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What Are You Reading? Part Deux. (pg. 42)
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| Meat187 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
I enjoy reading my own writing the most, actually, as I'm very introspective. |
Really?! :wtf:
Does it have something to do with being introspective? Dunno, but I hate my own writing and am always extremely critical of it.
Then again, I'm extremely critical of just about anything... |
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| d-miurge |
A must-read for anyone interested in sociology and/or philosophy. |
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| couch-potato |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
I hate my own writing and am always extremely critical of it.
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That's why I enjoy reading it :p It's humbling to laugh at yourself. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Meat187
I hate my own writing and am always extremely critical of it. |
+1.
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Except in English. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by d-miurge
A must-read for anyone interested in sociology and/or philosophy. |
, I don't think I even need to read that book. This kind of thing is writ large everywhere. |
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| Ted Promo |
Been doing lotsa reading (especially since I recently picked up a Kindle).
Decision Points by George W. Bush lololol. it was adorable
The Tipping Point & What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell
Right now I'm about a third of the way through Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood.
Books for the Kindle are cheeeaaap so my wishlist is up to about 80. |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I reread lots of old stuff. Even some old threads. I like to cement some stuff in my memory, and rereading helps with that. I also like seeing whether I think differently about it the second time around. |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Me too. I have a horrible memory. The main reason is like you said though; I like to see if I think differently the next time. I enjoy reading my own writing the most, actually, as I'm very introspective. |
In line with this, I got three pages into The Bluest Eye last week before I realised I'd already read it, back in February. Ha.
Anyway, I gave up on Pale Blue Dot, because I didn't think it was going to impart anything useful on me, even as mere entertainment.
Instead, I read fiction novel The White Tiger in two sittings. It's a brilliantly-written account of corruption in India.
Now I'm onto Roald Dahl's Going Solo. Man I love his writing. So simple (in theme and outlook, not just structure), yet engaging. |
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Domesticated
Anyway, I gave up on Pale Blue Dot, because I didn't think it was going to impart anything useful on me, even as mere entertainment. |
Blasphemer! |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
I enjoyed Pale Blue Dot, but for me nothing else by Sagan quite measures up to Cosmos.
Part of that may be that my dad had the book since I was really young. I had always looked at the neat pictures, and then as I got older I started reading the text and understanding more of it. Grew up with it I guess. |
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| couch-potato |
Just ordered these three:
David Foster Wallace's work is inspiring. Heh, the more I read the more his suicide affects me. :( |
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| Domesticated |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
Blasphemer! |
Yeah, I know. :p
I don't deny the man was a brilliant, integral mind, but I don't think he was cut out to write. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| The Bell Jar was such a great downer of a read. I guess that falls in line with Lira's question about happy vs. sad endings. |
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