Olgar Alcoba Posted December 5, 2017 #52 Posted December 5, 2017 Ever since, I am an avid reader of encyclopedias. I've always loved reading histories of different countries, their customs, traditions, currencies, languages,capital cities, their looks, complexions, religions and most of everything about them. I find it too interesting to understand their historical back grounds. But of course I am very much more interested in learning my own country by reading from encyclopedias and wikipedia.
Support Katarina Posted December 7, 2017 Support #53 Posted December 7, 2017 Thank you @neoooofor the suggestion! I am ordering the book now!
kurian Posted December 7, 2017 #54 Posted December 7, 2017 Currently reading Hangwoman by K.R Meera.. Really good book.
Kargai Posted December 12, 2017 Author #56 Posted December 12, 2017 Just finished "Poke the Box" by Seth Godin. Poke the Box is a short read full of interesting and small digestible pieces of information that make you think of the possibilities. While intended to drive curiosity in a business environment, it also sparks the "what ifs" in your personal life. You don't need permission to do...but if you do, here's a quote from the book. "Someone is giving you permission. Someone, perhaps indirectly hired you, funded you, trained you, encouraged you--all so that you would see something that needed to be done and do it."
Support Katarina Posted December 19, 2017 Support #57 Posted December 19, 2017 Hey @neoooo! Look what I've got here! I'm looking forward to reading it as soon as I find some free time.
Franchico03 Posted December 19, 2017 #58 Posted December 19, 2017 I totally admire people who does that kind of thing, I really wish that I could make that, I really did an effort to enjoy reading but didnt happen, maybe wasnt a good book the ones I tried, but gratz bro
Samuel Pinheiro Posted December 19, 2017 #59 Posted December 19, 2017 This yes is a very good subject to be spoken, lately I have had interest in the area of cosmology and historical monuments.
Moderator maverick528 Posted December 19, 2017 Moderator #60 Posted December 19, 2017 For those interested in science fiction, in case you haven´t already read them, I think the "Foundation Trilogy" by Isaac Asimov is a must-have. It was later expanded into the "Foundation series", 7 books in total.
Support Katarina Posted December 19, 2017 Support #61 Posted December 19, 2017 11 minutes ago, maverick528 said: For those interested in science fiction, in case you haven´t already read them, I think the "Foundation Trilogy" by Isaac Asimov is a must-have. It was later expanded into the "Foundation series", 7 books in total. Yeah Mav, I've been interested in SF lately so I will most definitely take a look at the book series you recommend. Tyvm!
neoooo Posted December 19, 2017 #62 Posted December 19, 2017 3 hours ago, Katarina said: Hey @neoooo! Look what I've got here! I'm looking forward to reading it as soon as I find some free time. Wow I'm sure you will enjoy it . Have a nice time with it sweet @Katarina
Kargai Posted December 19, 2017 Author #63 Posted December 19, 2017 Just finished a great classic : "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde. Sometimes i'm trying to catch up some old classics I never read before. I was amaze to learn that it was his only novel, I truly believed he had wrote more books than that but most of his writings were poems and theatre. I knew the main frame of the story but in fact it turn out that the painting is not that important in the story, just in the background. Really not my best book of the year but now I can say "I read it"
Moderator maverick528 Posted December 19, 2017 Moderator #64 Posted December 19, 2017 A short terror story by Horacio Quiroga, an important writer here: http://www.anglo.edu.uy/media/content/image/source0000017244/IMA0001010000028455.pdf
vinka1976 Posted December 20, 2017 #65 Posted December 20, 2017 i am on vacations, for god sake, i just wanna sleep all day long lol
akki785 Posted December 20, 2017 #66 Posted December 20, 2017 I'm presently reading "Three Point Something" written by Mr. Chetan Bhagat, an Indian author & columnist. Though it's an old novel, but somehow I missed this..
Moderator maverick528 Posted December 29, 2017 Moderator #67 Posted December 29, 2017 "Sinuhé the egyptian" by Mika Waltari I read this book when I was a child and liked it a lot, it is about ancient Egypt and is very very accurate in the facts it presents, so it is in fact a novel but based in true events.
Community Manager Stake Staff Posted January 4, 2018 Community Manager #68 Posted January 4, 2018 @Jelena was my Secret Santa and got me the best presents ever. I saw one version of the film, but never read it, so looking forward to indulging into this literary pleasure Thank you, once again!
Moderator maverick528 Posted January 4, 2018 Moderator #69 Posted January 4, 2018 13 hours ago, Bojana said: @Jelena was my Secret Santa and got me the best presents ever. I saw one version of the film, but never read it, so looking forward to indulging into this literary pleasure Thank you, once again! Whyce does not seem to be very interested in reading. But the Ferrero Rochers, hmmmmmmmmm
akki785 Posted January 4, 2018 #70 Posted January 4, 2018 On 12/20/2017 at 10:00 AM, akki785 said: I'm presently reading "Three Point Something" written by Mr. Chetan Bhagat, an Indian author & columnist. Though it's an old novel, but somehow I missed this.. Just finished "Three Point Something", was an awesome novel. Just starting "2 States: The Story of My Marriage", by the same author.
Community Manager Stake Staff Posted January 5, 2018 Community Manager #71 Posted January 5, 2018 15 hours ago, maverick528 said: Whyce does not seem to be very interested in reading. But the Ferrero Rochers, hmmmmmmmmm Actually, Mav, he was also interested in Ferrero, and I had to eat it all in less than 5 minutes to save it from him, ez pz
VIP Host Jelena Posted January 6, 2018 VIP Host #72 Posted January 6, 2018 I finally finished "The Glass Bead Game" by Hermann Hesse. I enjoy all of his books, so I definitely recommend him to anyone who likes the novels with the theme of spirituality and the search for identity. On 4.1.2018. at 7:59 AM, Bojana said: @Jelena was my Secret Santa and got me the best presents ever. I saw one version of the film, but never read it, so looking forward to indulging into this literary pleasure Thank you, once again! You're welcomeeeee, my pleasure. I am glad Whyce liked the presents too On 4.1.2018. at 1:22 PM, maverick528 said: Whyce does not seem to be very interested in reading. But the Ferrero Rochers, hmmmmmmmmm He knows what's the best
Kargai Posted January 9, 2018 Author #73 Posted January 9, 2018 On 06/01/2018 at 3:22 PM, Jelena said: I finally finished "The Glass Bead Game" by Hermann Hesse. I enjoy all of his books, so I definitely recommend him to anyone who likes the novels with the theme of spirituality and the search for identity. Siddharta is one of my 5 favorites book of all time, read it 3-4 times and each one feel different. It seem I discover new layer everytime. Just finish The Lessons of History by Will & Ariel Durant. It's a condensed book of their chef d'oeuvre The Story of Civilization, a serie of 11 volumes (total nearly 10,000 pages) published between 1935 and 1975 for which they received the Pulitzer Prize. Not a "fun" read, but definitely an interesting one if you like history. The result is a survey of human history, full of dazzling insights into the nature of human experience, the evolution of civilization, the culture of man.
CaptainLorca Posted January 9, 2018 #75 Posted January 9, 2018 Actually I'm on LotR - Return of the king..
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