essteeyou commented on Become What You Are by Alan Watts
In this collection, Watts displays the intelligence, playfulness of thought, and simplicity of language that …
Mind-bending stuff. Half of it feels sensible and half of it seems crazy.
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I primarily read science fiction, but I will also read some general fiction, and even an interesting autobiography.
I love The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. I'm not sure if anything I'll ever read will supplant it as my favorite thing to read.
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essteeyou started reading Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, Book 2) by Brandon Sanderson
The eagerly awaited sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Way of Kings.
Six …
I started listening to this a while back but forgot to update here. It's good. Kaladin is finally getting out there and showing himself!
essteeyou finished reading Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
Finished reading this with my 7-year-old son last night. It was a very touching story. I'm glad my son listened to it with good attention most of the time. I checked that he was understanding the story as it went along, and he followed most of it.
I'll definitely check out more books by this author in the future.
essteeyou finished reading The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson (Stormlight Archive, #1)
Widely acclaimed for his work completing Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time saga, Brandon Sanderson now …
It took me a little while to get into this one, but once I started having to commute to work again I rattled through it in short order.
I feel like I know a lot of the characters now, and I'm so pleased to remember that I've got multiple books in the series waiting to go. I'm not so much looking forward to a ten-year gap for the next ones though.
There are some elements of this that I'm not over the moon about. There were a fair few descriptions of women that I feel like women might roll their eyes at, and the disembodied voice saying "UNITE THEM" turns out to be someone I really wouldn't have expected.
I'll start the second book on my way home tonight, and I'm reliably informed it's either best or second-best in the series, which is cool.
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@swinstead Yikes, how did it manage that in 24 pages?
essteeyou set a goal to read 12 books in 2025
essteeyou commented on Simulacra and Simulation by Jean Baudrillard
Simulacra and Simulation (French: Simulacres et Simulation) is a 1981 philosophical treatise by the sociologist …
I have a study guide to help me get through this, and I still find myself needing additional outside help. My poor brain.
essteeyou finished reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Awesome! I liked the ending a lot.
essteeyou commented on Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
I wasn't expecting a potentially supernatural element.
essteeyou started reading Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
Reading this based primarily on Station Eleven.
essteeyou finished reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the …
The ending is pretty odd, but the book was enjoyable. Definitely want to watch the movies again.
essteeyou started reading Last Gifts of the Universe by Riley August
I'm reading this with my seven-year-old. It's way above his age group, but I'm changing the few swear words as I go. He's seen them in the book, and he knows it's not appropriate for him to say them to people. He's a fan of Pumpkin.
essteeyou commented on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the …
I really want to watch both Bladerunner movies now.
essteeyou commented on Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the …
Made a quick start. I don't know why I wasn't expecting electric sheep.
essteeyou started reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill. Somewhere among the …
This is something I've been meaning to read for a really long time.