books

I finally read “Old Man and the Sea”. I have tried to start it many times, but the beginning was just so slow. Has anyone here read it? What are your thoughts on this Ernest Hemingway classic?

I have soon finshed all of The Expanse (which I have enjoyed immensely) and last month I finished Peter F Hilton’s Pandoras Star. While I enjoyed the second half of Pandoras Star, they (it’s a trilogy) are such heavy books with rather slow pace. One of my favorite reads last year was Recursion by Blake Crouch - it’s fast...

Things found in library books.

Title: The Monster that Haunted the Sewers....

I have a specific book I’ve been meaning to read for awhile. I’ve heard that while it’s a great journey, it’s a dense / heavy / slow read along the way. It sounds like it’d be fun to read it together with a group of likewise interested folks....

The longlist has been announced! It features work from four continents, four Irish writers, four debut novelists – and ten authors who are recognised by the Booker Prize for the first time...

I have been reading Finnegans Wake over the course of this year, a few pages a day, along with a group over on reddit. It is one of the very few things that still keeps me visiting reddit at all....

Preferably something with a social aspect too where you can see the books others have read. Something like MyAnimeList but for books

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Basically what it say on the tin. I just finished Parable of the Sower (Octavia Butler) and I loved it. Any suggestions on what else I might like? It’s been a while since I got into a scifi novel....

It was weird....

I started reading this book because of the amount of people that describe it as a ‘must read’ for Japan travel enthusiasts or in general, people that feel curious about the country and its people....

I’m planning to publish a book in the following months, but I’m not entirely sure if the procedure is the same for both copyrighted and copy-lefted books. If you hadn’t guessed, I’m publishing one with the latter license (i.e. Creative Commons). I’m planning on using Lulu.com for this first book, but I was wondering if...

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Book #6 was released earlier this week, with the final #7 due next year....

Plato's Republic: Navigating Critical Thinking, Moral Education, and Citizenship in the 21st Century" is not just a book; it's a beacon of hope in a society that often loses sight of reason, knowledge, and justice.

In 2023, several largest online libraries have simultaneously started to introduce search through the entire text of all books in their collections, going beyond just titles, descriptions, and book metadata....

A question of Morality: A reflection on The Brothers Karamazov...

This got me wondering - do you pair up books like this?

If this is meant to be elsewhere, please let me know. I once read a story about a soldier who was in a horrific assault, who was then grafted into a large battle mech. As the story goes on, more flesh is taken until eventually only a spinal column and brain are left inside a gel-sack, and the machine has been upgraded to the...