra]

Thankssssss

[wooden niche]

:)

it's actually first from the trilogy

[worn umbra]

So its 3 part book

[wooden niche]

yeah

[worn umbra]

Ok

[wooden niche]

i'm advancing my way to the end of the first book

will finish today ig

[worn umbra]

Noice

[wooden niche]

man, its awesome!

Noice

[sterile gazelle]

Which one "the unfair advantage"? It's a business book , About start up and all
I haven't read it

Someone asked for the pdf

[novel olive]

ah thank you ❤️

[knotty tide]

Firstly, sorry I had lengthy classes since past few days. Based on survey, most opted for following : classics > detective > fantasy > self-help. So we are starting tomorrow with classics novel. I am trying to find one through suggested book by everyone. I will put in another message here as to the details of what would happen within the next 4 hours or so by today.

[ornate cargo]

okay thanks so much =D

[worn umbra]

@wooden niche Thanks for the Mistborn recommendation, and the pdf as well, I prefer an epub, the pdf hurts my eyes when I'm reading at night, so I did some browsing and downloaded the full trilogy and made a Google Drive folder, it has all of it "I think" , it has 2 Epubs, and 1 mobi File

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=14j_QqhUkx6ydBUmgZRkGdMwcnPditdr-

[frosty panther]

Yeah it is hahaha

[knotty tide]

Sorry for the timing conversions here. I talked to several members and confirmed that the time I converted resorted to around 2-6 AM for them which is the time to sleep :p. I have changed the timings accordingly to suit everyone.

[idle pawn]

Yay!! Picture of dorian grey has long been on my tbr... thanks for choosing this!

[young stratus]

sameeee, I couldn't find the time to read it, here it's

[uncut moon]

suggest some good self help books guys. something not common maybe

[misty pollen]

Try out the book called "the daily stoic" it's a really nice book with a page-a-day attitude! I think it's a
treasure for managing our choices, overcoming self-deception, and learning to act according to the true worth of things

[atomic mirage]

siddharta and meditations (marcus aurelius)

you won’t regret it

[frosty panther]

Also The Dhammapada is a rare but interesting and relieving reading

Is a collection of lectures given by The Buddha and is part of the Pali Canon

Is simple but very deep

[wooden niche]

thank you very much!

btw what program do you use to read epub files?

i don't know much about epub and mobi, and if what you say is true about hurting eyes, i won't convert them to pdfs and read them as they are

[worn umbra]

On phone I use ReadEra

I havent found any programs for Desktop

[wooden niche]

Oh, thank you anyways

i found a program

https://calibre-ebook.com/

[knotty tide]

Search for Ebook reader by Lit photo on Play store. And epub reader in Microsoft store.

[wooden niche]

thank you

[wooden niche]

btw, are all the books already chosen for each of the genre?

[uncut moon]

any good softwares to read book on your pc? Cuz my eyes really pain straining for so long on pdf's 😦

[wooden niche]

@uncut moon

[knotty tide]

No, Here's what I did :
I googled around top 10 books based on that particular genre. Then I matched them with already recommended books and authors from the survey forms. If some matched and had like more number of votes, I selected that.

Example :
In top 10 from google I found abc to be a good book.
Say, You recommended me abc through that google form.
I matched both and selected that book.

[wooden niche]

i see

thank you!

and i'll have to vote in the google form i guess

[knotty tide]

Also, it is freda epub book reader on ms store.

[wooden niche]

:p

[knotty tide]

Put your recommended titles here, I will add them directly.
p.s the form got closed few days ago.

[wooden niche]

thank you!

[wooden niche]

okay

[wooden niche]

oof

okay

fantasy: Mistborn

[uncut moon]

that is a great open source app. thanks a lot

[wooden niche]

:)

[shadow crystal]

Hey guys, I’ve been trying to find either an ePub or pdf form of a few books online, but I couldn’t find them? Any advice?

The books are The Art of Passing the Buck Vol I&II

[young stratus]

Hi guys, if someone wants to romance recommendations or want to start on this genre, I wrote time ago a list of books by Colleen Hoover, but anyways, I'm going to share it again because there are a lot of people now on this channel. I put the author in the google form so maybe we will read a book of hers, but if someone want to start now✨

colleen hoover:

• november 9
• it ends with us
• all your perfects
• layla
• verity
• regretting you
• confess
• ugly love
• maybe someday (3)
• hopeless (3)
• heart bones
• too late
• never never (3)
• slammed (3)
• without merit
  this order is from my point of view🙃

[wooden niche]

check out libgen.is

[idle pawn]

So is there a book club meeting now

?

