Working through my stack of books after being in a slump last month. Currently reading The Passion According to G.H. by Lispector.
What is everyone reading?
What is everyone reading?
No.7615
Anonymous
2025-10-01 15:53:53
What are you reading?
an introduction to linguistic typology by viveka vellupillai. just finished the sailor who fell from grace with the sea
>>7616
What did you think of the sailor? I quite liked it, maybe a little short though.
What did you think of the sailor? I quite liked it, maybe a little short though.
No.7620
Anonymous
2025-10-01 16:12:25
>>7618
i liked it a lot! it's my second mishima after confessions of a mask. really pretty & at points gutwrenching. i saw that just the other day there was a book about mishima by david vernon published, i wanna check that out cause i've been really imppressed by both his books i've read now. i don't mind the length, i really like novellas personally
i liked it a lot! it's my second mishima after confessions of a mask. really pretty & at points gutwrenching. i saw that just the other day there was a book about mishima by david vernon published, i wanna check that out cause i've been really imppressed by both his books i've read now. i don't mind the length, i really like novellas personally
No.7644
Anonymous
2025-10-04 16:43:35
Goebbels, by Longerich; Hunger, by Hamsun (I’ll probably finish it tonight); and Heydrich Et La Solution Finale, by Husson (just started).
The first is a monumental work on the "master propagandist," Dr. Goebbels, apparently the best on this subject. Personally, I find it quite educational, mostly because the first hundred pages restore the context I lacked regarding the years between the Munich Putsch and 1933.
The second is a fascinating example of the typical "miserable loner" (a kind of literature I’m really into, what can I say). Honestly, very much worth recommending.
As for Husson’s work, I can’t say anything significant yet (I started it today). I usually read one work of fiction and one of non-fiction in parallel; this book is in the list because I want to learn the language it’s written in.
The first is a monumental work on the "master propagandist," Dr. Goebbels, apparently the best on this subject. Personally, I find it quite educational, mostly because the first hundred pages restore the context I lacked regarding the years between the Munich Putsch and 1933.
The second is a fascinating example of the typical "miserable loner" (a kind of literature I’m really into, what can I say). Honestly, very much worth recommending.
As for Husson’s work, I can’t say anything significant yet (I started it today). I usually read one work of fiction and one of non-fiction in parallel; this book is in the list because I want to learn the language it’s written in.
No.7645
Anonymous
2025-10-04 17:59:27
Llittle Women. What a wonderful book, I'm glad I get to enjoy it
Crossings by Ben Goldfarb. Sort of a pop-sciencey book about the ecology of roads. Read a few books by John McPhee earlier this year so was hoping for some nice eco-literature but not really enjoying it so far. Interesting in theory but every chapter is the same structure, very bland, but it was a gift so I will finish it.
>>7616
Since you posted something about linguistics, just wondering if you had recommendations for a first book for someone with no background? Would like to put something on my list for the future.
>>7616
Since you posted something about linguistics, just wondering if you had recommendations for a first book for someone with no background? Would like to put something on my list for the future.
No.7660
Anonymous
2025-10-06 02:56:01
>>7654
honestly the one i mentioned is a pretty good introduction for broad aspects of the field. it's very basic & easy to follow if you lack any background. other than that i don't think i have any good recommendations, sorry! i mostly just read papers to get my bearing in the field but i know that isn't the best option for most people
honestly the one i mentioned is a pretty good introduction for broad aspects of the field. it's very basic & easy to follow if you lack any background. other than that i don't think i have any good recommendations, sorry! i mostly just read papers to get my bearing in the field but i know that isn't the best option for most people
No.7662
Anonymous
2025-10-06 10:48:32
Nowhere Stars. Dark mahou shoujo. It is my favorite series out of anything I have found during this year.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25352140-the-peregrine
>>7663
ooh, i just got a copy of that! how are youliking it?
ooh, i just got a copy of that! how are youliking it?
No.7672
Anonymous
2025-10-07 00:38:24
>>7670
It's an extremely intense, asperous style of writing
It's an extremely intense, asperous style of writing
No.7677
Anonymous
2025-10-07 07:39:20
Wasn't there already a book thread
No.7703
Anonymous
2025-10-09 01:11:09
Reading Business slop, How Big Things get done, about the managing of huge projects.
It's not actually slop, it's pretty interesting, but as usual, it's ten bullet points ideas stretched over 200 hundred pages, with dramatization.
I lack grace for authors that waste my time.
It's not actually slop, it's pretty interesting, but as usual, it's ten bullet points ideas stretched over 200 hundred pages, with dramatization.
I lack grace for authors that waste my time.