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Merry Dredgers by Jeremy C. Shipp
Seraphina Ramon will stop at nothing to find out the truth about why her sister Eff is in a coma …
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Drakakis finished reading On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin …
Drakakis rated We Are Bellingcat: 4 stars
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Seraphina Ramon will stop at nothing to find out the truth about why her sister …
Drakakis reviewed Mastodon for Dummies by Chris Minnick
A decent basic primer but not really of interest to any but the newest of noobs. Rather dry for a "dummies" book. A whole field of potential "toot" jokes left fallow.
3 stars
Drakakis rated Mastodon for Dummies: 3 stars
Drakakis wants to read Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton
Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant fame, there was Katie Beaton of …
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nlowell@books.theunseen.city reviewed Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The story of the Indian Siddhartha and his journey to find self-knowledge.
Beautiful Dreamer
5 stars
As part of my "classic a month" reading goal, I picked something a little shorter than the tomes I tackled in the first quarter. Now I wish this book were a bit longer. I can't imagine what this must read like in the original German but the English translation sings.
In a nutshell, Siddhartha - son of a Brahman, raised on spiritualism - leaves home on the journey of his lifetime. The language feels like a Buddhist sutta - spun out with evocative language, overflowing with symbolism, and carrying lessons for the ages. In this case, all of Siddhartha's ages from callow youth to old man. At every turn he thinks, "At last, this is enlightenment." At each turning, he discovers that one thing still eludes him.
The story swept me along, recognizing myself in so many of his mis-steps and mis-conceptions. I'll be thinking about this book for a …
As part of my "classic a month" reading goal, I picked something a little shorter than the tomes I tackled in the first quarter. Now I wish this book were a bit longer. I can't imagine what this must read like in the original German but the English translation sings.
In a nutshell, Siddhartha - son of a Brahman, raised on spiritualism - leaves home on the journey of his lifetime. The language feels like a Buddhist sutta - spun out with evocative language, overflowing with symbolism, and carrying lessons for the ages. In this case, all of Siddhartha's ages from callow youth to old man. At every turn he thinks, "At last, this is enlightenment." At each turning, he discovers that one thing still eludes him.
The story swept me along, recognizing myself in so many of his mis-steps and mis-conceptions. I'll be thinking about this book for a very long time.
Highly recommended.
[Note: I read the Project Gutenberg. Credited Translators: Gunther Olesch, Anke Dreher, Amy Coulter, Stefan Langer and Semyon Chaichenets]
Drakakis finished reading Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Hermann Hesse
This edition has a NEW introduction by PAULO COELHO.Siddhartha is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory our troubled …
Drakakis rated On Tyranny: 5 stars
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
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TheBookThief finished reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
- Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death …
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TheBookThief rated The Book Thief: 5 stars
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
- Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death …
For the record, I really didn't perform the superhuman feat of reading several dozen books on December 21. Rather than wrack my brain for even an approximate period of perusal, I poured them all into the database at once and ignored the date field. I just haven't time for reminiscing ...🤔 😕