Educated - Tara Westover
Good Omens - Terry Pratchett Neil Gaiman (for the 7th time) Hilarious
Lord of Chaos - Robert Jordan (for the 5th or 6th time) Book 6 in The Wheel of Time Series so yeah, the 5 before it again too
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (boxed set) Already watched all his lectures Multiple times (just Starting)
Snuff - Sir Terry Pratchett (one of my all time Fav authors multiple reads The whole Discworld series)
Permanently Suspended - Anthony Cumia (was a huge fan of the radio show, the book is..... Eh)
Moby ****** - Herman Melville (talk about a slow starter) 3rd time through
The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas (Top 5 All time) Best revenge book EVER numerous reads
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn - Betty Smith (Top 5 - Everyone, especially women should read just to get an idea of how not oppressed they are these days) too many to count rereads
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter - Richard Feynman (up next I have a pile I just grab from)
12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos - Jordan Peterson (up next)
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis (can't ever seem to get to this one. Up next)
Crime and Punishment or Demons - Both by Fyodor Dosteovsky (Up next)
Atonement - Ian McEwan (up next.. Another I never seem to get to)
The Rape of Nanking - Iris Chang (Up next)
Looking for a good source book to read to catch up on 13th/14th Century Italian Politics (As you do) So my 2nd read through of the Divine Comedy - Dante, makes more sense. Don't suppose anyone has any suggestions? It really is a mix of Philosophy, Religion, Satire, Self Loathing, and the Hypocrisy of the contemporary ruling powers that be of the time. Well, kind of, he's also calling himself out for hating them for what they are and knowing he's done no better and believes he deserves no better. It's also about his love of a woman he only met twice before she died... Virgil(Poor Virgil, a righteous man born in the wrong time and country so he was a pagan and couldn't go to Heaven. See! It pays to be born in America where we have the right God! Lucky us!) guides him through Hell, but she guides him through Purgatory on the way to Heaven. If you don't know the families it's an almost impossible read in Hell and Purgatory. People try with footnotes but they don't do it justice and you miss out on a lot of the subtlety when he's not outright insulting people. It's amazing how relevant some of the ideas are even today. The idea that fear is the driver for all sin and that's why we don't lead the lives we want and why no matter how many riches we gather we will never find true happiness in them. Just wish it was easier to keep track of the who's who. I think Terry Pratchett explained it best. There are all kinds of horrible evils in the world and nothing one human being won't do to another and it all starts with one simple evil. Treating people as things. Once you can treat a person as a thing the skies the limit on the horrors we will happily commit. If I treat you as a thing and not a person, I don't have to fear you judging me. Once you get there, it's an easy step to how dare something as insignificant as you judge me in the first place! You DESERVE what I do next. It's a tough read but if you're fascinated by what drives people to do the things they do like I am it's worth the effort. It's also a good idea to read it just to keep an eye on those crazy Catholics and get up to date on what they are believing in these days.... 13th century/21st Century.... Not much has really changed.... Could REALLY use Christopher Hitchens these days. I should go pull out some of his old articles/books.
That's all I can remember from the past month or so.... I read.... A lot. No idea what's on TV. Watch the occasional Netflix binge if a show has great reviews. (Keep hearing about a show called Killing Eve) I remember Sandra Oh from Arliss. Really funny old HBO show so I think that's next if it's finished so I can binge watch it if it lives up to the hype. Was going to do Game of Thrones but I hear they screwed the pooch hard with the final season. Actually I have watched one recent show now that I think about it, Lucifer, which I love. Glad Netflix picked it up. The Ranch is another Netflix show I like. Haven't gotten around to the newest seasons yet. Not sure how they handled the whole Danny Masterson rape allegations incidents. Was that all part of the pound me too movement? (Wish I could remember the comedian's name who came up with that whole "the # used to be called the pound sign, so they named the #Metoo movement the pound me too movement!") But, I ummm yeah, I think I digress at this point? Can I change my answer?
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
