I finally got around to reading Dune. I burned though it pretty quickly and loved it. For some reason I can't get into the other books in the series. For now they mock me from their spot on my bookshelf...
Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
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Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
#12Here is my list: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/
My 2017 favorites:
scifi: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/columbus-day/
nonfic: https://kirubakaran.com/bookshelf/data-science-from-scratch/
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
#131. How to Win Friends and Influence People - I recommend because I apply every day at work and reap the results as well, somebody should have recommended this book to me ten years ago;
2. Children of Time - a science fiction book that I enjoyed, I notice that fiction, in general, helps me deal with stressful work, as I disconnect easier and put myself in an imaginary world while reading;
3. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - this isn't a book you read cover to cover, I catch myself thinking long even after reading a single sentence;
1) and 3) I've come across on HN, but 2) was the unexpected random hit.
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#141. How to Win Friends and Influence People - I recommend because I apply every day at work and reap the results as well, somebody should have recommended this book to me ten years ago; 2. Children of Time - a science fiction book that I enjoyed, I notice that fiction, in general, helps me deal with stressful work, as I disconnect easier and put myself in an imaginary world while reading; 3. Meditations by Marcus Aure…
1. Overrated common sense.
2. No idea.
3. Paging through his quotes is a better use of time.
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
#151. How to Win Friends and Influence People - I recommend because I apply every day at work and reap the results as well, somebody should have recommended this book to me ten years ago; 2. Children of Time - a science fiction book that I enjoyed, I notice that fiction, in general, helps me deal with stressful work, as I disconnect easier and put myself in an imaginary world while reading; 3. Meditations by Marcus Aure…
1. Overrated common sense. 2. No idea. 3. Paging through his quotes is a better use of time.
Overrated common sense, but you don't seem practised in applying it :-)
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
#161. Selected Essays of Warren Buffett
2. First, Break all the Rules
3. Between the World and Me
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
#17I finally got around to reading Dune. I burned though it pretty quickly and loved it. For some reason I can't get into the other books in the series. For now they mock me from their spot on my bookshelf...
I think the quality starts to drop off after the first couple of books.
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
#18I finally got around to reading Dune. I burned though it pretty quickly and loved it. For some reason I can't get into the other books in the series. For now they mock me from their spot on my bookshelf...
Push on for books 2-4. They're great but take a longer investment. 5 & 6 fast-forward thousands of years, so I'd only recommend them if you enjoy things like the Foundation series where the setting and cultural movements are more important than individuals.
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
#191. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2. Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! (Adventures of a Curious Character) 3. The Loyal: The Story of Atwood and the Second Civil War (disclosure - my father wrote this book) 4. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business 5. Grit I thoroughly enjoyed all of these. It was interesting to see how Grit and The Power of Habit played off each other.
Would you care to add a few lines about Sapiens? Plan to read it. But only tentatively.
How would you read it tentatively? Just a couple of pages at a time and then stop?
Re: Ask HN: Books you read in 2017?
#20Worth mentioning:
1. Ready Player One
2. On The Road (re-read)