[knotty tide]

Yeah

I am seeing how the stage channel works

[idle pawn]

Cool

[knotty tide]

Hey everyone. We are starting in 10 min or so. Join the book club vc just below the channel.

Find the pdf here.

[tribal grove]

its on the stage name

[knotty tide]

The picture of Dorian gray.

[tribal grove]

the book

[tawny scaffold]

yes

[desert sable]

yes

[idle pawn]

I think we can post our doubts or suggestions and they can be addressed at the end of the chapter

[turbid compass]

That is really offensive.

[tribal grove]

be nice

[west lotus]

yeah bro u didn't need to say that

[tribal grove]

skullcrusher is crushing it rn :p

[west lotus]

TRUEE

[tribal grove]

https://tenor.com/view/sean-shawn-shaun-shawn-the-sheep-sheep-gif-20957603

[west lotus]

dam

why are u so mean zero??

ur not funny zero

[astral glade]

skullcrusher reads very well

[winged iron]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-frog-panic-frantic-yay-gif-16814992

[naive vortex]

YOOO

[west lotus]

he is crushing it

[winged iron]

how many chapters are being read anyone know ?

[west lotus]

only 1 for now i think

[naive vortex]

Hum bharatiya hai

[west lotus]

are u that cocky zero?

[naive vortex]

Abe saale

[west lotus]

maybe u should take a look in the mirror @gleaming juniper

[naive vortex]

Bhaijaan

Namaste

[west lotus]

skullccrusher is crushing it

[tribal grove]

guys chill

[naive vortex]

Ok

[idle pawn]

You know what i reported you zero, do you want me to report you again?

[tribal grove]

do you really want a second warning? You already have one

[winged iron]

https://tenor.com/view/bongocat-banhammer-ban-hammer-bongo-gif-18219363

[west lotus]

im reprting u too zero

[gleaming juniper]

😂 😂 😂

[west lotus]

WOOOWWW

[ashen depot]

funny moments

[west lotus]

nice bro

[tribal grove]

One chance bud

and you're out

[gleaming juniper]

That's what she said!

[west lotus]

zero ur literally not funnny at all

u say that ur gonn be successful but yet u use ur mom jokes wtf

[astral glade]

guys dont interact with zero, lets focus on the book

[west lotus]

yeah true

my bad

[tribal grove]

if this guy is bothering you lmk

[zenith jungle]

petition for a ban

[west lotus]

yess pleasee

zero come on man

next time try to think of a better excuse

[idle pawn]

We def dont trust you

[west lotus]

how about that

[tribal grove]

ok

[gleaming juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/whatever-bank-stare-meh-gif-9603576

[real spindle]

can u stfu pls

[gleaming juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-rogers-nightmare-clown-gif-5401671

[west lotus]

https://tenor.com/view/elco-mic65-gif-19992685

please just stop @gleaming juniper

ur not funny OK?

[gleaming juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/when-your-team-too-good-ban-salt-bae-gif-7580925

[desert sable]

@tribal grove

[west lotus]

this guy is actually trolling

[astral glade]

there are minors here please stop!

[gleaming juniper]

@gleaming juniper BAN!!!

[west lotus]

why are u doing this zzero??????????

BAN HIM

[astral glade]

@tribal grove please

[west lotus]

@tribal grove

[gleaming juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/bongocat-banhammer-ban-hammer-bongo-gif-18219363

[west lotus]

SOMEONE PLEASE BAN HIM

PLAESE

[turbid compass]

<@&717391911132069929> c'mon

#book-recommendations message

#book-recommendations message

#book-recommendations message

[gleaming juniper]

@dry wren BAN!!!

[tribal grove]

hey bud this is your last warning

[west lotus]

zero how old are you may i ask??

[tribal grove]

ah nvm i saw the images

[gleaming juniper]

https://tenor.com/view/mr-rogers-nightmare-clown-gif-5401671

[tribal grove]

🙂

[desert sable]

byeee

[gleaming juniper]

Danke

[west lotus]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[tribal grove]

adios

[west lotus]

LESS GOOOOOOOOO

[orchid stone]

[tribal grove]

[runic marsh]

i cant understand a thing

[gleaming juniper]

which page is he reading?

[runic marsh]

page 69

[gleaming juniper]

Ty

[tribal grove]

what does your name mean

[runic marsh]

it's my name in my country

[tribal grove]

nickname

[runic marsh]

i have two middle name

[tribal grove]

be nice

[delicate flare]

I'm not hearing anything. Can somebody help?

[runic marsh]

turn on your speakers

[delicate flare]

Thank you!

[knotty tide]

Do you want me to continue for another 20 min? Or anyone wants to speak? or continue chap 2 from tomorrow.

[stark breach]

Yeah

[idle pawn]

We can continue tomorrow ig